Running 2017 MLB regular season thread

Anybody ever seen pitcher get hit by batted balls from consecutive hitters?

 

Multiple reamings usually occur in SoCal.

 

Mariners lose their third starting pitcher as James Paxton is DL'd with a forearm injury in his pitching arm. He was off to a great start this year [/fantasylooser].

Sure seems like there are a lot of pitchers already injured this season.

 

Seems like more injuries in general, but especially pitchers. Part of that is the 10-day DL. Teams are putting guys on the DL when they might have waited out the injury in the past because they can return sooner.

Part of it is just a hell of a lot of pitchers getting hurt.

 

Heck of a win by the Yankees today. They blew several scoring opportunities early on and looked dead in the water. But Headley singled and Ellsbury drew a two-out walk before Gardner jacked a 2-2 pitch over the wall in right for a 3-2 lead. Chapman worked around a leadoff two-base error by Headley and the Yanks improbably pulled out a 3-2 win.

I was fairly surprised to see Pineda pitch so well against a potent Cubs lineup. Yankees' starting pitching as a whole has been far better than I expected it to be (or expect it to remain). But if they can keep it up for another six to eight weeks, I think Cashman will make try to make a move to shore up the rotation.

 

Good point ... with the 10-day DL, in theory a pitcher could miss just two starts. I think that basically happened with Tampa Bay's Jake Odorizzi earlier this year.

But in Paxton's case — an arm injury, plus his potential as a staff ace — I'm sure the Mariners will be very cautious about bringing him back right away.

 

Not sure of that one, but Richie Ashburn once hit the same woman spectator in the stands with two straight foul balls; the second one as she was being carried off on a stretcher. They later became friends.

Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn Once Struck a Spectator with Foul Balls Twice in the Same At Bat, the Second Time as She was Being Carried Off on a Stretcher

 

We should be worried that the San Fernando Valley is venturing so far south

 

Bucs have allowed only 26 homers.

 

They have also hit only 26 homers