None of the teams in NL wildcard race want to win.
The 2016 Major League Baseball Player Chatter, News and Fantasy Thread...
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BarkingToadSBR Hall of Famer
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#2277done with baseball, full slate of college football todayComment -
CrossSBR Hall of Famer
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#2278Cheers to that peavy, so pumped!!Comment -
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#2280Boston Red SoxPrice
(W, 14-8)7.0 4 2 2 3 7 0 101-63 3.92 Kelly 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17-12 7.33 Scott 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16-12 0.00 PITCHING
First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: Price 17/27; Kelly 3/4; Scott 4/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: Price 18-7-24-14; Kelly 3-4-3-2; Scott 2-5-3-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Price 6-8; Kelly 0-1; Scott 0-1
Game Scores: D Price 65Comment -
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#2283It was fun watching College football all day .Comment -
koz-manSBR Hall of Famer
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#2287Yankees manager Joe Girardi is not starting Didi Gregorius because his right arm is sore after being hit twice the last few days.Comment -
koz-manSBR Hall of Famer
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#2288Albert Pujols: 2 HR, 587 and 588th career HR...the 587th passes Frank Robinson for 9th all-timeComment -
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#2294The Mets felt comfortable in letting Daniel Murphy go in free agency for several reasons, a decision that ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin notes is certainly worth second-guessing given Murphy’s huge season with the Nationals. Perhaps the biggest factor for the Mets was their belief that Murphy could deliver a good average but little else. Murphy, of course, has contributed 25 homers and a .340/.383/.593 slash line, pretty resounding the Mets’ criticisms about his lack of power or plate discipline. (He has also been above average on the basepaths, as per Fangraphs’ baserunning metric.) Murphy is looking like a bargain signing for the Nats while second base is a question mark for the Mets heading into 2017.
Here’s some more from around baseball…
- For now, “the most logical scenario” between the Royals and Edinson Volquez is that the club will issue Volquez a qualifying offer that the righty will decline in search of a multi-year contract elsewhere, Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star writes as part of a reader mailbag piece. It may seem odd that the Royals would risk issuing a one-year, $16.7MM deal to a 33-year-old with a 5.02 ERA through 166 2/3 innings, though the starting pitching market is so thin that Volquez may indeed be able to find a longer-term commitment. If Volquez leaves, Dodd figures K.C. will pursue inexpensive free agent starters, or possibly look for a higher-caliber arm by trading one of its core roster players.
- The Yankees heavily reloaded on blue chip minor leaguers with their deadline trades, and John Harper of the New York Daily News wonders if the club will try to deal from this newfound prospect depth to acquire a frontline starter this winter. Jose Fernandez may be the most available ace on the market, given that the Marlins may not have the money to keep him before he hits free agency after the 2018 season. Landing Fernandez would likely cost the Yankees Clint Frazier, Justus Sheffield, one of Jorge Mateo or Gleyber Torres and probably one more pitching prospect. It might take an even biggest prospect package than that to acquire Chris Sale given Sale’s club-friendly contract, while the Athletics’ Sonny Gray or the Rays’ Chris Archer are coming off down years and may be too risky for the Yankees given the prospect cost it would take to acquire them.
- Cuban second baseman Jose Miguel Fernandez and righty Norge Ruiz will play for Aguilas Cibaenas of the Dominican League this winter, Baseball America’s Ben Badler reports. It will present both players with a valuable opportunity to perform in front of MLB scouts, particularly Fernandez since the infielder hasn’t in competitive games for almost two full years. That long layoff may have contributed to Fernandez still being unsigned despite being declared a free agent in April, though Badler notes other factors like teams being pretty set at second base and scouts having questions about Fernandez’s power, fielding and speed. Ruiz left Cuba in May 2015 but has yet to be officially declared a free agent, which Badler finds curious given how several Cuban players have been cleared by the league in far less time.
