The Angels made arguably the biggest deadline deal yesterday by landing Justin Upton. With the team facing tough lefty Cole Hamels today, it may have come at the perfect time to help keep them in the Wild Card race. Upton has been killing the ball lately, particularly against left-handed pitching. Here are a few interesting Upton notes that Remarkable served up today….
Upton
Justin Upton has an OPS of 1.525 (54 PAs) versus LHP since the All-Star Break (Rank: 2nd of 170 full-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .765).
Justin Upton has 8 HRs in 46 ABs (5.8 AB/HR) versus LHP since the All-Star Break (Rank: 2nd of 162 full-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 27.6)
Justin Upton has 16 Extra-Base hits out of 26 total hits (61.5%) over the last 30 days (Rank: 2nd of 83 full-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 36.0%)
Justin Upton is slugging .894 (59 total bases in 66 ABs) with runners on base since the All-Star Break (Rank: 2nd of 170 full-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .433).
Other Hot Hitters
Anthony Rizzo is slugging 1.278 (23 total bases in 18 ABs) versus RHP over the past 7 days (Rank: 1st of 86 full-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .410) — facing RHP Mike Foltynewicz today.
Ender Inciarte is batting .571 (12-for-21) versus RHP over the past 7 days (Rank: 1st of 86 full-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .243) — facing RHP John Lackey today.
Joey Votto has drawn 9 walks in 23 PAs (39.1%) over the past 7 days (Rank: 1st of 185 full-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 8.3%) — thanks in part to his epic five walk game.
Ice Cold
Matt Davidson has struck out 11 times in 21 PAs (52.4%) over the past 7 days (Rank: Last in MLB; League Avg: 21.9%).
Pablo Sandoval is hitless (0-for-21) over the past 7 days (Rank: T-Last in MLB; League Avg: .255)
Streaks
Pat Neshek has not allowed a walk in his last 111 PA’s against a RHH dating back to April 16th (longest active streak).
The Rays have hit at least one home run in each of their last 11 games (longest active streak).
Edwin Encarnacion has a 23-game streak of reaching base safely, starting on August 6th (longest active streak).
The other new Angel, Brandon Phillips, has a 14-game hit streak, starting on August 15th (Odubel Herrera has the longest active streak at 17).
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