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0.057 Yermin Mercedes’ has been one of the season’s biggest surprises as we hit the quarter point. A career minor leaguer that some might label “journeyman”, Mercedes is with his third organization since making his professional debut in 2011, and just got his first taste of big league action last year with one plate appearance. He has typically been a solid hitter in the minors, but with no defensive value, simply never got his shot. Now he has and he’s taken full advantage. Everythin...

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Anon You can flag a comment by clicking its flag icon. Website admin will know that you reported it. Admins may or may not choose to remove the comment or block the author. And please dont worry, your report will be anonymous. Calf injuries worry me: – Donaldson: PLayed 629 out of 648 games from 2013-2016. Had his 1st calf issue in April 2017. From 2017 he has played 376 of 585 games. Now some of that was a shoulder issue but he has 5 different Il stints for calf issues on both legs. This all...

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May 19, 2021 The injury bug is biting all too often these days, and this week, it has taken a chunk out of Mike Trout’s season. Off to one of the best starts of his career, the 29-year-old center fielder strained his right calf in Monday night’s game, an injury that will sideline him for six to eight weeks — potentially the longest outage of his career — greatly reducing both the chances that the Angels will make the playoffs and that Trout will claim his fourth MVP award. As if we nee...

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May 19, 2021 Heading into the ninth inning of a blowout loss Monday, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli waved the white flag and summoned Willians Astudillo from… wherever he was sitting at the time. La Tortuga already had a scoreless inning under his belt this year, titillating Twins fans and the Baseball Twitterverse with an eephus that limped over the plate at 49 mph. Astudillo’s slow-pitch softball routine was received warmly that first appearance, and in a year where very little has gone rig...

It’s time to proclaim 2021 the Year of the No-Hitter. At the beginning of April, Joe Musgrove graced us with an electric performance versus the Rangers. Just five days later, Carlos Rodón announced his resurgence by shutting down Cleveland. John Means then tossed a near-perfect game against the Mariners, and Wade Miley followed in Rodón’s footsteps, handing Cleveland another no-hit night. That brings us to yesterday, when Spencer Turnbull became the latest pitcher to go the distance, str...