Archie Bradley with a promising start vs the Cubs today? 10 K through 7, anyone think he is worth grabbing in a 12 team Mixed?
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What is activity interest for fantasy baseball vs football?Comment -
I expect the Pirates to call up Taillon next week, I picked him up in a couple deeper leagues.Comment -
Corey Seager is the 6th-youngest player in MLB history to hit 3 home runs in a game.Comment -
Pomeranz had another great outing last nightComment -
The Padres are likely to trade James Shields within the next 24 hours, with the White Sox as “heavy favorites” to land him, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tweets. Shields is listed as the Padres’ starter in tomorrow’s game against the Rockies.Comment -
The Padres traded James Shields on Saturday, but they aren’t as willing to move their best starter, southpaw Drew Pomeranz, reports Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune (Twitter link). The club would need to be “overwhelmed” to deal the 27-year-old, according to Lin. Pomeranz currently ranks eighth among qualified starters in both ERA (2.22) and strikeouts per nine innings (10.66), and he’s playing this season on a meager $1.35MM salary. Thus, it would likely to take a significant haul to land him and his two-plus remaining years of team control.
More on a few other pitchers:
- The Mariners promoted their top pitching prospect, Double-A reliever Edwin Diaz, and optioned fellow reliever Cody Martin to Triple-A Tacoma to make room, per a team announcement. Diaz, 22, has posted a sterling 2.21 ERA, 11.95 K/9 and 1.55 BB/9 in 40 2/3 innings this year. Most of those numbers came as a starter, but the Mariners decided to move Diaz to the bullpen early last month because they feel his ceiling as a reliever is higher. Diaz has a high-90s fastball out of the ’pen and has dominated in relief this season, writes The Seattle Times’ Ryan Divish. He’ll have a chance to earn a spot with the Mariners in the wake of veteran Joel Peralta’s designation for assignment earlier this week.
- Before lefty Brian Duensing agreed to a minor league deal with the Orioles last month, the Giants and Royals also pushed for his services, he told Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (Twitter link). Duensing became a free agent when he opted out of his contract with Kansas City in mid-May; as evidenced by Kansas City’s desire to re-sign Duensing, the defending World Series champions were obviously sorry to see him go.
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Padres still have to pay a little over half of Shields remaining contract, no wonder they're never any good.Comment -
The Blue Jays score 2 runs on a strikeout...
Just when you think you saw everything in baseball...Something new/different happens.
Gotta love it!!!Comment -
shouldn't Tatis be Fernando Tatis III
his dad was a junior
Positions: 3B-1281, LF-80, 1B-66, RF-42, DH-16, 2B-14, SS-6, OF-5 Proper Name: Fernando Tatis, Jr Born: January 1, 1975 (41.155) Comment -
Fernando Tatis, Jr., Jr.Comment -
Tatis has a lot of talent but is only 17
long ways awayComment -
Arrieta takes a loss, wow.Comment -
The Pirates have no plans to recall Taillon for a start Wednesday, his next scheduled turn in Triple-A. "He's well ahead of our internal projections of where we thought he'd be," Gm Neal Huntington told DK Pittsburgh Sports on Sunday. "He's getting closer. We're not 100 percent comfortable (moving him into the rotation) at this point, but we're getting close."
Taillon, who has surpassed fellow prospect Tyler Glasnow in the pecking order for a promotion, could debut for Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 14 against the Mets in New York -- which would coincide with his potential next starting date. He's compiled a 2.04 ERA, 0.81 WHIP and 61:6 K:BB in 61.2 innings for Triple-A Indianapolis.Comment -
Arrieta has looked human the past few startsComment -
The Braves gave up 5 HR to Corey Seager in their series this weekend. They've only HIT 5 HR as a team in one series all season (5/16-19 at Pitts)Comment -
This seems about right. Nationals are loaded with low batting average guys that are too precious to be removed from the lineup.
Nationals optioned INF Trea Turner to Triple-A Syracuse.
