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MLB
Wednesday, September 19
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MLB Betting Notes
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Wednesday’s MLB betting notes
It’s up to Manny
Manny Ramirez’s return is now up to him, according to Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona.
"He needs to clear himself," Francona told the Boston Globe. "The medical people have gotten fairly aggressive, he's swinging the bat fairly aggressively, but there has to be … a confidence from himself that he can go play the game and not hurt himself.”
Ramirez hasn’t played since injuring his oblique on August 28 against the New York Yankees. He was scheduled to return this past weekend against the Yankees but didn’t feel comfortable enough after multiple batting sessions.
Manny’s season has been plagued with nagging injuries. Ramirez is hitting .292 with only 20 home runs after knocking at least 33 dingers in each of his last nine seasons.
If he does return this week against the Toronto Blue Jays, Ramirez could have an instant impact. He has 27 career home runs inside the Rogers Centre including two this season.
Brewers rely on youth, not experience
Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost isn’t worried about making friends this time of the year. The Brewers decided to start Joe Dillon, Corey Hart and Gabe Gross in the outfield this past Tuesday, leaving veterans like Geoff Jenkins and Bill Hall riding the pine.
"It is very hard. But I have to go on who's hot and who's not. We've got 14 games to win,” Yost told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “I've got to do what's best for the organization and play it day to day.”
Dillon is batting .370 since arriving from Triple-A Nashville and Hart is swatting .385 this month with three home runs and 11 RBIs. Gross has improved recently, hitting .286 in the past seven days.
Both Jenkins and Hall are in the middle of skids, batting a combined 3-for-23 this past week.
"I think everybody on the team understands we have a chance to do something special. The players are the ones who set the lineup,” Yost told reporters.
San Diego lovefest
Team chemistry in baseball is nowhere near as important as team chemistry in basketball or hockey. But try and tell that to the San Diego Padres, who credit their happy-go-lucky clubhouse for their recent success.
Veteran pitcher Greg Maddux believes this year’s club has the best team chemistry of any he’s ever played on. Just this past week, over 30 members of the Padres attended Brian Giles’ Sunday Night Football party at his house.
“It's very important,” Maddux told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “How do you measure it? There's not a stat for chemistry. You don't say that a guy's a .250 hitter but he's hitting .300 because of chemistry. It makes the season more fun. There's a lot to be said over 162 games for chemistry.”
San Diego, one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West standings, has won four straight heading into Tuesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Rays not chancing Crawford’s health
Tampa Bay Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon’s plans to finish the year on a strong note might have hit a snag with standout outfielder Carl Crawford out of the lineup.
Crawford is recovering from a strained left groin and won’t play this week against the Los Angeles Angels. The team has a day off Thursday and Crawford will be reevaluated before Friday’s series opener with the Red Sox.
"No, it's not worth risking that at all, as far as I'm concerned," Maddon told the Tampa Tribune. "I'm looking big picture, I'm looking years to come. Of course we want to win these games and we still can … but to me it makes no sense to push somebody at this point. I don't get that. I wouldn't do it."
Crawford has been huge for the D-Rays in the past two months. He hit .388 in August with three home runs and 18 RBIs and continued this trend into September, in which he is batting .333 in 13 games.
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MLB
Wednesday, September 19
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MLB Betting Notes
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Wednesday’s MLB betting notes
It’s up to Manny
Manny Ramirez’s return is now up to him, according to Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona.
"He needs to clear himself," Francona told the Boston Globe. "The medical people have gotten fairly aggressive, he's swinging the bat fairly aggressively, but there has to be … a confidence from himself that he can go play the game and not hurt himself.”
Ramirez hasn’t played since injuring his oblique on August 28 against the New York Yankees. He was scheduled to return this past weekend against the Yankees but didn’t feel comfortable enough after multiple batting sessions.
Manny’s season has been plagued with nagging injuries. Ramirez is hitting .292 with only 20 home runs after knocking at least 33 dingers in each of his last nine seasons.
If he does return this week against the Toronto Blue Jays, Ramirez could have an instant impact. He has 27 career home runs inside the Rogers Centre including two this season.
Brewers rely on youth, not experience
Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost isn’t worried about making friends this time of the year. The Brewers decided to start Joe Dillon, Corey Hart and Gabe Gross in the outfield this past Tuesday, leaving veterans like Geoff Jenkins and Bill Hall riding the pine.
"It is very hard. But I have to go on who's hot and who's not. We've got 14 games to win,” Yost told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “I've got to do what's best for the organization and play it day to day.”
Dillon is batting .370 since arriving from Triple-A Nashville and Hart is swatting .385 this month with three home runs and 11 RBIs. Gross has improved recently, hitting .286 in the past seven days.
Both Jenkins and Hall are in the middle of skids, batting a combined 3-for-23 this past week.
"I think everybody on the team understands we have a chance to do something special. The players are the ones who set the lineup,” Yost told reporters.
San Diego lovefest
Team chemistry in baseball is nowhere near as important as team chemistry in basketball or hockey. But try and tell that to the San Diego Padres, who credit their happy-go-lucky clubhouse for their recent success.
Veteran pitcher Greg Maddux believes this year’s club has the best team chemistry of any he’s ever played on. Just this past week, over 30 members of the Padres attended Brian Giles’ Sunday Night Football party at his house.
“It's very important,” Maddux told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “How do you measure it? There's not a stat for chemistry. You don't say that a guy's a .250 hitter but he's hitting .300 because of chemistry. It makes the season more fun. There's a lot to be said over 162 games for chemistry.”
San Diego, one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West standings, has won four straight heading into Tuesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Rays not chancing Crawford’s health
Tampa Bay Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon’s plans to finish the year on a strong note might have hit a snag with standout outfielder Carl Crawford out of the lineup.
Crawford is recovering from a strained left groin and won’t play this week against the Los Angeles Angels. The team has a day off Thursday and Crawford will be reevaluated before Friday’s series opener with the Red Sox.
"No, it's not worth risking that at all, as far as I'm concerned," Maddon told the Tampa Tribune. "I'm looking big picture, I'm looking years to come. Of course we want to win these games and we still can … but to me it makes no sense to push somebody at this point. I don't get that. I wouldn't do it."
Crawford has been huge for the D-Rays in the past two months. He hit .388 in August with three home runs and 18 RBIs and continued this trend into September, in which he is batting .333 in 13 games.
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