I know you kids like your “advanced” statistics. So here ya go. This article is from 24 hours ago prior to last night’s game.
For the last 30 days, Daniel Murphy is hitting .373/.400/.573 for an OPS of 973. NINE-SEVENTY-THREE. Think that’s just a hot month? It’s not. In the last 60 days, Murphy has hit .358/.383/.491 for an OPS of 873. He hit .349 that month.
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This isn’t a good two week stretch — this is an enormous sample. In his last 240 at bats, Daniel Murphy has hit like Wade Boggs in his prime. Want to know what the full season pace is for that kind of performance?
232 hits, 56 doubles, 93 RBI, 54 strikeouts, .363/.390/.504