Oh great! It looks like it might be a slow day for news. All the stories I am finding are the ones I linked yesterday or else “What If?” articles. The latter are what everybody writes when they don’t have any actual news to write about.
The Angels clock in at number 20 on Fangraphs power rankings with a 0.0% chance at the playoffs. They fared slightly better on the MLB Power Rankings. I think the Angels are unwitting pioneers of the “bulk guys” strategy, although San Francisco is supposedly doing it on purpose.
OK. Holy Moly! Elly De La Cruz gunned down Corbin Carroll of the D-Backs at home plate with a 99.7 MPH throw. It had some late movement, but in a good way. The Orioles lost closer Felix Bautista to a UCL injury. Yu Darvish went on the 15 Day IL with right elbow inflammation. Matt Chapman is officially on the Ten Day IL with a sprained middle finger. Ozzie Albies of the Braves is back off the IL. There’s nothing wrong with Nathan Eovaldi’s arm. It’s his side now.
A couple of women were wounded by gunshots on Friday that apparently originated from inside Guaranteed Rate Field. Stay on your toes in Chicago.
An umpire got himself ejected from a game. It looks like it was in the Dominican Republic. This one was a little more heated than the one where the umpire got ejected for being drunk.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
