Baseball Chatter June 22

Wilmer Flores was obviously annoyed when he talked about Yasiel Puig after his home run trot took 31 seconds.

I don’t think [Puig] knows what respect for the game is. We are playing horrible right now. We don’t need his sh–. He disrespected us. But I don’t take that.Flores on Puig

Get over it dude.

Jose Ramirez had his ninth consecutive multi-hit game, going 23 for 42

Justin Verlander took a perfect game into the sixth inning and Max Scherzer took a no-hitter into the eighth.

Odubel Herrera has drawn a walk twice. He has been intentionally walked three times. He has made plate appearances from every spot in the order:

  • Batting First – 54
  • Batting Second – 64
  • Batting Third – 131
  • Batting Fourth – 1
  • Batting Fifth – 16
  • Batting Sixth – 16
  • Batting Seventh – 5
  • Batting Eighth – 1
  • Batting Ninth – 3

Teams

The Dodgers are 12-1 over their last 13 games and still only lead the National League east by a half game

The Orioles have lost 10 of their last 14 games. They have allowed at least five runs for 18 straight games. In two more games they will tie the 1924 Phillies for the longest streak in MLB history

The Braves have won more games in their last at bat than any other team

Fourteen Diamondback batters combined for nine hits and two walks in a 10 run fourth inning.

Injury Updates

Madison Bumgarner has not had any setbacks in his recovery from a sprained AC joint. He will not be back until after the All-Star Break.

Jonathan Villar and Ryan Braun will start rehab assignments at Class-A today, play through the weekend with a penciled in return on Tuesday

Freddie Freeman is targeting tomorrow to start throwing and July 14 as his return date. He met with president of baseball operations John Hart and general manager John Coppolella to let them know he has no problem moving to third base in order to keep Matt Adams in the lineup

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned it to say I’d be willing to move over to third base to accommodate Matt. He’s obviously been pretty spectacular for us.Freeman on moving to third base

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