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Since his demotion to the minors, Gyorko is batting .279 with one double, four home runs, nine RBI, eight runs, seven walks and 11 strikeouts in 16 games.
Gyorko played one inning for Tacoma before being sent to San Diego. The Padres are expected to make a disabled list move to correspond bringing Gyorko up. Before being demoted on June 10, Gyorko was hitting .210.
Since belting 23 home runs as a rookie in 2013, Gyorko has been a disappointment offensively the last two seasons. Since 2014, he is batting just .210 with 12 home runs, 23 doubles and 62 RBI in 157 games. He also has 135 strikeouts in that span.
It will be Hedges' first start in the last three games and is hitting .133 with two RBI in 15 at-bats this season. The Padres are currently the underdogs (+150) agianst Los Angeles.
Gyorko will take over the DH role and bat eighth, with Matt Kemp moving back to right field and Abraham Almonte going to the bench. Gyorko is hitting .202 with nine RBI in 99 at-bats this season. The Padres are currently the underdogs (+160) against Los Angeles.
Gyorko has been struggling for the second straight year. His latest hitless slide is 10 at-bats as his slash line has been weakened to .202/.275/.323.
Spangenberg has been getting considerable playing time at second and third base due to the on-going struggles of Jedd Gyorko and Will Middlebrooks.
But both of those players will take their normal positions on Wednesday, allowing Spangenberg, who is just 4 for his last 23, to get a breather.
Gyorko did his damage in the ninth inning when he belted a solo home run off of Sammy Solis to center field, his second of the season.
Gyorko is now hitting .225 with nine RBI in 89 at-bats this season.
Myers has been battling tendinitis in his left wrist. He's replaced in the lineup by Abraham Almonte, who starts his second gmae of the season in center. Almonte will bat second.
Myers is replaced in the leadoff spot by second baseman Cory Spangenberg, who is at the top of the order for the fourth time this season.
Spangenberg gives second baseman Jedd Gyorko a rest.
Spangenberg was the DH on Tuesday, but will take over at second for Jedd Gyorko. He is hitting .260 in 50 at-bats this season. Amarista replaces Clint Barmes at shortstop. He is hitting .183 with seven RBI in 82 at-bats this season.
Gyorko, who has lost playing time to Cory Spangenberg, has six hits in his last three starts. He is batting .500 (7-for-14) during that stretch with three runs and three RBI. But he has just one home run in 75 at-bats this year, a troubling total considering he blasted 23 in 2013.
"I don't know if I've ever hit one that far," Gyorko said. "It felt good to put a good swing on it. I feel like my swing has been where it's needed to be in the last week or so. It's always good to get results."
"Right now, he's still going through some things with Kots and 'Zo that we think will benefit him here, staying here with us and playing," Black said. " ... We want to see Jedd perform here as opposed to anywhere else."
"It's always tough," Gyorko said about the sporadic playing time. "But at the same time, we're trying to win games, obviously. So when the opportunity presents itself, you've just got to go out there and perform. I think that's the main thing for now."
Gyorko has hit just .149/.231/.191 in 47 at-bats.
"We need to get Jedd going," manager Bud Black said before Gyorko's start Sunday.
Middlebrooks was given the day off Sunday, allowing Gyorko to make his first start in the last five games. Middlebrooks is hitting .239 with three home runs and 11 RBI in 71 at-bats this season.
The Padres are currently the favorites (-116) against the Astros Monday.
Jedd Gyorko, who opened the season hitting .163, is out of the lineup for the third straight game.
The Padres are +107 money line underdogs at home against the Dodgers.
Gyorko has gotten off to a poor start offensively in 2015. He is batting .163 (7 for 43) with no home runs, two doubles, three RBI and nine strikeouts in 12 games.
Two of Gyorko's five outs on Saturday were drives to the warning track in center field with the wind blowing in at Wrigley Field."Obviously, you want the hits to start falling, but we're not out chasing a hit," Gyorko said. "It's a process that we started, and I think it's starting to come out a little bit."Coming into Sunday, Gyorko's batting average is .121 -- the lowest among the team's regulars."Any other given day, Jedd probably has two or three home runs here," Padres manager Bud Black said. "He seems to be laying off a little bit of the ball down and away, laying off the high fastball. Didn't result in any hits [Saturday], but the quality of the at-bats seem to be better."
Gyorko started five of the team's first six games at second base, but Yangervis Solarte served as the starting second baseman for each of the last three games. Gyorko has hit just .143/.217/.190 with one RBI in 21 at-bats.
The Padres are favorites (-127) against the Diamondbacks Wednesday.
Manager Bud Black will use switch-hitter Yangervis Solarte at second base and slot him second in the starting lineup Sunday. Gyorko gets a break after going 3 for 21 in his first six games.
The Padres are favorites (-130) at home against the Giants Sunday, per VegasInsider.com.
"His intent is to hit," Black said. "He's a very confident hitter, and when you think you can hit, you swing."
Pitchers exploited Gyorko's aggressiveness last season, and he struck out 100 times in 400 at-bats while hitting .210/.280/.333 with 10 home runs and 51 RBI. He hit better after spending nearly two months on the disabled list due to a plantar fasciitis. He focused on adding muscle this offseason.
"I went a little lighter last year in an attempt to get a little more flexibility," he said. "Obviously, it didn't work, so I tried to beef back up. I tried to get as strong as I could coming into camp."
The team added plenty of offensive talent this offseason, and the team won't be forced to rely upon Gyorko to be a rock in the heart of the lineup this season.
"Unfairly, we probably put a lot of pressure on Jedd to be a guy in the middle of the order," Black said. "And I think he'll eventually be a solid run producer there … I think another year of experience, being in amongst a group of (Justin) Upton and (Matt) Kemp, (Carlos) Quentin, whoever might be in the lineup, there will be a little bit of pressure off him to be the guy. I think guys like pressure. Guys want expectations. That's what makes guys tick … Jedd has that. But when you have good players around you, it does put your mind at ease."
"The cage and the BP work are good," Gyorko said. "Now, I've just got to find a way to take it into the games."
Gyorko has just six hits in 32 at-bats this spring while striking out 16 times, and a National League scout said recently that his front hip is coming up early in his setup, causing a longer and slower swing, and that he might not be picking up pitches as well as he has in the past. He's been working with the team's hitting coaches to keep his hips closed but hasn't been completely successful.
"I know they've worked on a number of things, things that are going to help in the long term. But there are no quick fixes in this game. You got to work at it," manager Bud Black said. "We have got a number of guys that are working on a few things that [hopefully] in two weeks' time things will smooth out and we'll see results. But if you've been in this game long enough, you know that spring training results can be misleading."
"We're making sure the hips stay in so they don't come out like they did at the beginning of last year to make sure everything is working in the right direction," Gyorko said of his work with hitting coach Mark Kotsay. "It allows me to see the ball a little longer and a little better. It will allow me to hit the ball the other way with power or just shoot it the other way, and gets me on time to pull the ball so I don't get jammed."
Gyorko played just 111 games last season due to plantar fasciitis, hitting .210/.280/.333 with 10 home runs and 51 RBI in 400 at-bats.
Still, Gyorko seems to indicate the injury wasn't the main reason he struggled offensively last season. He hit .210 with 10 home runs in 111 games.
"I think I maybe put a little too much pressure on myself," Gyorko said, per MLB.com. "We were struggling as a team. And I think all of us, not just myself, felt like we needed to come up with that big hit to get us going. It's hard to hit when you put that kind of pressure on yourself."
Gyorko missed nearly two months of games last season due to the foot injury, but once he returned, his numbers began to improve. He hit .260 with a .347 on-base percentage over his final 55 games.
