Jason Heyward hit his first MLB grand slam at Wrigley Field tonight, helping the Braves in their attempt to strengthen their hold on the NL Wild Card. Here are the rest of today’s links from Heyward’s division…
- As Dave O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution explains, the Braves' late-inning combination of Jonny Venters and Craig Kimbrel is the kind of shutdown late-inning tandem most teams can only dream of having.
- The Marlins are calling Logan Morrison back to the Major Leagues tomorrow, a week and a half after demoting him to the minors, according to MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro (on Twitter). Morrison can still receive credit for a full year of service this year, so the demotion probably won’t affect his service clock.
- Agent Scott Boras says the Nationals should re-sign Ivan Rodriguez when the veteran catcher hits free agency after the season, according to Ben Goessling of MASNsports.com.
With an 8.5 game lead in the NL wild card race I really doubt the Braves are worried about holding on to the wild card. Right now it’s more of a question about whether or not they can beat the Brew Crew in Milwaukee.
Im scared to death of the Brewers, as any team in the NL should be.
I agree the Brewers are scary but The Braves are an excellent team and can take anyone in the playoffs
Very true. I have not been following the Braves this year and I just noticed Heyward’s stats. What is wrong with this projected phenom? Is he playing injured? He looked like a tiger early on last season and then I haven’t heard a thing.
To be honest, I think you should be more scared about them having home field advantage. They’ve been a great team lately but through the season they’ve been practically invincible at home.
i’ve been a venters fanboy for awhile, but i hadn’t checked kimbrel’s numbers for awhile. holy crap
Let’s not forget Eric O’Flaherty.
I look forward to a similar article(hopefully including Viz) for the next 4-5 years
Resign Pudge? HA! Let me guess, Boras believes he can play for another 5 years. Joke.
I thought Boras was running the Nats anyway. Maybe he thought so too and was surprised to get pushback when he told Rizzo to send over a new contract for Pudge. Boras seems to have planted the story in every possible media outlet in DC.
I’ll take Ramos and Flores over Pudge at this point
Thanks anyways, Boras