Injured Twins slugger Miguel Sano has resumed baseball activities and could begin a rehab assignment “within a week,” manager Rocco Baldelli said Sunday (via Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com). That would put Sano on track for a return to Major League action sometime in early May. Sano’s on the mend from a cut on his lower-right Achilles, which has left third base to free-agent pickup Marwin Gonzalez and Ehire Adrianza. They’ve struggled mightily across a combined 33 plate appearances, having totaled a meager three hits (two singles and a double). Sano wasn’t nearly that woeful last year, but the 2017 All-Star’s .199/.281/.398 line in 299 plate appearances was still a major letdown. A bounce-back showing from the 25-year-old upon his return could help the Twins challenge the Indians for the AL Central crown.
Here’s the latest news from around the American League…
- Indians righty Mike Clevinger left Sunday’s start against the Blue Jays prematurely, throwing just 75 pitches over 5 innings of work. Mandy Bell of MLB.com later revealed that Clevinger’s early exit was indeed injury-related, as he experienced upper back tightness. Bell added in a subsequent Tweet that Clevinger said he will be ready to make his next scheduled start.
- Former All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran has excelled in his new role with the Yankees, writes James Wagner of The New York Times. Following his exceptional playing career, Beltran has brought his passion to an advisory role in Brian Cashman’s front office, where he develops scouting reports and offers counsel to younger players. Beltran, who had been considered for the Yankees’ vacant manager position prior to the 2018 season, would seem to have a chance to manage a Major League ballclub or serve as a primary decision-maker in a front office, if that’s what he wants.
- Longtime Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia should be available for the team’s home opener on Tuesday, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Assuming that all goes well in today’s game with Low-A Greenville, in which Pedroia will play all nine innings, he should be ready to be activated ahead of the reigning World Champions’ return to Fenway Park. He will be re-evaluated after Sunday’s game, but there is optimism that Boston will have its veteran second baseman back in the near future.
Who cares about Dustin Pedroia he is the biggest cry baby
Apparently you care enough to comment about him LOL
Cough, I can tell you’re a frustrated Yankee fan.
BINGO!
Why would Yankees fans be frustrated? Half of their teams MLB roster is injured and they are still outplaying the Red Sox.
“Outplaying”? HAHAHAHAHA!! The Yanks have played literally ALL of their games against two teams that combined for 213 losses last year. And 6 of the 9 games were in NY.
Meanwhile the Sox have played all of their 11 games on the road against teams with winning records last year, including 4 games against a team that won 97 last year.
Let’s see who does the “outplaying” when the Sox get a crack at the O’s and Tigers :O)
Dude, no matter how you slice it the Red Sox pitching has absolutely sucked so far. They’ve got the second-worst ERA and second-worst opponents batting average (Cubs are the worst in both categories). If a team’s pitching is in the dumps, the team’s record is sure to be the same. Cora doesn’t even have injuries to blame this stuff on.
Correction: The Red Sox STARTING PITCHING has sucked so far, not the bullpen. And you want to know why? Because Cora has gone way overboard resting the starters. Evo, Price and Sale each pitched in just two spring training games and Porcello in just 3 games. They weren’t prepared for the regular season, they didn’t build up their arm strength yet. Geez, Sale was throwing in the 80’s his last start. So I hate to break it to you …. but once the starting pitchers get up to speed, there will be a LOT more winning. And adjusting to Swihart, who sucks defensively compared to Leon, is another factor that will be rectified in time.
Your right bro. The Red Soxs are playing a team that traded there best play and there best player now is a 37 year old that gets paid 35 million a year. And the Mariners lost have there team including there ace and there closer.
You just know there a Red Soxs fan when they refer to them as the “Soxs”.
Yeah the bullpen is going to be the strength while the starting pitching is the weekness.
Grammar school needed
Michael Scott “boom! Roasted!”
Hey fever-go take some aspirin or something stronger. In 2018 the Sox were served a cream puff early season schedule while the Yankees had the heavy load and you guys said tough luck.
It’s your own poison buddy…
Now let’s look at that starting rotation.
Lol
Dude, you are 100% correct. The Sox fans love to distort reality and the past. They think tank fans live in past…most don’t. If we did we would be talking about the 1996-2003 all day long. No way the Sox, who had an amazing 2018… amazing!! I’m not discounting them but, they are far from being so far ahead of the Yanks or even Houston that they can’t get complacent. Sox fans problem has Always been ego. Sox fans are well known to have lots of low class, aggressive fans.
And still believe Sale was worth almost $30 mil over 5 years. His HS fast ball is not due to his ST work. The Redsox FO is not stupid and sound not roll out a team not ready. That’s just ridiculous. Maybe Cora and his trash personality (his behavior after they won) really is not the great manager HE thinks he is.
I’m just enjoying the Sox sucking, yanks no matter who they are playing have better record with 1/2 roster from Minors right now. Not saying Yanks will win as Miggy injury bothers me and Hicks. But, it will be a fun season to watch.
