MAY 20: Fedde tested positive for COVID-19, Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post was among those to report. He had previously been vaccinated and is asymptomatic. Rainey, who has not been vaccinated, is isolating as a close contact.
MAY 19: The Nationals announced they’ve placed right-handers Erick Fedde and Tanner Rainey on the injured list. One of the two players has tested positive for COVID-19, while the other was deemed a close contact, tweets Maria Torres of the Athletic. To replace Fedde and Rainey on the active roster, Washington recalled righties Paolo Espino and Kyle McGowin from Triple-A Rochester.
Fedde has been a reliable member of the Nats rotation over the season’s first month-plus. He’s made eight starts and tossed 39 1/3 innings with a 4.35 ERA/4.58 SIERA. With Stephen Strasburg on a rehab assignment and nearing a return from the injured list, manager Dave Martinez recently suggested Fedde was a candidate for a short-term move to the bullpen (via Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post). For the time being, though, he’ll be out of action.
The Nationals will also be without one of their more frequently utilized relievers. The hard-throwing Rainey looked to have cemented himself as a key setup piece in Martinez’s bullpen last season, tossing 20 1/3 innings of 2.66 ERA ball with an elite 42.7% strikeout rate. It’s been a disastrous start in 2021 for Rainey, however. He missed time in Spring Training because of a muscle strain near his collarbone. That didn’t require a regular season IL stint, although it’s possible the delay affected his performance. Rainey has lost a tick on his average fastball and struggled over his first 16 appearances. The 28-year-old has seen his once-lofty strikeout rate plummet to 24.6%, while his walk percentage has spiked to an untenable 19.7%. Given those poor peripherals, it’s unsurprising Rainey has allowed eleven runs (ten earned) over his first 12 1/3 frames.
Espino, 34, has made eight appearances (including a spot start when Strasburg first went on the IL). He’s managed a 2.57 ERA/4.78 SIERA in 14 innings. McGowin has scuffled, allowing four runs in 7 1/3 frames with five walks and four strikeouts.
So Kluber throws a no hitter for the Yankees tonight (congrats, Corey)! Will be interesting to see if MLBTR writes an article about this after completely ignoring Spencer Turnbull’s no-no last night.
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Why would MLBTR have a story about a no-hitter? That makes zero sense. Not what the site is for.
ML:BTR has not written any article for any no-hitter this year because that is not what the site is about.
If anything we might see a article investigating the reason for the major increase in no-hitters this year at some point
There are a few stories about the increase in no-hitters today but elsewhere. It’s dumbfounding that people would come here expecting game stories on a roster moves site.
I mean, nobody is tell them to do write ups for games every night. But when you special feats occur (no hitters, 3 hr games, and other significant moments) they should give them a shout out on here. Just as they should put up an article for whoever wins the World Series, when they do. It doesn’t have to be solely transactional.
They never write dedicated articles to no-hitters before. Maybe they’ll write an article about the massive amount of no hitters thrown so far this year.
Nats should sign Hamels, he can be a solid 5 starter
Stephen Strasburg or Anthony Rendon? Both are pretty overrated haha