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April 2nd – Unfortunately, we lost RHRP
Luis Angel Medina(22, 2.5/3*) to
Baltimore and LHRP
Jake Brentz(27, 2.5*) to the
Diamondbacks on waivers.
April 3rd –
Aaron Nola was activated off the DL and sent to AAA Round Rock for a lengthy rehab assignment.
April 18th –
Royce Lewis was placed on the 10-day DL with
back spasms that would hamper him on the field for
1-2 weeks. He was hitting .258-1-3 .727OPS 6/10SB so far.
Jorge Castellanos was recalled to platoon at SS with
Chris Seise.
April 21st –
Justin Williams was placed on the 10-day DL as he also suffers from a day-to-day injury, a
strained rib cage muscle. Batting .468-1-7 1.111OPS in 10 games, he will miss
3 weeks. We promoted
Angel Basabe...
April 28th -
Royce Lewis was activated off the DL and
Castellanos was sent back to AAA.
April 30th -
Aaron Nola was activated from his rehab assignment after going 4-0 3.18 19K in 4 starts. RHSP
Casey Mize(2-3 5.22) was demoted back to AAA...
Series:
2-2@ HOU(
Joey Gallo 3HR that series)
1-1 @ SEA(
Casey Mize 6.1IP 4H 2ER 1BB 7K, First MLB Win!)
3-1 vs OAK(
Hansel Moreno 2-3 2R 4RBI BB 2HR(3))
1-2 vs CIN
2-1 @ MIL(
Albert Abreu 6IP 6H 1ER 1BB 5K W(2-0 5.87))
1-2 @ OAK
2-2 vs SEA
1-3 vs TBR
1-1 @ CWS(
Dallas Keuchel 9IP 5H 1ER 1BB 7K W(2-3 6.00))
March & April: 14-15
Runs Scored: 130(6th)
Batting AVG: .246(11th)
OBP: .321(9th)
Home Runs: 36(5th)
Stolen Bases: 28(2nd)
Runs Against: 134(10th)
Starters ERA: 5.38(11th)
Bullpen ERA: 2.45(1st)
Defensive Eff.: .673(9th)
So, to sum things up. Our pitching is horrible, our lineup has been hampered by injuries, our OBP is down, our batting average is down, our defensive efficiency is down... but we are hitting home runs, and our bullpen is stellar despite a lot of innings to cover...
Thompson 7.14ERA, .439BABIP, 3.54FIP
Keuchel 6.00ERA, .331BABIP, 4.51FIP
Abreu 6.03ERA, .304BABIP, 5.88FIP...
We have
Nick Lodolo pushing in AAA, 4-0 2.10 30IP 36K... one more month of sucking, and
Albert Abreu is the first one to get axed... and we certainly hope that
Aaron Nola makes a splash now, and
Taylor continues to pitch well...
Oh, and Logan slashed
Nola's stamina and control down, and the overall package down to 4*... all my nightmares are coming true...
All batting averages dropped apart from
Williams who is hot on the DL... and then there is
Velazquez. .143 with some pop... .186BABIP... ****
CF
Cole Brannen .197 BABIP
LF
McKinney .241 BABIP
2B
Hansel Moreno .286 BABIP...
Oh, and Gold Glover
Royce Lewis has a negative zone rating in April...
And then, there is one guy that is tied for the team lead in home runs...
Hansel Moreno. Holy cow... .247/.343/.527 7HR 15RBIs 123OPS+ and average defense. We will shuffle the lineup around a bit, batting
Moreno second for now... until
Williams is back.
I'm kinda lost right now. This seems to be a bad stretch, and we are poised for a big month of May...
In Other News:
April 9th –
Cardinals SP
Danny Salazar(32, 3*) threw a gem, 9IP 7H 0ER 2BB 7K in a 6-0 victory over the
Pirates. The 2016 AL All-Star is 2-0 1.29 11K in 2 starts.
April 10th –
Braves CF
Ronald Acuna Jr.(24, 4*) saw a 20-game hitting streak come to an end in a 3-2 loss to the
Mets. The 2x Gold Glover is batting .300-3-8 .883OPS in 10 games.
April 15th –
Rays SP
Jacob Faria(28, 3*) blanked the
Tigers 7-0, throwing a 9-hitter with 0BB and 4K. The 28-year old moved to 1-2 5.50 14K in three starts.
April 16th –
Angels SP
Shohei Ohtani(27, 4.5*) had his best stuff today, throwing a 4-hit shutout with 2BB and 14 strikeouts. He is now 2-2 1.75 33K in four starts.
April 22nd –
Orioles 3B
Manny Machado(29, 4*) had a big five hit night in a 11-5 victory over the
Red Sox, going 5-6 4R 4RBIs DB HR. The 6x All-Star is batting .270-3-14 .794OPS in 19 starts.
April 24th –
Reds SP
Robert Stephenson(29, 2.5*) blanked the
Giants 6-0, throwing a 4-hitter with 1BB and 10 strikeouts. The righty is 3-1 3.64 33K in 6G/5GS.
May 1st –
Red Sox 2B
Arturo Trevino(28, 5*) was named AL Batter of the Month after batting .327 with 10 home runs, 27RBIs and 17 runs scored for the month.
May 1st –
Nationals 3B
Anthony Rendon(31, 4*) was named NL Batter of the Month after batting .392 with 6 home runs, 26RBIs and 16 runs scored for the month.
May 1st –
Angels SP
Justin Verlander(39, 2.5*) was named AL Pitcher of the Month after going 4-0 0.68 30K in 26.1IP for the month.
May 1st –
Cardinals RHCL
Billy Maasen(29, 3.5*) was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 2-1 8SV 1.35 17K in 13.1IP for the month.
May 1st –
Red Sox 2B
Arturo Trevino(28, 5*) was named AL Rookie of the Month after batting .327 with 10 home runs, 27RBIs and 17 runs scored for the month.