You Yankee fans crack me up. The Red Sox will be just fine historically the Red Sox don’t play well on the west coast and that’s how they had to open the season. The Red Sox haven’t even played a home game yet. Let’s see what things look like in June before you declare anything. I still think that the Yankees and Red Sox will be battling it out for the division. The Yankee injuries are a little more concerning to me if I’m a Yankee fan. Saying a team sucks after 11 games in a 162 game season in funny as hell and complete and utter nonsense. Feverpitchguy is correct in saying the Sox starters are really still in Spring training mode my guess is they will start to dial it in in the next few weeks and by May 1st no one will be talking about the first 11 games.
The Yankees went 2-4 at home against Baltimore and Detroit last week. I wouldn’t be so excited about that.
Most recent series, NYY swept Baltimore…
Sanchez hit THREE two-run homers in 1 game
Bernie, shouldn’t u be last guy to bring teams’ start? Did your Mets not start out 12-2? It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
I’m gonna say it like you did last year: tough luck!
Losing 2 of 7 to 2 teams that traded their best players isn’t too go either.
yanks sox beef time…here we go again.
Glad to see the rivalry is back. My last Sox Yankees game at the Bronx Zoo was sad. That was a few years ago and I would love to be at one now. Both teams have firey fan bases and both teams have the talent to get their respective fans going. Love it!!
Yeah, one of the toughest little guys in MLB is a cry baby. Give your head a shake.
To be fair he probably leads the league in freak outs per strike called lol.
Why is Pedroia being mistaken for Kevin Youkilis?
Since he first broke into the league and Alex Rodriguez slid into second and knocked the little guy onto his tiny keister, Pedroia has been a whiny Little (it rhymes with Witch). All he does is whine, complain and throw tantrums. But what seals it are the little pop flies he hits down the LF line in that broke down sorry excuse for a Little League park in which the Sawx play—276 feet down the left field line—that plop over that sorry excuse for a wall. Seems The Wittle (rhymes with Witch) can’t even hit a home run like a big boy. Still, one of the most overrated players of this generation.
Hey give peddie a break. He’s not an old guy with warn knees at the end of his career.
Look what he’s done to reinvent himself. As the Official Apple Watch designate for mlb, Pettie has lead the way in app development for the express purpose of stealing signs.
Only person I hear crying is you.
Your mom is a cry baby
Oooh, a momma joke!
pretty creative
That didn’t take long…..
Red Sox; first to worst, just like last time they won a WS.
… just another multi millions crapy player!
clevinger getting pulled early bout gave me a heart attack lol
Sounds like juggy is the biggest cry baby
Is Dustin Pedroia the new David Wright now that he retired?
At least Wright had the decency to retire. Pedroia retired three years ago but never bothered to tell anyone.
Lol! Love it that is really funny dude. Good job!
Part of this thread, is about Yankees
Yankees beat the Orioles, 15-3 today.
Chris Davis went 0-for-4.
Chris Davis last recorded a base hit Sept. 14, 2018 when he doubled against Shields. He is 0 for 44 with six walks and 27 strikeouts since his last hit, including 0 for 23 with four walks and 13 strikeouts so far in 2019. Dating back to last season, Davis is an 1-for-62 slump.
Maybe he should try bunting?
Or selling Lady Kenmores
What are Lady Kenmores?
Ur showing ur age there Mrmet.. The young pups will never get that one.
nasty, nasty work
If he’s 1-for-62 that likely means he’s also 2-for-63, which is 197% better than you thought
God forbid if he happened to be 3/64, all star production.
“Davis is two shy of the mlb record for consecutive hitless at-bats by a position player.” (Source: Elias)
Perhaps, he’s worse than you thought.
espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26465739/davis-now-0-44-cl…
There are guys in the low minors that would provide better production. Give them a shot, birds.
Don’t you love that the owner who refused to use their international signing pool money, and loathed big contracts has personally signed so many bad players?
From Albert Bell to Davis he’s had some of the worst with very few good signings.
It’s a shame as Camden Yards is a beautiful place to watch a game. Been 1x. The city deserves better ownership
So, only the Sox can beat bad teams? I may be mistaken but a win and a loss doesn’t count less or more depending on which MLB team you beat? So, when the Sox play Baltimore and Davis hits well/ what will the SOX excuse be?
We play a balanced AL easy schedule. Sox has easy first month last year, this year yanks get a easier schedule. That’s right- cry baby Sox fans only see things with their special glasses on so they can attempt to think their team is so much better.
I don’t see yankees fans non stop complaining about the injuries and creating excuses like Sox fans and their horrible pitching causes. Same wound have taken the deal in the summer and if he didn’t pitch well they could have got him cheaper or decided to move on as his best days are past and he’s not a $30 mil AAV pitcher. Just like Price isn’t nor in today’s game very few starters are. They used up Betts and JD $ plus $ for their other holes and signings of core players.
Eovoldi was a total waste of $. Hard to believe another “smart and good team”
Was bidding with Boston. I heard no other teams Interested- unless I missed it and a Six fan has a link. Over $200 mil wasted on broken pitchers. Wow! The Sox are the Yankees! They are dumb too. Not getting JV cost them 2 possible WS or very deep runs. The Sox FO just like Yanks FO is too invested in analytics and not enough common sense or the tried and true eye test +player history.