"He was better. I think he started making some adjustments, some mechanical, some at-bat to at-bat in terms of pitch selection," manager Bud Black said. "Before, you saw him chasing pitches up in the strike zone and also sliders away. I think that a lot of that was him wanting to be aggressive and wanting to help the team."
The Padres are expecting better results from Gyorko in 2015, especially with a revamped lineup that includes Matt Kemp, Justin Upton, Wil Myers, Derek Norris and Will Middlebrooks.
"We saw in 2013 what Jedd can be, and I think there's more to Jedd based on 2013," Black said. "I think last year there were a lot of factors that went into his season that he expected or adjusted to, but that is something he's hopefully learned from. It's a tough game. You've got to work and stay on top of it. In that regard, I think he learned a lot."
Gyorko has recorded at least one hit in 10 straight games, extending what's been a very good second half after struggling early in the season and missing an extended period of time on the disabled list. He has hit .272/.346/.426 with five home runs and 27 RBI in 169 at-bats since the All-Star break after hitting .162/.213/.270 in the first half.
Gyorko has been limited to pinch-hitting duties over the last few days while dealing with a hamstring injury. He owns a .199/.255/.332 line with nine home runs and 44 RBI in 292 at-bats.
Gyorko was able to appear as a pinch-hitter Monday, and though he doesn't think that guarantees him a spot in the lineup Tuesday, he is hopeful.
"It is a good sign, but it was more a process of elimination than anything – there was no one left on the bench," Gyorko said. "But we're getting there. We'll see how it feels, but I should be in there tomorrow."
Gyorko is dealing with a hamstring injury, and is not ready to return just yet. He's been sidelined since August 23 due to the issue. Gyorko is hitting .199/.256/.333 over 291 at-bats.
Gyorko could be available to pinch hit Sunday after filling that same role Saturday, but he'll remain out of the starting lineup for the second straight day. The team doesn't think he'll require a trip to the disabled list.
Gyorko tweaked his hamstring Thursday, but was able to play through the injury Friday. He was held out Saturday, however, and is considered day-to-day.
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Gyorko kicked things off by putting his team up 3-0 with his first-inning blast. He recorded his second hit of the night on the game's final play, as the lead runner was ruled out on a tag after a review of the second baseman's single. Gyorko has hit .203/.256/.342 with nine home runs and 44 RBI in 281 at-bats.
Gyorko pushed across his team's first run of the game on a third-inning single. He then gave the Padres their first lead of the night with his seventh-inning grand slam, which turned a one-run deficit into a lead the bullpen would not relinquish. Gyorko's home run was his first of August, and he now owns a .199/.253/.331 line with eight home runs and 41 RBI in 272 at-bats.
Gyorko homered, doubled and singled with four RBI in a Wednesday night rout of St. Louis. He is 6 for 11 since coming back.
"It's more of a fresh start than anything," Gyorko told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "What happened at the beginning, you can't go back and change it and you can't say it didn't happen either - it's there. It's not something I like to think about a whole lot, but it's something you can learn from. Obviously, things weren't right, but I think I've gotten to the point where I'm pretty comfortable now."
Gyorko made a splash in 2013 with 23 home runs. He has a long way to go to make his 2014 numbers respectable - he is still saddled with a stat line of .171/.224/.276.
Gyorko slapped a solo home run in the fourth inning, but his big hit came during an eight-run seventh, when Gyorko smacked a double with the bases loaded to drive in three. He's 6 for 11 in three games since returning from a lengthy absence caused by plantar fasciitis. Gyorko has hit .181/.232/.302 with six home runs and 29 RBI in 215 at-bats.
"I think my swing is feeling more like it did last year than it has all year," Gyorko said, per MLB.com. "Hopefully, that translates into the big leagues. I'm not worried about what's happened in the past. We have got two months of baseball left.
"I don't know how much luck goes into it. I'm going just try to hit the ball hard. If you hit the ball hard enough times, good things will happen eventually."
Manager Bud Black also seems to have confidence Gyorko will turn it around offensively.
"We need him to hit. ... He's a good hitter," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Where his average is now, do I think he's that kind of hitter? No. He's got a long ways to go to get to his lifetime average. He can play better."
Gyorko was a mess at the plate early this season after a strong rookie year. He is hoping to quickly improve on a miserable stat line of .162/.213/.270.
Following Sunday's game, manager Bud Black announced that Gyorko would be activated from the disabled list. Gyorko has been out since June 3 due to a foot injury. He struggled to open the season, hitting .162/.213/.270 over 204 at-bats.
Gyorko has been sidelined since June 3 while recovering from a foot injury. While he was removed early Saturday, he's expected to play the full game Sunday. Gyorko could be ready to return next week if all goes well.
Gyorko joined Triple-A El Paso Friday, but isn't expected to receive a start until Saturday. If that goes well, Gyorko will plan to play the entire game Sunday. He's attempting to come back from a foot issue.
Gyorko is currently with the team's Triple-A club. He's expected to start Saturday. It's unclear how much time he'll need before he's ready to return to action. Gyorko hit .162/.213/.270 over 204 at-bats.
Gyorko is recovering from plantar fasciitis. He's still expected to be a few weeks away from a return. Gyorko is hitting .162/.213/.270 over 204 at-bats.
Gyorko went through throwing exercises and took some swings, while also testing his injured foot by running in the pool.
"I want to know when he puts his spikes on and runs," Black said. "I've never seen anybody play baseball in a pool."
Gyorko will head to the team's spring facility in order to continue his rehab. He's attempting to come back from a foot injury. Gyorko hit just .162/.213/.270 over 204 at-bats.
"I hope the foot feels good, then we can ramp him up," Black said.
"I'm not letting them put it back on," Gyorko reportedly said. The second baseman is recovering from plantar fasciitis, which has sidelined him since June 4. He has hit .162/.213/.270 with five home runs and 24 RBI in 204 at-bats.
Gyorko is working his way back from plantar fasciitis, and tests Thursday showed less improvement than the team had hoped. That prompted the training staff to put the boot back on, and had manager Bud Black sounding pretty pessimistic.
"It's not a great sign," Black said.
Gyorko has been out since June 4 as a result of the injury, and will rest for at least another week before being evaluated again. At this point, there remains no concrete timetable, especially since surgery is not an option.
"It's so tricky and it varies," Gyorko said. "Each case is different. Knowing how long would make things a little easier."
Gyorko briefly had his walking boot removed Wednesday, but had to put it back on Thursday. He's not expected to return for some time. Gyorko was hitting .162/.213/.270 over 204 at-bats prior to the injury.
There was news Wednesday that Gyorko had his walking boot removed, but that no longer appears to be the case. It's unclear whether Gyorko experienced a setback, or whether he'll miss more time than expected. He's hitting .162/.213/.270 over 204 at-bats.
Gyorko is recovering from plantar fasciitis and still has a long recovery process ahead of him, but shedding the boot is a key step to his recovery. He has hit .162/.213/.270 with five home runs and 24 RBI in 204 at-bats.
"The foot isn't healing very quickly," manager Bud Black said Tuesday.
Gyorko told reporters about the injury Wednesday, and was held out of the lineup. His stint on the disabled list was backdated to June 4. It's unclear how long Gyorko will be out of action. He's hitting just .162/.213/.270 in 204 at-bats.
Gyorko was out of the lineup Wednesday after going 0 for 13 in his last four games, and the injury news will likely lead to a stint on the disabled list for the infielder. He has hit .162/.213/.270 with five home runs and 24 RBI in 204 at-bats.
Gyorko, who blasted 23 home runs in a promising 2013, is hitless in his last 15 at-bats as his average has fallen to .162. Most disturbing are his 56 strikeouts in 204 at-bats this season.
