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8:36pm: Matz will indeed undergo a procedure to reposition his ulnar nerve, the Mets have announced. That will be scheduled in the coming days, per the announcement.
4:52pm:Mets lefty Steven Matz is dealing with a nerve issue in his pitching elbow that will likely lead to a DL stint and may require surgery, according to reports from Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News and Marc Carig of Newsday. It seems the problem is similar to the one experienced last year by teammate Jacob deGrom.
Matz, 26, has struggled through a disappointing campaign after showing immense promise in his first two seasons of MLB action. Through 13 starts, he has pitched only 66 2/3 innings with a 6.08 ERA, recording 6.5 K/9 against 2.6 BB/9 while surrendering a dozen long balls. Arm health has been a longstanding concern for Matz, and he has already missed time this year for an elbow injury.
It seems that Matz has been skipping pen sessions between starts to help manage the issue, which has caused him pain all year long. There was at least some concern that the southpaw was experiencing arthritis; it’s not apparent whether that has been ruled out. Matz received treatment in the form of a shot earlier today, so perhaps his response will dictate the course of treatment.
It’s worth emphasizing that there’s no evidence of a structural problem in Matz’s elbow. And while it’s never good to hear of possible elbow surgery, deGrom has not shown any ill effects from the nerve repositioning procedure he underwent last September.
Still, this represents the latest jolt to a Mets’ rotation that was expected to be one of the game’s very best. If Matz hits the DL, only deGrom will remain standing among the hurlers that were expected to comprise the staff entering the year.Comment -
Just live bet rangers up 5-2. Bottom of 8. Well see of they blow the lead.Comment -
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Red Sox have placed reliever Matt Barnes on the disabled list with a low back strain and called up right-hander Hector Velazquez from Triple-A Pawtucket.Comment -
Masahiro Tanaka is not only trying to help pitch the Yankees into the playoffs, he is trying to make his opt-out decision difficult. Tanaka will start tonight after the Yankees took him off the DL following his recovery from inflammation in his right shoulder.
At the end of the season, he can opt out of the final three years and $68 million of his contract. Right now, it is hard to see him doing that with an 8-10 record and a 4.92 ERA.Comment -
Dickerson hit one to the moonComment -
So hard to build a team around pitching these days, such a small window w the injuries.Comment -
^ guys arms moving too fast. Need to be doing more cross training i guessComment -
- [*=left]BOS: RP Matt Barnes (strained lower back) placed on 10-Day DL; RP Hector Velazquez recalled from minors. | Red Sox Depth Chart
- CWS: SP Lucas Giolito recalled from minors; RP Brad Goldberg optioned to minors. | White Sox Depth Chart
- CLE: SP Danny Salazar (elbow inflammation) and RP Andrew Miller (patellar tendinitis) placed on 10-Day DL; INF/OF Yandy Diaz and RP Shawn Armstrong recalled from minors. | Indians Depth Chart
- Diaz did not start in Tuesday’s game, but entered in the 3rd inning in place of Jason Kipnis (hamstring tightness).
- Ryan Merritt will start in Salazar’s place on Friday.
- KCR: C Salvador Perez activated from 10-Day DL; C Cam Gallagher optioned to minors. | Royals Depth Chart
- Perez was the catcher and batted 5th in Tuesday’s game.
- NYM: SP Steven Matz (elbow nerve irritation) placed on 10-Day DL; RP Kevin McGowan recalled from minors. | Mets Depth Chart
- Tommy Milone has taken Matz’s rotation spot.
- LAD: 1B/OF Cody Bellinger (sprained ankle) and SP Alex Wood (shoulder joint inflammation) placed on 10-Day DL; SP Brock Stewart and RP Josh Ravin recalled from minors. | Dodgers Depth Chart
- Ross Stripling is a leading candidate to take Wood’s turn on Saturday.
- NYY: SP Masahiro Tanaka activated from 10-Day DL; RP Bryan Mitchell optioned to minors. | Yankees Depth Chart
- PHI: SP Vince Velasquez transferred to 60-Day DL, effectively ending his season; SP Nick Pivetta recalled from minors as 26th man for double-header; SP Zach Eflin (strained shoulder) placed on 10-Day DL; RP Yacksel Rios has contract purchased from minors. | Phillies Depth Chart
- Mark Leiter Jr. will start on Wednesday; the starter for Thursday’s game is TBD.
- [*=left]TEX: INF/OF Joey Gallo (concussion) placed on 7-Day DL; INF/OF Phil Gosselin recalled from minors. | Rangers Depth Chart
- [*=left]Drew Robinson and Ryan Rua are likely to get the majority of Gallo’s at-bats.
—FUTURE EXPECTED MOVES- ARZ: SP Robbie Ray will be activated from 7-Day DL on Thursday August 24th. | Diamondbacks Depth Chart
- [*=left]CLE: SP Ryan Merritt will be recalled from minors on Friday August 25th, according to Jordan Bastian or MLB.com. | Indians Depth Chart
- [*=left]HOU: C Brian McCann will likely be activated from 10-Day DL on Thursday August 24th, according to Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle. | Astros Depth Chart
- [*=left]MIN: SP Tim Melville will be designated for assignment; RP John Curtiss will have contract purchased from minors on Wednesday August 23rd, according to Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com. | Twins Depth Chart
- [*=left]TBR: SP Alex Cobb will be activated from 10-Day DL on Thursday August 24th, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. 3B/1B Trevor Plouffe will be designated for assignment and RP Andrew Kittredge will be recalled from minors on Wednesday August 23rd, according to the team. | Rays Depth Chart
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sept 1 roster expansion coming!!!Comment -
Albert Pujols passed Sammy Sosa for most homers in MLB history by a foreign-born player.Comment -
Why would any base runner try to test Juan Lagares's arm?Comment -
Rich Hill...has to be pissed at his boys. Guy needed one measley run.Comment -
The Rangers announced that they’ve acquired minor league outfielder Pedro Gonzalez from the Rockies as the player to be named later in the trade that sent Jonathan Lucroy to Colorado.
