Baseball notes -Dull is the new shiny toy for Oakland

Phil Gurnee ♦ July 5, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment

Ryan Dull of the Oakland Athletics stranded two more runners on Monday and has now stranded 36 runners in a row. Susan Slusser tweeted that was most runners stranded in a row since 1961.

Dull’s 36-for-36 is the longest at ANY point in a season since at least 1961, topping Frank Francisco’s mark of 35 for 35 in 2007.

— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) July 4, 2016

In his last fifteen games, Kendry Morales of the World Champion Royals has hit eight home runs, driven in 22 runs, and has a 1.623 OPS. Since June 16th, Morales has raised his OPS from .603 to .800.

Corey Seager is not the only hot hitting SS in baseball. Since May 25th, Danny Espinosa has hit 15 home runs, and a TSL of .289 / .383 / .702  in 142 plate appearances. That slug % is not a misprint. Espinosa has raised his OPS from .592 on May 24th to the current .818. In the past week, he has had two games where he has hit two home runs and driven in 6 and 7 runs. Espinosa was the first SS to have a game with at least two home runs and six runs batted in since Arod in 2000. They are the only two shortstops in history to do it in the same year twice.