The Athletics are welcoming designated hitter Khris Davis back from the 10-day injured list on Saturday, the team announced. The slugger hasn’t taken an at-bat since May 21 because of a left hip/oblique contusion. In further positive news for the A’s, injured hurlers Sean Manaea, Jesus Luzardo and Marco Estrada are all making progress, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports (Twitter links here). Manaea, recovering from the left shoulder surgery he underwent last September, will throw live batting practice Tuesday. The promising prospect Luzardo threw a two-inning, 30-pitch sim game Saturday, after which A’s manager Bob Melvin offered an encouraging update. Luzardo hasn’t pitched this season on account of a rotator cuff strain in his left shoulder, while Estrada has been down since mid-April because of a back problem. Estrada will start playing catch Monday and isn’t far from beginning a regular throwing program, Gallegos relays.
- On the heels of back-to-back brutal performances from Yusei Kikuchi, the Mariners are skipping the southpaw’s start Tuesday in an effort to “recharge the batteries,” according to manager Scott Servais (via Greg Johns of MLB.com). Kikuchi will slot back into their rotation “later next week,” Johns writes. The 27-year-old Kikuchi yielded 10 earned runs on 20 hits, including three homers, over 6 2/3 innings in his two latest starts. He joined the Mariners in the offseason as a ballyhooed signing from Japan, and has gotten off to a so-so start in the majors. Kikuchi owns a 4.43 ERA/4.64 FIP with 6.72 K/9, 2.28 BB/9 and a 45 percent groundball rate through 67 innings. Now that Kikuchi’s headed for a brief respite, the Mariners could promote lefty Jon Niese or righty Anthony Misiewicz from Triple-A Tacoma as his replacement, per Johns. Neither hurler is on the M’s 40-man roster, but the team does have a pair of openings at the moment.
- Righty Ty Buttrey has been the Angels’ top reliever in 2019, but they’re leery of overusing the rookie, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times explains. Acquired from Boston last July for second baseman Ian Kinsler, the hard-throwing Buttrey has tossed 28 1/3 innings in his first full season with the Angels. He leads Halos relievers in ERA (1.27) and FIP (2.09), and has helped his cause with 11.12 K/9, 2.22 BB/9 and a 46.5 percent grounder rate. Buttrey’s currently on pace for 74 appearances and 80 innings. It doesn’t appear the 26-year-old will get to either figure by the end of the season, however, as manager Brad Ausmus noted he’s “got to think about this kid’s health.”
- Indians right-hander Jefry Rodriguez exited his start against the White Sox on Saturday with right lat tightness, Zack Meisel of The Athletic tweets. It’s yet another unfortunate development for Cleveland’s rotation, which has gone without the injured Corey Kluber–Mike Clevinger duo for most of the season and has gotten somewhat underwhelming performances from Trevor Bauer and Carlos Carrasco. Rodriguez logged good results in four innings Saturday, but the 25-year-old has only managed a 4.74 ERA/4.47 FIP with 6.6 K/9 and 3.92 BB/9 in 43 2/3 frames on the season.
Would much rather see Misiewicz get the start to see what he can do rather than Niese who we already know what he can do.
Indians should sell.
They can sell a piece or two and go for it again in 2o2o. There is too much talent still controlled to do a total rebuild.
Sell a pitcher to I’m sure. Hey, they’re at .500 and in the playoff hunt despite nothing going right…
Nothing going right……especially their defense. That botched double play today was pitiful.
i hope the mets fire mickey so we can get rid of willis and bring him back to fix this mess of a rotation
This x 1,000,000
I root against the Mets solely for this reason.
I would be on board with that, but I dont see Tito doing that
I’d wait until closer to the deadline to decide, but if they’re still barely treading water and the Twins keep playing well then I’d probably consider trading a guy or two and reloading for next year.
If that’s what they end up doing then I’d imagine Bauer could be gone. He could score a good package of close to MLB-ready talent, and maybe another pending free agent like Martin or Oliver Perez could bring back a lottery ticket. Other than that, I imagine they’d mostly stand pat since a lot of their other guys have multiple years of control left.
Naquin and Zimmer will be back soon, Martin could go tomorrow and I wouldn’t be sad. He had a dinger today, but needs to quit swinging for the fences and striking out. Way too low of an average and wayyyy too many Ks.
Why would it surprise anyone that the Angels could possibly over use Buttrey? An organization with zero direction and is on the verge of a 4th straight 20 games out of 1st, under .500 and nowhere near making the playoffs.
Zero direction? Everything they’ve done points it the immediate future. Signing SP’s to 1 year contracts. Canning has been brought up. They rookie LH going tommorow. One of their top prospects. The injured pitchers are coming back. Adell should be up soon.
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Exactly.
