Quero removed from the game after taking a brutal foul tip right to the jaw. Seemed to have been shaken up pretty good and needed to be assisted off the field.
Yelich had a .274 xwOBA in August coming into today. Have to wonder if he's totally healthy. His quality of contact and whiffs have both fallen off a cliff this month. Just been a total disaster at the plate.
Bradley Blalock removed after 2 hitters due to injury. Seemed to be holding his left side. Maybe an oblique strain or something like that? Did not seem arm related which is good.
Avina and Castillo lead off the bottom of the 7th with back to back singles. Runners on the corners with 0 outs. Reidy Mercado brought in as a pinch runner for Castillo and gets picked off at 1B. Just cannot be making mistakes like this in close games in the middle of a playoff race.
Another blown lead by the Carolina bullpen. Frustrating, but the offense has slowed down quite a bit over this losing stretch. It's asking a lot for a Low A bullpen to give you 3+ scoreless inning.
If he's not on the active 26 man roster or the MLB IL then he's not gaining service time. Him being on the AAA inactive list doesn't make a difference to his MLB service time.
He's been building his arm back after a pretty lengthy time not pitching. He's also at best the 6th best SP on the team so not sure there's a role on this team for him with him being vocally pouty about being in a mixed SP/RP role in early season 2021.
And now we are winning with Yelich in the midst of a pretty huge slump. Imagine if the rest of our bats can continue to hit well and we get that dominant summer Yelich back as well.
I posted this elsewhere but Nashville has actually played themselves into a 2nd half playoff race. They are 2 GB right now and have been playing extremely well lately.
Whiting strikes out the final hitter! ACL Brewers win! Moving on to the 3 game championship series to face the winner of ACL Dodgers and ACL D-Backs Red. ACL Dodgers are winning 3-2 over ACL D-Backs Red in the 7th inning.
ACL Brewers up 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th. Runner on 1st base and the ACL Rockies are pinch hitting a 24 year old...why do they have so many 23+ position players on their ACL team??