Versatile veteran Chris Taylor took Bellinger’s typical starting spot in center field for the Dodgers’ home opener. Zach McKinstry started for Betts in right field.
New York Mets
Along with Carrasco, these two bullpen arms are still working their way back to the Mets. Lugo had surgery on Feb. 16 to remove bone chips from his throwing elbow, and the last time Rojas addressed Lugo, he hadn't been throwing yet.
With the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics facing off on Wednesday, countless eyes are on Trevor Bauer to see how the Cy Young winner will fare. Well, things got off to quite the controversial start for the hard-throwing righty.
With the strange and uneven start to the Mets' season, which has included four postponements and just five games played, fans have been panicking about pretty much everything. But Michael Conforto is at the top of the list.
Milwaukee Brewers
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Most in the game can't envision how this policy is going to play out for it to have a big impact. Many are hoping the threat of punishment and enhanced monitoring will dial down the use of illegal substances, but most are unclear of the process so their fallback was to vote for "small." Two voters called it "eyewash."
In his second start as a Padre, pitcher Joe Musgrove threw nine no-hit innings to blank the Texas Rangers on Friday and record the first no-no in club history. San Diego had been the only team in MLB without a no-hitter, but that has now changed thanks to a player born and raised in San Diego County:
Colorado Rockies
We've had only a very small taste of what this team has to offer so far due to the preemption of its first few games due to Washington's COVID-19 issues, but it's clear to me that the combo of Jacob deGrom and Marcus Stroman is going to lead a generally solid corps of arms with routine quality starts, if not outright dominant outings.
Pittsburgh Pirates