Baseball Chatter July 24

Yoan Moncada is 1-for-13 (.077) since being called up Wednesday

Sal Romano pitched six innings, gave up a solo home run, and struck out seven Marlins in his fourth big league start yesterday

After being demoted to the bullpen and a stint on the disabled list, Danny Salazar returned to the rotation Saturday and threw seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and zero walks. His fastball averaged 97 mph. He is worth picking up.

Michael Brantley hit his first home run since April 30, a span of 54 games and 233 plate appearances.

Trevor Story is 10-for-30 with two home runs, 11 RBIs and eight runs scored in nine games since the break.

Matt Boyd gave up three runs over six innings and posted a career-high eight strikeouts in his second straight quality start yesterday

Alex Presley is hitting .459 during his current 10-game hitting streak

Lance McCullers over his last three starts

  • 15 earned runs
  • 24 hits
  • 13 2/3 innings

Parker Bridwell has given up two runs or less in five of his past six starts, including a 1.86 ERA and a total of four earned runs over his last three.

Rafael Devers was called up by the Red Sox but won’t be in the starting lineup until tomorrow. He will likely take over the starting role at third base. Devers only had 38 plate appearances at Triple-A, but he has hit .311 with 20 home runs and 60 RBIs on the season.

Wilson Contreras has 14 go-ahead RBI, hitting .346 with 10 home runs and 27 RBI in his last 30 games

Five of Sean Newcomb’s last eight starts have been quality and he gets batters to strike out, but he walks way too many and it is catching up to him.

Lucas Sims could join the Braves rotation should Jaime Garcia get traded. Kris Medlen is another option for the Braves, but he is not pitching well at all. Do not go pick him up, not now, not ever. Do keep an eye on Sims though.

Since being recalled June 14, Rafael Montero has a 3.34 ERA with 32 strikeouts in 32 ¹/₃ innings over seven games, including four starts.

Mike Matheny has talked with Lance Lynn about his future with the only big league team Lynn has ever played for

Injury Updates

Clayton Kershaw left his start after two innings with a lower back injury that could keep him on the shelf for 4-6 weeks.

Stephen Strasburg left his start yesterday after two innings with what he described as “achiness” in his forearm. That is no good.

Kyle Hendricks will return to the rotation today to pitch against the White Sox

Daniel Norris may returned from the disabled list too soon as he left his start after 32 pitches yesterday.

J.D. Martinez hopes to return to the starting lineup today.

Teams

Buster Olney says Chicago has more trading to do by the deadline

The Diamondbacks have lost 14 of their last 20 games

Cubs are 8-1 and their starting pitchers are 7-0 with a 2.41 ERA since the break.

The Orioles have the second worst road record in the American League, 17-30 .

The Rays have lost 31 times when they held a lead this season

The Rockies have scored 74 runs in their past seven games and hit five home runs yesterday. They are 33-3 on the season when they hit two or more home runs, and 50-13 when they hit at least one home run

The Marlins are telling teams they’re not interested in trading Giancarlo Stanton, Justin Bour, Christian Yelich, J.T. Realmuto, Marcell Ozuna and Dan Straily.

Those guys are core, controllable pieces, It’s not stopping calls from coming in. It’s been fairly consistent, with people checking in to see where we’re at to see if we may be open to expanding the players we’re talking about. But we haven’t put any of those guys in play. The relievers are more trade deadline-centric. You’re going to get value for those guys. You want to take advantage of the deadline. Marlins President of baseball operations Michael Hill

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