Greetings, friends. We’re back for another baseball season. More importantly, we have a fun new series this year.
Welcome to the Daily Opener.
Every morning, I’ll be with you to recap the previous day of baseball and talk about what stood out to me. We’ll find fun stats. We’ll lament some injuries. We’ll take a peek at the day ahead. And we’ll have a few laughs.
Have questions or just want to talk baseball? Feel free to reach out on Twitter @mikeMaher with questions or feedback anytime.
Top Stories
- Tyler Stephenson takes batting practice on Wednesday
- Seiya Suzuki to begin rehab assignment Thursday
- Nick Lodolo to return to the rotation early next week
- Tyler Naquin to begin a rehab assignment Thursday
- Mookie Betts expected to return prior to All-Star break
- Jeremy Pena being evaluated for concussion
- Paul DeJong leaves Triple-A game after HBP
- Yordan Alvarez being evaluated for concussion
- German Marquez dealing with a cut on his thumb
- Max Scherzer throws 80 pitches in Wednesday rehab start
- Garrett Whitlock expected to join the bullpen when he returns
- Jazz Chisolm Jr. (back) placed on IL
- Jonathan Villar granted release from the Cubs
- Bryan Reynolds homers three times, drives in six during Wednesday’s win
Fun!
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— mike Maher. (@mikeMaher) June 30, 2022
Studs and Duds
Here are some of the best and worst performances from yesterday.
Studs (Pitchers)
- Justin Verlander – 8.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 K
- Mike Clevinger – 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 6 K
- Taijuan Walker – 7.1 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 K
- Shohei Ohtani – 5.2 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 11 K
- Kyle Wright – 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K
Studs (Hitters)
- Bryan Reynolds – 3-for-5, 3 HR, 6 RBI
- Rowdy Tellez – 2-for-4, 2 HR
- Alex Verdugo – 2-for-5, 4 RBI
- Steven Kwan – 3-for-4, 1 2B, 1 SB, 3 R
- Freddie Freeman – 2-for-4, 1 HR, 2 R
- Willson Contreras – 3-for-4, 1 HR, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Duds (Pitchers)
- Nick Vespi – 0.1 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 0 K
- Cole Irvin – 7 IP, 5 ER, 6 HG, 1 BB, 5 K
- German Marquez – 3.1 IP, 5 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 2 K
- Mitch Keller – 4 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, 4 BB
Duds (Hitters)
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 0-for-5, 3 K
- Dansby Swanson – 0-for-4, 3 K
- Yoan Moncada 0-for-4, 3 K
- Brandon Marsh – 0-for-3, 3 K
- Paul Goldschmidt – 0-for-4, 2 K
- Bo Bichette – 0-for-5, 2 K
- Tim Anderson – 0-for-5, 2 K
Dingers
Here is every player who hit a home run yesterday:
|
PLAYER
|
AB
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
BB
|
K
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
ROST%
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Bryan Reynolds (PIT – LF,CF) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .600 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.400 | 3.000 | 94% |
| 94 | Rowdy Tellez (MIL – 1B,DH) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 50% |
| 2 | Aaron Judge (NYY – CF,RF,DH) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.333 | 1.833 | 99% |
| 9 | Freddie Freeman (LAD – 1B) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.250 | 1.850 | 99% |
| 19 | George Springer (TOR – CF,DH,RF) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.133 | 99% |
| 39 | Giancarlo Stanton (NYY – LF,RF,DH) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.333 | 1.667 | 98% |
| 44 | Julio Rodriguez (SEA – CF,RF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 90% |
| 51 | Rhys Hoskins (PHI – 1B) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 90% |
| 57 | Willson Contreras (CHC – C,DH) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .800 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.000 | 2.800 | 98% |
| 71 | Will Smith (LAD – C,DH) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 99% |
| 73 | Brandon Drury (CIN – 2B,3B,DH,LF,RF) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 87% |
| 79 | Cody Bellinger (LAD – CF) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 88% |
| 88 | Alex Verdugo (BOS – LF,CF,RF) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.200 | 1.600 | 81% |
| 89 | Josh Naylor (CLE – 1B,RF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 40% |
| 100 | Brendan Rodgers (COL – 2B,SS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.750 | 2.500 | 58% |
| 127 | Max Kepler (MIN – CF,RF) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 50% |
| 132 | Avisail Garcia (MIA – RF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 35% |
| 148 | Christopher Morel (CHC – 2B,3B,CF) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.250 | 1.750 | 35% |
| 159 | Gio Urshela (MIN – 3B,SS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.250 | 1.750 | 28% |
| 161 | Adam Duvall (ATL – LF,CF,RF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 30% |
| 184 | Luis Urias (MIL – 2B,3B,SS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 43% |
| 186 | Alex Kirilloff (MIN – 1B,LF,RF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.750 | 2.500 | 29% |
| 202 | Yadiel Hernandez (WSH – DH,LF,RF) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.200 | 1.600 | 6% |
| 217 | Jace Peterson (MIL – 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.000 | 2.667 | 9% |
| 238 | Evan Longoria (SF – 3B,DH) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.667 | 2.417 | 4% |
| 251 | Daniel Vogelbach (PIT – 1B,DH) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.333 | 1.933 | 2% |
| 307 | Eric Haase (DET – C,DH,LF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 2% |
| 323 | Luis Rengifo (LAA – 2B,3B,RF,SS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.000 | 2.667 | 1% |
| 341 | Kyle Isbel (KC – CF,RF) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 0% |
| 417 | Leody Taveras (TEX – CF) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.667 | 2.333 | 0% |
| 428 | Jason Castro (HOU – C) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.250 | 1.750 | 0% |
Swipes
Here is every player who stole a base yesterday:
|
PLAYER
|
AB
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
BB
|
K
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
ROST%
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Randy Arozarena (TB – DH,LF,RF) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | 93% |
| 282 | Franchy Cordero (BOS – 1B,LF,RF) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .800 | .800 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1% |
| 61 | Amed Rosario (CLE – CF,LF,SS) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 65% |
| 65 | Tommy Pham (CIN – CF,DH,LF) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .650 | 55% |
| 110 | Steven Kwan (CLE – CF,LF,RF) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .750 | .800 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 27% |
| 227 | Keibert Ruiz (WSH – C) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.100 | 70% |
| 295 | Harold Ramirez (TB – 1B,CF,DH,LF,RF) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | 2% |
| 321 | Andrelton Simmons (CHC – 2B,SS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0% |
| 322 | Tyler Wade (LAA – 2B,3B,SS,CF) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | 2% |
| 369 | Edmundo Sosa (STL – 2B,3B,SS) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0% |
| 422 | Michael Harris II (ATL – CF) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .667 | 57% |
Arm Barn Report
Here is every player who recorded a save yesterday:
|
PLAYER
|
IP
|
K
|
W
|
QS
|
SV
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
ER
|
H
|
BB
|
HR
|
G
|
GS
|
L
|
CG
|
ROST%
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Josh Hader (MIL – RP) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99% |
| 54 | Raisel Iglesias (LAA – RP) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95% |
| 63 | Ryan Pressly (HOU – RP) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93% |
| 74 | Scott Barlow (KC – RP) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77% |
| 111 | Clay Holmes (NYY – RP) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87% |
| 118 | Gregory Soto (DET – RP) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66% |
| 120 | Will Smith (ATL – RP) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36% |
| 182 | Nick Martinez (SD – RP,SP) | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4% |
| 636 | Yerry De Los Santos (PIT – RP) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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