It remains to be seen if Gyorko is on the verge of losing his starting job - the promotion of Peterson certainly makes his future in that role less certain.
Gyorko hasn't homered since slamming two on May 9. He is floundering with a .169/.214/.282 stat line.
Gyorko's third home run and only hit in five at-bats was a solo home run off Royals closer Greg Holland in the ninth inning, which tied the game and sent it to extras, where San Diego pulled out a 6-5 win in 12 innings.
Gyorko is batting .250 (5 for 20) with a .550 slugging percentage, .800 OPS, two home runs, three RBI and three strikeouts in his last five games.
Gyorko's ninth-inning bomb cut the Diamondbacks' lead to 4-3, but the Padres weren't able to scrounge up another run to send the game into extra innings. He has hit .158/.223/.248 with two home runs and 11 RBI in 101 at-bats.
Gyorko missed action Monday and Tuesday. He has hit .144/.218/.211 with one home run and nine RBI in 90 at-bats.
"This contract helped stabilize what we're doing; Very proud of Jedd. He earned the contract. Risk that we felt was worth taking," general manager Josh Byrnes said.
FOX Sports reports the deal is for six years and more than $32 million. It also includes a club option for a seventh season. The deal covers one pre-arbitration year, three arbitration years and one free-agent year.
"Throughout my professional career this has happened before," Gyorko told MLB.com Saturday. "It's something that I am trying to break. I've been a slow starter. It's kind of a pattern I've developed. It isn't something I look forward to, but at the same time, I know it's a long season with plenty of time left."
In his first month as a rookie, Gyorko hit just .247 before posting consecutive .300-plus months immediately after. He has just two hits through 18 games, with one run driven, though he has struck out just once in the last two games after beginning the season with six strikeouts in his first 10 at-bats.
Gyorko is hitless in 10 at-bats with six strikeouts. He was criticized by Bud Black for what the manager considers an overaggressiveness at the plate.
"He hits from pitch one," Black told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "That's been his style. ... When things are going his way, he's swinging at strikes and watching balls. When it goes the other way, it gets out of whack. Pitchers in the big leagues have the ability to expand the strike zone, and they exploited that with him a little bit. It's a process. He'll get better."
Gyorko got out of whack after returning last season from a mid-summer groin injury. He suffered through a 4-for-43 slump.
Gyorko is looking to improve during his sophomore year. He said making the majors was "a dream come true, but it's still a grind." Gyorko hit .249/.301/.444 in 486 at-bats during his rookie season. He also clubbed 23 home runs.
Gyorko went 1 for 4 with the home run, his 23rd. Gyorko showed excellent power in his first season as San Diego's starting second baseman. He hit .249/.301/.444.
Gyorko took Diamondbacks starter Ian Kennedy deep in the fifth inning for his lone hit of the game. He drove in two runs with the shot, finishing 1 for 4 with two RBI and one run scored in a 12-2 win.
With four games remaining on the schedule, Gyorko has 21 home runs and 55 RBI in 121 games. He has hit .245/.296/.432 in 470 at-bats.
The home run was Gyorko's 20th of his rookie season. He's hit .251/.301/.440 in 450 at-bats.
Gyorko hit .253 with a .556 slugging percentage, .830 OPS, six doubles, eight home runs and 17 RBI in 25 June games.
Gyorko went deep in the fourth inning to open the scoring for the Padres with a three-run homer, before adding a solo shot in the eighth inning. He finished the game 3 for 4 with four RBI and a pair runs scored.
Gyorko did not hit a home run in his first season in the majors, but is putting up a solid rookie season since. Gyorko leads all rookies with 16 home runs, while posting a .254 batting average and .752 OPS in 350 at-bats.
Gyorkois batting just .250 (15 for 60) in 16 August games, but he's slugging .617 with an .891 OPS. He has four doubles, seven runs and 11 RBI in August.
Proir to going on the disabled list in June, Gyorko was on fire, hitting .309 with eight home runs in 35 games between May and June. He scored 20 or more points in three of the four weeks proir to his groin injury. With an initially lackluster return from the DL, it was easy to forget just how good he was for that spring stretch. But Gyorko has a ton of talent -- really impressive power and average numbers throughout the minors -- and looked like he had figured things out in the majors before getting hurt.
This recent power output isn't just Gyorko connecting in Colorado (where two of his four home runs have come). The 24-year-old is capable of great things at a weak position, and should be owned in most Fantasy leagues.
But Gyorko isn't the first and won't be the last player to struggle coming off the disabled list. Keep in mind prior to going on the disabled list, Gyorko hit .312 with a .535 slugging percentage and .894 OPS in 43 games. Prior to that hot streak, Gyorko opened the season batting .210 with a .258 slugging percentage in 17 games and look how he rewarded patient Fantasy owners following his slow start.
Gyorko has the talent to be an impact bat down the stretch for Fantasy owners, so if you can afford to stash him on your bench while he works on his swing, then do so.
Since returning to the lineup July 12, Gyorko is batting .093 (4 for 43) with one RBI and 13 strikeouts. He has no extra-base hits.
Gyorko started the final three games of the Giants series and made it through each game unscathed. Sadly, Gyorko was hitless in 11 at-bats and struck out four times. He reached base just once as he was hit by a pitch during Tim Lincecum's no-hit bid Saturday.
Prior to going on the disabled list, Gyorko hit .330 (34 for 103) over a 25-game span from May 14-June 9. He had five home runs, eight doubles, 13 RBI and 23 runs in that span.
Gyorko, who has hit .284/.341/.461 with eight home runs and 25 RBI in 232 at-bats, has been out since June 9.
"(He) ran the bases yesterday at full throttle and will do it again today," Black said. "(He) will hopefully be playing with our Class A club (Wednesday)."
"He feels as though he's up to 85-90 percent as far as his running," Black said. "So again, he's feeling very confident about playing, hopefully in a Minor League game in the middle of [next] week."
Gyorko suffered a setback during his previous attempt at a rehab assignment, when he exited his first game at the end of June with an aggravation. It is not yet clear whether he will be back in the majors before the All-Star break.
"There's no definitive plan for Jedd playing any games soon with the next handful of days," Padres manager Bud Black told MLB.com. "We've got to get the leg back to feeling obviously 100 percent, because we don't need to see what happened last week. We don't need to see that happen again."
Gyorko left his first rehab game Wednesday after tweaking the groin.
Gyorko plans to take grounders and swing during batting practice Sunday, according to MLB.com. He generally feels better in the field than at the plate or running the bases.
"I can still feel it a little bit, but I think it's definitely getting better," Gyorko said.
Gyorko was unwilling to put a timeline on his return from the injury, which landed him on the disabled list June 10.
The Padres initially hoped to activate Gyorko from the disabled list before he suffered a setback running the bases, which led to him being taken off his rehab assignment.
Gyorko has been sidelined since June 9.
Gyorko experienced tightness in his groin while trying to stretch out a single into a double in his first rehab at-bat. The Padres have listed his removal as "precautionary," according to the U-T San Diego. Gyorko has been out since June 9 due to this injury.
"If he comes out of those feeling well, and his leg has handled the two games we play him, there's a high probability that he'll be activated for the [Miami] series," Padres manager Bud Black told MLB.com Tuesday.
Gyorko has been out since June 9 due to this injury.
Gyorko has been out since June 10 with a groin strain. Manager Bud Black told MLB Network Radio that he expects Gyorko to rejoin the team Friday. Gyorko is hitting .284/.341/.461 in 232 at-bats.
"There's no timetable and no hard date on the calendar when you can expect Jedd [Gyorko]," manager Bud Black said, per MLB.com. "But hopefully it's within the next week."
"It feels pretty good, and we're getting there," Gyorko told U-T San Diego after the workout.
