An immaculate inning tonight. 

Hunter Greene threw 37 pitches over 100mph. Most ever by a starter in a MLB or MiLB game since the statcast era began in 2015.

Just over the transom from the Monkey:

May 5, 2021

Tampa Bay Rays – The Rays have placed Diego Castillo on the IL, retroactive to yesterday. Peter Fairbanks was activated in a corresponding move, and joins several other candidates (Jeffrey Springs, Ryan Thompson, etc.) for saves in Castillo’s absence.

Updated hierarchy: *Springs | Thompson | Fairbanks.
* = closer-by-committee

Meaner today. 26 first-pitch strikes to 27 batters.

Los Rojos win the the 10th as Wink battles Hendriks to a full count, then lines a center cut fastball into center. An admirable and gutsy challenge if the bases are loaded but first base was open.

Shouldn't he be hitting lower in the lineup? The cleanup hitter, Joey Wendle, has the same OBP.

Yesterday's Top Performers

Batters:

Austin Meadows* (TBR): 2-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R

Robbie Grossman* (DET): 3-3, 3 RBI, 2 SB

Brandon Belt* (SFG): 3-4, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R

Giancarlo Stanton (NYY): 4-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R

Andrew McCutchen (PHI): 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

Hunter Renfroe (BOS): 3-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

Brandon Crawford (SFG): 2-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

Buster Posey (SFG): 3-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 R

Adolis García (TEX): 3-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R

Wilmer Flores (SFG): 2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

View All of Yesterday's Batters at Baseball-Reference.com

* - pictured above

The Phillies don't recognize this pitcher.

Yesterday's Top Performers

Pitchers:

Cole Irvin* (OAK): 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 9 K, 80 GmSc

Dylan Cease* (CHW): 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 BB, 11 K, 78 GmSc

Kyle Gibson (TEX): 8.0 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 8 K, 70 GmSc

Huascar Ynoa (ATL): 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 4 K, 69 GmSc

Mitch Keller (PIT): 5.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 5 K, 68 GmSc

View All of Yesterday's Pitchers at Baseball-Reference.com

* - pictured above

I'm no manager ... but I'd think that given India's mediocrity at the plate so far ... Cincy would do itself a big favor by just bringing up a defensive specialist like Alfredo Rodriguez ... accepting that he'll probably put up a .600 OPS ... but getting Suarez back to 3B where he's no longer a defensive liability and can focus on hitting again.

I'm sure that the Reds pitching staff would endorse that idea.

Pitchers that have thrown a pitch 100+ MPH and hit a 420+ foot home run, Statcast Era

-Shohei Ohtani

-Noah Syndergaard

-Huascar Ynoa

And a day later, after 2-3 with two doubles, Hunter is up to .181. On fire. Yes, I own him.

Bizarre call indeed. Angel Hernandez is known for such umpiring. After the game, he was honest about it. He said he couldn't see what happened, but it was his call so he had to do something. He called it wrong. Everyone else knew the fly ball was not caught, except for Benintendi who relied on Angel's call to head back toward second base where he was tagged out. Then, in review, he was called safe. Indians did it right, Royals did the best they could, Angel guessed wrong. "Frustrating," said Francona.

Grand slam to help himself last night.

Huascar Ynoa has more homers and RBIs this season than Francisco Lindor.

What a bizarre call by Angel Hernandez.

Turns out there was a "fair chance" the Rox would score *6* in the bottom of the 7th in the 2nd game ... FTW! :-)

Anyone rolling the dice here?  if you paid PK/MF prices, maybe you are ... but his 4.13 ERA is now 6.21 (after an 8-spot in 2/3 IP) ...

What's your definition of "fair chance"?  It's only a 7-inning game ... at Coors, I get it ...

A homer, five RBI in the first inning in Colorado. Giants up 10-0 now, but there's a fair chance this isn't over.

Uh-oh.

https://nypost.com/2021/05/04/jacob-degrom-scratched-from-mets-start-with-tightness/

Easier to fire Chili than Lindor. 

That should calm the talk radio masses for, oh, 24 hours or so.

Claimed him just in time for yesterday's start. May not own him by the time he starts again on Sunday.