Baseball Chatter July 24

Clayton Kershaw left his start after two innings with a lower back injury that could keep him on the shelf for 4-6 weeks and Stephen Strasburg left his start yesterday after two innings with what he described as “achiness” in his forearm.

Baseball Chatter 05/28

Manny Machado is walking more than ever, but he is also striking out more than ever, hitting .225 on the season. He threw his big wad of gum at a bird yesterday, and his antics are much more disturbing when he is batting .225 than when he is hitting bombs. Ugh.

Baseball Chatter 05/17

Zack Greinke is 4-0 with a 2.98 ERA over his last five starts. The Cubbies do not plan to move Kyle Schwarber down in the order even though he is the worst leadoff batter in MLB. Michael Pineda is 3-1 with a 2.63 ERA over his last six outings.