To bat | Bulk movements – El Sol de Hermosillo

Go for bulk moves in the Big Top, yeah, maybe like never seen before in that baseball, all obviously thinking about the next postseason and World Series.

But before going to so many changes among the major league franchises, I must highlight — once again — Miguel Cabrera, who with a double hit his 2,940th hit, 3 behind Frank Robinson in 35th place of all time.

Well, “and just like not wanting to,” he also achieved his 1,104 extra base with that unstoppable and is now 13 behind Ted Williams and Jimmie Fox in 19th place.

Votto

Today could make history (by itself): Joey Votto hit a home run for the seventh straight game to get within a game to tie the MLB mark, and the Reds beat the Mets 6-2.

Votto is the eighth player to home run in at least seven consecutive games and the first since Kendrys Morales of Cuba hit the Toronto Blue Jays in August 2018.

Dale Long (1956), Don Mattingly (1987) and Ken Griffey Jr. (1993) are the only players to have homered in eight straight games.

Changes / movements

To begin with, colleague Jorge Eduardo Sánchez / ESPN points out: incredible the amount of movements and changes in MLB; they will be completely different teams. Nobody wanted to be left behind. Some kind of Black Friday baseball !!

Agree.

And yes, see:

What transcends for the Dodgers: the acquisition of three-time Cy Young Max Scherzer (Mad Max, then), and Trea Turner.

And what about Craig Kimbrel, who came to the White Sox from the Cubs…?

Kimbrel has enjoyed a rebirth in his third season with the Cubs, with 23 saves and a 0.49 ERA in 39 appearances.

In the White Sox, he will join forces with Liam Hendricks to make the rear end of the Ducklings’ bullpen more formidable.

In twelve years the closer has 371 saves, 33-27 and 2.07 ERA.

Other interesting moves:

Jorge Soler / KC arrives in Atlanta; Joakim Soria / Dbacks to Toronto; Gerardo Carrillo / Dodgers to Nats; Kris Bryant / Cubs to Giants; Jon Lester / Nats to Cardinals; José Berríos / Twins also to Azulejos; JA Happ, from the same Minnesota team, to the St. Louis Cardinals… and so on, how many more!

Soria is in his 14th season in the Big Top, and he’s had a 4.30 ERA so far, with six saves in 31 appearances.

The pride of Monclova, Coahuila, has gone from a “colero” team to one with strong aspirations to reach the postseason.

In turn, Carrillo (22) was with Tulsa (3-2), Double A branch of the Dodgers. In four minor league seasons, he has pitched in 65 games, 55 of them as a starter.

Two other Aztecs in MLB

Pitchers Manuel Rodríguez and Miguel Aguilar were called up by the Chicago Cubs and Arizona D-Backs, respectively.

Rodríguez (24 years old) is a right-handed pitcher who after three years in the Mexican League with the Yucatan Lions, was signed by the Cubs.

Since 2017, he began his walk in the branches and was with the Iowa Cubs. And just the day he was called, his Big Top debut came. The right-hander came in as a relief in the eighth inning of the game against the Nats to fan two.

For his part, Aguilar began his dream in baseball with the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna in 2012 and since 2016 he has been linked to the DBacks, pitching with the Visalia and Jackson teams, as well as the Salt River Rafters in the Fall League. from Arizona.

Hills

MLB: With two outs in the eighth Albert Pujols stole second base, his first since joining the Dodgers, becoming the first to do so in the AL and National in the same season at age 40 or older.

41, he also ran a scam for the Angels on April 19.

In 2000, Rickey Henderson stole five bases for the Mets and 31 for the Mariners at the age of 41.

Naranjero Camp

Report: For the fourth time the summer camp for the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and Mexican Baseball Fiesta for boys and girls from 7 to 15 years old is held in the city of Tucson, Arizona —in Reid Park fields located next to Hi Corbett Field – after a one-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The relevant training activity has the presence of renowned instructors such as the bullpen coach of the Naranjeros de Hermosillo, Ricardo Solís, accompanied by Francisco Gámez, Rodrigo Aguirre and Alberto “Camarón” Íñiguez.

The official mascot of the Naranjeros “Beto Coyote” also accompanied the little ones in the camp that will continue on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 8 in the morning whose objective is that the children of Arizona learn the fundamentals of the king of sports in the hand of professionals from the Orange squad.

Curious / strange last names ?: here are three: Jonathan India (Reds); Tomás Nido (Mets) and Abraham Toro, who just moved from Houston to Seattle. There are others, of course.