Week 8: 3vs
San Francisco Giants, 3vs
Arizona Diamondbacks
May 24th
San Francisco Giants - Milwaukee Brewers 15-0
MIL SP
Matt Garza 4.2IP 6H 6R 6ER 3BB 4K
MIL 3B
Aramis Ramirez 2-4
HR SFG:
Hunter Pence(1),
Brandon Belt 2(5)
HR MIL: none
W:
Matt Cain(6-3 3.58) L:
Matt Garza(3-6 5.59)
Matt Garza was not only awful, he also demanded to get traded after the game... PUBLICALLY!...
News:
Rangers 3B
Adrian Beltre(36, 4.5*) reached a career milestone today... 400 home runs. The bomb dropped today in a 4-8 loss against the
Indians.
Beltre is a career .285-400-1407 hitter with 2653H in 2465 games since joining the league with the
Dodgers in 1998 at age 19. For 2015, he is batting .288-5-23 in 41G.
Astros 2B
Jose Altuve(25, 5*) collected a 5-hit day with 2R, a walk and a double in a 7-6 win in
Baltimore. Last year's batting champ is only hitting .275-1-18 in 44G tho.
Giants 1B
Brandon Belt(27, 4.5*) had a 2-4 4R 4RBI 2BB 2HR night in a 15-0 rout of the
Brew Crew. Hitting .280-5-27 with incredible defense at first base,
Belt has become a crucial part of the 29-17
Giants.
May 25th
Interlude: Trades
The
Brewers fans went to bed angry after a 15-0 loss to the
Giants. When they woke up this morning... they got the news that GM K.C. Martin pulled the plug on the 2015
Brewers.
With
Ramirez(36, 3*) and
Parra(28, 2.5*), two expiring contracts are in this deal. The
Orioles now hold a team option for
Lind(31, 1*) for $8M for next year... that is not worth his production. At age 27,
Jason Rogers(1*) is a former 32nd round pick without much further promise... and
Paul Maholm(0.5*) has been the AAA throw in in this deal.
The return however are two promising young hurlers. The #21 prospect in baseball in righty SP
Dylan Bundy(22, 1.5* HS, 4.5* OSA) who was the 4th overall pick in 2011 as well as fellow righty SP
Hunter Harvey(20, 2.5* HS, 3.5* OSA). Both players will be sent to the minors.
In a deal that was finished at 6 a.m. in the morning,
Milwaukee unloaded a disgruntled
Matt Garza(31, 2*), a disgruntled former closer in
Francisco Rodriguez(33, 4*), Mendoza-line hitting 2B
Scooter Gennett(25, 1.5/3*) and a couple of fringe prospects to the
Yankees.
Coming back in return will be hard hitting left handed 1B
Greg Bird(22, 4.5*), a kid with a promising bat that will report to AAA ball immediatly. SS
Jorge Mateo(19, 5* HS, 4.5* OSA) will report to AA Biloxi. He is a lightning quick infielder that has recently started to learn second base a bit.
The fill out the roster... the
Brewers have announced that they have claimed SP
Travis Wood(28, 1.5*) off waivers from the
Chicago Cubs. The left hander has struggled in 2015, posting a 1-5 record with a 7.64ERA seven starts.
In addition to that, they have recalled SS/2B
Luis Sardinas(22, 2.5/4.5*, .287-0-12 23/24SB AAA) and 3B
Mike Moustakas(26, 1.5*, .213-1-12 AAA) to play second and third base. In addition to that, they have purchased the contracts of RHRP
Justin Freeman(28, 2*, 0.71 25.1IP AAA), OF
Ryan Kalish(27, 1*, .295-1-12 AAA) and OF/1B
Shane Peterson(27, 1.5/2.5*, .234-2-19 AAA).
Reportetly, the team is still looking for a taker for
Kyle Lohse, but most teams think he is not worth the money, let alone a prospect.
