Between Innings is the editorial home of forty4 Baseball, covering the stories, analysis, history and ideas that go beyond the daily box score. Explore Major League Baseball (MLB) and college baseball through original features, statistical analysis, baseball history, player trends and deeper looks at what is happening across the game.
Missouri transfer Seojun Oh slugged .672 with 17 home runs and 60 RBIs at High Point last season, but D1Baseball ranked him only No. 40 on its Top 50 Transfer Hitters Countdown. forty4 Baseball explains why the jump from the Big South to the SEC explains the gap, and what to watch once he takes the field for Missouri.
Mike Trout is batting .239 for the Angels, yet his .382 OBP tells a different story. The gap comes from his ability to reach base without a hit, making his overall offensive value look very different from his batting average. Here’s what the numbers reveal about Trout’s 2026 season so far and why it matters.
Kevin Kelly has thrown 15 straight scoreless appearances for Tampa Bay, giving the Rays a reliable bullpen weapon. His 1.96 ERA and 0.82 WHIP show the streak is part of a larger season of strong relief work, not a short burst of good fortune, and his workload makes it matter over the final weeks of August.
Philadelphia has won six straight and sits at 70-58, making this the club's longest winning streak of the season. The run matters less as a streak statistic than as evidence that the Phillies are stacking wins at the right time. The next test is whether that momentum holds against stronger competition.
Cal Raleigh has 13 home runs this season, yet his slugging percentage sits at just .296 — a number that belongs to a slap hitter, not a power bat. forty4 Baseball breaks down how those two numbers coexist, what it says about everything besides his homers, and what needs to change for his overall line to catch up.
Shane Baz hasn't finished an outing without allowing a run in 25 straight appearances, the longest active streak of its kind in baseball. forty4 Baseball breaks down how the skid compares to the rest of MLB's struggling arms, why it likely isn't just bad luck at this length, and what has to change for it to end.
Oklahoma finishes No. 1 in the final forty4 Baseball Top 25 after winning the 2026 national championship over North Carolina. Georgia, West Virginia and Texas round out the top five, while Troy, Cal Poly, St. John's and Little Rock headline a postseason that reshaped the final rankings.
Between Innings is forty4 Baseball's editorial section for long-form baseball coverage — analysis, history, and player stories that go beyond the box score, spanning both Major League Baseball and college baseball.
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