Friday 6/21 vs Houston

[Aristotelian]

Hope the kid is ok. He was tapping his shoulder. 

[Malike]

Just now, Philip said:

Jonah Heim is a terrific catcher, and a valuable part it the Rangers. But they are bad this year and it would be great to have a platoon of excellent catchers.

It’s a low priority but nice to think about getting him 

Heim has fallen off the face of the earth since his good year last year. He's .100 points higher than McCann in OPS and 24% worse than a league average hitter.

[vab]

Why did they bring that kid back? His first major league start and you know he's probably never thrown as many pitches in one inning as he just did in the 3rd. Terrible. 

[DirtyBird]

2 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Mateo doing nothing lately

He had a 9 pitch single (fouled off three 2 strike pitches) to lead off the 9th inning on Wednesday. Should have resulted in a run.

[Chavez Ravine]

Yikes. That lasted long.

[G54377]

Question- If this at bat ends in a walk does it still get credited to Bloss 

[dtk9119]

What happened? Trainer sprinted out and they yanked him

[Dunk35]

He was shaking his arm after throwing a slider. Ive seen that look many times. 

[baltfan]

2 minutes ago, Malike said:

Santander is getting paid. His WAR isn't sexy but he's a run producer every year and has power from both sides of the plate. Those players get paid.

Someone will give him close to $20mm per year. He hits in the middle of the order, switch hits, and has shown he is pretty cool under pressure.  I wouldn’t be surprised if he became a Mariner or Phillie. 

[Malike]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

quiet inning before the Bloss injury...now we get their pen...and their best guys wont pitch today...

That's a shame, their best guys have been bad.

[Morgan423]

Just now, Surhoffan17 said:

What happened?

Very similar discomfort and arm shaking that we saw in our own pitcher not too long back. 

Constantly throwing at 120% all the time is just grinding pitchers into dust in this league. 

[O-The-Memories]

You never want to see that. Let's hope the injury isn't too serious for the young man. 

[emmett16]

Nothing good happens after 25 pitches in one inning. 
 

The brake muscles in shoulder & back are fatigues and can’t slow down the arm.  

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, G54377 said:

Question- If this at bat ends in a walk does it still get credited to Bloss 

No.  Its on the new guy

[Malike]

Shoulder takes much longer to come back from than elbow. I hope the kid is okay. They say up to 3 years after a shoulder surgery, which might explain why Flaherty went from Ace stuff, to hurt, to bad for a couple of years and back to Ace stuff.