MFYs suddenly not losing a game to anyone is very annoying. When is that goober 99 going back on the DL?
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Very impressive from Bryce Miller
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Correa has foot and heel injuries. I'm shocked.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37722414/twins-carlos-correa-land-il-foot-heel-injuries
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37722414/twins-carlos-correa-land-il-foot-heel-injuries
You know TOR will come and sweep Boston in a series that goes something like 23-3 total score.
The pitch clock might be hurting him too, his velocity is down a bit and his control has been dreadful.
Manoah has always been a little lucky in the past but he has totally lost his control. Walks are up 3.5 per nine, chase rate is down 6%, which leads to homers per nine doubling. He is a mess.
The Padres are really good at styling on homeruns. That’s it. One mistake after another in those final innnings.
Varsho could not make the miracle catch... twice in a row.
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/13tgb5q/willi_castro_hits_a_2run_home_run_3_to_straight/
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/13tgeg9/matt_wallner_taunts_daulton_varsho_by_hitting/
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/13tgb5q/willi_castro_hits_a_2run_home_run_3_to_straight/
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/13tgeg9/matt_wallner_taunts_daulton_varsho_by_hitting/
Can't tell on the Wallner HR but the Castro one would have not gone over the wall without help.
Funny thing is that (as they mention in that thread) that yesterday was the 30 year anniversary of the Canseco HR off his head.
Rays comeback falls short with tying run on 3rd and winning run on 1st. 6-5 Dodgers final. Good game. Rays pen still so shaky.
I noticed that. Their offseason spending spree has worked out better than the Mets' has so far. I guess the dollar really does go farther in Texas than it does in New York.
It also just occurred to me that their start bests those of their two teams that went to the World Series, and further that in the last 15 years, both the Rangers and the Royals had teams that played in back-to-back World Series. Time does fly as one gets older.
Wow, MIA at LAA, top 10, 5-4 MIA, bases loaded, one out. The pitcher gets an easy comebacker, home for one, first base, easy DP, the game goes to commercial, 5-4 MIA.
Except...
The feed come back abruptly because it turns out the catcher took the ball just in front of the plate and did not touch home plate! The run scores, the pitcher warms up again, the next pitch is a two run single so it's now 8-4 MIA, still batting.
Except...
The feed come back abruptly because it turns out the catcher took the ball just in front of the plate and did not touch home plate! The run scores, the pitcher warms up again, the next pitch is a two run single so it's now 8-4 MIA, still batting.
Call me crazy, but I wish there was a 11:30 Saturday game too! But obviously not feasible.
Fairbanks hurts himself in the pen warming up for the 9th, so they leave Adam out there and he gets the 6 out save. 11-10 Rays final. 2 out of 3 from MIL 3 out of 4 from TOR and 2 out of 3 from LAD on the home stand. They’re like a beer league softball team right now.
Logan Allen with the best start of his career so far... 7 shutout innings, 3 hits, 2 walks and his first 10 K game. The Guards might have an overflowing rotation in another week with the return of Triston McKenzie and Aaron Civale to add to Allen, Shane Bieber, Tanner Bibee and Cal Quantrill.
Shouldn't they trade with BAL or STL who have too many position players and both desperately need pitching? Is it time for a Bieber deal?
The only way I can see Cleveland trading Bieber during the season is if every last flicker of hope has been extinguished by the All-Star break. I do think he's 100% gone in the off-season though. With the way the Guardians and White Sox have played, the Twins should have already run away with the Central title – they couldn't have dreamed of their rotation being any better – but they have no way to get from their starters to their closer and their lineup isn't a whole lot better than Cleveland's (I've also never found myself impressed by Baldelli's managing). Personally, I think planning an offense around Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa is a fatal flaw, although maybe not as fatal as Cleveland having an outfield entirely devoid of extra-base power.
Civale didn't get very good results in his last two rehab starts, and I'd be just fine with bringing him back as a long-reliever until he proved effective, but I think it's already official that he's starting against the Twins on Friday. Quantrill might want to make a good start tomorrow, because the way Allen and Bibee are pitching they can't really justify removing either one from the rotation. Cody Morris has also begun his rehab stint at AA. If he and everyone else had been healthy coming into the season, he was probably the long-man in the pen and I'd have had him as the #5 starter ahead of Plesac. He probably has to wait in AAA now with Xzavion Curry pitching really well in what would have been his role. Plesac is still garbage with a 5.57 ERA through four AAA starts.
I don't know the Cardinals system well enough to know the pecking order, but I'd be happy with giving them someone (not named McKenzie, Allen, Bibee or Williams) to replace one of their starters on the wrong side of 30 in exchange for one of their outfielders who's 25 or younger. Add sweetener as necessary.
Civale didn't get very good results in his last two rehab starts, and I'd be just fine with bringing him back as a long-reliever until he proved effective, but I think it's already official that he's starting against the Twins on Friday. Quantrill might want to make a good start tomorrow, because the way Allen and Bibee are pitching they can't really justify removing either one from the rotation. Cody Morris has also begun his rehab stint at AA. If he and everyone else had been healthy coming into the season, he was probably the long-man in the pen and I'd have had him as the #5 starter ahead of Plesac. He probably has to wait in AAA now with Xzavion Curry pitching really well in what would have been his role. Plesac is still garbage with a 5.57 ERA through four AAA starts.
I don't know the Cardinals system well enough to know the pecking order, but I'd be happy with giving them someone (not named McKenzie, Allen, Bibee or Williams) to replace one of their starters on the wrong side of 30 in exchange for one of their outfielders who's 25 or younger. Add sweetener as necessary.
What a fantastic day. Soroka, Hendriks and Royce Lewis all back from horrific injuries or ailments today.
I'm really looking forward to watching how Lewis does. He certainly got off to a good start.
If Cleveland's starting rotation decision that needs to be made by the end of the weekend is based at all on merit, then Cal Quantrill has made his last start for a while... 7 earned runs in the first 2 innings.
