Whose job to keep them healthy
Yamamoto moved to 60-day IL, out until at least mid-August
Tyler Glasnow Forearm TJ Oblique Back
“It's certainly not ideal,” Roberts conceded. “But my job is to keep this thing moving forward.”
Drew Smith Tommy John surgery
“We're going to need guys to step up,” general manager David Stearns said. “This is not unique to us.” “Our job is to help him,” Mendoza said. “He'll get back on the field.
Lance McCullers TJ/ Flexor Tendon surgery shoulder issues
The team has “pulled back” on McCullers' rehab progression with what manager Joe Espada described as “soreness in his arm,” intensifying Houston's need for rotation help at the July 30 trade deadline.
“He's just not feeling well after his bullpens and his throwing programs,” Espada said on Tuesday. “He's going to be no-throw for a few days until we sit back down and re-evaluate how we're going to move forward.”
Ben Joyce
ANAHEIM -- Don't blink. You might just miss one of Ben Joyce's fastballs.
Joyce has been lighting up radar guns yet again this season, including uncorking a 104.5 mph fastball in a scoreless seventh inning of the Angels' 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings on Friday, the hardest pitch thrown by any pitcher this season.
“I've been feeling really good, but I didn't really think anything of it at the time,” Joyce said. “I was trying to go out there and get some outs. But yeah, overall, the body felt great and everything felt really good.”
There's no doubt about it,” Washington said. “He's growing, man. He's starting to believe in himself and his ability to throw the ball over the plate. If he can do that, he's going to be a real good one.”
Whitely #1 to #21
MLB.com Feb 2024
Whitley, the 6-foot-7-inch right-hander who was Houston's first-round pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, has thrown only 267 innings in his Minor League career thanks to a suspension, a series of injuries, including Tommy John surgery two years ago and a lat injury last season.
Whitley said the TrackMan data collected Friday provided promising information about his arsenal.
“Everything looked really good,” he said. “[Pitch] shapes were good. I threw a slider with almost 25 inches of horizontal break [Friday]. I don't know how accurate that is, but it was good to see. Yeah, stuff's right back to where it was. Got up to 98 [mph] in November, so velocity is still there and I'm bouncing back health-wise and not getting too sore.”
“I've gone through so much the last three years,” he said. I feel like I've attained so much knowledge on the pitching side.
Last year Whitley pitched for Triple-A Sugar Land and went 1-2 in eight appearances with a 5.70 ERA. He posted a solid strikeout rate, fanning 32 batters in 30 innings. But he missed the back half of the season with a lat strain.
The towering righty revamped his routine this offseason, hoping an off-the-mound overhaul would make him a regular at Minute Maid Park.
Connecting the MLB Dots
River Ryan Dodgers
Dot #1: MLB teams are purchasing damaged goods. Whether college coaches can't teach /do not wont to teach, doesn't change reality. These 2 hurlers are doppelgängers for what MLB is purchasing.
Dot #2: MLB takes these damaged hurlers, places them on minor league teams for purpose of Development (see Damon Oppenheimer quote). But just like college, there is no teaching /no development to repair the damaged goods, only focus - Velo /Spin.
Dot #3: Takes us to the Show, see Dodgers analysis below - absolute mess. As there is also no teaching/development in the Show, only focus - Velo/Spin, the hurlers remain
damaged goods
Dot #4: To solve any problem one needs to understand what caused the problem. If they do not recognize they're purchasing damaged goods, they're wasting their breath. More to the point, if they all believe - Wake Forest to Dodger Land - this throwing motion is the only way to maximize velocity they're sadly misguided and misinformed.
Waldrep elbow injury braves #2 prospect
Waldrep has made two starts in the big leagues in 2024, giving up 13 runs over seven innings, so he'll look to find a groove with Gwinnett in order to potentially get another shot with Atlanta down the road.
Pitchers are better than ever
MLB Team ERA
2024
#1 3.21
50% teams 4.00 +
29th Dodgers 4.67 $700mm Oh
2014
#1 3.03
30% teams 4.00+
1984
#1 3.11
31% 4.00+
1974
#1 2.95
4% 4.00+
1353 pitchers during a July stretch: 45% 3.80+
Severino:
The right-hander had a rough start in Pittsburgh near the close of the first half that caused his ERA to balloon, but otherwise was consistent for the Mets in providing both length and quality. Severino has pitched to a 3.78 ERA and logged 109 ⅔ innings.
Phil Mushnick
Saturday, the Mets beat the Marlins, 1-0, despite Carlos Mendoza, who was mentored by Boone. After six, Mendoza pulled Luis Severino who had allowed just two hits.
On SNY, Gary Cohen offered a weak explanation: Severino was about to face the decisive “third time through the order.” As if both Cone, 25 years ago, and Don Larsen, in 1956, should have been yanked after six.
Besides, with a lineup loaded with .215 batters, the Marlins all become Rod Carew come the seventh inning
.203 .239 .230 .214 .213 .231 .249 .243 .245
Bigger Stronger ?
Tanner Houck
The All-Star pitcher finished the first half with a 2.54 ERA through 19 starts. On Tuesday in Arlington, Texas, he pitched one inning in the All-Star Game, Before the break, manager Alex Cora suggested they would reorganize the rotation to give Houck extra time off,
Houck's Monday start means he won't have pitched more than an inning since July 11, giving him 10 days between starts. Houck is already at 117 innings, but Cora said they think Houck's physicality puts him in a good spot to carry him through the season.
Garrett Crochet
Max Fried: MLB Facts
“Because obviously, it scares you or alarms you,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “That's why he wanted to get in front of it and make sure it wasn't anything big.
2 forearm injuries successive seasons: MLB's MO is to play wac-a -mole.
“Definitely a relief to know it's just a little bit of a freak accident. Just going to let it calm down for a little bit, and it should be good to go with no issues.”
Not a freak accident, Fried's throwing motion maximizes the forces on his shoulder/elbow
Fried, 30, was limited to 14 starts in 2023, when he was out for three months with a forearm strain
FACT: MLB hurlers will not make adjustments to their throwing motion.
FACT: MLB Pitching coaches do not encourage pitchers to make adjustments
FACT: Minor league pitchers will not make adjustments to their throwing motion
FACT: Minor league pitching coaches do not encourage prospects to make adjustments
FACT: The Analytic's experts have re-defined and reduced the art of pitching to Velocity and Spin from the 4 tenets of pitching Command, Change of Speed, Movement, Velocity
REALITY: With all due respect to the experts who have been quoted in the numerous articles, unless they start teaching/developing in the minor leagues nothing will change.
FACT: This throwing motion, i.e phase movements and lower half /ball timing maximizes the forces on the shoulder and elbow. They're not willing to address, nothing changes
Yes, The game has changed - Phil Mushnick
We've lately tuned in to Mets telecasts to hear that their bullpen is exhausted, as if that's a matter of bad fortune as opposed to managerial design.
So Thursday, the Mets led the Nationals, 5-0, after six, when Carlos Mendoza brought in new guy Phil Maton, who made one, two, three with two strikeouts on 10 pitches. And then he was pulled. In a 7-0 final, Mendoza used five pitchers. Why? I'll hang up and listen to your answer.