Great game from Kershaw, I think the 108 pitches is kinda high for tonight. Most guys who toss NO hitters usually do so with a high pitch count Kershaw only needed 107. I would assume this was one of the reasons why the staff felt comfortable with the high work load tonight. Let’s not forget how efficient he was, only 38 balls.
Can’t tell a lot from these numbers, cards offense is bad this year. Boston and Cards were two of the best last year and this year they are at the bottom.
Little late - Kidney stones kicked my ass for a couple days.
After a shitty start our friend Josh is on the dl.
Dodgers placed RHP Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 7, with a left hip impingement.
With the All-Star break coming up, Beckett might only have to miss one start.
Bronson Arroyo has decided to undergo Tommy John surgery.
Arroyo had been hoping to rehab the sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, but he had an MRI last month which showed the UCL had come completely off the bone.
Masahiro Tanaka has been diagnosed with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament.
Oh boy. The Yankees are saying that the tear is small and Tanaka could return after six weeks following a platelet-rich plasma injection. The club noted that the right-hander has seen three doctors and none of them have recommended surgery at this point. However, general manager Brian Cashman also isn’t ruling out an operation eventually being required. Tanaka is in the first year of a seven-year, $155 million contract.
He was throwing the split finger fast ball too much. If you hold up the number 2 sign and apply pressure you can feel the stress running down the arm now think about doing the samething with a baseball in your hand.
-just watched ‘pelotero’ on netflix, the documentary by john leguizamo. This is it above courteousy youtube.
-fantastic insight into the developmental path of dominican republic players to their 16years birthday and july2 mlb signing day.