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San Francisco Giants - Milwaukee Brewers 2-3(10)
MIL SP
Kyle Lohse 6IP 4H 2R 1ER 2BB 2K
MIL 2B
Luis Sardinas 2-4
MIL LF
Khris Davis 2-4 R DB
MIL 3B
Mike Moustakas 1-3 R 2RBI HR
HR SFG: none
HR MIL:
Mike Moustakas(1)
W:
Justin Freeman(1-0 0.00) L:
Jeremy Affeldt(3-6 5.59)
The
Mous hit a 2-run shot in his first AB and after some solid pitching,
Hector Gomez hit a walkoff double, scoring
Martin Maldonado.
News:
Astros ace SP
Dallas Keuchel(27, 3/3.5*) pitched eight innings of 4-hit 1BB 10K ball in a 2-0 win over the
Orioles. He improved to 2-5 4.55 43K in eleven starts after a rocky start to the season.
Twins SP
Phil Hughes(28, 2*) showed off his skills in a 6-1 win over the
Red Sox, pitching 8IP 2H 0ER 5BB 5K. He improved to 3-4 3.12 41K in his tenth start for the 25-20
Twins.
The dealing continued as the
Royals have added SP
Drew Pomeranz(25, 2.5/3.5*, 2-4 4.69) from the A's in exchange for prospect SP
Kyle Zimmer(23, 2* HS, 3,5* OSA, AA) and prospect C
Cameron Gallagher(22, 1.5* HS, 3* OSA, A).
The
Astros have sent SP
Brett Oberholzer(25, 1*, 0-1 5.40 1GS) to the
Marlins in exchange for prospect 2B
Avery Romero(22, 4* HS, 2.5* OSA, A) and prospect LHRP
Miguel Del Pozo(22, 0.5* HS, 1.5* OSA, A).
On the other hand, the
Marlins have sent SP
Henderson Alvarez(25, 2.5*, 3-5 4.62) to the
Phillies, getting prospect SP
Elniery Garcia(20, 0.5* HS, 2.5* OSA, A) in return.
May 26th
San Francisco Giants - Milwaukee Brewers 1-0
MIL SP
Travis Wood 8IP 8H 0R 0ER 2BB 4K
MIL RF
Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2-4 DB
HR SFG: none
HR MIL: none
W:
Jeremy Affeldt(1-4 6.88) L:
Jeremy Jeffress(1-3 5.31) SV:
Yusmeiro Petit(8 1.96)
Wood pitched a hell of a game to start his
Brewers career but our bats were not up to the task.
News:
Reds SP
Mike Leake(27,2.5*) hurled 8.2 shutdown innings in a 1-0 win over the
Rockies, allowing only 3H 0BB 5K in the win. He improved to 5-2 2.22 41K in 10 starts.
Dodgers SP
Clayton Kershaw(27, 5*) dominated the
Braves through eight innings, but left with 3H 3BB 8K and a ND in a 0-3 loss. The left hander is 4-1 2.11 88K in 10 starts this year.
The
Tribe has sent SP
Zach McCallister(27, 1*, 3-3 3.40 9GS) to the
Blue Jays in exchange for prospect SP
Jeff Hoffman(22, 0.5* HS, 4* OSA). With a 19-27 record to date, the
Indians are looking to retool their farm system.
May 27th
offday
News:
Indians SS
Jose Ramirez(22, 1/4* HS, 3.5/5* OSA) saw his 24-game hitting streak come to an end in a 3-1 loss to the
Mariners. The young infielder is batting .306-2-16 in 42G for
Cleveland and is one of the few bright spots this year.
May 28th
Arizona Diamondbacks - Milwaukee Brewers 0-1
MIL SP
Mike Fiers 8IP 4H 0R 0ER 0BB 4K
MIL 2B
Luis Sardinas 2-4 R SB(2)
MIL LF
Khris Davis 2-4 RBI
HR ARI: none
HR MIL: none
W:
Mike Fiers(2-3 3.84) L:
Jeremy Hellickson(4-5 2.97) SV:
Jonathan Broxton(2 4.34)
Single, sac bunt, stolen base... RBI-single.. one run that turned out to be enough today.
News:
Phillies RF
Domonic Brown(27, 2.5*) went 2-33R 3RBI 2BB 2HR in a 7-6 win against the
Rockies, lifting his team with some serious production. The 2013 All-Star is batting .270-5-14 in 25G since getting the callup from AAA.