- Justin Morneau hopes to play some first base if he plays in 2017, CSN Chicago’s Dan Hayes writes. Morneau has only served as a DH since joining the White Sox, thanks to his rehab from elbow surgery and his lack of a Spring Training. With a proper spring under his belt next season, Morneau feels he can return to his old position at least a couple of times per week. It should also be noted that Morneau’s free agent value will obviously increase if he is able to play a position rather than be limited to a designated hitter role.
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JAKEPEAVY21BARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#2295Puig homers in his return...Comment -
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#2296Welcome back Puig
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koz-manSBR Hall of Famer
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#2297Triple-A hitting coach Jack Voigt perhaps deserves a bow. Entering the final day of the Triple-A season, Las Vegas has the top three batting averages in the Pacific Coast League:
Brandon Nimmo (.354), T.J. Rivera (.350) and Gavin Cecchini (.324).Comment -
Andy117SBR Hall of Famer
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#2300Vegas is good for hitting, didn't think it was good enough to get the top 3 avgs in the PCL.Comment -
Fire in da holeSBR Hall of Famer
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#2301Thats pretty impressive.Comment -
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#2303Astros lefty Dallas Keuchel will miss at least two starts due to shoulder inflammation, Houston GM Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch both said today. Mark Berman of FOX 26 reported Luhnow’s comments (Twitter links), while MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart spoke with Hinch.
At present, it seems, the team doesn’t yet know the cause or full extent of the problem. As such, it’s not yet clear whether Keuchel will be able to return to help drive a push for the postseason, or appear if the team qualifies. Houston is all but buried in the AL West, but entered play today two games off of the Wild Card pace.
The 28-year-old Keuchel hasn’t been at his best thus far in 2016, as he carries a 4.55 ERA over 168 frames — well off of the sub-3.00 rate he maintained over the last two campaigns. Still, he has rated as a solid performer in the eyes of ERA estimators while maintaining quite useful peripherals (7.7 K/9, 2.6 BB/9, 56.7% groundball rate). With his average fastball lagging by over a mile per hour as against recent campaigns, though, Keuchel has been hurt by the long ball (16.4% HR/FB rate) — the same issue that plagued him before his 2014 breakout.
Despite the struggles, Keuchel remains a largely irreplaceable piece for the ’Stros, with the absence of Lance McCullers Jr. further amplifying the problem. At this stage of the season, especially, the club needs every quality inning it can get.
Both Luhnow and Hinch acknowledged that the timing of the injury raises the possibility that Keuchel won’t return in 2016. “I don’t know the answer to that,” the GM said when asked if the southpaw would make it back. “I don’t think anybody really knows the answer to that.” As the skipper put it, “where we’re at on the calendar, it’s going to bring the obvious questions, but we just don’t know right now.”
Efforts to address the inflammation have not yet proven successful, Hinch explained. Keuchel first had pain in his last start, on August 27, and experienced discomfort when he tried to throw on Sunday. And attempts “to give him some gaps in time in giving him some rest periods … hasn’t solved it,” said Hinch. Ultimately, the manager noted, Keuchel will not be allowed to resume throwing “until he’s pain-free.”
The biggest question, perhaps, is whether a deeper structural problem is at play. That’s completely unknown at this point, though more information may become available once Keuchel undergoes a full examination by medical professionals.
Even if he can dodge a broader issue, the injury is likely to cost Keuchel some arbitration earnings. He won’t reach 200 innings for the third-straight season, only has nine wins on his record, and will be weighed down by the sub-par earned run average. Of course, he is working from a monster first-year arb award of $7.25MM, which obliterated prior high-points for first-year arb-eligible starters, so Keuchel will remain a major arbitration earner in his second season of eligibility.Comment -
BarkingToadSBR Hall of Famer
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#2304Cardinals have homered in 24 straight games, 1 short of NL record.Comment -
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#2307Dozier goes yard with the hat trick.Comment -
koz-manSBR Hall of Famer
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#2310Interesting note passed along by Elias, via ESPN Stats and Info:
Adam Wainwright Monday became the first pitcher in modern major-league history to produce extra bases on each of nine consecutive hits. The previous record, eight, was owned by Mike Leake.Comment
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