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— Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 26, 2017
Dallas Keuchel has five earned runs so far this season, four of them were solo home runs.
Mark Trumbo hit his only home run of the season on opening day. He is hitting .203 and his hard contact rate is down 16.2 percent from last year. His exit velocity averaged 95 mph last season and now he reaches 95 mph only 32 percent of the time.
Julio Urias will be called up to start tomorrow (Thu) for the Dodgers, and it looks like the Dodgers plan to keep him up.
We can now get Julio here, and he can be with us for the durationManager Dave Roberts
Jurickson Profar just lost the majority of the left field spot. Ryan Rua will get the start most days. Profar is hitting .135 with one hit in his last 18 at-bats.
We have given Profar a long enough look, now we are going to give Rua an opportunity. He is moving over from a platoon and we’re giving him bulk at-bats together. We are trying to get a guy and see if he can spark. It wasn’t happening on the other end. Where our offense is, we need to find as much offense as we can. Our offense hasn’t been operating on all cylinders. We need to get this going in the right direction.Manager Jeff Banister
Eric Thames just tied Willie Stargell for the most home runs against one team in April in major-league history and was promptly tested for PEDs after the game for the third time since spring.
Eric Thames was drug tested again tonight. “If people keep thinking I’m on stuff, I’ll be here every day. I have a lot of blood and urine.” pic.twitter.com/De1smFWVj7
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) April 26, 2017
Clayton Kershaw is 11-4 with a 1.36 ERA through 19 starts at rival AT&T park. He has pitched at least six innings without allowing more than three runs every time. Batting average against Kershaw in San Fran, .173
Cody Bellinger played left field and batted eighth in his major league debut last night. He will be in the lineup for the final three games against the Giants despite the fact that he is a lefty and they will face two lefty pitchers. The Dodgers can’t get any worse against left-handed pitching so what the hell, right?
With the injuries that we have Cody gave us coverage anywhere in the outfield, at first base. Also, he’s performed. To give him an opportunity to get to the big leagues I think is exciting for all of us and his family. When Joc and Franklin and Logan (get healthy), all these guys, obviously there are going to be some roster decisions.Manager Dave Roberts
Ervin Santana is 10-4 with a 2.03 ERA over his past 23 starts and 151 innings
Hernan Perez is hitting .533 with eight hits, including seven extra-base hits in 15 at-bats against the Reds. He is batting .129 against all other teams.
Injury News
King Felix Hernandez left the game last night with shoulder weakness in the second inning.
Joc Pederson hit the 10 day disabled list with a groin strain. He is Dodger number 12 to hit the DL this season.
Carlos Rodon, out for two months now with a supposedly minor bicep injury, played catch yesterday but there is no timetable for his return. He won’t talk about it, management won’t talk about it and people are starting to wonder
Team News
Arizona is batting .283 when they have two outs, and have first inning homers in five straight games. They are 10-2 at home, averaging 7.5 runs per game. Arizona didn’t win its 10th game at home last year until June 7.
Braves pinch-hitters are batting .069 with three walks and 11 strikeouts.
The White Sox rank second in defensive efficiency, too bad defense can’t score runs.
The Indians have used 15 different lineups in 18 games
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