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Yahoo
37 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Clayton Kershaw joins 3,000-strikeout club: Should Dodgers great be on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy baseball starters?
When a seismic event happens like Clayton Kershaw recording his 3,000th strikeout, the first feeling I have is gratitude. We've been able to see every pitch of the run, if we so desired. We are all witnesses. That's a glorious feature in the internet age. And then you stop and think about how rare it is to see 3,000 strikeouts. Baseball is the sport where stats and history mean the most, and let's note how exclusive some of these clubs are. Advertisement Kershaw is the 20th pitcher (and the fourth lefty) to whiff 3,000 batters. Compare that to these other MLB stat clubs: The 3,000 Strikeout Club will go toe-to-toe with the Perfect Game Club, too. There have been 24 perfect games in MLB history. Let's appreciate the rareness of Kershaw's feat. Yahoo Fantasy Baseball dates back to 1999. I wanted to figure out just where Kershaw would slot among the greatest pitchers during this Yahoo era. Would he be in the Mount Rushmore of fantasy starters? Or perhaps a little outside that club? I called up the 100 best pitcher seasons by WAR, dating from 1999 to present, and here are the pitchers who came up the most: Advertisement Pedro Martinez, 5 seasons Randy Johnson, 5 seasons Justin Verlander, 5 seasons Roy Halladay, 5 seasons Clayton Kershaw, 4 seasons Max Scherzer, 4 seasons Johan Santana, 4 seasons Kershaw's cumulative ranks for the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball era (1999 to present), according to Baseball Reference: Pitcher WAR: 2nd (Verlander first) Strikeouts: 4th (Verlander, Scherzer, CC Sabathia) Wins: 7th Shutouts: 2nd (Halladay first) ERA (100-start minimum): 2nd (an eyelash behind Jacob deGrom, 2.49 to 2.52) ERA+ (adjusted for seasons and ballparks): 3rd (Martinez first, deGrom second) WHIP (100-start minimum): 2nd (deGrom first) Quality Starts: 6th (Verlander first) Quality Start Percentage: 3rd (deGrom first) (Two quick asides: Pedro Martinez was grossly robbed of at least one MVP, and Johan Santana didn't get a fair look as a plausible Hall of Famer. The first wrong can never be righted, but hopefully Santana will get more consideration down the road from the Veterans Committee.) So if we're selecting a Mount Rushmore of fantasy baseball starters for this period, Martinez, Johnson and Verlander are probably the first three locks. The fourth could reasonably be Kershaw, Scherzer or Halladay. If I extend this list to include the 200 best starting pitcher seasons of the era, Scherzer charts seven times, Kershaw six times, and Halladay six times. There is no perfect way to choose this stuff. You could pick Max, Doc or Clayton and I wouldn't argue with you. We might have a fun conversation, though. Clayton Kershaw is the 20th pitcher in MLB history to record 3,000 strikeouts in his career. (David Heringer/Yahoo Sports) (David Heringer/Yahoo Sports) Kershaw's peak between 2011 and 2014 was especially ridiculous. He led the majors in ERA all four seasons. He led the NL in WHIP all four of those seasons, too. There were two strikeout titles, three WAR titles, two seasons with 21 wins. He was the MVP in 2014, and the Cy Young Award winner three times. Advertisement The 2014 fantasy baseball season was especially memorable for me. I didn't draft a starting pitcher in the Yahoo Friends & Family League that year (a 5x5 format), thinking I'd either punt starting pitching or get around to filling it later. By the middle of the year, I had added some pitching but still needed a frontman. I called up my buddy Dalton Del Don at the All-Star break and made my pitch — my star hitter (Miguel Cabrera) for his superstar pitcher (Clayton Kershaw). Miggy was coming off two MVP seasons of his own. Cabrera was his usual dynamic self the rest of the way (.321/.379/.511, 11 homers, 34 RBI) but Kershaw was out of this world. The LA lefty won 11 of 13 starts, posted a 1.85 ERA and 0.99 WHIP, piled up 102 strikeouts in 87.1 innings. I not only won the league, I somehow collected the most wins by season's end, despite not grabbing a starting pitcher on draft day. [Smarter waivers, better trades, optimized lineups — Yahoo Fantasy Plus unlocks it all] (Full disclosure, I tried a similar strategy this year. It's failing miserably. Any strategy can work if you pick the right players, or collapse if you pick the wrong ones.) Advertisement The joy of peak Kershaw wasn't just the numbers, of course. His art was just as good as his science. That glorious Summer of '14 I felt like I had season tickets to Kershaw, with the incomparable Vin Scully still on the microphone. What an amazing mix, the elegant lefty and the elegant wordsmith. Imagine knowing every five days that you had the most delicious steak waiting for you, or an unforgettable sunset, or the perfect concert. That's how enormous those Kershaw starts felt to me. I'd schedule my entire week around them. Kershaw wasn't on top of his game Tuesday night, of course. A mediocre White Sox lineup dinged him for nine hits and