Jake Odorizzi has allowed a home run in 13 straight outings and has not pitched through six innings in six of his last eight.
Cole Hamels is 26-6 with the highest winning percentage of any pitcher in the American League since moving to Texas in July 2015.
Jim Johnson blew his seventh save and is now tied with Tony Watson for the most blown saves in baseball
Antonio Senzatela will probably be back in the Rockies rotation after the break. They sent him to the bullpen in order to limit his innings as he only threw 34 innings last season.
We like him. I’m a Senzatela fan,” Black said. “And you can look for him after the all-star break. In baseball. Potentially.”
Brandon Kintzler leads the American League with 24th saves
Aaron Judge has the most home runs in baseball after he hit home run number 30 last night. He also broke Joe Dimaggio’s record from 1936 for the most home runs by a Yankees rookie
There it is! No. 30!
Aaron Judge passes Joe DiMaggio for most HR by a Yankees rookie!
We are all witnesses. #AllRise pic.twitter.com/PcMAddtYsa
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 8, 2017
Me and the Judge… watch my interview with @TheJudge44 Tuesday at 7:30pm on @FOXSports #AllStarGame #AllStarsonly pic.twitter.com/uCLBtWfTIr
— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) July 7, 2017
R.A. Dickey is 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA in 27 innings over his last four starts
The Twins signed Bartolo Colon to a minor league deal
Teams
The Rockies might be making a comeback after a season-high 17 hits last night.
The Dodgers lead the league with a 37-11 record at home
The Orioles have lost twice as many games on the road as they’ve won (15-30)
The Blue Jays lead the American League with a 6.28 ERA in the in the first inning.
Injury Updates
Chris Davis took batting practice and fielded grounders yesterday. He could be activated Friday
Michael Conforto should be activated today
Austin Slater will be sent to the disabled list with a right hip injury. Jarrett Parker and Mac Williamson are already on the 40-man roster so they would be the most likely to get at bats while Slater is out
Matt Shoemaker had a setback in his rehab and will not throw for 7-10 days with posterior interosseous nerve syndrome. Its an elbow problem.
Despite numerous test that show nothing wrong, Gregory Bird insists that his ankle is still too sore to play. Management is getting annoyed and rumors are spreading around here that Bird doesn’t care to play. Of course, this is New York and people like to flap their mouth when they don’t have a clue what they are talking about. Just sayin
You really have to wonder what’s with this guy, You’d think with Judge and Sanchez, the guys he came up through the system with, doing so well up here he’d want to be a part of this. Apparently not.”Yankee Insider