@@San Diego Padres

Does anybody hate this stat more than I do?

  • April 8, 2024


Padres had the 3rd highest Ground Into Double Plays in MLB last year and trending for the same stat line this year. If they can’t figure this out, they will miss the playoffs once again. Name something more frustrating than watching Manny and Xander (41 combined last year out of 134 for the whole team in ‘23) hit into a double-play.

16 comments

  4. Luis Arraez had SOOOOOO many GIDP last year.
    He’s not the answer for us

  5. “If they can’t figure this out, they will miss the playoffs once again”

    Except the other top 5 from 2023 were all playoffs teams. Not saying it’s a good sign or a good stat to be leading the mlb in, but it clearly does not have a correlation with playoffs.

  6. They always hit shitty grounders when they swing at fastballs over 95 miles…

  7. The Yankees lead the league but also are leading their division. I’m guessing all the other runs and hits they get help

  12. Yep told my brother this is just a continuation of last year. This is what they are I guess. These players are just not that good

  13. With a passion. Good thing there isn’t a “failed to get the bunt down” stat for me to seethe over even more.

  14. Merrill at the 9 spot showed some speed this weekend when he got on base (4-4) and stole second as the would-be tying run.

    I think we can expect some more aggressive base running to hopefully eliminate these situations. I’m optimistic about that, but it’s no less frustrating.

  15. A little perspective on this – the upcoming first ballot HOFer Albert Pujols has the most career ground into DP by far, followed by Miggy second, another upcoming HOFer. Here is the list of all time leaders – https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/GIDP_career.shtml I know it’s representative of career longevity as well, but just something to keep in mind as frustrating as it is to see when it happens to guys like Manny and Xander.

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