NL West report playing cards – by G. Scott Thomas

We simply made it.

As we speak brings the ultimate installment of my regular-season scores. It’s additionally the primary day of the playoffs.

Our focus at present is the Nationwide League West, and there’s no suspense concerning the scores. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who took the division by 22 video games, are the straightforward winners by way of grade-point averages (GPA).

I analyzed every membership in 10 classes — 5 on the batting/offensive aspect, the opposite 5 on the pitching/defensive aspect — primarily based on statistics as of September 15. (I picked the early deadline to facilitate tales on all six divisions earlier than the playoffs.) Grades had been decided on a curve that encompassed all 30 big-league groups.

You’ll see 5 stats seem twice in every membership’s statistical profile, as soon as as a measure of offensive manufacturing (highest is greatest) and as soon as as a mirrored image of defensive prevention (lowest is greatest).

You may click on right here to study extra the stats intimately, however let me provide you with a fast rundown right here: runs per plate look, bases per out (bases reached by hits, walks, hit batsmen, stolen bases, and sacrifices, divided by outs made), isolated-power common (further bases from doubles, triples, and homers, divided by at-bats), contact price (at-bats that didn’t end in strikeouts), and batting-eye price (unintentional walks per plate look).

We’ve already regarded on the different 5 divisions, so it’s time to look at the NL West, which may be damaged into two teams — the Dodgers and everyone else. Here’s a fast abstract for every workforce.

• 1. Los Angeles Dodgers (3.90 GPA) — The Dodgers completed with the most effective file within the majors (111-51), and so they’re the odds-on favorites to win the World Collection. And why not? They earned A’s in 9 of the ten classes. Their solely flub was a C for contact hitting.

• 2. San Francisco Giants (2.40 GPA) — Right here’s the most important shock. The Giants had been third within the division at 81-81, but they edged out the second-place Padres in GPA. San Francisco posted the NL West’s second-best GPA cut up for pitching (2.73).

• 3. San Diego Padres (2.33 GPA) — The free-spending Padres made the playoffs, despite the fact that they underperformed in the course of the common season. They obtained grades of C or worse in six of the ten classes.

• 4. Arizona Diamondbacks (1.97 GPA) — The Diamondbacks had been a pleasing shock in 2022, bouncing again from an abysmal 110-loss season in 2021. However Arizona nonetheless has loads of issues to deal with. Its pitching/protection cut up was a horrible 1.27.

• 5. Colorado Rockies (1.17 GPA) — The Rockies had been first rate on the plate, as you’d count on any high-altitude membership to be. Pitching was a completely totally different matter. Colorado was saddled with a D and 4 F’s in these 5 classes.

Scroll under to see the statistical summaries for all 5 golf equipment within the NL West.

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• General GPA: 3.90 factors.

• GPA splits: Offense GPA of three.86 factors. Pitching/protection GPA of three.93 factors.

• Run manufacturing: .140 runs scored per plate look. (Grade: A+.)

• Base manufacturing: .783 bases per out. (Grade: A+.)

• Further-base manufacturing: .194 isolated-power common. (Grade: A+.)

• Contact hitting: .753 contact price. (Grade: C.)

• Batting eye: .094 batting-eye price. (Grade: A+.)

• Run prevention: .088 runs allowed per plate look. (Grade: A+.)

• Base prevention: .557 bases allowed per out. (Grade: A.)

• Further-base prevention: .137 isolated-power common allowed. (Grade: A-.)

• Energy pitching: .731 contact price allowed. (Grade: A-.)

• Management pitching: .069 batting-eye price allowed. (Grade: A.)

• General GPA: 2.40 factors.

• GPA splits: Offense GPA of two.07 factors. Pitching/protection GPA of two.73 factors.

• Run manufacturing: .116 runs scored per plate look. (Grade: C.)

• Base manufacturing: .668 bases per out. (Grade: C+.)

• Further-base manufacturing: .155 isolated-power common. (Grade: C.)

• Contact hitting: .730 contact price. (Grade: F.)

• Batting eye: .092 batting-eye price. (Grade: A.)

• Run prevention: .116 runs allowed per plate look. (Grade: C.)

• Base prevention: .645 bases allowed per out. (Grade: B-.)

• Further-base prevention: .139 isolated-power common allowed. (Grade: B+.)

• Energy pitching: .751 contact price allowed. (Grade: C.)

• Management pitching: .070 batting-eye price allowed. (Grade: A-.)

• General GPA: 2.33 factors.

• GPA splits: Offense GPA of two.13 factors. Pitching/protection GPA of two.53 factors.

• Run manufacturing: .114 runs scored per plate look. (Grade: C.)

• Base manufacturing: .654 bases per out. (Grade: C-.)

• Further-base manufacturing: .140 isolated-power common. (Grade: D.)

• Contact hitting: .757 contact price. (Grade: B-.)

• Batting eye: .090 batting-eye price. (Grade: B+.)

• Run prevention: .113 runs allowed per plate look. (Grade: C.)

• Base prevention: .646 bases allowed per out. (Grade: C+.)

• Further-base prevention: .147 isolated-power common allowed. (Grade: C+.)

• Energy pitching: .735 contact price allowed. (Grade: B+.)

• Management pitching: .077 batting-eye price allowed. (Grade: B-.)

• General GPA: 1.97 factors.

• GPA splits: Offense GPA of two.67 factors. Pitching/protection GPA of 1.27 factors.

• Run manufacturing: .119 runs scored per plate look. (Grade: B-.)

• Base manufacturing: .664 bases per out. (Grade: C.)

• Further-base manufacturing: .158 isolated-power common. (Grade: B-.)

• Contact hitting: .755 contact price. (Grade: C+.)

• Batting eye: .091 batting-eye price. (Grade: A-.)

• Run prevention: .122 runs allowed per plate look. (Grade: D.)

• Base prevention: .680 bases allowed per out. (Grade: D+.)

• Further-base prevention: .161 isolated-power common allowed. (Grade: D.)

• Energy pitching: .777 contact price allowed. (Grade: D.)

• Management pitching: .080 batting-eye price allowed. (Grade: C.)

• General GPA: 1.17 factors.

• GPA splits: Offense GPA of two.07 factors. Pitching/protection GPA of 0.27 factors.

• Run manufacturing: .119 runs scored per plate look. (Grade: B-.)

• Base manufacturing: .657 bases per out. (Grade: C.)

• Further-base manufacturing: .144 isolated-power common. (Grade: C-.)

• Contact hitting: .767 contact price. (Grade: B.)

• Batting eye: .073 batting-eye price. (Grade: D.)

• Run prevention: .141 runs allowed per plate look. (Grade: F.)

• Base prevention: .765 bases allowed per out. (Grade: F.)

• Further-base prevention: .177 isolated-power common allowed. (Grade: F.)

• Energy pitching: .792 contact price allowed. (Grade: F.)

• Management pitching: .085 batting-eye price allowed. (Grade: D+.)