Team News
Diamondbacks’ funk continues with loss to Blue Jays
“I think when you’re looking at the full body of work over the past two days everything seems to be compounding itself,” Lovullo said.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2023/07/15/diamondbacks-blue-jays-pitching-matchup-saturday-game-toronto/70408193007/
Zac Gallen, D-backs fail in second successive loss to Blue Jays
Zac Gallen, D-backs fall flat in 2nd consecutive loss to Blue Jays
D-backs Offense, Bullpen Struggle Again in Loss to Blue Jays
The Diamondbacks downturn continued in a 5-2 loss to he Blue Jays this afternoon. It’s the seventh time in their last 13 video games the D-backs have actually scored 2 runs or less. They’ve balanced 2.8 runs a video game in this stretch, going 4-9 at the same time.
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/game-day/d-backs-offense-bullpen-struggle-again-in-loss-to-blue-jays
Baserunning will be crucial as D-backs try to find more production
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-baserunning-untapped-strength-loss-to-blue-jays
D-Backs’ Carroll 3rd in first-half MVP race by MLB.com
D-backs’ Merrill Kelly trending in best instructions from embolism, set for sim video game
https://arizonasports.com/story/3528214/d-backs-merrill-kelly-trending-in-right-direction-from-blood-clot-set-for-sim-game/
Other Baseball
Machado reaches 300-homer mark with legendary 2nd-deck blast
https://www.mlb.com/news/manny-machado-slugs-career-home-run-no-300-against-phillies
Chicago Cubs Outfielder On Pace to Do Something That Hasn’t Been Done in Nearly 100 Years of Franchise History
https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/history/chicago-cubs-cody-bellinger-on-pace-to-do-something-that-hasnt-been-done-in-nearly-100-years-of-franchise-history
10 possible trade chips increasing — and where they might land
https://www.mlb.com/news/potential-2023-trade-candidates-with-rising-stock
New York Mets Must Sell at Trade Deadline
https://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/new-york-mets-must-sell-at-trade-deadline
Reds Have Shown Interest In White Sox’s Starters
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/07/reds-have-shown-interest-in-white-soxs-starters.html
Angels Will Reportedly Consider Shohei Ohtani Trade Offers; Deal Seen As Unlikely
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/07/angels-will-reportedly-consider-shohei-ohtani-trade-offers-deal-seen-as-unlikely.html
Anything Goes
With the other day’s look, Chafin has actually connected Brad Ziegler’s franchise mark for video games pitched with 377. He will either break it today, or Tuesday or Wednesday in Atlanta.
This day in history:
In 1918, the Russian Royal Family the Romanov’s were carried out. The initially ataomic bomb test remained in 1945. Existence of Water Gate tapes revealed in 1973.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/july-16
This day in baseball:
1936: The Reds cancel their video game with the Dodgers due to the fact that of extreme heat.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/July_16
Women were as soon as alerted of bike face illness.
In the 19th century, specialists alerted ladies of the illness called bike face, or getting stuck to the faces they made while riding a bike.
* eyeroll * Just like how they believed ladies’s uteruses would fly out if a train discussed 50mph…
Baseball fans consume enough hotdogs to extend from Illinois to Los Angeles.
Hotdogs are a signature baseball snack. During MLB season, about 25,500,000 hotdogs and 5,508,900 sausages are offered every year. Lined up end to end, the hotdogs suffice to extend from Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
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