Matt Olson has broken 40 strikeouts for the year and is leading the K race by 4. He has 11 in his last 7 games and is on pace for 44 HR, 137 RBi, 112 BB, and 262 strikeouts. God bless that man.
Joey's strikeout yesterday was the 1,064th of his career, tying him for 304th place all time with Johnny Callison Cliff Floyd, and fellow active player Starling Marte.
Floyd defied all logic and reason for 17 years by being 6 foot 5 220 lbs but never striking out more than 112 times in a season. He is probably the only guy to play in the World Series for both the Marlins (97) and the Rays (08).
Johnny Callison played 16 years overall, 10 of those with the Phillies, and peaked with 117 strikeouts in 1965, the best year of his career as he led the league with 16 triples, hit 32 HR, and drove in 101. Homeboy had 5 straight years of 10+ triples.
Big ups to Aaron Judge for clawing his way up to third in the strikeout chase. The minute I picked him in Fantasy Baseball this year, I thought "He's probably going to suck if you pick him." And so he has, with a .261 average and 35 strikeouts in 26 games.
Austin Riley, also on my fantasy team, has crept up to a tie for fifth in whiffs. As you'll recall, last year, Riley, Olson and Dansby Swanson began just the 4th trio of teammates to crack 500 strikeouts in a season. Swanson has gone to the Cubs, so Sam Hilliard is trying to fill his shoes. He currently has 25 strikeouts, giving the trio a total of 102 in 26 games. That puts them on pace for an outlandish pace of 635 strikeouts this year!
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