four runs over his six innings. He didn't get the signature strikeout until the end of the night. Had the milestone not been in play — and a road trip not looming next week — it's likely Dave Roberts wouldn't have allowed Kershaw to throw the 100 pitches needed. Kershaw hasn't seen that pitch count since June of 2023. But maybe Kershaw has one more fantasy kick in his age-37 season. Consider that his four starts before Tuesday night were excellent: four straight wins, 1.57 ERA, four walks, 21 strikeouts. They're not exactly the vintage Kershaw starts of old — he lasted just five innings in two of those games — but the pitching-strapped Dodgers are delighted with these results. So are fantasy managers. Advertisement Whatever Kershaw does the remainder of his career, I'm already satiated. Those glory days of the early 2010s will never be forgotten. And heck, this might be the last 3000-Strikeout Man I'll ever see. I don't know if Chris Sale will get there — he's at 2,528 and currently hurt. Gerrit Cole is also hurt and sitting at 2,251. Charlie Morton (2,124) had a nifty career but he's 41 years old, he's not making it. Ditto for Yu Darvish, who's at 2,007. Comps and lists and memory lane, it's all fun. But sometimes you have to simplify things. Clayton Edward Kershaw, one of one.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Backyard Baseball 2001 Game Returns With 28 Original MLB Stars
Backyard Baseball '01 is set to re-launch next week on PC and mobile devices, featuring MLB marks and 28 of the 31 players who appeared in the original version, the franchise's new owners announced Monday. The Backyard Sports series has been revived under the Playground Productions label after extensive efforts to track down the rights to the groundbreaking PC titles and redevelop the original code. The newest game—available July 8—also required locating the pros who initially appeared in the game. Advertisement More from Some were easy to connect with. Others were harder to find. Playground Productions CEO Lindsay Barnett said the team reached former Marlin Álex González through players he's currently coaching, for instance. '2001 is already some time ago, and some of these players don't live in the U.S. Some of them don't have managers or agents or social media,' she said. 'So we got creative.' In general, Barnett said, players were eager to lend their IP rights once again. In some cases, they leapt at the opportunity to show their kids, or grandkids, how big of a star they once were. Three players ultimately declined to participate this time around: Ken Griffey Jr., Frank Thomas and Barry Bonds. Bonds—notably—has not appeared in MLB video games since opting out of the MLB Players Association licensing agreement in 2003. Advertisement Playground Productions also got buy-in from MLB, allowing for renewed rivalries such as Melonheads vs. Marlins. 'It just could not have been easier [working with MLB],' Barnett said. 'They really love this brand.' She added that the league recognizes how valuable the original releases were to the sport's efforts to grow. 'There were actually kids who learned about baseball through a very simple point-and-click game,' Barnett said. 'Now that we get to bring it back, we can start to capture even more kids who can become baseball fans for life.' Recently released versions, including Backyard Baseball '97 and Backyard Soccer '98, have found success on gaming platform Steam and iOS, largely by entertaining nostalgic millennials, including those hoping to share their childhood favorites with a new generation. Backyard Baseball '97 also recently came to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5. Mega Cat Studios has been responsible for game development. Advertisement Playground Productions is also creating an entirely new entry in the series. Though the group has not announced which sport it will feature first, Barnett said the company intends to continue the crossovers between original characters and real-life stars—that is, assuming she can get players on board. In addition to Backyard mainstays such as Pablo Sanchez and Pete Wheeler, the MLB players available in the upcoming 2001 re-release are: Jeff Bagwell Carlos Beltrán Jeromy Burnitz Jose Canseco Marty Cordova Jason Giambi Álex González Juan González Nomar Garciaparra Shawn Green Vladimir Guerrero Tony Gwynn Derek Jeter Randy Johnson Chipper Jones Jason Kendall Barry Larkin Kenny Lofton Mark McGwire Raul Mondesi Mike Piazza Cal Ripken Jr. Alex Rodriguez Iván Rodríguez Curt Schilling Sammy Sosa Mo Vaughn Larry Walker Best of Sign up for Sportico's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
CNN
an hour ago
- CNN
A slider, a milestone and a heartfelt thank you: Kershaw's 3,000th strikeout
Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout. His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become the 20th pitcher to reach the milestone. 'It's a little bit harder when you're actually trying to strike people out,' he said, smiling. 'I never really had to do that before.' Kershaw accomplished the feat when Vinny Capra of the Chicago White Sox took a slider for a called third strike for the final out of the sixth inning on Wednesday night. 'I made it interesting. Made it take too long,' Kershaw said. 'Honestly, I didn't pitch that great tonight. The slider was so bad.' In his 18th season in Los Angeles, Kershaw joined Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators and Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals as the only pitchers with 3,000 or more strikeouts all for one team. Freddie Freeman capped a three-run ninth by singling in Shohei Ohtani, giving the Dodgers a 5-4 win. Kershaw didn't get a decision. The sellout crowd of 53,536 was on its feet roaring as the 37-year-old left-hander walked off the mound to end the sixth. Kershaw paused and doffed his cap, with teammates briefly holding off hugging him to allow him to soak in the cheers. Kershaw waved to his wife Ellen and four children in the stands and then patted his chest and mouthed, 'Thank you.' 'I feel bad for Ellen. I know she was nervous,' he said. 'I made her last six innings out there just stressed out that I wasn't going to get it and have to go to Milwaukee to do it.' Kershaw shared a clubhouse toast with his teammates, coaches, training staff and front office executives. 'Just super thankful for tonight, super thankful for my teammates,' he said. 'I told my teammates individual awards are great, but if you don't have anybody to celebrate with it doesn't matter.' The game was delayed for nearly six minutes between pitches, a gap that included a tribute video. Kershaw joined Justin Verlander of San Francisco (3,468) and Max Scherzer of Toronto (3,412) as the only active pitchers with that many. Kershaw is just the fourth left-hander in the club. 'It's an incredible list,' he said. 'It's special to finally be in that group.' Capra, hitting ninth, was retired on four pitches, with plate umpire Jim Wolf calling the third strike on a slider, Kershaw's season-high 100th pitch of the night. Wolf is the brother of retired pitcher Randy Wolf, once a teammate of Kershaw's. 'I wanted it to come easy,' Kershaw said. 'I would much rather have got it done in the first.' Manager Dave Roberts had said before the game that he would manage the three-time Cy Young Award winner differently with the milestone within reach. That was apparent when Kershaw jogged out for the sixth to an ovation, having already tossed a season-high 92 pitches with just two strikeouts. He came into the game needing three to make history. 'I was going to give him every opportunity to do it at home,' Roberts said. 'You could see the emotion he had trying to get that third strike. It just happened the way it was supposed to happen.' Kershaw retired Lenyn Sosa on three pitches for No. 2,999 in the fifth. Sosa fouled off Kershaw's first two pitches before ending the inning by striking out on a 72 mph curveball. In the third, Miguel Vargas took called strikes on his first two pitches before he swung and missed on another 72 mph curveball from his former Dodgers teammate. Chicago swung aggressively against Kershaw, who gave up a two-run homer to Austin Slater and two more runs as the White Sox led 4-2 after six innings. 'You could just feel it. They wanted it for me so bad,' he said of the crowd. 'You could feel the tension. They were trying to will me to do it.' Kershaw made history one batter after Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy was injured in tagging out Michael A. Taylor on a steal attempt. Muncy had to be helped off the field, barely able to put any weight on his left leg. Kershaw has provided much-needed stability for the Dodgers' pitching staff, which has been decimated by injuries. 'It's just again a reminder for me, for anyone, to never bet against that guy,' Roberts said before the game. 'It doesn't matter – health, stuff – he's going to will himself to doing whatever the team needs.' Kershaw allowed five runs over four innings in his first start after returning from knee and foot surgeries last offseason. Since then, he has held opposing batters to a .222 average. 'The first three months of the season, we've needed some length from the starter,' Roberts said. 'Once he kind of got his footing after the first few, he's done everything and more that we've needed. That doesn't go unnoticed.' In his prime from 2010-15, Kershaw led the National League in ERA five times, in strikeouts three times and wins twice. Kershaw had one of the best seasons ever in 2014, when he finished with a 21-3 record, 1.77 ERA and 233 strikeouts to win both the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player in the National League. Age and less dominant stuff has changed the way Kershaw does his job. He knows his consistency isn't the same but with the depth of the team's staff, he doesn't need to be perfect every outing. Kershaw no longer overpowers hitters the way he did during the height of his career, but he remains stubbornly determined and possesses a craftiness honed over two decades as well as a slider that still can fool. 'I've seen him grow more than any player,' Roberts said. 'Hasn't lost the compete, but I think that the world is not as black and white as he used to see it. I think that his edges are softer, I think that fatherhood, Father Time, does that to a person.'
