MASH Report (5/12/14)

• I don’t think Manny Machado’s knee is close to 100% yet. I timed him to 1B on a double play he sprinted on (5/7, 3rd inning).  He got to 1B in 4.6 secs which is a 20, the worst possible scouting rating. The rest of his stats back this lack of speed up. No doubles since returning (51 last season). No stolen base attempts. Three grounded into double plays (1 GDP per 43 PA in 2013, 1 GDP per 14 PA in 2014). Speed score down from 3.7 to 1.4. The knee just can’t be 100% yet.

• Martin Perez is dealing with elbow discomfort.

Martin Perez has discomfort in left elbow. Will miss at least one start and have an MRI.

— Anthony Andro (@aandro) May 11, 2014

His latest PAIN value was at 213 (100 means the pitcher is displaying traits of a hurt pitcher), the highest value for any pitcher this season. He has seen a 8 percentage point drop in his Zone% and a 3 mph drop in his fastball velocity. No surprise the injury news finally came out. For reference, here are the regular pitchers currently with a PAIN score over 100 IP.

		2014			2013
Name	PAIN	IP	Velocity	Zone%	IP	Velocity	Zone%
Martin Perez	213	51.1	90.5	0.405	124.1	93	0.483
Erik Johnson	203	23.2	89.6	0.389	27.2	92	0.469
Tyson Ross	194	50.2	92.3	0.413	125	94	0.457
Bronson Arroyo	178	38.2	85.9	0.433	202	87.2	0.561
Roberto Hernandez	174	39.2	90.1	0.427	151	91.3	0.501
Brad Ziegler	145	20	84.5	0.348	73	86	0.413
Kevin Jepsen	144	12.1	93.8	0.445	36	90.5	0.473
Danny Salazar	142	36.2	93.7	0.457	52	95.9	0.523
Francisco Rodriguez	139	20	89.6	0.438	46.2	91.1	0.522
Brandon League	134	20.2	92.9	0.405	54.1	94.3	0.479
Zach Putnam	133	15.2	87.7	0.421	3.1	90.7	0.486
Tyler Chatwood	127	24	92.7	0.411	111.1	92.9	0.481
Darin Downs	124	1.1	89.2	0.643	35.1	89.6	0.421
Francisco Liriano	122	42.2	92.2	0.401	161	93	0.422
Chris Withrow	119	18	94.9	0.439	34.2	96	0.487
Trevor Cahill	116	32.1	90.2	0.398	146.2	89.8	0.442
Dallas Keuchel	115	44	89.2	0.409	153.2	89.1	0.469
Shawn Kelley	113	15.1	91.3	0.395	53.1	92.1	0.48
Brad Brach	113	1.2	93	0.625	31	91.9	0.448
A.J. Ramos	112	16	91.1	0.446	80	93.3	0.497
Mark Melancon	109	18	92	0.391	71	92.7	0.465
J.P. Howell	107	14.2	84.6	0.36	62	87.3	0.429
Taylor Jordan	107	25.2	90	0.445	51.2	92.3	0.491
Garrett Richards	104	45	96	0.424	145	94.8	0.492
Lucas Harrell	102	12.1	90.9	0.357	153.2	92.2	0.405

• Brandon Belt will be out at least six weeks. Here is Bochy talking about Belt’s return bench marks.

As of now, Belt’s estimated absence remains six weeks. Bochy said that the pins likely will be removed after four weeks, and at that time the Giants should know more clearly how long Belt will be sidelined.

I could easily see the rehab go an extra couple of weeks once the pins are gone. We me not se Belt until July.

• CC Sabathia has been shut down for swelling in a previously surgically prepared knee. It seems like he dealt with the issue for at least a couple of starts.

Sabathia said he first felt the discomfort during last Sunday’s start against Tampa Bay. It was his worst start of the year, and his knee was swollen afterward, but he stayed on turn to make another underwhelming start on Saturday. When his knee grew swollen again, he finally spoke up, and a Sunday morning MRI revealed the problem.

Considering how much Sabathia has struggled this season, it would have been tough to blame the past two games on a new injury.

• Initial reports for Michael Pineda’s recovery were overly optimistic. He may not be ready until late June.

At the time, the Yankees said that Pineda was expected to return in three to four weeks, but that may have been an optimistic estimate; the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw sustained a similar injury in a March 22 start and did not start again in the big leagues until May 6.

• A small note on news coming out of Seattle, we may not get much. It seems Manager Lloyd McClendon could care less who is on the mend.

“I’m concerned about the guys I have, not about the guys I don’t have. So until they’re part of this 25-man roster, I’m not concerning myself with them,” McClendon said. “I guess to answer your question, I don’t follow these guys’ sidelines from day to day or how they throw 60 feet. It really doesn’t concern me. When they can get out on that mound and throw 60 feet, 6 inches, then I’m concerned about them.”

Most new injury data is acquired during manager press conferences and McClendon looks like he doesn’t really care about keeping up to date on it. I have not read an updated report on Walker in about two weeks and this quote explains possibly why.

Fastball Velocities for Pitchers Returning from the DL

• Doug Fister’s looks fine.

• Matt Cain’s was fine also.

• And Aroldis Chapman’s was off the charts.

• Finally, I have a little feature I want to run every report, the number of players on the disabled list for each report. So far the trend is just up and up as more pitchers are lost for the season.

Players on the DL

(*) 15 Day Disabled List
(**) 60 Day Disabled List
(***) 7 Day Concussion List
(****) Free Agent
Red colored entries are updates since last report.

Major League Report

On DL

Minor League Report