Everyone says he’s a top of the rotation starter. Well, he may be the top starter for the White Sox, but he’s not a top-of-the-rotation guy. He’s good, don’t get me wrong, I like him, but he doesn’t have a dominant out pitch. He’s a three on a contender. National League Scout on Quintana
Look at what he has done in his career, Can you consider him a No. 2? With his body of work you could. He might not have a standout pitch, but he has three good ones, he just didn’t have them early in the season. He’s a lefty, he throws a lot of innings, he competes well, throws tons of strikes and has team control for several years on a favorable contract.American League scout on Quintana
Danny Salazar says he is healthy and his 95.1 mph fastball is the fastest it has been since 2013, when he was a rookie. The problem may stem from the fact that he is not keeping his pitches down in the strike zone, and he is simply allowing too many free passes.
Edwin Encarnacion is striking out more this season than he has in the past five seasons and he is struggling against left-handed pitchers.
Trevor Bauer is the first pitcher in history to win his first seven starts against the Astros. He is 7-0 with a 2.89 ERA against them
Tyler Anderson is 2-1 with a 3.14 ERA, 25 strikeouts and 15 walks over his last three starts
Nick Castellanos was moved down in the order yesterday, as he is only batting .224 this season. He ranks third among qualified hitters with a 50.9% Hard Contact Rate. He also hits plenty of line drives. I noticed his home run to fly ball ratio though, as it sticks out like a sore thumb:
- Fastball reached 98 mph last night, and 96 mph in the fifth inning.
- 10.48 K/9, ninth among qualified starters
Chris Tillman threw 91 pitches over six innings last night. This was a sight for sore eyes after it took him 105 pitches to get through four innings in his last start.
Jacob deGrom ended the Mets stretch of 17 games that their starting pitcher doesn’t record an out in the seventh inning. They tied for the club record set in 2002.
Kennys Vargas has the same number of homers as Brian Dozier in a little more than half the number of at bats as Dozier
Alex Wood didn’t allow a run for the third consecutive start and extended his scoreless innings streak to 20 ⅓ innings
Carlos Correa has 12 RBI and 11 runs scored over the past nine games.
Daniel Norris has one quality start over his last six, along with a 4.81 ERA
Jake Lamb is batting .480 with four home runs and five walks over the past seven games, including a home run in each of the last three
Injury Updates
Ryan Braun is getting close to making his return to the lineup, could be as early as tomorrow.
Mitch Haniger did not begin his rehab assignment yesterday as planned due to soreness after his Thursday workout
Yasiel Puig left the game after the fifth inning with lower mid-back tightness.
Dallas Keuchel hit the 10-day disabled list but the Astros do not expect him to miss any more than one start.
The Cubs sent Tommy La Stella to Triple-A when they Activated Jason Heyward from the disabled list and Ian Happ was slated to play center field before today’s game was postponed due to rain.
Team News
Indians catchers have thrown out 52 percent of base runners, best in the American League.
The Orioles play 15 of their next 18 games at home, where they have a record of 14-3 so far this season.
There is a good chance the Braves trade for a starting pitcher by the end of July.
The Reds have lost seven straight for the first time since last May
The Cardinals lost the third straight game and have now lost four of their last six
The Rays are the only American League team with a winning record against the Yankees since 2010. They are 70-67.
The Rays batters struck out 13 times last night and are now tied with the Rangers for the most consecutive games striking out 10 or more times. Rays batters have more strikeouts than any other team in MLB.
The Rockies 14-6 record on the road is the best in the National League.
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