Gyorko has been out since June 10 due to a groin strain.
Gyorko did some work Tuesday, putting in time in the batting cages and infield, while sprinting in the outfield, the first time he was able to run at full speed. His workout Wednesday was a bit lighter, and the team plans to "ramp up" his workouts beginning Thursday.
"I hit on the field, took ground balls right at me. It feels good. The training staff has done a great job. It's feeling a lot better than it did the first four or five days," Gyorko said. "I turned some double plays, which was good. I took balls further to my left and right. I did some light sprint work in the outfield. It was good to pass that test. Hopefully I'll keep progressing."
Gyorko will likely need to go on a minor-league rehab assignment, though that is not a guarantee. Even if he does go down to the minors, it would likely be just a brief trip, given the relatively short time he has spent on the disabled list so far.
"I don't see any reason why I can't come back and pick up right where I left off. It might be tough to get that timing back right away, but hopefully that doesn't take too long," he said.
Prior to going on the disabled list, Gyorko hit .330 over a 25-game span from May 14-June 9, raising his season average from .248 to .284.
Padres manager Bud Black told a local radio station the team hopes Gyorko will need just the minimum 15 days before Gyorko can return from the injury.
"We're hoping when the 15 days are up he'll be ready," he said. "We're not sure though."
Gyorko finished 1 for 5 with two strikeouts before leaving. He is expected to be re-evaluated before Monday's game against the Braves. Gyorko is hitting .284 with eight home runs and 25 RBI in 60 games played.
Gyorko singled in the second, doubled in the third, singled again in the fifth and launched his eighth home run of the season in the seventh. He finished 4 for 5 and is hitting .429 (9 for 21) with two homers and four RBI in his last five games.
Since May 14, Gyorko is batting .313 (26 for 83) with a .518 slugging percentage, four home runs, five doubles, 11 RBI and 19 runs in his last 21 games.
Gyorko scored twice -- including the game-winning run --with a double and two RBI.
The rookie has a modest five-game hitting streak, during which he has a double, home run and four RBI. Gyorko is hitting .276 with 13 doubles, six home runs, 20 RBI and 28 runs scored.
Gyorko had a solo homer off Cardinals starting pitcher Tyler Lyons in the seventh inning for the first Padres' run. He added a single and a run scored in the ninth inning of a 5-3 loss. He finished with an RBI and two runs scored, while raising his batting average to .284.
Gyorko is hitting .424 with two home runs and four RBI over the last nine games.
Gyorko went 3 for 4 with a double and a run scored. The Padres managed just seven hits against St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright and reliever Carlos Martinez, and Gyorko's double was the only extra-base hit. Gyorko is hitting a robust .278/.347/.430.
Gyorko hit .247/.317/.323 in April but is hitting .310/.375/.586 in May. Gyorko was starting to show signs of effectiveness in late April, with eight hits in his final four games that month.
Fantasy owners may have dropped Gyorko after a poor start, but he seems to have turned things around. Gyorko is owned in 72 percent of leagues, but he's a must-add for owners who need help in the middle infield or at third base.
Before Quentin and Headley returned, the power production fell on Gyorko and Yonder Alonso. Just to throw a little more on his plate, Gyorko was playing in his first month of major-league baseball and was bouncing between third and second base (he is eligibile at both). But he has 150 plate appearances behind him, some big bats in the lineup, a steady role at second base and the chance to tap into his minor-league potential (55 home runs in 2011 and 2012 and a .319 average over 1,343 at-bats).
Gyorko's April may have turned some owners off, but he had a similar set of lineup circumstances to established slugger Giancarlo Stanton, yet never got the same, "well, his lineup sucks" excuses when he struggled early. Gyorko is owned in 67 percent of leagues but should see that number skyrocket as more Fantasy players take notice of his now-favorable situation.
Both of Gyorko's three-hit games have come in May. After managing one multi-hit game in his first 17 outings, Gyorko has six multi-hit games in his last 20 appearances.
He's batting .307 (23 for 75) in that span, raising his batting average from .210 to .263. He leads all rookies with 36 hits.
While a five game streak is typically nothing to get excited about, it was a promising sign for Gyorko. Gyorko was a popular Fantasy sleeper entering the season, but a slow start has caused his ownership rates to drop slightly. Gyorko is hitting .264/.328/.413 in 121 at-bats this year. His 20.1 percent strikeout rate could limit his average, as Scott White pointed out recently, but he's shown a solid plate discipline thus far.
While both are probably true to an extent -- a little extra seasoning couldn't hurt, and Gyorko probably isn't as good as his minor-league numbers make him appear -- the 24-year-old has shown with his recent hot streak that he's most likely here to stay. Over his last 11 games, he's batting .333 (18 for 54) with three home runs.
So what's my projection for him? While his poor plate discipline will likely keep his batting average in the .260 range, especially as he adjusts to the big-league level, Gyorko will provide more power than the average second baseman. I now rank him 16th at the position.
"[I'm] comfortable -- I'm seeing the ball pretty well for the most part," Gyorko said, per MLB.com. "I've just got to put more at-bats together. I've had the one or two at-bats that have hurt me the last couple games, but other than that, my at-bats have been solid."
Gyorko was primarily hitting fifth prior to Headley's return and that seemed to put a lot of pressure on the rookie to make an immediate impact. It showed in his numbers as Gyorko was batting just .210 as of April 21 and was a big disappointment in Fantasy.
Since April 22, however, Gyorko has moved down the lineup, batting no higher than sixth and primarily seventh. The results have been great. Gyorko is batting .326 (15 for 46) with a .522 slugging percentage in his last 12 games.
This has to be a great confidence booster for the young slugger and it could allow him to move into a more favorable RBI position again down the road. For now, though, I wouldn't expect San Diego to mess with success. But as Fantasy owners, we are just glad to see Gyorko turning the corner since plenty of us probably reached for him on Draft Day since we knew he had breakout potential.
Over his past 10 games, Gyorko has totaled 12 hits, including five doubles, to boost his average from .229 to .260. He also recorded his first home run of the season Wednesday against the Cubs.
Gyorko is batting just .233 with four extra-base hits, and he is still waiting for his first home run of the season, after slugging 30 in the minors a year ago. Di Fino thinks a large part of Gyorko's slow start is the result of a lack of protection in the lineup, as the Padres were missing arguably their two best hitters for long stretches of the first month.
With Gyorko's eligibility at second and third, it makes plenty of sense for owners to hang on to him and hope it does not take too long before he adjusts to major-league pitching. His potential is worth that much.
Gyorko went 2 for 4 with a double, and scored the team's only run. Gyorko has gotten off to a slow start this year, hitting .227/.307/.288.
However, Gyorko will now get to settle in at second base with Chase Headley back with the team. Gyorko played every inning of the Padres' first 15 games before being removed in the eighth inning Wednesday night, making nine starts at third base and six starts at second base and shifting from one position to the other in four games this season.
With Headley in the fold, Gyorko can focus on playing second base on a regular basis and try to improve on a .236/.328/.291 line.
One reason I have a lot of faith in Gyorko is because of his patience at the plate. Here's a guy that had a .385 on-base percentage in the minors and has drawn six walks in 11 games to begin his MLB career. Gyorko is seeing first-pitch strikes at 55.6 percent, according to FanGraphs.com, so he's getting into hitter's counts. But that's where he's coming up short.
Gyorko is 0 for 2 with two walks after going up 2-0 in the count, 1 for 7 (.143) with two walks after 2-1 and 0 for 1 with three walks after 3-1. Right now, Gyorko is just being patient and drawing walks, but once he starts to be more aggressive in hitter's counts, then we should start to see Gyorko start to live up to his potential.
