08/25/20

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Jack Flaherty & Blake Snell deal (1:50)
• Mike Clevinger/Zach Plesac update (4:34)
• Aaron Civale excellent again (10:00)
• Merrill Kelly 켈리 scratched then IL’d (14:35)
• Casey Mize & Tarik Skubal after 2 apiece (16:53)
• Rockies SPs: Freeland/Castellini/Senzatela have been best; Marquez/Gray worst (20:02)
• Justin Verlander update (27:49)
• Ke’Bryan Hayes, Leody Taveras, Ian Anderson up (31:00)

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08/23/20

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to Fangraphs! With a standard $20 membership, you help maintain and improve our database of stats and graphs as well as our staff of 8 full-time employees and over 50 contributors. The premium ad-free membership at $50 year supports site growth and also includes faster load speeds and better site performance. You can also support monthly for just $3.

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Nick Anderson strained forearm
  • Jalen Beeks? Diego Castillo? Peter Fairbanks?
• Brandon Workman traded to PHI
• Matt Barnes
• Pomeranz to the IL
  • Emilio Pagan
• Strasburg done
  • Austin Voth, Erick Fedde

PLAYERS WE’RE LOST ON

• Joey Bart and Keibert Ruiz 25:00
• Robinson Cano 27:00
• Abraham Toro and Myles Straw 30:30
• Brendan Rodgers 35:50
• Ramiel Tapia 36:40
• Jeimer Candelario 40:15
• Cedric Mullins 42:45
• Ryan Mountcastle 47:00
  • https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-ryan-mountcastle-bowie-camp-20200807-getfuiiepnetbjofa7vhkcd2xa-story.html
• Casey Mize 49:50
• Tarik Skubal 52:35
• Sixto Sanchez 53:10
• Triston McKenzie 56:00
• Julian Merryweather 1:00:40

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08/20/20

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to Fangraphs! With a standard $20 membership, you help maintain and improve our database of stats and graphs as well as our staff of 8 full-time employees and over 50 contributors. The premium ad-free membership at $50 year supports site growth and also includes faster load speeds and better site performance. You can also support monthly for just $3.

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Casey Mize/Dane Dunning debut review
• Seth Lugo into the rotation
• Brad Keller dominant again
• Aaron Civale CG
• Framber Valdez defeats Coors
• Adbert Alzolay sharp
• Mallex Smith sent down
• Daniel Vogelbach DFA’d

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08/18/20

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Tigers prospects incoming: Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal
• Replacing Bo Bichette
  • Luis Garcia up, goes yard
  • Isaac Paredes
  • J.P. Crawford
  • Willy Adames
• Kirby Yates likely to have season-ending surgery
• Tommy Pham season over
• Adrian Morejon starting Tuesday

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08/13/20

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• STL/CWS PPD Friday
  • Dylan Carlson likely up once they resume
• Alec Bohm coming up
• Aaron Judge didn’t play Wednesday (lower body tightness?)
  • Mike Tauchman hasn’t started since Stanton to IL lol
• Ozzie Albies not coming back next week
• Ronald Acuña Jr. out through weekend (wrist inflammation)
• Andrew Benintendi to IL
• Sean Doolittle to IL
• Jorge Mateo added to taxi squad

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08/11/20

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Mike Clevinger & Zack Plesac being cool & unselfish
• Offense way down (AVG down 19 pts, SLG down 34)
• Aaron Nola dominant again
• Dustin May w/another QS
• Randy Dobnak now has MLB-best 0.90 ERA

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08/06/20

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Max Scherzer left early w/hamstring
• Jake Odorizzi to start Saturday
• Shohei Ohtani slated to return Thursday
• Kyle Tucker starts v. b2b lefties
• Ozzie Albies to IL w/wrist
• Nick Madrigal to IL w/shoulder
  • 2B replacements: Michael Chavis, Joey Wendle, Jonathan Schoop

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08/04/20

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Mike Soroka out for the year (achilles)
• Rich Hill to IL (shoulder)
• Shohei Ohtani out 4 wks w/flexor pronator mass
• Jo Adell called up
• Monte Harrison called up

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8/2/20

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07/30/20

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to Fangraphs! With a standard $20 membership, you help maintain and improve our database of stats and graphs as well as our staff of 8 full-time employees and over 50 contributors. The premium ad-free membership at $50 year supports site growth and also includes faster load speeds and better site performance. You can also support monthly for just $3.

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Nate Pearson sharp in debut (Max even better)
• Cristian Javier outduel Dustin May
• Jesus Luzardo sharp in relief, to start next time out
• Zach Plesac awesome (Aaron Civale great on Wed, too)
  • Brad Hand blows it (trouble?)
• Charlie Morton’s misleading 2nd start
  • Oliver Drake has 2 SVs, then pitched in 6th
• Rich Hill great in season debut

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