Gonzalez, 19, ranked as the Rockies’ No. 14 prospect per Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. Fangraphs’ Eric Longenhagen rated him as highly as fourth among Colorado farmhands on his updated summer ranking of Rockies prospects.
Callis and Mayo note that Gonzalez has the type of power that scouts can dream on, noting that he has “considerable” bat speed and has grown three inches and added 15 pounds of muscle since signing as a 16-year-old. Longenhagen calls his upside “immense,” though he notes that strikeouts are an issue for the shortstop-turned-outfielder. MLB.com’s report notes that while he has the present range for center field thanks to improved speed, he could be destined to play a corner in the bigs.
Through 209 plate appearances, Gonzalez is batting an excellent .321/.388/.519 with three homers, 16 doubles and six triples against older competition. He’s swiped 11 bases in 17 tries on the season as well. He’ll report to the team’s short-season Class-A affiliate in the Northwest League, per the Rangers’ announcement.
Gonzalez looks to be a nice add to the Rangers’ farm system, even if he’s a ways from the Majors and obviously won’t eliminate the sting of surrendering Lewis Brinson, Luis Ortiz and Ryan Cordell to acquire Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress in the first place.
As for the Rockies, they have to be rather pleased with the way the trade has played out to date, as through his first 16 games in Colorado, Lucroy has slashed a resurgent .313/.443/.458. He’s yet to connect on his first Rockies homer, but he’s chipped in five doubles and a triple since joining his new club.Comment -
The Dodgers were looking to become the 5th team in Live Ball Era to win at least 90 of their first 125 decisions. Instead, they became the first team to lose a no-hit bid on a walk-off home run. They are still on pace for the second most wins in a season.Comment -
This is true technically, bur let's not forget the night Harvey Haddix threw 12 perfect innings, and then in the 13th after an error and intentional walk, Joe Adcock broke up the no-no with what would have been a walk-off three-run homer except it was ruled a 1 RBI single because he passed Hank Aaron on the bases (after lead runner had touched the plate with winning run).
God I am old!Comment -
Stanton with yet another bomb speaking about players from another planet.Comment -
Bench clearing brawl in the yankees /tigers game today .Comment -
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He looks like a pink version of the character from The Mask.Comment -
Rich Hill cheated out of a no hitter two years in a row[quote=jjgold;5683305]I win again like usual
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[quote=Whippit;7921056]miami won't lose a single eastern conference game through end of season[/quote]Comment -
"I like to hit a home rrrun!" -Slammin' Sammy SosaComment -
Crazy Brawl. Guys on teams that are out of the playoffs show their frustration this time of yearComment -
Romine deserved more games on the suspension[quote=jjgold;5683305]I win again like usual
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[quote=Whippit;7921056]miami won't lose a single eastern conference game through end of season[/quote]Comment -
Can't be throwing at guy's heads. That was ugly. Miggy didn't even have a clenched fist when he threw that jab.Comment -
Sad, one time greatest player on the planet, now a washed up tub of jello hanging on for the paychecks just like Mantle in the 70's and Mays in the 80's when Mays was on the Mets.
His jabs were pathetic.
Before one even starts pointing fingers at any Yankee, start with Fulmer, than look at Miggy.
Word is Romine said to Cabrera "This isn't about you Miguel" then Miggy went ballistic.Comment -
The league has officially handed down suspensions arising out of yesterday’s fisticuffs between the Tigers and Yankees. Detroit star Miguel Cabrera received the stiffest discipline, with a seven-game ban owing to his “inciting the first bench-clearing incident and fighting.”
Cabrera isn’t the only one who’ll take some games of unpaid leave (pending appeal). Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez got four games for throwing punches in the melee — he was fortunate, perhaps, not to take a harsher punishment — while fellow New York backstop Austin Romine got two for his part in the tangle with Cabrera. That could cause the organization some troubles with filling out its catching situation, though it seems there’ll be some effort to ensure the suspensions aren’t served simultaneously.
In addition to losing their star for some time, the Tigers will go without reliever Alex Wilson for four games because he threw at Todd Frazier after warnings had been issued — and then admitted it (somewhat admirably) after the game. Detroit skipper Brad Ausmus will also sit one out contest due to Wilson’s actions.
All of those players received undisclosed fines. A variety of other participants were levied financial punishment as well. Needless to say, there’ll be plenty of debate over the league’s actions. Tigers righty Michael Fulmer was not suspended despite plunking Sanchez earlier in the game. Likewise, Yankees righty Tommy Kahnle won’t be banned despite throwing behind Cabrera. And fellow New York righty Dellin Betances also avoided punishment though he hit Tigers catcher James McCann in the helmet with a pitch after the initial brawl.Comment -
Rhys Hoskins (PHI): 8 HR in 15 career games; only 3 players in the Modern Era have hit 9 HR in their first 20 career gamesComment -
Eduardo Nunez left the game with a sprained left wrist/thumb. X-rays were negative, and Red Sox are classifying him as day-to-day.Comment
