Shawn Kelley has given up six home runs and the Nationals bullpen has given up 21 home runs.
Dusty Baker said his team has to be patient with the process of fixing the bullpen considering teams are mostly still in contention and are unwilling to trade. They should have picked up a closer before the season, just sayin.
Julio Urias allowed a career high six runs on seven hits in four innings after going ten starts without allowing more than three runs.
Kevin Pillar ranks second in the American League, with 48 hits
Dansby Swanson has hit .286 over the past week, raising his average on the season to .174. It is still horrible, but better than it was. Heading into yesterday, Swanson had reached base in 15 of the last 16 games on 12 hits and 11 walks.
Bartolo Colon has a 7.22 ERA after seven starts, the worst ERA among 99 qualified major league starters
Of all the leadoff batters in baseball with 100 plate appearances, Kyle Schwarber has the lowest batting average, .179. He is 5 for 44 over the past two weeks and has one hit in his last 25 at bats.
Danny Duffy has lost velocity on his fastball but believes it will return
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Two Seam FB Velocity |
Four Seam FB Velocity |
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2016 |
94.4 |
94.9 |
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2017 |
93 |
92.9 |
Mike Trout is on fire since he missed five games last week. He has hit home runs in three straight and stole two bases last night. Him and Alex Rodriguez are now the only players to combine for 175 home runs and 150 steals before 26 years old.
Masahiro Tanaka has not pitched well for the third straight start. Last night was the shortest outing of his career after allowing eight runs over 1 ⅔ innings. He left the mound to loud boos from those lovely Yankees fans who should have been in a much better mood after the ordeal they put on for Derek Jeter. Leave it to Yankees fans to boo their best pitcher off the mound in the second inning.
Tanaka posted on Twitter late last night, but the tweet has since been removed. According to the NY Daily News: Google translation of the tweet
I really could not do anything today. It is miserable. I looked back on the video, but it is too cruel. However, as I understood the problem with some kind of image, I managed to correct it somehow and hope to see the next one.Tanaka on Twitter
From what I saw, his breaking pitches weren’t as sharp as they usually are. … You’ve got to give credit to the other team. They were taking some close pitches and making good contact. But I believe in Tanaka.Gary Sanchez on Tanaka's Outing
Curtis Granderson just keeps on sucking and the Mets just keep on playing him. He is batting .144 over 125 at-bats so far this season. I have him on my bench so he should be hitting. ??
Denard Span is 9 for 21 with a double, a triple and two home runs since being activated from the disabled list.
Injury Updates
Hunter Pence is only available to pinch hit after an MRI revealed a minor hamstring strain. Bruce Bochy said it will be a couple of days.
A.J. Pollock came out of the game after he injured his groin running up the baseline
I hit the ball, ran, felt a little grab, It wasn’t good, but we will see.Pollack on Injury
Aroldis Chapman will be out at least a month with his sore shoulder. Apparently, he has been nursing this injury for some time.
I believed that it was going to go away with the treatment that I was getting. Also, the cold weather, I thought it was affecting me a little bit. … But, eventually, it got a little worse.Chapman on Injury
Greg Bird has not been cleared to resume baseball activities.
Travis Shaw left the game after jamming his right index finger.
Adam Jones was not in the lineup for the first time this season. ”He’s pretty banged up,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. ”He’s got a sore hip. He’s diving, different stuff.”
Shin-Soo Choo was held out of Sunday’s game against the Athletics after reporting back spasms,
Injuries to Carlos Gomez & Shin-Soo Choo could put damper on #Rangers win streakhttps://t.co/f6iWTRCcec
— Stefan Stevenson (@StevensonFWST) May 14, 2017
Devin Mesoraco left Sunday’s game early with hamstring tightness
Yunel Escobar will miss up to a month after an MRI exam Sunday revealed a Grade 1 strain in his left hamstring. Jefry Marte was sent to the minors and then recalled in the same day because C.J. Cron, who was activated from the disabled list yesterday, can not play third base.
Team News
Mariners pitchers have allowed 50 homers already, second in the American League
The Giants were outscored 31-5 in being swept by the Reds at Cincinnati last week.
The Blue Jays lead the majors with 21 homers in May.
The Royals have averaged 5.7 runs in the last seven games
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