MLB - NEWS & NOTES

Was Volquez no no the first one this season?

 

Yup. First one since Arrieta's last April.

 

4 homerun game for Gennett last night... take a look at em.

[video]https://youtu.be/3sLKDhhl93M[/video]

 

that 3rd hr swing was wicked. high pitch that was high and away and he still connects with enough power for it to go out of the park. impressive. great night for Scooter.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/red-so...banned-learn-baseball-language-014613750.html

i agree with this. for many years Ichiro, who spoke English, used a translator. Why? Baseball is baseball and the language barrier for signs and pitchers should be known if you want to play in America. My college buddy is a professional baseball agent and he learned Japanese, Chinese and Korean to speak to his clients. Why can't they learn our language?

 

I really don't think translators are necessary on the mound, in my opinion. Let that be the job of the catcher and coaches. Nothing wrong with translators being near by, but they don't belong on the mound.

 

The Seattle Mariners have formally announced the completion of shortstop Jean Segua?s contract extension. As reported last night, the deal is for $70 million over five years and includes a team option for 2023 worth $17 million.

 

he's kind of a slow starter, but as long as his production lasts, $70 mil is a bargain!

 

Scherzer third-fastest to 2,000 strikeouts

 

How about Aaron Judge?

 

An impressive run. He will turn back into a pumpkin before too long, though. A .437 BABIP, especially when coupled with a 28% K rate, is completely unsustainable.

 

^^ i owned him on 2 teams the first 2 weeks of the season and dropped him bc he wasn't doing much then and i needed to make other moves and he seemed like a guy to drop. total mistake on my part and now it's killing me seeing him do so well!

i read somewhere he's becoming a Yankee Legend already. take it easy there sports writer. he's got a long ass way to go bf he comes close to the Babe, Gehrig, Joe D, Yogi, Mantle, Jackson, Jeter, the Scooter, Whitey, Donny baseball and big Mo Rivera! Hell he's not even to the level of Roger Maris yet either. haha.

 

Yasiel Puig on flipping bird at Indians fans: 'I stooped to their level.'



What a jerk!

 

Twins explode for 20 runs against the?Mariners

The first-place Twins allowed double-digit runs in back-to-back losses ? 14-3 to the Mariners, 13-8 to the Giants ? entering Tuesday?s game against the Mariners. They got revenge by scoring 20 runs of their own.

The Twins scored four runs in the second inning, seven in the third, one in the fourth, seven in the seventh, and one more in the eighth for 20 total runs. Every starter in the lineup had at least one hit; Joe Mauer was the only starter without multiple hits.

Seven Twins had two or more RBI. Kennys Vargas, Jason Castro, and Eddie Rosario each had four hits while Eduardo Escobar had five hits.

Rosario homered three times: two two-run homers and a solo shot. Max Kepler and Brian Dozier also homered.
The Twins set a franchise record when they got their 26th hit and finished with 28.

It?s the second time this season a team has scored 20-plus runs. The Nationals ran roughshod over the Mets 23-5 on April 30 earlier this season. A team crossed the 20-run threshold only once last season. The last time the Twins did it, they beat the Tigers 20-6 on August 22, 2014. The last time the Mariners gave up 20-plus was in a 22-10 loss to the Red Sox on August 15, 2015. The last team to record 28 or more hits was the Rangers when they utterly demolished the Orioles 30-3 on August 22, 2007. (PBT)

 

Puig is a lot bark and no bite. he's batting like .231 this year. he had 1 decent season and the rest he was average to below average.

 

Yasiel Puig suspended by MLB for obscene gesture vs. Indians

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig has been suspended one game by the MLB for making an obscene gesture towards Indians fans during Tuesday?night?s game in Cleveland.

Puig, who crushed a two-run homer off of Indians starter Trevor Bauer in the second inning of the series opener, appeared to complete?his home run trot with a double middle-finger salute towards Tribe fans as he crossed home plate.

 

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeG1PkVnA4[/video]

 

phils get a rare win last night 1-0 over Sale and the Sox.

 

CYCLE!

Nolan Arenado completes cycle with walk-off three-run home?run

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado completed the cycle in the most dramatic of ways: with a walk-off three-run home run, giving his team a 7-5 victory over the Giants on Sunday afternoon.

Arenado tripled but was stranded in the bottom of the first inning against starter Ty Blach. He singled to lead off the fourth and was stranded. He then ripped an RBI double off of Blach in the sixth to cut the Rockies? deficit to 2-1 at the time. He struck out in the seventh against George Kontos, but redeemed himself in the ninth with a walk-off three-run home run against Mark Melancon, turning a 5-4 deficit into a 7-5 win.

Arenado is the eighth Rockie to hit for the cycle and the first since Michael Cuddyer accomplished the feat on August 17, 2014 against the Reds. Prior to Sunday, the last time the Giants gave up a cycle was to the Diamondbacks? Kelly Johnson on July 23, 2010.

After Sunday?s performance, Arenado is hitting .299/.352/.573 with 15 home runs, 55 RBI, and 47 runs scored in 310 plate appearances. He?s currently holding a slight lead for the WAR lead among third basemen at 2.7, just ahead of Anthony Rendon (2.6) and Kris Bryant (2.4), according to FanGraphs.
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Great way to get it with the HR during your last AB.