Random notes for the ballyard

Marco's Baseball Blog-O-Roonie

RANDOM NOTES FROM AROUND THE BALLYARD:

Cleveland: Second sacker Jason Kipnis hit .218 in April with 19 hits all month. In May he hit .429 with 51 hits. You read that right...51 hits!

New York Yankees: Pineda is now the Ace of the Yankee staff. Tanaka has to baby his arm the rest of the way.

New York Mets: Why did Collins leave Harvey in to pitch against the Yankees? He threw 125 pitches coming off elbow surgery. Dumb move by the manager. Also...

Cincinnati: Johnny Cueto had an 8-1 lead and they sent him out to pitch in the ninth inning. He'd already thrown his hundredth pitch. He came up with a sore elbow right after that game. He's somebody they have to trade and he may be damaged goods. Stupid.

Boston: Mookie Betts has seen more pitches this year than any other player in the AL. But his OBP is .280! He might as well swing cause they're not walking him. Boston is the best doubles park in history. This year the Sox are LAST in doubles in the AL!!! Freakish!!!

St. Louis: Now that Matt Adams is on the shelf for the Cards, might they be interested in hometown hero Ryan Howard of the Phillies?...he still plays a decent first base, hits homers and already knows the league.

Seattle: Robinson Cano is having a terrible year. .246 with 2 homers and 16 RBIs and a .290 OBP. That's with the scariest hitter in the league (so far) Nelson Cruz hitting behind him. And Cano doesn't hustle. I saw him hit into a game ending double play the other night that he didn't even bother running out. He never runs out ground balls but a lot can happen on a double play attempt. Bad throws, dropped relays etc. Last gasp of the game and he doesn't bother to run to first just in case? He's not an admirable player for me.

Arizona: Goldschmidt has triple crown numbers. So does Adrian Gonzalez of the Dodgers. Who's the All-Star? Everybody keeps saying Rizzo of the Cubs! Cubbie bias. Gonzo leads the voting but Goldy deserves some love.

Oakland: That sucking sound you hear is the A's going down the drain. Nightmare. They really need their sparkplug Coco Crisp...out with a bad neck.

Texas: Good to see Fielder coming back so strong after his neck problem. And Josh Hamilton coming through. Even though they were beating up on my team the Red Sox I had to applaud him doing well.

Houston and Minnesota: Who wants to bet me that neither of these teams will make the playoffs this year?

Pittsburgh: Gerrit Cole is a stud and he's a pitcher who can hit. And my friends Larry and Steve are from Pitt and keep telling me I'm spelling Pittsburgh wrong. Well so are the box scores and the jerseys so I think I'll add an “H” to all the other teams in the division just to annoy them...St. Louish, Cincinnatih,Milwaukeeh, Chicagoh. There you go.