Three more weeks of regular season left!
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Who wins the World Series? Boston? Yankees? Will be an exciting postseasonComment -
NL west and NL Wilcard still way up for grabs. Dodgers could be out!Comment -
J.D. Martinez hit his first home run in eight games in Boston's win, putting him one behind Khris Davis for the MLB lead. "He's been calling himself Luis Castillo lately. A lot of singles," Alex Cora joked after the game.Comment -
Anyone have a hot tip for tonight?Comment -
After a rehab process that spanned more than 14 months, left-hander Julio Urias is back in the Majors. The Dodgers announced Monday that they’ve recalled the 22-year-old from Triple-A Oklahoma City — his first look in the big leagues since undergoing shoulder surgery last June.
Urias’ rapid ascent to the Majors is among the most impressive we’ve seen out of a pitcher in recent memory. The still-young lefty arrived on the scene in May 2016 — well shy of his 20th birthday — and gave the Dodgers 77 innings of 3.39 ERA ball with 84 strikeouts against 31 walks across multiple big league stints over the remainder of that season. Urias was one of the game’s 10 best prospects before debuting in ’16 and was looked at as a potential building block for the Dodgers’ rotation before last summer’s surgery.
That’s still the best-case scenario for Urias, of course, though surgery to repair the anterior capsule in his left shoulder at such a young age was a disheartening development that created a somewhat increased degree of uncertainty moving forward. For the time being, it’s likely he’ll be used out of the bullpen, as he’s only thrown 11 2/3 innings across three minor league levels since returning from that surgery. He’s racked up 19 strikeouts in that time but also issued six walks and been tagged for seven earned runs.
Some rust is to be expected for Urias, but a healthy run in September and perhaps in October, even in a relief role, would be a significant step forward as the Dodgers map out his trajectory in 2019 and beyond. It seems likely that Urias will again be viewed as a starter in the future, though Los Angeles will keep a close eye on his workload as he distances himself from major shoulder surgery.Comment -
Shohei Ohtani since the start of August: .366 batting average, 15 extra-base hits, 7 stolen bases.
Mike Scioscia pregame: "If he continues to do what he's doing, you're looking at the Rookie of the Year."Comment -
Diamond Backs possibly in troubleComment -
Cubs Brewers a popcorn game tonight.Comment -
Bryce Harper is hitting 4 homers today easy stuff.Comment -
Dodgers must win tonight.Comment -
Josh Donaldson makes his Cleveland debut tonight. He's starting at 3B, Ramirez moves to 2B and Kipnis to CF.Comment -
so the phillies postponed Monday's game because they didn't bother covering the field during a huge rainstorm while they were away
wasn't raining yesterday but field was "unplayable" due to basic incompetence.
They also couldn't bother informing fans of this. They waited until everyone was at the stadium to say anything, then postponed the game.[quote=jjgold;5683305]I win again like usual
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2 of the outs by Donaldson were pretty hard hit to the deep outfieldComment -
NL West getting tiiiiiiiiiight.Comment -
4:22pm: The news on Manaea’s timeline is brutal, as manager Bob Melvin now tells reporters that the expectation is that Manaea will miss an entire year (Twitter links via Jane Lee of MLB.com and Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle). The team will know more after the surgery, but that early estimate is a crushing reality for the upstart A’s, who may now be without their most talented starter for the entirety of the 2019 season.
2:17pm: The Athletics announced today that lefty Sean Manaea will undergo surgery on his pitching shoulder. He had been on the disabled list since late August with what was then labeled as an impingement.
Certainly, the procedure will be expected to keep Manaea sidelined for the remainder of the 2018 season. Beyond that, though, it’s not clear what to expect. The organization says that it “will provide further details after the surgery.”
While it had become increasingly clear of late that Manaea would not make it back late this year, this is still a particularly disappointing way to wrap things up. We’ll need to wait to learn more about the prognosis, but shoulder surgeries are always of particular concern for pitchers.
Manaea had turned in 161 2/3 innings of 3.59 ERA pitching this year, helping spur a remarkable run for the Oakland ballclub. To be sure, his peripherals weren’t quite as exciting. With 6.0 K/9, 1.8 BB/9, and a 44.0% groundball rate, ERA estimators viewed him more as a quality rotation piece than a front-end starter (4.26 FIP, 4.33 xFIP, 4.46 SIERA).
Despite the questions, the 26-year-old is an indisputably talented and valuable pitcher. He’s slated to qualify for arbitration this coming offseason as a Super Two player, so missing some time late in the year will put a bit of a dent in his earnings. Still, with 464 MLB frames of sub-4.00 ERA pitching already under his belt, Manaea ought to earn well through the arb process.Comment -
races getting fun to followComment -
Dodgers will win today this morning.Comment -
Lets go Dodgers RL
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Reds 6-0 against Dodgers this year, lol.Comment -
For Seinfeld fans, the double play combination for the Pirates last night was Kramer and Newman. We love DP combos. In the 1960’s, the Phillies had Bobby Wine and Cookie Rojas. Those were called The Days Of Wine and RojasComment -
Good afternoon gentlemen good luck on your positions.Comment -
Mets were supposed to play a doubleheader today
Didn’t happen because they had a dry delay[quote=jjgold;5683305]I win again like usual
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