MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[funkster]

With help from our old friend George Soler.

[1060Ivy]

Astros are 16 games over 500 without Altuve and now will be without Springer who heads to IL with hamstring strain.  Springger has 43 RBIs and 17 HRs to date. 

 

Altuve is expected back from his hamstring issue soon as he's expected to commence rehab in AAA

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26820...jured-list

[mrfelina]

Former Cubs reliever Hector Rondon now a key contributor to the Astros' lights-out bullpen

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cub...story.html



So they fixed him?



Wonderful.

[rok]

He was never really bad, just misused.

[mrfelina]

He seemed pretty lost there for a while.







Guess it's not shocking he found his way.

[Butcher]

So the Twins are awesome, apparently?

[BigBoy]

Brewers took the lead...

[rok]

The new unified July trade deadline rules are a bit more opaque than one might think. Bottom line is that major league contracts cannot be dealt, but players can still be put through waivers and claimed post-July 31. Will be interesting to see how creative some teams get in August.



https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/05/u...rules.html

[funkster]

Twins are apparently not awesome enough to beat the fucking Brewers.

[Butcher]

Twins are apparently not awesome enough to beat the fucking Brewers.

 

Yeah. Fucking Brewers are really becoming an annoyance.

[funkster]

Honestly, I don't even pay attention to StL.  The Brewers really irritate me for some reason.

[rok]

I don't really worry about either of them. If our pitching can stabilize again and the FO is able to add a couple of solid bullpen arms, then the Brewers and Cards don't matter.

[mrfelina]

The Yankees are 30-0 when leading after the 7th inning?



The difference between their pen and ours is quite striking.

[rok]

Ouch.



https://twitter.com/mattgelb/status/1136033457144885248

[BigBoy]

Damn big loss