Dillon Gee gave up a run in the fourth inning after one-out singles by Mark Kotsay and Yonder Alonso put runners on the corners. Gyorko, who made his major-league debut Monday, pulled a 1-2 changeup over the third-base bag.
Gyorko is batting .250 (3 for 12) with two strikeouts through three games.
Gyorko went 1 for 4 in his debut against the Mets, striking out once, doubling, and leaving four men on base. He hit .257 this spring, with five doubles and four home runs, and carried a .319 average across three years in the minors, hitting 55 total home runs in the last two seasons.
A stud in the making, if you're not a Gyorko owner, perhaps you should hope for more time exclusively at third and a string of 1-for-4 games with no power, as an owner with an itchy trigger finger may want to dump him for a flash-in-the-pan waiver wire option. It's only a matter of time -- Memorial Day, maybe? -- until he becomes a top-10 second baseman.
The move was a formality, as we've known for a few weeks that Gyorko will be in the Padres' starting lineup. He'll be shifting between second and third base until Chase Headley returns from a thumb injury, when he'll move to second base full time.
With Logan Forsythe also injured, the Padres will use a platoon system to cover second base and third base. Against a left-handed pitcher, Gyorko will start at second base with Cody Ransom at third base. Against righties, Gyorko will start at third base with Alexi Amarista at second base. Gyorko was primarily a third baseman in the minors, as he started 223 of his 271 minor-league games there.
Gyorko was expected to win the job at second base before Headley went down. Now that Headley will miss 4-6 weeks, Gyorko and Logan Forsythe should see time at second and third.
Gyorko has produced solid numbers this spring, and has worked on making the defensive conversion to second base. While the team could move him back to third while Headley is out, it may be more beneficial for him to gain more experience at second.
That's not quite good enough for me to give him a 12-team mixed league auction value, as he slots in just behind Lonnie Chisenhall, Manny Machado and Matt Carpenter in the third base rankings. Bear in mind, though, that the projection is pretty conservative in terms of power. Gyorko broke out at Triple-A Tucson, which is not especially power-friendly as far as Pacific Coast League parks go, and his 92 games there could portend a better near-term future than his projections suggest. It's a stretch to draft Gyorko before the late rounds in a standard mixed league, and it's something of a gamble to take him as an endgame pick, but there is a potential payoff if you give him a shot in those formats.
1. Gyorko will start the year with only third base eligibility in Fantasy, so make sure you have another MI/2B option for the first week or two.2. If Gyorko starts off slowly, there Padres have other options at second base, including Logan Forsythe and Alexi Amarista (assuming Everth Cabrera starts at short).
Still, Gyorko's exciting and has a ton of power, and has vaulted into mixed league consideration.


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Still don't agree with it. I feel that's covering bad habbits with more bad habbits. Most often then not new riders on 4-stroke dirt bikes have a MAJOR issue with downhill because of engine braking. They continue to use this and act as if it's required. They remain slow. I know life's not about the race, but learning where improvements can be made make big differences.
Go down a hill and engine brake. Now, pull in the clutch. Yes, you pick up speed but skills like brake balance should be learnt. NEVER just use one brake. Always brake with both. Those that don't use front brakes often come from road bikes or harley's. Sport bike riders often don't use their rear brakes. Both are wrong.
Two wheel slides are controllable even while standing. You don't learn if you don't try. Then again, around here you learn to sink or swim real quick.
Learning involves mistakes. Learn from mistakes. Instead of bull dogging down, when safe, givver shit. Roost around corners, lock up your front tire on wet grass going straight. Push the locked tire going straight. Slide into and around corners with the rear locked. Try things. Before long you'll realise you learn to fall. Falling properly is a learnt reaction.
These are all techniques to learn. Know the limits of your bike then learn to control it within those limits. Learn to let off the brakes in a downhill and absorb bumps, then brake hard in sections where braking allows. Play off obstacles. Don't always take the easy line, ESPECIALLY when there are slower riders. Use this opprounity to learn and push skills. ALWAYS LOOK AHEAD. You should know what your next moves are. Don't focus on a rock step. Plan what you are going to do after gasing (yes, gas DOWNHILL, to remain neutral) then where you'll scrub speed, etc.
Downhill's are some of my favourite. They are also times where I catch most people. I've seen countless newer riders have trouble with downhills but also seen those who try make massive improvements, quickly.
Since I'm rambling, learn to wheelie. You don't have to hold a standup wheelie for a mile, but learn to pop the wheel. This is the single biggest skill that can save you HUGE. Not only in panic manuevers, but jumping ruts, root sections, rock sections, step downs, etc. When you don't have a front wheel on the ground, it can't deflect. Most riders panic because the front will skip over, especially in roots, ruts, and downed trees. Once you can pop the front you can also learn to jump trees. Jump multiple trees. It becomes fun!
At the end of the day, you learn by trying. Find out what works for yourself. You don't even have to go for a "ride", just play around staging areas with obstacles. Repetition is one of the best ways to get better.
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A sequel to Need Is Not Always Enough, A whole Other Story follows what happened between the end of the story and the epilogue! Harry and Hermione are together and happy, but they're struggling Ron presents further upheavels in their own relationship.
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Thanks to Lily Potter 85 for the banner. Ron leave's Hermione for Lavender, Hermione take's drastic action to move on and decides to leave the life and the people who love her. Harry does not take the news well and despite his protest's that he needs her and always will, Hermione is adamnant the his need is no longer enough. When she returns a few years later Harry's world is turned upside down, 20,000+ READS!!
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The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), a California trade association, wants you to have less information about pesticide residues on the fruits and vegetables you buy. That's not too surprising; since the Alliance represents more than 50 large produce growers and marketers and the suppliers who sell them pesticides and fertilizer.Read More
Recent government-sponsored tests at more than a dozen California farms found that organic strawberries were tastier and more nutritious than conventionally grown berries. On top of that, the organic berries had longer shelf life and left the soil in better condition.Read More
With its new blog, Mission Organic Made Easy, the Boulder, Colo.-based Organic Center (TOC) delivers on its promise to communicate all the good reasons to eat food devoid of harmful agrichemicals and to use natural products untainted by toxic chemicals.Read More
Over the past decade, organic produce sales have soared from 3 percent of the retail produce market in the U.S. in 2000 to nearly 11 percent last year, to $9.5 billion. According to surveys by the Organic Trade Association, organic produce's precipitous trajectory barely slowed when the global financial crisis took hold in late 2008.Read More
Well, as we do each year, EWG released (on June 19) the latest Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce and as we suspected, eaters around the country are still concerned about high levels of toxic pesticide residue on their fruits and veggies.Read More
Methyl iodide: it's listed as a human carcinogen, is considered a neurotoxin and has been linked to late-term miscarriages. Now the state of California is poised to let farmers spray it on the state's strawberry fields - fields that provide over 85% of the US crop.Read More
The smell of lawn chemicals is as dependable a harbinger of spring as robins and lilacs. Not in big parts of Canada, where many municipalities and provinces have opted to abolish the cosmetic use of pesticides on the grounds that the links between pesticide exposure and childhood cancer are too troubling to ignore. So, how come we're still using them?Read More
People may know that organic produce is a better bet - for our heath and the environment, yet only about 2% of U.S. food sales are organic. Yes, a paltry 2 percent.Read More
Dr. Andrew Weil, renowned medical expert on natural health and wellness, tells why and how he uses the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists from EWG's Shoppers Guide to Pesticides. As he says, "We should all be taking action to minimize our exposure to pesticides, including residues of pesticides on foods we eat."
