Baseball Chatter 06/23

Jaime Garcia has 12 earned runs on 17 hits along with five walks in his last 10 innings. He tied Justin Upton for the most homers in franchise history over the first 31 games

Matt Adams has 12 homers and 31 RBIs in 31 games since becoming a Brave

Cameron Maybin has reached base 26 consecutive games. He has a walk rate of 14.8 percent. He has improved his walk rate in each of the past three seasons.

Corey Knebel has 0.96 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 37 ⅔ innings. That comes out to 15.52 strikeouts per nine.

Odubel Herrera has a problem running the bases.

Teams

The Mets are a season-worst ten games under .500 after they lost seven of their last eight games.

The Orioles are 13-27 overall since May 9. S

Orioles pitchers have a 6.14 ERA on the road, the highest of any team in baseball. They are now only one game away from the 1924 Phillies record for allowing at least five runs in 20 games straight.

The Indians have at least ten hits in nine straight games

The Tigers have a six game losing streak and are eight games below .500 for the first time since 2015.

Rangers have won won nine of their last 13. They will be on the road for 20 of their next 26 games

The Cardinals have homered in 11 straight games and have hit 20 home runs since June 16.

The Blue Jays have lost nine in a row when trying to reach .500 this season.

Injury Updates

Carlos Rodon will make another rehab start today for Triple-A Durham. GoFigure

Zach Britton pitched a scoreless inning at Class A Delmarva yesterday, and will pitch again tomorrow

Michael Brantley took batting practice yesterday and will do running drills today. He is eligible to return Monday.

Yasmany Tomas ran the bases and took batting practice Thursday, but still is not feeling 100 percent.

There’s something in there that is continuing to make him feel uncomfortable. We don’t want to keep pushing forward unless he’s ready to go.

Josh Donaldson hopes to play today

George Springer left the game last night with a left hand contusion after being struck by a fastball from Jesse Hahn. X-rays taken during the game were negative

Huston Street was activated from the disabled list.

Mike Trout will begin hitting off a tee this weekend.

Jason Heyward went on the disabled list, retroactive to June 19.

Ben Zobrist will go on a brief rehab assignment before returning from the disabled list

Zack Cozart hopes to begin baseball-related activities today

Brandon Phillips and Matt Kemp left the game for precautionary reasons.

Brad Boxberger is expected to be activated from the disabled list today even though he is not pitching well in his rehab

Danny Duffy is set to begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A Omaha tomorrow

Danny Salazar threw a bullpen session yesterday and scheduled to pitch in a simulated game next week

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