May 29th
Arizona Diamondbacks - Milwaukee Brewers 3-6
MIL SP
Tyler Thornburg 8IP 5H 2R 2ER 1BB 8K
MIL LF
Khris Davis 3-4 3RBI
MIL 3B
Mike Moustakas 2-5 R 2RBI HR
MIL C
Jonathan Lucroy 2-4
MIL SS
Jean Segura 2-4 RBI DB
HR ARI:
Cliff Pennington(4)
HR MIL:
Mike Moustakas(2)
W:
Tyler Thornburg(6-3 1.93) L:
Josh Collmenter(3-5 4.24) SV:
Jonathan Broxton(3 4.19)
We jumped ahead 4-1 in the 1st and never looked back... with
Jeffress needing a physical and mental break...
Broxton got a couple of saves now.
News:
Blue Jays SS
Jose Reyes(31, 4*) collected a 5-6 night with R 4RBI DB TP SB in a 13-4 win over the
Twins. The #2 hitter is batting .295-3-30 while being 7/7 in stolen bases.
The
Dodgers have sent LF
Scott Van Slyke(28, 2.5*, .133-1-5) to the
Phillies, getting back RHRP
Justin De Fratus(27, 4*, 0-1 3.42 23.2IP) and prospect SS
Emmanuel Marrero(22, 1* HS, 4* OSA, A).
The
Phillies also added 2B/SS
Jordy Mercer(28, 1.5*, .190-0-5) from the
Pirates in exchange for prospect 1B/LF
Luis Encarnacion(17, 1* HS, 4* OSA, R) and prospect 3B
Zach Green(21, 1.5*, A).
Philadelphia is 25-26... but they are doing some serious trading right now.
May 30th
Arizona Diamondbacks - Milwaukee Brewers 0-2
MIL SP
Jimmy Nelson 7.2IP 4H 0R 0ER 0BB 7K
MIL CF
Carlos Gomez 1-3 R RBI HR
MIL PH
Ryan Kalish 1-1 R RBI HR
HR ARI: none
HR MIL:
Carlos Gomez(7),
Ryan Kalish(1)
W:
Jimmy Nelson(2-3 3.82) L:
Rubby De La Rosa(2-5 4.80) SV:
Jeremy Jeffress(11 5.06)
A solo shot in the 1st and one in the 8th were enough to notch our second sweep of the season.
News:
Phillies SP
Cole Hamels(31, 4.5*) hurled a complete game 3-hitter with 1BB and 5K in a 6-0 win over the
Rockies. The left hander and 3x All-Star improved to 6-3 2.09 59K in 12 starts.
Blue Jays CF
Dalton Pompey(22, 4/5*) continues to plead his case for AL Rookie of the Year with a 5-6 3R 3RBI 3DB SB performance in a 11-3 win over the poor
Twins. He improved to bat .322-7-33 with 10/12SB for the 30-22
Blue Jays.
Week: 4-2(1-2vs SFG, 3-0vs ARI)
Power Rankings: #18(+9)
Runs scored: 154(15)
Starters ERA: 3.78(10)
Bullpen ERA: 4.12(12)
Defensive Eff.: .688(11)
Fan Interest: 74(-3)
Who's hot?
RHSP
Tyler Thornburg 3G 3-0 1.80 20IP 19K
RHSP
Kyle Lohse 2G 1-0 1.32 13.2IP 8K
RHRP
Will Smith 13G 1-0 0.59 15.1IP 14K
Who's not?
OF
Logan Schafer 23G 4-46 .087 0HR 0RBI
Blue Jays 3B
Josh Donaldson(29, 4.5*) was named AL Player of the Week after going 11-27 2HR 11RBI's. He is leading the AL in 3B All-Star votes and is batting .325-12-41 in 50G for the season.
Giants SP
Matt Cain(30, 2.5*) was named NL Player of the Week after going 2-0 0.00 11K 15IP. The 3x All-Star is 7-3 2.94 59K in 11 starts after only making 15 starts in 2014 due to injury.
| NL Central | W-L | GB |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 35-16 | - |
| Cincinnati Reds | 30-20 | 4.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 23-27 | 11.5 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 22-29 | 13 |
| Chicago Cubs | 20-31 | 15 |