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It's hardly news that pesticides can be dangerous and are very worth avoiding - both for your health and the environment.Read More
Clearly, the only criterion Forbes magazine uses when determining which U.S. corporation wins its yearly "Company of the Year" title must be profit. That's the only way to explain how a company as notorious as Monsanto could possibly get the nod for 2009 from the mag, which proclaims itself "The Capitalist Tool."Read More
The lowdown on the 2000 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce.Read More
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55 CHAPTER 5 Long-Term Data Collection Plan 5.1 General 7. Identify the relationship between impact angle and crash severity for longitudinal barriers. These data would con- The primary goal of the current study is to identify the dis- tribute to the refinement of B/C analysis tools that in turn tribution of impact conditions--including speed, angle, and would be useful in identifying optimum flare rates for vehicle orientation--of serious injury and fatal ran-off-road longitudinal barriers. crashes. However, there remain many other questions and 8. Identify the effects of curbs, ditches, and other terrain issues that need to be addressed, some of which are as follows: irregularities placed in front of safety hardware on the pro- bability of injury during a crash. 1. Identify distributions of impact conditions--including speed, angle, and vehicle orientation--as a function of This list of questions and issues is by no means exhaustive, highway functional class. These data would provide inputs but it serves to illustrate the many unanswered questions that for benefit/cost (B/C) analysis codes and development of can be addressed with in-depth crash data. The database cre- hardware performance-level selection guidelines. ated from the current study may provide answers to some of 2. Develop a link between occupant compartment deforma- these questions, but the sample size and the level of detail tion and occupant risk in ran-off-road crashes. These data would limit its applications. There remains a need for a long- would be helpful in establishing intrusion limits for crash term effort to collect in-depth data on single-vehicle, ran-off- testing guidelines. The magnitude and location of intrusion road crashes in a continuous and systematic manner. would need to be identified in order to establish reasonable This long-term data collection effort will require a sponsor- limits. ing agency with continuing funding sources. The sponsoring 3. Quantify the occupant risk associated with partial rollovers agency would ideally be national in scope and have sufficient by vehicle class. Large trucks are allowed to roll 90 degrees resources to provide the needed funding on a long-term basis. during a crash test, but the test is deemed a failure if a small One possible sponsoring agency is the FHWA. However, given car or a light truck rolls 90 degrees. Data correlating degree the situation with the research budget in recent years, it is of rollover with occupant injury would be helpful. unlikely that the FHWA will sponsor such a long-term data 4. Establish a link between impact conditions and probability collection effort. Another alternative is to establish a multi- of injury for common safety features and roadside hazards. state pooled fund study, similar to the Mid-States Pooled Fund These data would provide a link between crash conditions Program administered by the Nebraska Department of Roads. and accident severity that would be invaluable in refining While this is a viable approach, the required funding per year B/C analysis techniques. and the commitment for a long-term effort may be too much 5. Identify distribution of all vehicle trajectories. These data for individual states to handle. could be used to incorporate curvilinear paths into the The most logical choice is for AASHTO to sponsor the Roadside Safety Analysis Program (RSAP) and to develop effort and the program to be administered through NCHRP. guardrail length-of-need calculation procedures. There is no question that AASHTO and NCHRP have the 6. Identify the effects of roadside slopes on vehicle trajectories. required organization and resources to carry out this long- This information would contribute to the refinement of term data collection effort. For example, this current study B/C analysis tools and the development of length-of-need was requested by the AASHTO Technical Committee on calculations. Roadside Safety (TCRS) and administered through NCHRP.


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|Report: Yankees will not pursue Jon Lester, Max Scherzer, James Shields, Pablo Sandoval
|11.04.14 at 10:59 am ET
It's no secret the Red Sox will be very active this offseason in their pursuit of free agents.
Usually the Yankees are as well, but according to a N.Y. Daily News report, the Yankees have no plans to target four free agents the Red Sox could be potentially going after — Jon Lester, Max Scherzer, James Shields and Pablo Sandoval.
The report says the Yankees are interested in bringing back two of their own free agents in pitcher Brandon McCarthy and third baseman Chase Headley. Since they were traded to the Yankees during the season both players cannot be offered a qualifying offer. McCarthy went 7-5 with a 2.59 ERA in 14 starts after being traded to the Yankees from the Diamondbacks, while Headley hit .262 with six home runs and 17 RBI in 58 games after coming over from San Diego.
The reason why the Yankees might be shying away from those four big-names is the $450 million the team spent on Masahiro Tanaka, Carlos Beltran and Jacoby Ellsbury as free agents last offseason.
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|Friday's Red Sox-Royals matchups: Clay Buchholz vs. James Shields
|07.18.14 at 8:29 am ET
The Red Sox will kick off the second half of the 2014 season Friday when they host the Royals for a three-game set at Fenway Park. Boston will send Clay Buchholz to the mound against James Shields in the series opener.
Buchholz (4-5, 5.42 ERA) turned in his best outing of the season Sunday against the Astros, securing a three-hit shutout while striking out a career-high 12 batters en route to a 11-0 Red Sox victory.
Buchholz, who only needed 109 pitches to complete the shutout, is 2-1 with a 2.73 ERA in four starts since returning from the disabled list June 25 after missing about a month with a hyperextended left knee.
"Today was reminiscent of the first half of last year before he went on the disabled list," Red Sox manager John Farrell said after the game. "Very much in control and could go to any one of four pitches at any time in the count."
Buchholz credited his ability to utilize all four of his pitches as the biggest key to his success as of late.
"It's night and day," Buchholz said of being able to throw all of his pitches. "It's tough going out in a big league baseball game and having two pitches. I've done a lot of work to get command of those pitches and it's finally paying off a little bit."
Buchholz was dominant in his last against the Royals on April 20, 2013, surrendering two earned runs in eight innings of work. In five career starts against Kansas City, Buchholz is 4-1 with a 2.20 ERA.
Shields (9-5, 3.65 ERA) is coming off of another strong performance on Saturday against the Tigers, allowing two earned runs in seven innings while striking out eight batters. Despite Shield's great outing, the Royals lost, 5-1. The Royals are 6 1/2 games behind the Tigers in the AL Central.
|Sunday's Red Sox-Royals matchups: John Lackey vs. James Shields
|08.11.13 at 8:47 am ET
The Red Sox-Royals contest Sunday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, the finale of a four-game weekend set, features a pair of starters in the form of right-handers John Lackey and James Shields who probably could empathize with each other. They both have had strong seasons ' Lackey owning a 3.21 ERA and 1.21 WHIP, Shields 3.36 and 1.27 marks ' but don't exactly get the offensive support they might appreciate.
The Red Sox average 3.33 runs in games Lackey starts, while the Royals put up 4.03 in games Shields pitches.
There was no greater example of that than Lackey's most recent start, Monday's 2-0 loss to the lowly Astros. Lackey tossed six innings of two-run ball while mostly scattering eight hits and two walks and striking out 10, his second-highest total all season.
The team survived a bit of a scare in the second when Lackey rolled his ankle fielding a slow bouncer off the bat of Matt Dominguez, who was out at first on the play. Lackey shook it off and went on to pitch four more solid innings, only to take the tough-luck loss after throwing 113 pitches.
'John had very good stuff, got some key strikeouts when he needed to,' manager John Farrell said to the media afterward. 'Obviously when a guy goes down making a play, you've got immediate concern. We continued to monitor it closely every pitch he threw, every inning he went through. There's no question he pitches with a lot of heart. He never wants to come out of a game. Unfortunately, he pitches on a day we come up on the short end.'
