It’s the Year of the Injury, and this post will house many of the evening’s updates on that front.
- Let’s start off with some good news for everyone except the Cubs: Mets ace Jacob deGrom is set to start tomorrow night. DeGrom left his start Friday due to right flexor tendinitis, but the MRI came back clean.
- Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi was reinstated from the IL, with reliever Ronald Bolanos going on it. Mondesi, who strained his hamstring on May 31st, is active but not in tonight’s lineup.
- Cardinals lefty Kwang Hyun Kim is also off the IL, and is starting tonight against the Marlins. Kim had a brief IL stint for lower back soreness.
- Angels manager Joe Maddon told reporters the injured list has been ruled out for third baseman Anthony Rendon, who’s recovering from a mild triceps strain. Rendon has struggled at the plate this year, with a 90 wRC+ in 191 plate appearances. By measure of OPS, his .679 mark is the worst single-season 45-game slump of Rendon’s career since his 2013 rookie season.
- Luis Severino’s rehab start injury Saturday was described as a Grade 2 groin strain by Yankees manager Aaron Boone. This will set him back about a month, leading to a possible late July/early August return.
- Braves southpaw Tucker Davidson left tonight’s start after 53 pitches with left forearm tightness, according to the team. Davidson entered the night unscored-upon in his last 11 2/3 innings, spanning a pair of starts.
- Orioles ace John Means, pulled from a June 5th start in the first inning, began playing catch for the first time since the injury according to MLB.com’s Joe Trezza. Means may be able to return by month’s end. With a 2.28 ERA and a no-hitter on the season, the lefty seems a lock for the All-Star Game.
Oh crap! Again, when Renden starts heating up again, an injury pops up. Third time this season.
I do trust Rendon’s talents, I just don’t trust his health. He’s made of glass.
Rendon hasn’t missed significant time since 2015
Wow, actual Tim Dierkes posts! What have we done to deserve such goodness? It’s almost as good as Michael Jordan’s second comeback! Not the first one, but the second one.
I just traded Rendon off my fantasy team. Talk about perfect timing or just dumb luck!
Hopefully Perry follows suit. Pujols 2.0
Rendon is a bum. Was upset the second we signed him because we all knew what was coming with signing another 30 year old to a long term contract.
Another night, another collapse by my Bravos after tying it up late. 16 strikeouts that’s 5 innings of not putting it in play. SMH 2021 sucks.
So much for that Davidson scoreless inning streak. Boston hung 4 on him in the first inning with back-to-back 2 out HRs. The Red Sox have to be leading the league in 2 out RBIs / runs this season by a wide margin. They had another 7 tonight, and maybe more.
Ahhh yes, the annual saga of the Angels signing an older player, to a long-term contract, and being surprised that they are getting older. The three LAA constants:
1-Signing hitting instead of pitching.
2-Signing older players to long-term contracts.
3-Believing that Adell’s strikeouts don’t matter.
It’s probably too late, but please trade Trout. History won’t look kindly on you if he never sees the playoffs again.
Yet another solid start by an Angels starter about to be lost by the bullpen.
So Canning pitches 5 innings of 2 run ball against the first place As and Maddon takes him out. Watson comes in to handle the 6th and Maddon waits until he gives up 4 runs without getting an out and loading the bases before he takes him out. That is poor game management. How many leads does the bullpen have to blow before Moreno and Perry address pitching in a meaningful way?
I didn’t watch the game but read the boxscore. Why in the world would Maddon remove Canning from the game after 69 pitches?! And, why would Maddon leave Watson long enough to give up 6 runs without recording an out. If Watson fails to record an out after 3 hitters, then you yank him… Watson clearly didn’t have it today.
It was painful to watch. I turned it off after it was 6-4. I am disgusted at the way this team is managed both on the field and off.
How many games as Joe Maddon lost in his poor decision of taking out starting pitchers if you’re listening Arte Moreno Fire Joe Maddon sell the team back to Disney plus Disney knew how to run a baseball team I’m a big angel fan but enough is enough Joe Maddon must’ve lost at least 15 games already this year By taking out starting pitchers too soon
It wouldn’t matter as much if we had a bullpen that could keep us in games. They can’t even keep a lead for an inning most of the time. Today is a perfect example.