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Charlie Blackmon (OF) COL - Jul. 03
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=742322
Blackmon (illness) won't be available for the Rockies when camp starts Saturday, Nick Groke of The Athletic reports.
ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Blackmon tested positive for COVID-19 in late June along with teammates Phillip Diehl and Ryan Castellani, but he apparently hasn't cleared the league's protocol and won't be able to join the team for the start of camp. It's unclear whether he is still showing symptoms or how much extra time he'll need to recover.
Yordan Alvarez (DH) HOU - Jul. 03
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=742304
Alvarez (knee) didn't join the Astros for their workouts in Houston on Friday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Manager Dusty Baker said he couldn't say why Alvarez was unavailable due to "league mandates," so it sounds as though his absence is unrelated to the lingering knee issues that he battled before play was paused in March. It's not clear when he's expected to return.
A fascinating run of comments, Peter. None more so than Archie Bradley.
I'm seeing that he had a 1.71 ERA and 1.07 WHIP Post All-Star.
Another interesting split.
Post All-Star a 0.78 G0/AO. Before that 1.41.
From July 24 onward he led the AL in saves, with 17, followed by Roberto Osuna (16) and Taylor Rogers (15).
Had the most saves in the NL and all of baseball from July 24 onward last year with 24. NL trailers were Raisel Iglesias with 17 and Josh Hader with 15.
The NL leaders in wins from July 24 onward in 2019 were Adam Wainwright and Clayton Kershaw, with 8. A bunch of guys had 7.
Who won the most AL games from July 24 on last year? Paxton, with 10, followed by Verlander, Clevinger and Cole, with 9 each.
He also led the NL in strikeouts from July 24 to the end of the season, with 109. deGrom was second with 101, while Yu Darvish had 97.
From July 24 2019 to the end of the season he struck at the most AL hitters, 128. Gerrit Cole struck out 121 and Mike Clevinger struck out 104.
He led the AL in ERA from July 24 to the end, as you might have guessed, with a 1.55 in 11 starts. Justin Verlander had a 1.92 in 13 starts (with 2 complete games), while Mike Clevinger had a 2.26.
He led the NL in ERA from July 24 on, as Alex notes, with a .92 in 13 starts. Jacob deGrom tossed a 1.54 and Sonny Gray had a 2.18.
NL ERA leader from July 24 to the end of the season in 2019 was Bauer (6.97), if you're sorting by descending.
No wonder so many went batty for Berti. He led the NL in steals from July 24 onward, with 16. Trea Turner had 15, as did Ronald Acuna.
In the year of no steals, 2019, Villar led the AL from July 24 onward with 23, followed by Mallex Smith (19) and Thomas Pham (15).
Readers of Alex's May 1 comment won't be surprised to learn that Soler led AL hitters in homers from July 24 on with 21, followed by Nelson Cruz (20) and Gleyber Torres (19).
From July 24 onward in 2019, the NL HR champ was Eugenio Suarez (22), followed by Pete Alonso (20) and Nolan Arenado (19) (who tied with Aristides Aquino, who isn't even on the Reds 30 man).
From July 24, 2019 onward, the NL batting title goes to Marte (.351), with Kolten Wong (.339) and JD Davis (.331) trailing.
For 2019, from July 24 to the end of the season, the AL batting average champ was Cruz (.374), followed by Tim Anderson (.357) and Alex Bregman (.355).
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Madison Bumgarner (P) AZ - Jul. 03
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=742325
Bumgarner didn't work out with the Diamondbacks on Friday, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.
ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Bumgarner is still waiting for clearance from the league's COVID-19 test protocols, so he was part of a group of players that wasn't present for Friday's workouts. The results from his test are still unknown, and it's unclear when the southpaw will join the team.