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Claimed off of waivers by the Reds. My guess, and purely a guess, is that the Jays call up Rowdy Tellez, who has been tearing it up at Buffalo.
Edwin Diaz continues to struggle, allowing two earned runs on Sunday. A handful of saves, possibly more, could be in store for Lugo down the stretch.
Luke Jackson can’t close a water bottle much less a baseball game ... link courtesy of closermonkey.com :-)
Been pushing for awhile in my home league to just make the 23rd spot a "swing spot" that can be used for a hitter or pitcher. It's a half-step that acknowledges the reality Peter notes below.
There's a guy who dropped $26 on Shane Greene in our 5x5 league ... locking Greene in for a guaranteed contract for 2020.
I've still held onto Jackson, who I have in just about every league I'm in.
But I certainly wouldn't be taking any risks to invest in that pen from here out.
2019 FIP / xFIP
Melancon - 3.18 / 3.65
Jackson - 3.55 / 2.96
Greene - 4.22 / 3.89 (the ERA is great - the peripherals lousy)
Newcomb - 3.83 / 4.63 (ditto)
Tonight's FAAB results ...
Gashouse Gang: rel SDyson Min, prr JFernandez StL 3
Garry Oaks: rel CIannetta Col, prr JNaylor SD 9
Palin Comparison: rel AlexReyes StL, prr JRoss Was 4
Ribbie and Roobarb: rel AHechavarria NYM, prr ACabrera Was 9
Ribbie and Roobarb: rel DHernandez Cin, prr AChafin Ari 1
Lords of Flatbush: rel CPuello Mia, prr JuGuerra Mil 1
Choes Balin: rel ASwarzak Atl, prr RStanek Mia 2
Lynch Mob: rel CRay Mil, prr JLucroy ChC 4
Lynch Mob: rel YLopez Ari, prr DPhelps ChC 2
Brubaker's Yeasts: rel GCabrera StL, prr KGinkel Ari 1
Gashouse Gang: rel TRichards TB, prr HPerez Mil 3
Broad Street Bullies: rel ZGreen SF, prr RMartin LAD 1
Lords of Flatbush: rel TSwaggerty Pit, prr RHelsley StL 1
Choes Balin: rel TFlowers Atl, prr EGonzalez Pit 1
Why I'll quit playing keeper fantasy baseball -
Two years ago, I took Kevin Maitan, who was then gone by screwup to the AL
Last year, in the reserves I took Austin Meadows, and now he's also in the AL.
A few months ago, I called Nick Anderson and plucked him for a buck. In his last 10+ innings, he's allowed just 6 baserunners while striking out 21. Of course a lot of the work has come in his new AL home.
Video games don't cause violence, but this might.
I think there is a subtle change in the FA pool for pitchers when you go to 10 pitchers in an AL or NL league. With 9 pitchers there are always safe as milk relievers with decent strikeout rates available. With 10 pitchers in any given week the best available guys are LOOGYS like Oliver Perez. The 12 extra pitchers sucks up the safe as milk talent. Makes it much more challenging to determine who might be helpful from week to week.
Lugo was National League pitcher of the month or relief pitcher of the month for July.
Soto left Sunday's 7-4 win over the Mets because of a mild right ankle sprain. He is listed as day to day.
Manning followed up his 9 K outing with a 10 K outing in only 6 IP. No runs allowed, no walks. He's 10-4 with a 2.57 134 Ks in 119 IP against 36 BB and 85 hits, a 1.02 WHIP. He's ready for the majors, but probably won't get a cup of coffee. That would only hurt the Tigers chances of getting the first pick in the draft.
It's been a rough 10 days for Wander. On August 9, his average slipped all the way down to 313, but he's rebounded the past two days. He went 2-4 Saturday and 4-6 today. He's back up to 333/399/482 in high-A.
Update from madfriars.com ...
Ty France once again led the Chihuahuas offense, finishing up the fireworks in the second with a three-run home run. France came back from an 0-2 count to drive the pitch over the right-center field wall for his 27th homer of the year. He also clubbed a pair of doubles on the night. Each part of his ridiculous .406/.482/.790 slash line leads all of full-season baseball. On the year, France has 55 extra-base hits against 48 strikeouts.
With his opposite-field triple in the eighth, Fernando Tatis Jr. extended his hitting streak to 14 games. That’s the longest by a Padres player this season and the longest active mark in the big leagues.
If Tatis gets four plate appearances on Sunday, he will qualify for the Major League leaderboards, and his .324 average should put him in the thick of the race for the National League batting title. He’s 12 points behind Christian Yelich.
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I've lost count. Is it now 26 consecutive days that batters have connected for at least two round-trippers? Four did it yesterday.
Jorge Soler* (KCR): 3-3, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R
Hunter Dozier* (KCR): 3-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R
Josh Bell* (PIT): 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
Justin Turner (LAD): 2-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
* pictured (at Baseball-Reference)