Baseball Chatter 05/08

The Braves rank last in the National League with a 4.82 ERA, and the Tigers ranks last in the American League with a 4.83. Francisco Rodriguez blew his fourth save yesterday and now has an 8.49 ERA.

Justin Wilson pitched a scoreless eighth inning for his eighth hold. He owns a 1.32 ERA, having only allowed two runs on four hits in 13 2/3 innings this season, His K/BB ratio is 22/4

Hector Neris has thrown his splitter 70 percent of the time over the past four innings without allowing a run

Jeremy Hellickson has a 9.35 ERA after two starts in May. He was 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in five starts in April.

The Daily News published an article about how the Yankees need to get Gerrit Cole, and Pirates Manager Neal Huntington responded “Our expectation is that Gerrit is going to be a Pirate for a while,”

Julio Teheran is 1-3 with an 8.14 ERA at home, and 1-0 with an 0.93 ERA on the road. He has allowed 27 hits with five home runs over 21 innings at SunTrust Park

Chris Sale has more than ten strikeouts in each of his eight starts as a Red Sox.

Jose Abreu is notorious for starting the season slow.

• First 13 games: 0 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, .157 AVG
• Next 15 games: 5 HR, 10 RBI, 12 R, .414 AVG

Yoan Moncada is the minor league player of the month, currently hitting .352 with six home runs at Triple-A Charlotte.

Adam Wilk left Las Vegas heading to Denver with his Triple-A team at 7am Saturday. Got on connecting flight in Albuquerque. Upon arrival in Denver, his hotel room wasn’t ready, so he mingled in the lobby until he could check in. He was out playing catch when he got the call from New York. Went back to hotel to shower and flew to Los Angeles to catch a red eye flight to the east. He arrived in New York at 8:30 am Sunday and went straight from the airport to Citi Field, where he was the starting pitcher for the Mets at 1:10pm. It was his first start in the majors since 2012