2026 MLB Season

[Leonardfan]

Konnor Griffin is out 8-10 weeks with a torn tendon in his left ring finger, called the sagittal band. According to the article I read, it's a rare injury for a baseball player. It happened to White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson in August of 2022 and knocked him out for the rest of the season, and the former AL batting champion has since steadily declined. Griffin is hitting .276 with 5 HR and 25 RBIs and an OPS of .736.

Ryan O'Hearn hit 3 homers last night and set a club record with 10 RBIs. He's only the 17th player in MLB history to knock in 10 or more runs in a game. He's been a great addition to the Pirates, as has Brandon Lowe, who leads all 2B with 21 homers and 64 ribbies. He should have made the All Star team but didn't as Paul Skenes is the only Pittsburgh representative. Skenes is having an off-season and made the team mostly on reputation as Braxton Ashcraft has been the Pirates' best starter so far this season.

Hopefully Griffin bounces back and the injury is not long term. Shutting him down for the year isn't the worst thing IMO.

Mets OF Carson Benge had an unlikely comical homerun last night. Not sure if anyone caught it. Awful and embarrassing play by the Royals that just threw the ball around like it was a little league game.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/ten-thoughts-about-carson-benges-little-league-home-run/

 

[Carolina Speed]

Mets OF Carson Benge had an unlikely comical homerun last night.

Benge and fellow 21 year old Rookie AJ Ewing have been a little under the radar. Ewing just hit his 7th HR in 52 games. He bats leadoff and is hitting .278 and plays CF.
Another young prospect is second year White Sox SS/3B Colson Montgomery. He hit 21 HR's last season as a rookie. He already has 23 this season. Like many young players these days, his BA is not impressive as he's batting just .221 this season after hitting .239 as a rookie.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Benge and fellow 21 year old Rookie AJ Ewing have been a little under the radar. Ewing just hit his 7th HR in 52 games. He bats leadoff and is hitting .278 and plays CF.
Another young prospect is second year White Sox SS/3B Colson Montgomery. He hit 21 HR's last season as a rookie. He already has 23 this season. Like many young players these days, his BA is not impressive as he's batting just .221 this season after hitting .239 as a rookie.

Trout comes off the 10 day IL and hits his 18th HR of the season and 422 for his career!

 

[White Lightning]

Trout comes off the 10 day IL and hits his 18th HR of the season and 422 for his career!

This is great. It's so hard waiting to see him play again. I was hoping for a huge 50 homer year early in the season to make up for lost time. Now I would be more than happy if he can at least hit 40. If he hits 40 he would have 444 at the end of the season.