Aaron Nola is the second pitcher to reach double digits in strikeouts against the Astros this season.
Eduardo Nunez will join the Red Sox tomorrow, leaving Rafael Devers role up in the air. Especially since Devers hit his first career home run last night. Here are 5 things to know about Devers
The COO of the Mets, Jeff Wilpon, was scheduled to go and watch Amed Rosario play yesterday. The Mets plan to promote Rosario soon after the deadline, but that may be dependant on trading Asdrubal Cabrera.
The Mets are also looking to trade Addison Reed and Lucas Duda, good luck with that.
Luke Weaver will make his first major league start of the season today. He was 9-1with a 1.91 ERA in 13 starts at Triple-A Memphis. Last year he started eight games for the Cardinals and accumulated a 1-4 record and a 5.70 ERA.
- First eight starts 2.67 ERA, 16 ER, 34 H, 54 IP
- Last six starts 5.76 ERA, 19 ER, 41 H, 29.2 IP
It took Eric Hosmer 118 home runs to hit his first grand slam
Dansby Swanson was sent down to Triple-A after hitting .214 with a .599 OPS and six home runs over 96 games. This is the first time he has ever played at the Triple-A level.
John Lackey hit four batters, the most in any game of his career and the most by any pitcher in a game since 1957. Javier Baez struck out five times.
We set all kinds of weird records today. I think we tied Moe Drabowsky, and Javy [Baez] probably tied somebody. It was a day of awkward record making or breaking today. Joe Maddon
Michael Fulmer on the trade deadline:
“I hope if we go ahead and sell, I hope we do it all, I hope we go all out, I hope we don’t sell a few guys here. I hope we get younger, I hope we take a more business approach to it. I told (Tigers General Manager) David (Chadd) whatever has to be done, it needs to be done, I just want to win. That’s my main priority. … Obviously at the start of the year, we thought we had a very good chance to win, and we still think that, don’t get me wrong. Obviously Al (Avila) has a different approach to it now because he wants to sell everything and kind of start all over, which is fine by me. Either way, I’m good. I just want to be part of a winning teamMichael Fulmer
Lewis Brinson was called up to take the roster spot of injured Matt Garza yesterday. Brinson had a 17-game hit streak going upon his callup. Earlier this season he went 3-for-31 with a .97 average after getting called up
When you first get up here, it’s a lifelong dream. As a little kid, you want to get to the big leagues and hit that ‘five-run homer’ in your first at-bat, and it’s impossible. You just have to tell yourself to calm down. I went through that. I’m human. I was a little ‘jitterish,’ a little anxious, wanted to do too much. Second time around, I’m a little more relaxed. I know what to expect. I can go out there and have fun. Lewis Brinson
Josh Harrison has four consecutive multi-hit games. He is 9 for his last 17 and owns a .284 average on the season
Injury Updates
Yoenis Cespedes will return to the Mets lineup today
Stephen Strasburg heads to the disabled list Erick Fedde will make his big league debut with the Nationals Saturday
George Springer and Alex Bregman could be back in the Astros’ lineup tomorrow
Waiver Wire Pickups
Paul DeJong has hit 10 home runs in the past 30 days, including four in the past week. He is the first rookie since 2001 to get RBIs in six consecutive games
Clint Frazier is hitting .290 with an .871 OPS and 13 RBIs in 18 games. He has relegated Jacoby Ellsbury to the fourth-outfielder post. The rookie has been to the plate with a runner in scoring position 14 times and has 10 RBIs.
Ben Revere is stealing bases and hitting line drives. Don’t play him against lefties. (.147 average in 34 at bats)
Chris Taylor is batting .321 with 12 home runs,12 stolen bases, 47 RBI and 52 runs in 83 games.
Johan Camargo is not going to provide many homers or steals, but he plays every day and helps your averages. He has 158 plate appearances in 58 games since being called up June 2. He is hitting .305 with a .325 OBP, two home runs and 16 RBI. He should qualify in all league formats at 2B, 3B, and SS.
Nick Williams is tied with Jonathan Schoop for the most RBI since the All-Star break, 17 RBI
Reynaldo Lopez has 49 strikeouts and eight walks over his last 36 innings down at Triple-A, including 10 strikeouts in five innings last night.
Getting close; he’s forcing the issue. He’s had several starts in a row that have been very impressive.He had a very good spring and arguably could’ve forced his way onto the Opening Day roster. Once he got to Charlotte, he sort of took that understandable half-step back before he got into a routine of pitching every fifth day for the Knights. Over the last few months, though, he’s been commanding all his pitches, being very aggressive within the zone and showing that he’s getting close to needing to be here to show what he can do against big-league hitters.GM Rick Hahn on Lopez
Luis Valbuena was having the worst season of his career until this week, hitting three home runs in three consecutive games. Over the last seven games:
- Last 7 games: 3 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, .333 AVG, .333 OBP, 15 at bats
- Last 14 games: 5 HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, .216 AVG, .231 OBP, 37 at bats
Teams
Cubs starting pitchers lead the league since the All-Star break, going 8-0 with a 2.48 ERA
Rockies bullpen ranks 12th in the National League with a 4.56 ERA, but if you took their closer, Greg Holland, out of the mix, they would clearly have the worst bullpen, not only in the NL, but in all of baseball.
The Diamondbacks are 27-0 when scoring seven or more runs
The Dodgers are 40 games over .500, including a 36-6 record since June 7.
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