The same starting pitchers partied on the Yankees third-base line last October
Interesting debate topic: is Dustin Pedroia a Hall of Famer?
I say no (and his injury problems the past few years haven’t helped), but his case is actually stronger than I thought it was when looking at the numbers.
If he can stay in the field and get some counting numbers I say yes. Though if Lou Whitaker couldnt stay even on the ballot I just don’t know.
Lou Whitaker would have been in the HoF long ago if his results were through the 90s and 2000s.
If Harold Baines got in then Pedroia deserves a while wing to himself.
Whole
Ahh Harold Baines. The new ace in the hole for any prospective HoFer.
You do realize Baines has over ONE THOUSAND more career hits than does Pedroia: 2,866 to 1,803? That The Little (rhymes with Witch) played more than 140 games in a season just SIX times compared to the 11 for Baines? How bout Baines hitting 384 HRs (two more than Jim Rice) while driving in 1628 RBI compared to the 140/724 homers and RBI’s for Pedroia?? The ONLY way that little wuss gets into the HOF is if he buys a ticket.
Your comments are (rhymes with Numb)…
It’s a shame as Camden Yards is a beautiful place to watch a game. Been 1x. The city deserves better ownership
You are dead on bro. I didn’t reLize Dustin only has 1800 hits. HOF? Six fans are delusional. The All heart and average talent Museum is the minor league HOF!! Not MLB. 1800 hits! Lol. He has 6 years of 200 hits in him? 10 years of 100 hits? No one wants a one guy with no pop who can’t stay of field.
If 2b like Lou Whitaker, Bobby Grich, and Jeff Kent can’t get in, I don’t see how you can put Pedroia in the HOF.
Tough one. It’ll be hard for him to get in if he had to retire today (40% chance?), but just a couple more 5 WAR seasons and he’s probably in the 80% range.
A couple of more 5 War seasons?
On those knees? Are you kidding us or do you enjoy fooling yourself?
He’s a part time player and the Sox are going to have a hard time deciding what to do because his bat is not sufficient for DH and his range only works when the Sox shift the SS to the right side of 2B.
Have your tissues out to watch his first game, however it would be better to record old games of Pettie than think there are any new memorable times ahead.
Yes he is HOF. He has 3 rings, rookie of the year, and AL MVP on top of his numbers.
Based off the numbers, he doesn’t quite seem a HOFer but wouldn’t be surprising if he ends up in. Being a key component of a winning big market club will likely boost his chances with the voters.
The question should be “Is Pedroia one of the greatest of all time?”
But… that’s clearly not the standard anymore.
Veterans vote for Pedroia.
If Dwight Evans couldn’t make it in the HOF then Dustin Pedroia doesn’t deserve to be in
And if Pedroia played in someplace like Kansas City or Tampa and not Boston then people would be laughing at the mention of the Hall of Fame.
It would be like asking is Evan Longoria a HOF right now. Very good career that he should be proud of, but without several more good seasons just not enough. The same could be said of Pedroia. Unfortunately for him, being 35 and his history of injuries, I can’t imagine he has much left in the tank.
Actually a pretty damn descent comparison^
What about Kinsler? I don’t think he makes it but Cano and Utley do…
Joe Mauer is in that category too. Some more health and counting stats would make it easy. Mauer does have the edge in terms of some historic achievements as a catcher, that would supplement his case anyway.
I love Dewey, but you can’t compare him to Pedroia.
Evans played in nearly twice as many games, but never dominated offensively in any season the way Pedroia did (ROY & MVP before age 25).
don’t be surpass if the laser show takes a few games to get hot, esp at the bottom of the line-up he’ll be mashing sooner vs later
Sano is playing for a contract next year. Another season like last year and he’s a non-tender candidate. I’m not sure the Twins will be in any kind of hurry to get him back if he doesn’t look good at the plate in MiLB. They might drag his rehab stint out until early June while they give him a chance to prove his bat is ready to play again.
Is Sano still looking like a football player? I don’t get to see him play much, just box scores. Isn’t he going the way of Prince Fielder? Size and health wise? Or Am I thinking about another really thick player?
No that’s him, his time spent at the dinner plate is affecting his time at the other plate…
Hope Pedroia isn’t rushing back for the home opener. Coming back too soon, after how little he played last year, is dangerous.
Sano dropped 30 pounds in offseason, learned how to eat right and built a training program. Sano will always be a big dude, but he grew up after a horrid 2018 and if not for a freak achilles laceration would be starting at 3B today. I know what many are thinking in that Sano will not be signed to an extension by Twins, but new front office (Falvey/Levine) and new manager (Baldelli) will not let a Papi-like exodus of a great talent happen again.
Before last season, all Red Sox fans said was “Stop talking about the past” to Yankees fans. Now, all they say is “We have 4 in the past 16 years.” Well guess what, the Yankees have 5 in the past 23 years.