While top players continue to hit the injured list on a near-daily basis, several notable names also made their return to the field today. The latest…
- The Phillies activated shortstop Didi Gregorius off the 10-day injured list prior to today’s 4-3 victory over the Padres, with infielder Nick Maton heading to Triple-A in the corresponding move. Gregorius hadn’t played since May 12, as his initial right elbow injury was slow to heal, and led to a setback in his minor league rehab assignment. The veteran shortstop had hit only .229/.266/.364 in his first 128 plate appearances of the season, but Gregorius celebrated his return to the lineup with a solo home run and a walk in four PA tonight.
- Franmil Reyes was activated off the Indians’ 10-day IL, and infielder Yu Chang was optioned to Triple-A. Reyes suffered an internal oblique strain on May 23, and he’ll return about halfway between his projected recovery timeline of 5-to-7 weeks. The struggling Cleveland lineup is in need of Reyes’ offensive production, and he picked up where he left off by collecting three hits in tonight’s 6-3 Tribe loss to the Astros. Reyes is now hitting .268/.325/.577 with 11 home runs over 163 PA.
- Sonny Gray tossed five innings of one-run ball (on five hits and one walk, with eight strikeouts) in the Reds’ 2-1 victory over the Cubs. A right groin strain sidelined Gray on June 9, and his return will boost a Cincinnati team that is trying to stay close in the NL Central and NL wild card races. With tonight’s outing in the books, Gray has a 3.27 ERA and an impressive 30.8% strikeout rate over 55 innings this season. Right-hander Ashton Goudeau was optioned to Triple-A to create roster room for Gray’s activation off the 10-day IL.
It looks like our Cubs have taken their June swoon unto July. We know they’re in trouble when Happ is relegated to second base and KB is trotted out to centerfield in the same game. I think the holes Ricketts drilled in this roster during the off season are beginning to leak….
Exactly, if they had kept Darvish and Schwarber they’d be a real threat in the NL. As of now they don’t look remotely comparable to the NL West’s best in a tight series.
Great start by Sonny coming off IL.. 5innings with 5 hits, 1 run, 8 strikeouts & 1 walk in 86 pitches. With the June that Castillo has shown, our rotation is shaping up nicely. If the Reds only had a bullpen,
Hembree, Hendrix and Warren have been pretty good. Garrett is coming on in small doses and I’d bet Lorenzen comes back as a high leverage guy. I think the Reds are about to get hot.
I’m betting it won’t make much difference who the Tribe gets back. In fact, I’m guessing that things will get so bad that they’ll be sellers soon.
Yup, fading quickly, to to get some feelers out now…
Cubs looked great last night against a really bad team and pitcher.The Cubs are fried