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I don’t know who Marlins starter Jose Urena is and neither do you, so let’s start with that.
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Pederson
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Gordon
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Kendrick
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Urena (R)
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A free agent signing out of the Dominican in 2008, Urena spent a whole bunch of years slowly moving up the Marlins organization until finally making his big league debut in April as a reliever to cover David Phelps‘ paternity leave. He went back to Triple-A and came back as a starter in late May, and while his first start didn’t go terribly well (11 baserunners and five earned runs in 4.2 innings against the Pirates), he hasn’t allowed more than three earned runs in any of his next five.
Though he throws pretty hard — averaging about 95 mph on that four-seamer — he gets a shockingly low number of strikeouts putting up only a 3.62 K/9. (!) Of the 240 pitchers with at least 30 innings thrown, that’s the second-lowest. Now you know something about Jose Urena.
As for the Dodgers, did you know that Zack Greinke‘s 1.70 ERA is the best in baseball? For all the (deserved) love given to Chris Archer and Max Scherzer and Chris Sale, Greinke tops that particular list. We all know ERA is somewhat flawed, of course, but it’s still not a place you land by accident.
Hey, Yasiel Puig is back! Starting for the first time since last Tuesday, Puig is hitting cleanup for the first time all year, a spot he hasn’t been since Sept. 16, 2013. Sure, why not. Batting order doesn’t matter a ton, so as long as he’s in the top half, fine by me.
Hey, pitcher win/loss record is stupid!
And ohbytheway, Kershaw's hard-luck line in those 3 losses: 20 IP, 28 K's, 16 H, 7 ER. His offense scored 6 R while he was in the game
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) June 28, 2015
Aw, bummer about Paco Rodriguez:
.@steven_paco_rod will have surgery to remove loose bodies from the back of his elbow. He will be out 8-10 weeks. #Dodgers
— AlaNNa Rizzo (@alannarizzo) June 27, 2015
Hey, it’s Josh Beckett day!
The first 10,000 fans at today's Josh Beckett Day will receive their very own replica 2003 World Series ring! pic.twitter.com/ZtyDwEpXEq
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) June 28, 2015
Hey, the roof is closed!
[table id=5 /]The roof and operable wall will be CLOSED for today's game as the #Marlins go for the series win over the Dodgers. pic.twitter.com/EU1kBrDerQ
— loanDepot park (@loanDepotpark) June 28, 2015
