Hunt and Peck: Links of the Weekend

A couple weeks ago, 82 games into the season, to be exact, I made two graphs. One with Matt Holliday's home run production in 2013, one in 2014. By putting these in graph form, you can easily see how frequently Matt had homered. As you can see, in 2014, he was way off 2013's pace. Since I made that chart, Matt Holliday has hit five dingers, decreasing his games per homer from 16.4 to 10.1, and having a pace of 3.8 games per homer during those 19 games. Over the course his career, Holliday has consistently hit 20 home runs or more nearly every season (every one but his first). It may be too little, too late to reach 20 this year, but if he maintains this torrid pace, don't be surprised if he makes it close. - Viva el Birdos

what else is going on in baseball...

• First and foremost, some congratulations are due to Dave Cameron over at Fangraphs for a great accomplishment!
  

  So I'm officially three years in remission. This is a good day.

  — David Cameron (@DCameronFG) July 25, 2014

• Dan Uggla has been called up by the Giants. - Hardball Talk; McCovey Chronicles
• Oh, but there is more! The Giants also acquired Jake Peavy. - Fox Sports
  Here is Fangraphs look at it. - Fangraphs
• Dmitri Young is unrecognizably thinner. - SBNation
• Could Matt Kemp be traded to the Red Sox. - MLB Daily Dish
• Frank Thomas is a Hall of Famer. Here is his scouting report.- MLB Fancave
  And here is his emotional speech. - Cut4
• Just put TULO on the back next time. - SBNation
• The Oakland Athletics are darn good. - MLB
  And their pitching is pretty stacked (thanks flood!). - ESPN
• The Hall of Fame voting has changed. Joe Posnanski wonders why. - Hardball Talk
  Hmmm... I wonder why... - Sports on Earth
• Mark Appel gets to throw a bullpen in Houston and that upset some Astros or something I don't even know anymore really this is getting bonkers. - Hardball Talk
• Joe Torre, Bobby Cox, and Tony LaRussa are Hall of Famers. - Sports on Earth
• Now here is something you don't see everyday... - Cut4
• TULO. - Cut4
• Lots of interesting Hall of Fame news can be found here. - SBNation

what the cardinals are up to...

• The Cardinals have released George Kottaras and signed catcher A.J. Pierzynski. - Viva el Birdos
• Lookie at what is in the Hall of Fame Museum! Aww... now I miss David Freese :(
  

  David Freese's shredded WS jersey, National Baseball Hall of Fame. pic.twitter.com/5eTkLLyAKa

  — Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) July 26, 2014

• So why don't we chill out a little about Trevor Rosenthal when he comes in to pitch the ninth? - Cards Conclave
• If you are interested in a Cardinals Yearbook, you can pre-order it here. - Cardinals
• Adam Wainwright is the first pitcher to reach 13 wins this season. - 120Sports
• The Cardinals have pitched a lot of shutouts. 
  

  According to my quick math, with their 18th shutout of the year today, the Cardinals are on pace for 26 shutouts, 6 shy of the MLB record.

  — viva el birdos (@vivaelbirdos) July 27, 2014

KNOW THING ENEMY...

the nl central

• Josh Harrison is a magician. - Hardball Talk
• Cincinnati has been in a bit of a skid, having broken a seven game losing streak on Saturday. - Miami Herald
• Standings:
  

  Milwaukee Brewers	59	47	.557	-
  St. Louis Cardinals	56	48	.538	2.0
  Pittsburgh Pirates	55	49	.529	3.0
  Cincinnati Reds	52	52	.500	6.0
  Chicago Cubs	42	61	.408	15.5

the san diego padres

• Ian Kennedy was scratched before his last start with an oblique strain. - Gaslamp Ball
• The Padres look to be major sellers having already dealt Houston Street and Chase Headly. - Sports on Earth
• Fink will hit you up with a preview tomorrow, but until then, you can find all sorts of Padres info here! - Gaslamp Ball

weekend scoreboard:

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