Turner went 3-for-3 with a double and a walk Friday in his 2016 major league debut, but he didn't see an at-bat the rest of the weekend and now he's headed back to the minors to clear a spot for Ryan Zimmerman (who's coming off paternity leave). What a tease. Danny Espinosa will continue to start at shortstop for Washington until Dusty Baker and Co. deem Turner fully ready.Comment -
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Yangervis Solarte very hot since coming off DLComment -
Going to be 106 in AZ tonight. I know the roof and panels are going to be closed, but the ball was popping last night. Pitcher for the Dbacks (Ray) smoked his first career HR. Total was over 8 (-120) and I hit it. I know Greinke is pitching better, but 8.5 (-115) on the under tonight. Rays are hitting a ton of HR's. A walk and a blast or a bloop and a blast could add up. Something to keep an eye on.Comment -
Most HR by Rookie as SS Before All-Star Break - Since 1933
1. Trevor Story - 16
2. Corey Seager - 14Comment -
The Cubs will promote highly-touted outfield prospect Albert Almora for today’s game unless fellow outfielder Jorge Soler is able to fend off a trip to the disabled list, according to a report from Tommy Birch of the Des Moines Register (Twitter links). Almora will be on hand and ready, and expectations are that Soler’s hamstring will force him to the DL, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter).
As I explained in a recent look at twenty top prospects whose possible call-ups could come with trade deadline implications, Almora represents the latest young wild card for Chicago. He’s barely 22, and just made it to Triple-A for the first time, but those types of considerations haven’t deterred the Cubs in the past.
There was never any wondering as to Almora’s pedigree; he was the sixth overall pick in the 2012 draft and has been a consensus top-100 prospect for four years running. The only questions, really, were of opportunity and the team’s developmental assessment. Soler’s injury created an opening, and it appears that the Cubs believe Almora is advanced enough for a first attempt at the majors.
Indeed, Almora has made strides despite a fairly aggressive promotion to the highest level of the minors. He held his own at Double-A last year, but has boosted his production across the board thus far in 2016. Over 226 plate appearances, Almora owns a .318/.335/.444 slash with three home runs. He also has ten stolen bases in a dozen attempts, representing a notable step forward in that department.
The offensive improvement is certainly promising for Chicago, as Almora’s glove has never been in doubt. He’s regarded as a polished fielder with a good arm who is capable of playing a quality center field despite the lack of blazing speed.
Almora will certainly give the Cubs a different type of weapon than they had in Soler. Whether or not he can carve out a roster spot for the rest of the season remains to be seen, and will obviously be dependent both upon his performance and the status of the club’s other options. Regardless, he’ll only be able to accumulate 118 days of service, meaning he likely wouldn’t profile as a Super Two even if he never returns to the minors.Comment -
The Pirates will promote highly-regarded pitching prospect Jameson Taillon for his major league debut tomorrow, per a team announcement. He’ll square off against the defending NL-champion Mets in his first taste of the bigs.
Taillon, the second overall pick of the 2010 draft, moved steadily up the ranks in the Bucs’ farm before he was derailed by injuries. First came a lengthy absence for Tommy John surgery, then a hernia. The hope had been that he’d be available this time last year, but the Pirates may yet be rewarded for their patience.
Though he last appeared professionally in 2013, the 24-year-old righty has returned with a vengeance in 2016. Over 61 2/3 innings at the Triple-A level, Taillon carries a 2.04 ERA. He has allowed just 44 base hits and is walking less than a batter per nine while recording a sturdy 8.9 K/9 strikeout rate.
Taillon discussed his remarkable return just yesterday in an interview with SB Nation and MLBTR scribe Charlie Wilmoth. He says he matured his approach, got stronger, and refined his mechanics even while recovering from his injuries.
Of course, the move also comes at a point where Taillon is unlikely to qualify for Super Two status. Even if he’s able to stick in the majors the rest of the way the top prospect could only accumulate 118 days of service.
As Taillon tells Wilmoth, the Super Two matter isn’t one that concerns him. “As far as the Super Two rule goes,” he said, “I’d hate for that to be a reason to keep someone down if they’re 100 percent ready, but I felt like I actually had something to work on, so that kind of cancels it out for me.”
It remains to be seen not only whether Taillon can perform, but also what kind of role he might play the rest of the way. His long layoff raises the specter of an innings limit; while he has worked to over 140 frames in two prior seasons, he missed two full campaigns in the interim.
Manager Clint Hurdle did note that the long layoff gives Taillon “a full gas tank” to work with, though he also suggested that a permanent rotation spot is no sure thing. Per the skipper, factors both in and out of Taillon’s control will determine the team’s course moving forward. (Reporting via Rob Biertempfel & Travis Sawchik of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Twitter links, and Stephen Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, via Twitter.)
Even if Taillon doesn’t hold down a starting job for all of 2016, he — and similarly hyped youngster Tyler Glasnow — could have a major impact on the Pirates’ fate this year. As I explained in listing those two among twenty prospects whose promotions could alter the trade deadline, both could have an impact as starters and/or relievers, deepening the staff and shifting the club’s role in the market this summer.Comment