Overall, Lackey arguably has been the Red Sox' best starter throughout 2013, but he has seen a dip in his effectiveness since he last won a game July 12. In four starts since, he has an ERA nearing five while allowing opponents a .330 average and .851 OPS, raising his season ERA from 2.78 to 3.21.
|Saturday's Red Sox-Royals matchups: Clay Buchholz vs. James Shields
|04.20.13 at 11:12 am ET
Following Friday's postponement due to the Boston Marathon bombing suspect manhunt, the Red Sox will open up a 10-game homestand Saturday, facing a very familiar pitcher in Royals right-hander James Shields. Clay Buchholz will try to continue his remarkable start to the 2013 season in the Sox' first game in front of the Fenway faithful since the horrific Boston Marathon bombings on Monday afternoon.
Through three starts this season, Buchholz is 3-0 with a 0.41 ERA and has only allowed 11 hits in 22 innings. On Sunday, Buchholz went eight shutout innings, allowing only two hits and four walks while striking out a career-high 11 batters, in a 5-0 win over the Rays. The right-hander's no-hit bid was broken up by a Kelly Johnson single in the eighth inning.
"It's fun to go out and pitch when you have all your pitches working," Buchholz said. "It doesn't happen every day. Probably five times a season for a starting pitcher."
Buchholz is 3-1 with a 2.19 ERA in his career vs. the Royals. In 24 2/3 career innings, he has 17 strikeouts. The Sox have won the first game in each of their first five series this young season and will look to continue the impressive streak Saturday.
Shields enters Saturday's start at 1-2 with a 3.43 ERA. He has allowed 20 hits and just three walks in 21 innings while striking out 20. Shields, along with Wade Davis, was traded from the Rays to the Royals during the offseason in exchange for highly touted prospect Wil Myers and others.
The Royals enter Saturday's game at 8-6. They have gone 4-4 on the road. In Shields' most recent start, he pitched a complete game against the Blue Jays, allowing thee runs on two hits, one of them a two-run home run to Jose Bautista. That hit proved costly, as the Royals fell 3-2.
"He pitched a great ball game," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "He threw 115 pitches, and if he could take one back, it would probably be the curveball to Bautista. He just got it up a little bit, and he's one of the strongest guys in the league and he ended up hitting a two-run homer off it."
During his time with the Rays, Shields had a very tough time against the Sox at Fenway, going 2-9 with a 5.86 ERA in 11 career starts. Dustin Pedroia has had the most success against Shields, with 16 hits, including two home runs. The only Royals hitter with any kind of success against Buchholz is Alex Gordon, who has three hits and a home run in four at-bats.
|Friday's Red Sox-Royals matchups: Clay Buchholz vs. James Shields
|04.19.13 at 10:09 am ET
The Red Sox will open up a 10-game homestand Friday, facing a very familiar pitcher in Royals right-hander James Shields. Clay Buchholz will try to continue his remarkable start to the 2013 season in the Sox' first game in front of the Fenway faithful since the horrific Boston Marathon bombings on Monday afternoon.
Through three starts this season, Buchholz is 3-0 with a 0.41 ERA and has only allowed 11 hits in 22 innings. On Sunday, Buchholz went eight shutout innings, allowing only two hits and four walks while striking out a career-high 11 batters, in a 5-0 win over the Rays. The right-hander's no-hit bid was broken up by a Kelly Johnson single in the eighth inning.
"It's fun to go out and pitch when you have all your pitches working," Buchholz said. "It doesn't happen every day. Probably five times a season for a starting pitcher."
Buchholz is 3-1 with a 2.19 ERA in his career vs. the Royals. In 24 2/3 career innings, he has 17 strikeouts. The Sox have won the first game in each of their first five series this young season and will look to continue the impressive streak Friday.
Shields enters Friday's start at 1-2 with a 3.43 ERA. He has allowed 20 hits and just three walks in 21 innings while striking out 20. Shields, along with Wade Davis, was traded from the Rays to the Royals during the offseason in exchange for highly touted prospect Wil Myers and others.
The Royals enter Friday's game at 8-6. They have gone 4-4 on the road. In Shields' most recent start, he pitched a complete game against the Blue Jays, allowing thee runs on two hits, one of them a two-run home run to Jose Bautista. That hit proved costly, as the Royals fell 3-2.
"He pitched a great ball game," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "He threw 115 pitches, and if he could take one back, it would probably be the curveball to Bautista. He just got it up a little bit, and he's one of the strongest guys in the league and he ended up hitting a two-run homer off it."
During his time with the Rays, Shields had a very tough time against the Sox at Fenway, going 2-9 with a 5.86 ERA in 11 career starts. Dustin Pedroia has had the most success against Shields, with 16 hits, including two home runs. The only Royals hitter with any kind of success against Buchholz is Alex Gordon, who has three hits and a home run in four at-bats.
|Right pitcher at the right price: Why Ryan Dempster was a good fit for the Red Sox
|12.13.12 at 12:01 pm ET
The Red Sox entered the offseason in need of at least one additional starter. But while sifting through options, sticker shock — whether in prospects or dollars/years — seemed a likely outcome.
That being the case, the Sox ended up pleasantly surprised to add right-hander Ryan Dempster — one of the more reliable pitchers on the market, and one who won't cost the team a draft pick — for just two years, albeit on a top-of-the-market rate of $26.5 million ($13.25 million per year). The deal (first reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports and confirmed by multiple industry sources) does not include any options.
At 35, Dempster represents something of a risk as he's at a stage in his career when performance decline and/or diminished durability become concerns. Even so, the fact that he was open to a two-year deal and didn't require a draft pick moved Dempster to the front of the line in terms of the pitchers whom the Sox wanted.
After all, Zack Greinke was clearly going to cost more in dollars and years than the team would consider a reasonable investment, particularly given that he never expressed any enthusiasm for Boston. The team might have been interested in Anibal Sanchez — the 28-year-old Tigers right-hander who, because he was traded in the middle of the 2012 season, could not receive a one-year qualifying offer from Detroit and thus would not cost a draft pick — but upon making the determination that he would get more than four years, the team's enthusiasm for him vanished, particularly given that he has never delivered as many as 200 innings in a season and that his 3.72 ERA over the last four years was in no small part a product of playing in a tremendous pitcher's park. Kyle Lohse will probably receive more than two years, and he'll cost the team that signs him a draft pick. Edwin Jackson will likely command more than two years; at the least, if he's going to settle for a one- or two-year deal, it won't be until late in the offseason that he'd sign, so the team would run the risk of being shut out of a promising short-term deal if it passed on Dempster.
An industry source said last week that the Red Sox have expressed interest in the veteran, who was 12-8 with a 3.38 ERA in 173 innings in 2012 with the Cubs and Rangers, though he went 7-3 with a 5.09 ERA after Texas acquired him at the trade deadline. Though 35, Dempster has been durable with a strong track record since moving from the bullpen to the rotation with the Cubs in 2008. Over the last five years, he's averaged 199 innings a year (2012, in fact, was the first time in that span during which he'd failed to log 200 innings) with a 65-49 record and 3.74 ERA.
Dempster is 3-1 with a 4.02 ERA in his career against the Sox, including 2-0 with 13 2/3 shutout innings in two starts against Boston (one while with the Cubs, another with the Rangers) last year. He was also dominant in a start against Baltimore last year, allowing one run in eight innings en route to a victory, but got hammered by the Yankees for eight runs in six innings in a loss. In five career starts in New York, he's 0-4 with a 7.62 ERA, though given that three of those starts took place more than a decade ago, it's fair to ask the degree to which that career line is salient.
Even so, there are questions about how Dempster will fare in his transition from the National League to the AL, particularly given that his ERA more than doubled, from 2.25 with the Cubs to 5.09 with the Rangers, after he relocated at the trade deadline.
One major league source suggested that the Sox should — and likely do — have "modest expectations" for the veteran, describing him as the best option available on a relatively short-term deal that permits the team to minimize risk, rather than a true impact starter who can transform a rotation.
