It’s not often that a Major League Baseball player will call out a teammate, especially not a superstar, but that’s exactly what happened Monday night. After a 5-1 loss to the Mets, Phillies’ pitcher Jake Arrieta — one of the team’s veterans — criticized Bryce Harper for throwing a fit about a bad strike zone and getting ejected earlier in the game. Elsewhere, the Red Sox got bad injury news, a position player might be the Orioles’ best pitcher, and good news for Jacob deGrom.
Jake Arrieta understands Bryce Harper’s value to the team. But maybe some of this should have been said in private?
“He’s got to understand, we need him in right field. I don’t care how bad the umpire is. He wasn’t great for either side. I’m out there trying to make pitches, he misses some calls. So what? We need him out there.”
– Jake Arrieta absolutely rips Bryce Harper after his ejection. pic.twitter.com/deGb4ndPMl
— DC (@DanClarkSports) April 23, 2019
It’s been a dismal start to the season for the defending champion Boston Red Sox. That changed somewhat over the weekend with a sweep of the Rays, but it came with bad injury news.
Elbow surgery for #RedSox righty Nathan Eovaldi could sideline him until June: https://t.co/MQPPEoNdI2 pic.twitter.com/CDZyuT9YQJ
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) April 22, 2019
Position players pitching is always fun, but it seems especially fun when a guy like Jesus Sucre pitches a 1-2-3 inning when his teammates — who are paid to get people out — had given up 12 runs in the previous eight innings.
#Orioles lose it 12-2. David Hess gets the loss, Hess, Tanner Scott and MIguel Castro each allow four runs. Another position player, Jesus Sucre pitched. He threw a 1-2-3 inning.
— Rich DubroffMLB (@RichDubroffMLB) April 23, 2019
Finally, some good injury news: It turns out Jacob deGrom isn’t seriously hurt and just had a bit of discomfort. He appears to be back in the fold for the Mets.
So far, the Jacob deGrom timeline, in like 18 hours, is:
1) strep throat
2) actually it’s his elbow
3) send him home for an MRI
4) actually we aren’t sending him, we’ll wait till Monday
5) ok actually forget it we don’t need an MRI at allTime is a flat circle
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) April 20, 2019
Unfortunately, not everyone is that lucky. Pirates pitcher Nick Burdi, who already had Tommy John surgery in 2017, had baseball’s latest cringeworthy injury.
We wish a speedy recovery to Nick Burdi 🙏 Tonight he sustained an arm injury and fell to the ground in pain. He fought all the way back from Tommy John surgery in 2017, and he is currently being evaluated. pic.twitter.com/qNTAQZt5KB
— The Dugout (@dugoutonline) April 23, 2019
TOP STORIES
• Jake Arrieta Was Quite Peeved At Bryce Harper For Getting Ejected | Deadspin
• Nathan Eovaldi needs elbow surgery as the Red Sox suffer another early season setback | CBS Sports
• O’s catcher Sucre pitches 1-2-3 9th on 9 pitches | ESPN.com
• MRI on deGrom’s elbow comes back clean | ESPN.com
• Pirates pitcher weeps on the mound after heartbreaking injury | USA Today
