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RHP Jordany Ventura (No. 19) Why it could work: Even after landing Hill, the Mets still need pitching, and here they bolster their rotation and bullpen all at once, with a pair of rentals. It’s tempting to dream big on any pitcher getting out of Coors Field, but it’s important to note that Gray has roughly even home-road splits for his career while performing better in Colorado this year. Still, it’s hard not to wonder if a change of scenery could bring about a Kevin Gausman-like mid-care...

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Dodgers’ outfielder Mookie Betts is out of the lineup for a sixth straight game on Friday with hip inflammation. Betts will also likely be unavailable on Saturday and possibly Sunday as well, but the team has no plans to put him on the injured list yet. Manager Dave Roberts said tests on Betts’ right hip on Thursday showed nothing new. “We feel good about standing pat and waiting it out,” manager Dave Roberts said Friday. “It ...

Series Preview # 32 : Diamondbacks @ Cubs Share this story Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Diamondbacks will play a second series with the Cubs. As Jack wrote in the first series preview, “The bullpen has been the strength in Chicago.” In that first series, their bullpen’s ERA was better (3.48 vs 7.36) than the Diamondbacks’ bullpen. The bullpen has been a weakness for the Diamondbacks. Their 39% save percentage is the lowest in the Majors (Baseball Reference). As could be surmis...

Freeland (L) At the time Pujols was signed, and first baseman/leftfielder Yoshi Tsutsugo was traded for, the Dodgers’ depth was greatly depleted. Cody Bellinger and Zach McKinstry were in the middle of lengthy injured list stints, and Edwin Ríos was out for the year. The weekend those two deals came together, AJ Pollock strained his hamstring and Corey Seager was hit by a pitch on his hand that would end up costing him over two months. The fill-ins on the Dodgers bench — Luke Raley, Sheldo...

share-square-486079 All-Star rosters always yield plenty of information to break down, and this year is no exception. With the MLB Draft beginning two days before the Midsummer Classic and also taking place in Denver, theres a logical question: Where were these All-Stars drafted? Forty-five of the 67 All-Stars on the initial American League and National League rosters (announced July 4) were drafted, with the others signing initially as free agents. Those rosters also feature 22 players born ou...

D-backs Preview #90: 7/9 @ Dodgers Share this story Todays Lineups Recall LHP Reinstate RHP Following yesterday’s game, optioned RHP Humberto Castellanos and INF/OF Andrew Young to Reno. Back into the hell which is Dodger Stadium go the Diamondbacks. And I don’t mean that in the usual sense. Well, not just in the usual sense. Arizona has lost nine games in a row here, and 13 of the last 14. That is almost entirely on the hitting. Over those nine consecutive defeats, the D-backs have no...

A Way-Too-Early Look at the 2022 Roster Were not quite in the dog days of summer, but it sure feels like it. The trade deadline is still far enough away that its too early to talk about specifics on trades and its way too early to think about playoff intrigue (for those teams that have a chance at being involved). As early as it is, it isnt totally crazy to take a quick gander at the full roster going into 2022. Theres obviously a lot yet to be learned in 2021, but it never hurts to think ab...

CON LOS CAMPEONES megkrantz@hotmail.com En el argot del béisbol, cuando un jugador tuvo una participación muy breve en las Grandes Ligas, limitándose a un partido, un turno, una entrada, uno o dos tercios, una intervención defensiva o como corredor emergente, se le denomina “Cup of Coffee Player”. Traducida al español la expresión es Jugador de una Taza de Café. De acuerdo al portal Baseball Reference en la historia de ambas Ligas Mayores más de mil 500 peloteros...

D-backs Preview #84: 7/2 vs. Giants Share this story Todays Lineups Zac Gallen - RHP Tonight’s starting pitchers, Alex Wood and Zac Gallen, have only 17 characters between them in their names. I wonder how many shorter match-ups there have been in D-backs history? At nine letters, Zac is among the shorter names among our starting pitchers. But not quite the shortest. Going by the names listed on Baseball Reference, one letter less would be Dan Haren, Omar Daal, Juan Cruz, and Zach Duke, each...

We discover baseball has fans in the Middle East too, with todays Word Search Since the late 19th century, baseball has been the national sport of the US. Image Credit: Stock photo/Pexels While diamonds hold a special place in the hearts of women around the world, many men too, will admit there is a diamond that holds their interest – the one on the baseball field. Click start to play today’s baseball-themed Word Search. Since the late 19th century, baseball ...