"He'll carve up weaker lineups and will be a positive clubhouse guy," said the source. "[But it's] hard to expect much against the deeper lineups and I don't think [the Sox] do." Read the rest of this entry »
|Hot Stove: Royals manager Ned Yost on Wil Myers rumors and KC's pursuit of a starter
|12.03.12 at 5:45 pm ET
Royals manager Ned Yost suggested that outfielder Wil Myers — Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year in 2012 after hitting 37 homers in Double-A and Triple-A as a 21-year-old — reminds him of a young Dale Murphy, the former Braves center fielder and two-time NL MVP. He suggested that like Murphy, Myers has 30-plus homer potential. Kansas City plans to let him compete for an everyday job in spring training.
That said, in the aftermath of reports (including from WEEI.com's Rob Bradford) last week that had the Royals considering trade proposals that would send Myers elsewhere for a front-of-the-rotation starter such as Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester or Tampa Bay's James Shields, Yost also acknowledged that the Royals are open to the possibility of trading top prospects for a pitcher who can anchor their starting staff.
"Absolutely," Yost said of the possibility of trading a top prospect for a starter. "But I can give you like nine more scenarios. … We're looking at all of our options. We feel like we're really close to being able to compete, and we're looking at every option that we can. [Royals GM Dayton Moore has] worked really hard over the last five years to fill our minor league system with tremendous prospects that we can use for situations like this. We're looking at a bunch of different options. One may work out; none may work out. We're just going to do what's best for our organization.
"Starting pitching, can't have enough of it," he added. "I'd like to have as much as I can get. But at what cost? That's important to me."
For now, Yost said, he felt no need to talk to Myers about his spot in the rumor mill.
"We're talking about stuff, just like all organizations are, we've been locked up in our room, going over 90 different scenarios with 40 different players," said Yost. "They're just rumors right now."
|Trade Deadline: Dodgers, Rangers reportedly join Angels in hunt for Rays P James Shields
|07.26.12 at 1:05 pm ET
The Angels' AL West-rival Rangers as well as their crosstown-rival Dodgers have joined the trade talks for Rays starting pitcher James Shields, according to CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman.
Heyman said that all three teams have proposed trades to the Rays, but Tampa Bay is looking for a more enticing offer. He also reported that the Angels discussed a package including young center fielder Peter Bourjos, who hasn't played much because of the emergence of sensational rookie Mike Trout.
According to Heyman, the Rangers also are interested in Zack Greinke and Josh Johnson, while the Dodgers remain high on Ryan Dempster and possibly Matt Garza as well.
Shields, 30, has a $9 million team option for 2013 and a $12 million team option for 2014. He's 8-6 with a 4.39 ERA this season.
|Sunday's Red Sox-Rays matchups: Josh Beckett vs. James Shields
|07.15.12 at 7:27 am ET
On Sunday afternoon the Red Sox look to begin shaking off their first-half mediocrity with a series win over division rival Tampa Bay.
This year, just as last, Josh Beckett's first post-All-Star break start comes against the Rays. However, that's where the similarities to 2011 end. Last season, Beckett entered the All-Star break with an 8-3 record and a 2.27 ERA while the Sox already had recorded 55 wins, putting them 20 games over .500.
This year, Beckett limped into the break at just 4-7, with an ERA of 4.43. In his last outing, on July 6, the big righty was roughed up by the by the Yankees, giving up six runs on eight hits over just five innings.
If history is any indication of what to expect from Beckett in the second half, there is good news and bad for Sox fans. Let's start with the bad: Over the last three seasons, the 32-year-old has been significantly worse post-All-Star break, as his ERA jumps nearly a full run, from 3.57 to 4.41, while opponent batting average spikes from .227 to .263.
The good news is that Beckett has pitched quite well at Tropicana Field. Over the last three seasons, Beckett is 1-1 with a 3.58 ERA in four games in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the Rays are hitting a measly .184. His ratio of 29 strikeouts to three walks in those games is also among his best at any park.
Also good news for Beckett and the Sox: Tampa Bay has one of the worst offenses in the league, and against Beckett the Rays are even worse. In 223 plate appearances, this edition of the Rays is hitting just .213 with 44 hits and 55 strikeouts. One exception is Luke Scott, who has 11 hits in 27 at-bats (.407), including three home runs, along with eight RBIs and five walks.
Starting opposite Beckett is James Shields. The 30-year-old righty has an impressive 8-5 record, but his ERA has climbed to 4.17 while the Rays are just 3-5 in his last eight starts.
Shields throws a fastball, changeup, curveball and slider and relies heavily on his offspeed pitches. In fact, Shields throws his fastball just 43 percent of the time, which makes some sense given opponents are hitting .316 against it.
In the 13 games he's played against Boston over the last three years, Shields is 5-8 with a 4.33 ERA. Boston's current lineup is hitting a collective .270 in 225 plate appearances, with eight home runs and 30 RBIs. Half of those RBIs come from David Ortiz, whose 15 hits include nine doubles and three home runs.
|Monday's Red Sox-Rays matchups: Daniel Bard vs. James Shields
|04.16.12 at 6:33 am ET
Heading into Monday's early Patriots' Day matchup at Fenway Park are two pitchers with wildly different track records against their opponents. Boston's Daniel Bard is making only his second career major league start and has only pitched 18 career innings against the Rays. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay's James Shields comes in as an established starter coming off a career year and has made 21 career starts against the Red Sox.
The Red Sox will be going for the four-game sweep of the Rays as they finish up the first series of their nine-game homestand. The stretch is a welcome change for the Sox after their calamitous 1-5 start, when the Sox struggled offensively and on the mound. The stretch raised serious question marks over the back end of the Red Sox bullpen and whether or not Bard should be moved into the closer spot following the injury to Andrew Bailey and early ineptitude of closer Alfredo Aceves and setup man Mark Melancon.
Now making his second start, Bard will enter the game with slightly less demand from the fan base that he be returned to the bullpen now that the Sox have started to right the ship. However, he will still have to prove with his performance that he belongs in the rotation. Fortunately for him, if past performance is any indicator, he is in good position to have success against the Rays.
During his limited experience against the Rays, Bard has been dominant. In his 18 appearances, Bard has recorded a 1.00 ERA, his fourth-best ERA against any AL team, while giving up just nine hits and six walks while striking out 17 over 18 innings. Of the nine current Rays he has faced, only Evan Longoria has multiple hits, while five other are hitless.
However, Bard's past performance against the Rays will have less impact on the game than his abilities as a starting pitcher. In his outing against the Blue Jays last week, Bard went five innings and gave up five runs on eight hits and a walk. After the game, though, Bard received rave reviews from manager Bobby Valentine, who claimed Bard was the victim of some tough hits dropping and some bad luck.
On the other side of the matchup, Shields has history with the Red Sox in spades. The 30-year-old right-hander comes in making his third start of the season, looking to follow up his stellar 2011 season when he went 16-12 with a 2.82 ERA, led the league with 11 complete games and four shutouts, made the All-Star team and came in third in AL Cy Young Award voting. Against the Red Sox in 2011, Shields was slightly less effective, going 2-3 with a 3.29 ERA, although he did have two complete games, including one shutout. Outside of last season, though, Shields' numbers against the Red Sox are far less impressive.
Over his first six seasons as a starter, Shields has gone 7-12 with a 4.61 ERA against the Red Sox, his third-worst mark against all AL opponents, trailing only Chicago and Minnesota. At Fenway Park, Shields' numbers only get worse, as his record drops to 1-9 and his ERA balloons to 6.75, with the lone win coming in 2010. In fact, Shields' ERA is higher at Fenway than at any other AL ballpark.
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