George Springer talking about playing in the All Star Game and the power surge in baseball
Gregory Bird took batting practice on Tuesday, but there is still no timetable for his return.
Tommy Joseph and Rhys Hoskins can’t both fit at first base in Philly. Who needs a first baseman more than any other team? The Yankees.
Odubel Herrera is the only player on the Phillies roster with a guaranteed contract after this season. He is swinging at pitches outside the strike zone 40 percent of the time.
Braves outfield prospect Ronald Acuna will be promoted to Triple-A Gwinnett today. Don’t be surprised if you see him in the majors by the end of the season.
Trey Mancini enters the second half with a .312/.354 AVG/OBP and 14 home runs.
Kyle Hendricks could return to the mound this weekend in Baltimore after missing the last five weeks with tendonitis in his hand. Here is a good article on that: No pressure: All Kyle Hendricks needs to be is a miracle worker
Sports Betting Dime has some fun odds for the rest of the season, including:
- Joey Gallo fininshing the season with more home runs than singles 1/1
- Over/under Kyle Schwarber’s 2017 batting average: .208
- Odds of Tim Tebow getting a major league at bat this season 9/2
Family Guy Chris becomes a Baseball Pro.
Teams
The National League West odds of making the playoffs and winning the World Series according to the numbers at Fangraphs
The Marlins will be sellers and are focusing heavily on prospects from five farm systems:
- Yankees
- Red Sox
- Brewers
- Rockies
- Cubs
The Pirates play 28 consecutive games against teams in their own National League Central from August 25 to September 24
The Cardinals entered the break tied with the Cubs for second in the National League Central. Both trail the Brewers by 5 ½ games. They open the second half on a 10 game road trip to Pittsburgh, New York Mets and Chicago Cubs.
Our records make this a little more confusing than normal. We’re in it,The nuances of trying to determine how we think about improvement between now and July 31st still seems a bit unclear because of our inconsistencies. On any given night you could argue something and it would probably make perfect sense. In other words, let’s go out and add an eighth- or ninth-inning pitcher. Is that going to change our trajectory by the end of September? It could. But it could arguably not. The point is over the next (18) days we have to be open-minded and really be willing to explore anything that we can put on the table, I wouldn’t want you leaving here thinking we’re not going to focus on this year.John Mozeliak President of Baseball Operations
Jon Daniels says that the Rangers will not be sellers at the deadline even though they have six potential free agents after this season.
Whether it’s a combination of team performance or what happens or if somebody really comes calling for a player, for us to go the other direction would take a unique circumstanceGeneral Manager Jon Daniels
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