They are going to enter next year with a rotation of Ohtani, Skaggs, Heaney and Canning. They are building their bullpen. Fletcher can play. I’m as surprised as anyone. That kid is a ball player. I’d like them to add an ace and help at 3rd.
They are not complete, but even someone who is blind should be able to see what they are trying to do.
I know you’re going to hate me for saying this. But I wish the Angels would of signed Machado and put him at 3rd. He would bat after Trout. Those 2 together for the next 10 years. Plus with the farm system we have. I know Machado said he’s not Johnny Hustle. But I know Pujols and Trout would of set him straight.
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I would ignore him as all of his posts are negative. They could win the World Series and he would still make posts like this.
Angels system from AA down is pitiful.
Example???
High ranking prospect Jahmai Jones hitting .180 at AA, for a start. He was fantastic his first season at Inland Empire, when he played in the OF, but the Angels switched him to 2B and his game disappeared.
That’s your example. You want more, do some research. You’ll see just how weak the system is.
Faragraphs has them at 11. I just looked. Maybe they are wrong.
I suffered through last season here in San Bernardino, and most of those guys have remained or filled vacancies at Mobile. The only good ones (other than Adell) already made The Show — Canning, who had all of one start here, plus Rengifo and Walsh. Torii Hunter’s son is still here, I believe. He has some talent, but he ain’t his daddy.
The Angels don’t need a second baseman. Fletcher is really good player. Right now he’s second in WAR for secondbaseman (fangraphs). Fourth if you count 3rd baseman Moustakas and RF Merrifield. I’m not worried about Jones. making it. The Angels are set at secondbase. Fletcher is a ball player. I’m as shocked as anyone.
The Angels need an Ace, A thirdbaseman, and a LH BP guy, which I’d like to see Suarez in that roll next year. Oh and of course they need to stay relatively healthy. don’t have to tell an Indians fan what so many injuries can do to a team.
The Astros are great, but here is no reason, with health, this team can’t be competing for a Wild Card… They can’t stay healthy.
You suffered ? Lol. you dont need to watch baseball if it’s that bad.
“Adell should be up soon” Soon meaning mid 2020 at the earliest. The guy who has played a total of 6 games this year, and in AA last year managed to hit hit .238.
No one cares what Adell is hitting after six games in AA after missing 12 weeks. Worst case scenario is they pick up Calhoun’s option. Adell is a player. I’m not the least bit worried about him.
He’s playing in Advanced-A right now, so I don’t know why you wrote anything about AA for this season. He’s not close.
He was at Inland Empire because he didn’t want to miss the California Burrito promo night they just had. 🙂
Bitter much.
No he’s being real. You should try it.
About what? Why don’t you provide some substance? SufferForTribe is providing substance, even though he’s misreading things.
The Pope and sufferfotribe already did. This guy has done nothing to show he’s ready anytime soon. If you have anything to prove otherwise please provide it.
Who cares if it’s mid 2020? RF is not an issue. It’s not like this is Cleveland’s outfield where he was needed yesterday.
Mid 2020 is fine. If you don’t think Adell is a great prospect, then you are watching a different sport than every other baseball fan on the planet.
Misreading? I had season tickets to Inland Empire last season. Other than Adell, Canning, Walsh, and Rengifo, the team was horrible. Once they were promoted, the season was in all reality over.
They are horrible again this season. At least I was smart enough to not renew my package.
My post is being “reviewed” because I used the name of an character in the 1968 Oliver movie.
But let me sum up. During the next off-season, do you think there is anyone in the entire Indians Organization who they wouldn’t trade one of one with Adell? There is no one in the Indians organization they would trade one for one for Adell.
The only thing the Angels need from their minor league system until 2021 is pitching. And since their rotation starts with Ohtani, Heaney, Canning and Skaggs, I’m not sure they need much of that.
The only thing the Angels need from their system is pitching? I didn’t realize you had a long term Catcher, 1B, 3B, or RF hanging around…..That’s simply not true at all.
The Angels future is dimmer than the Blue Jays.
How many teams have a long term catcher? Adell is not a long term option in RF? Who knew? The Angels are stuck with Pujols for two years. One, it’s first base, two, a lot can happen in two and a half years. Do you even follow baseball?
Right now Texas is leading the Wild Card. Nowhere near? If you watched the game today, they talked about that. You obviously didn’t watch the game.
They probably wont make a run… Too many injuries. However you wouldn’t be able to see their direction with GPS and a map. But everyone with a brain can see exactly what the Angels are trying to do.
You just happen to be so hateful you’re blind.
The Angels are looking good for a second half push. 2/3 of the season still to go and only 3 back of the wild card. They are on the verge of having a good season. Eppler has taken the team in the right direction with lots of talent in the system.
Seriously, you need to look closer at their system.
These angels fans need to quit basing with the rally monkey.
I have. And more importantly, I actually watch their games and how the team is managed under Ausmus.