Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world today:
1. Rockies’ Freeland dealing with shoulder issue:
Rockies southpaw Kyle Freeland was slated to start the club’s game against the Padres yesterday, but he was scratched due to shoulder soreness. After last night’s game, manager Warren Schaeffer told reporters (including the Denver Post’s Patrick Saunders) that Freeland was day-to-day with a “tight” shoulder. Freeland has started the year with a 2.30 ERA and 3.95 FIP across three starts. Losing him would be a significant blow to the Rockies’ pitching staff, and the team would likely turn to someone like Tanner Gordon or Carson Palmquist to fill in for the veteran lefty in the event he requires a trip to the injured list.
2. Olson making history:
As noted by MLB.com’s Mark Bowman, Matt Olson made his 798th consecutive MLB start over the weekend. That tied him with Nellie Fox for the 11th-longest games started streak of all time, and he’ll take sole possession of 11th place with his 799th consecutive start against the Marlins this evening. It’s the longest streak baseball has seen since Miguel Tejada‘s 1,152 consecutive game streak ended nearly 20 years ago. If Olson can keep it up, he’ll be able to crack the all-time top ten next month. For now, he and the Braves will focus on squaring off against Marlins right-hander Eury Pérez (4.25 ERA in 20 starts last year) in a game scheduled for 7:15pm local time in Atlanta, where Grant Holmes (3.99 ERA in 22 appearances last year) will take the mound for the Braves.
3. Can the Astros snap their losing streak?
The Astros have dropped seven straight games amid a number of injuries to the club’s pitching staff. Tastsuya Imai, Mike Burrows and Lance McCullers Jr. are the remaining healthy members of the Opening Day rotation for a 6-10 Houston club that has lost both Hunter Brown and Cristian Javier to shoulder strains. They’ll send Burrows (3.94 ERA in 23 appearances last year) to the mound in hopes of avoiding an eighth straight loss, while the Mariners will counter with George Kirby (4.21 ERA in 23 starts last year) as he looks to build on a strong eight-inning performance against the Rangers last time out.
How can you not like Matt Olson?
Damn straight. Love to see something like that.
Rare feat with managers nowadays resting players, using their nerd charts to over analyze matchups, the modern player taking paternity leave, nurse bo-bo’s and all of that nonsense. Only 6 played in every game last year and Devers was so committed, he played 163
Paternity leave is nonsense?
Did the greats ever take it? No. And trust me, they could’ve taken it multiple times a year for multiple women.
The great dads and husbands did.
Tatsuya Imai.
MLBTR Fans Fantasy League standings after week 3:
Team GB
Ignorant SOB –
Gwynning 1
Salzilla 1
Flanster 1.5
Oppo nacho 2.5
Sean P 5
Iwalt27 5.5
StudWinfield 5.5
Stpofsd 9.5
WadeBoggsWildRide 10.5
MeowMeow 11
RunDMC 13
Big win of the week: Sean P over RunDMC 11-1
Trades:
S.Stewart for Y.Diaz
Trout/Imai for Megill/Okamoto
R.Walker for Senga
Trout trade seems fishy 😛
All the teams that backed out of the Imai bidding did so for a reason. The San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres, NYY, and Mets all knew this clown wasn’t worth it.