Triple Milestone Targets 2013

With four weeks to go, only two players are on target for triple milestones of a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 RBIs but six others are close.  Only one pitcher is on target for the milestones of 20 wins, 200 strikeouts and an ERA less than 3.00.  No other pitchers are close.

At this point in the season, a batter must have a batting average of .300, 25 home runs and 85 RBIs to be on target.  To be considered close, he must have a batting average of .290, 23 home runs and 80 RBIs.

A pitcher must have 17 wins, 169 strikeouts and an ERA of less than 3.00 to be on target.  To be considered close, he must have 16 wins, 159 strikeouts and an ERA of less than 3.15.

Here are the players who are on target or close:

Hitters
	Bat Avg	HR	RBI	Comments
Miguel Cabrera	.358	43	133	Has it made with room to spare
Robinson Cano	.305	25	89	On target but needs home runs and RBI
Chris Davis	.298	47	122	Needs a couple of points on batting average
Paul Goldschmidt	.295	31	104	Close but short on batting average
Adrian Beltre	.327	28	82	A little short on RBI
Adam Jones	.293	28	98	Close and coming on strong
David Ortiz	.312	24	85	Close but needs home runs
Mike Trout	.335	23	82	Close but needs home runs and RBI

 

No pitcher other than Max Scherzer is on pace for more than 15 wins.  Since pitchers wins are not controllable, it’s interesting to look at which pitchers are on target on both strikeouts and ERA but not wins.

Pitchers
	W-L	ERA	K’s	Comments
Max Scherzer	19-1	2.90	201	On target but ERA could be problem
Yu Darvish	12-6	2.73	236
Clayton Kershaw	14-8	1.89	231
Felix Hernandez	12-9	3.01	200
Chris Sale	10-12	2.99	193
Matt Harvey	9-5	2.27	191
Adam Wainwright	15-9	3.14	187
Stephen Strasburg	6-9	2.85	174
Jose Fernandez	10-6	2.33	173