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 10/19/2015 MLB Note - Kansas City Royals Young, Chris
RHP Chris Young, primarily a reliever in the second half of the
season, will start for the Royals in Game 4 of the AL Championship
Series, manager Ned Yost announced Sunday. Young went 11-6 with a
3.06 ERA in the regular season. In his lone postseason appearance,
he gave up one run in four innings of relief in Game 1 of the AL
Division Series against the Houston Astros. "He's got really good
numbers against (the Blue Jays)," Yost said, explaining why he
selected Young over RHP Kris Medlen. "They're both great choices,
but, you know, Chris Young, his last two starts of the year were
really, really good for us. We feel like he gives us a good chance
to win."
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MLB Note - Texas Rangers Lewis, Colby
RHP Colby Lewis underwent left knee surgery Oct. 16 to repair a torn
meniscus. His status for the start of spring training was unknown.
Lewis, 36, is a pending free agent, and Rangers GM Jon Daniels said
the team is still interested in retaining the veteran despite the
operation. Lewis pitched with the knee injury during the second half
of the season. Overall this year, he went 17-9 with a 4.66 ERA in
204 2/3 innings.
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MLB Note - Texas Rangers Beltre, Adrian
3B Adrian Beltre played the second half of the season and the
postseason despite having a torn ligament in his left thumb, Rangers
GM Jon Daniels announced Oct. 16. Beltre hit .318/.376/.509 with 11
homers and 61 RBIs after the All-Star break -- all improvements on
his first-half figures -- even though he was dealing with the
ailment that sidelined him for 19 games in June. He will be
re-examined in October to determine if surgery is needed, Daniels
said. Even if Beltre undergoes an operation, he should be fully
healed in time for spring training, according to the GM.
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MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Hendricks, Kyle
RHP Kyle Hendricks will look to keep the Cubs from falling into a
three games to none hole in the National League Championship Series
on Tuesday night, when he takes the mound in Game 3 against the Mets
at Wrigley Field. This will be the second postseason start for
Hendricks. He didn't factor into the decision in Game 2 of the NL
Division Series against the Cardinals on Oct. 10, when he gave up
three runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven over 4
2/3 innings in the Cubs' 6-3 win. Hendricks won his lone
regular-season start against the Mets this season on June 30, when
he tossed six shutout innings of three-hit ball in the Cubs' 1-0
victory at Citi Field.
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MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Arrieta, Jake
RHP Jake Arrieta picked a bad time for his worst start in four
months. Arrieta took the loss Sunday, when he allowed four runs on
four hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings
as the Cubs fell to the Mets 4-1 in Game 2 of the NL Championship
Series. It was the second consecutive start in which Arrieta allowed
four runs and his shortest outing since June 16. Arrieta recorded a
1.14 ERA in 21 starts from late June through the NL wild-card game.
In addition, the loss was his first since July 25, when the Cubs
were no-hit by then-Phillies LHP Cole Hamels. Arrieta is in line to
start Game 6 if the Cubs can extend the series that long.
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MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Hammel, Jason
RHP Jason Hammel is in line to start for the Cubs in Game 4 of the
NL Championship Series. Manager Joe Maddon said Sunday afternoon
that he won't officially commit to Hammel in case the veteran is
needed in relief in Game 3 Tuesday but that "if we don't have to use
Jason, it will be him." Hammel started the decisive Game 4 of the NL
Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals but didn't factor
into the decision when he was lifted after allowing two runs over
three innings in the Cubs' 6-4 win.
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MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Bryant, Kris
3B Kris Bryant recorded the Cubs' only RBI in Game 2 of the NL
Championship Series on Sunday, when his sixth-inning double scored
CF Dexter Fowler in a 4-1 loss to the Mets. Bryant finished 2-for-4
in his second multi-hit game of the playoffs. Even with the two
multi-hit games, he is batting just .185 (5-for-27) with one homer
and three RBIs in seven playoff games.
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MLB Note - New York Mets deGrom, Jacob
RHP Jacob deGrom will look to help the Mets take a commanding three
games to none lead in the NL Championship Series on Tuesday night,
when he takes the mound in Game 3 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
DeGrom won both his starts in the NL Division Series against the
Dodgers, including the decisive Game 5 on Thursday in which he
allowed two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out
seven over six innings in the Mets' 3-2 victory. He allowed both
runs in the first but held the Dodgers hitless in their last 12
plate appearances with a runner in scoring position. DeGrom was 0-2
with a 6.10 ERA in two starts against the Cubs this season.
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MLB Note - New York Mets Uribe, Juan
INF Juan Uribe took ground balls during batting practice Sunday
prior to the Mets' 4-1 win over the Cubs in Game 2 of the NL
Championship Series. It was the first baseball activity for Uribe
since he aggravated a chest contusion while swinging the bat in a
game against the Reds on Sept. 25. Uribe has not been on the Mets'
roster for either the NL Division Series or NL Championship Series.
He batted .219 with six homers and 20 RBIs in 44 games for the Mets,
who acquired him from the Braves on July 24, and .253 with 14 homers
and 53 RBIs in 119 games overall this season between the Mets,
Braves and Dodgers.
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MLB Note - New York Mets Murphy, Daniel
2B Daniel Murphy continued his blistering run Sunday, hitting his
fifth homer of the postseason as the Mets won Game 2 of the NLCS.
Murphy has homered in a franchise-record four consecutive playoff
games. The five homers tie the franchise record for career
postseason homers, set by Mike Piazza in 1999 and 2000 combined.
Four of Murphy's homers have come in 15 plate appearances against
the pitchers who are likely to finish in the top three in the NL Cy
Young Award voting -- Cubs RHP Jake Arrieta, Dodgers LHP Clayton
Kershaw and Dodgers RHP Zack Greinke. Those three combined to face
2,603 batters this season and give up 39 homers -- an average of one
homer per 67 plate appearances.
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MLB Note - New York Mets Familia, Jeurys
RHP Jeurys Familia set a Mets postseason record Sunday when he
earned the save by throwing a one-hit ninth inning to close out a
4-1 win over the Cubs. Familia's fourth save of these playoffs broke
the franchise record for postseason saves in a career previously
shared by Tug McGraw, Armando Benitez and Billy Wagner. In 7 2/3
innings this postseason, Familia has allowed no runs on just two
hits and one walk while striking out four.
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