Baseball Chatter 06/30

 

Ozzie Albies went 3-for-5 with a steal, a run and an RBI at Triple-A Gwinnett, hitting .277 on the season with 19 stolen bases.

Jaime Garcia is 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA over his last three starts

Last season Hanley Ramirez hit .346 against left-handed pitchers. He has a career mark of .300 against lefties. So far this season, Hanley is hitting .143 against them.

Andrew McCutchen:

  • May 23 – .200 AVG, .630 OPS
  • June – .398 AVG, 1.171 OPS

Josh Harrison was hit by a pitch twice last night to increase his total to 18 on the season. That is five more hits by a pitch than any other player.

Joc Pederson has hit six home runs since coming off the disabled list on June 16

Felix Hernandez pitched five scoreless innings, struck out three and walked none.

Drew Smyly was allowed to throw 65 pitches, which got him through 4 ⅔ innings. He struck out eight, including the last six batters he faced.

Blake Treinen’s batting average on balls in play has been .380, with batters averaging .356 against him in the ninth inning.

Injury Updates

Joe Girardi is not pleased about losing Dustin Fowler for the season after his knee slammed into an electrical box as he flew over the low wall at Chicago White Sox Guaranteed Rate Field.

Jose Peraza will keep his job once Cozart returns from the disabled list as early as today. Scooter Gennett will be the guy losing at bats

Howie Kendrick is likely headed to the disabled list and Nick Williams will get the call. He is hitting .277 with 15 homers and five stolen bases at Triple-A Lehigh Valley this season.

A.J. Pollock will likely return to action on Tuesday. He is set to play in another rehab game today, and if he plays the entire game there is a chance he returns as early as this weekend, but don’t count on it

Teams

The Diamondbacks suffered their first big loss at home

Reds starters have the worst ERA in baseball, by a lot. 6.29

The Braves stink in San Diego. They have lost 17 series in a row there.

The Dodgers have hit 50 homers in June, the most for any month in franchise history.

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