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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes leaves game against Nationals with elbow discomfort
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes was lifted after just 70 pitches Sunday against the Washington Nationals with right elbow discomfort. Manager Torey Lovullo told reporters after Arizona's 3-1 win that Burnes will have an MRI on Monday. Advertisement Arizona led 3-0 in the top of the fifth inning when Burnes allowed a single by CJ Abrams with two outs. The right-hander then gestured toward the dugout with his glove and yelled in frustration. Jalen Beeks replaced Burnes and gave up an RBI single before getting the third out. Burnes allowed a run and four hits in 4 2/3 innings, with a walk and six strikeouts. He is 3-2 with a 2.66 ERA in 11 starts this season. Arizona signed Burnes to a $210 million, six-year contract before the season. He's been effective, but the Diamondbacks have dealt with a slew of pitching injuries. Jordan Montgomery (Tommy John surgery) is out for the season, Eduardo Rodríguez (shoulder) is on the injured list and reliever A.J. Puk (elbow) is on the IL as well. Advertisement Arizona allowed 10 runs in the first inning Saturday, its ninth loss in 10 games. Durability hasn't been much of a concern for the 30-year-old Burnes, who has made at least 28 starts in every season since he won the 2021 National League Cy Young Award for Milwaukee. He spent his first six years with the Brewers before being traded to Baltimore before the 2024 season. After one year with the Orioles, he signed with the Diamondbacks as a free agent.
Associated Press
01-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Diamondbacks' Corbin Burnes leaves game against the Nationals with an apparent injury
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes was lifted after just 70 pitches Sunday against Washington with an apparent injury. Arizona led 3-0 in the top of the fifth when Burnes allowed a single by C.J. Abrams with two outs. The right-hander then gestured toward the dugout with his glove and yelled in frustration. Jalen Beeks replaced Burnes and gave up an RBI single before getting the third out. Burnes allowed a run and four hits in 4 2/3 innings, with a walk and six strikeouts. He's 3-2 with a 2.66 ERA in 11 starts on the season. Arizona signed Burnes to a $210 million, six-year contract before the season. He's been effective, but the Diamondbacks have dealt with a slew of pitching injuries. Jordan Montgomery (Tommy John surgery) is out for the season, Eduardo Rodríguez (shoulder) is on the injured list, and reliever A.J. Puk (elbow) is on the IL as well. Arizona allowed 10 runs in the first inning Saturday, its ninth loss in 10 games. ___ AP NHL:
New York Times
10-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Erick Fedde hurls complete game shutout as Cardinals extend win streak to 6 games
WASHINGTON — Erick Fedde envisioned a performance like Friday night's for years. A Washington National for the first six years of his MLB career, Fedde had dreamed about dominating the mound at Nationals Park since the organization selected him with the 18th overall pick in the 2014 draft. At long last, that dream came to fruition. He was just wearing a different uniform. Advertisement Utilizing exceptional command and a sharp plan of attack, Fedde dominated his former team in his first appearance back at Nationals Park since his final season with Washington in 2022. He hurled a complete game shutout, the first of his career, as the Cardinals throttled the Nationals 10-0 in the first of a three-game series. 'It's special for sure,' Fedde said with a smile. 'Something you envision for years when you're playing here, and then to eventually do it on the field but as an opponent, that's pretty crazy.' Erick Fedde's first career complete game is a shutout! — MLB (@MLB) May 10, 2025 Fedde breezed through an aggressive Nationals lineup, scattering six hits while striking out eight and walking zero on 109 total pitches. He became the fourth MLB pitcher to record a complete game this season, and the first Cardinal to do so since Jordan Montgomery accomplished the feat on Aug. 22, 2022 against the Chicago Cubs. He worked efficiently and assuredly with catcher Pedro Pagés, praising the backstop for his game-calling and reassurance throughout the evening. After allowing a leadoff double to CJ Abrams in the bottom of the first, Fedde settled into a groove and retired 12 of his next 13 batters. He needed just 21 pitches to get through his first three innings. His eight strikeouts served as as season-high. But what was most notable about his performance was that he did not walk a batter, especially after he lamented his high walk rate after his previous start, where he walked five hitters in five innings against the New York Mets. Coming into Friday, Fedde had walked as many batters (21) as he had struck out. He expressed a need to pinpoint better command, saying: 'I know I'm not that guy.' Five days later, and Fedde was simply the guy for St. Louis. A few mechanical changes allowed him to rely more consistently on his lower half. It led to his best start of the season, and the most dominant of his career. Erick Fedde's 2Ks in the 7th. 6th and 7th Ks. — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 10, 2025 Pagés knew early on that Fedde's stuff was playing up. Fedde was using a steady four-pitch mix, with his sinker being the predominant pitch. But his cutter — after he spent the week reworking its shape — was the real weapon Friday. The Nationals didn't work deep counts against him, which allowed Fedde to attack the zone hard. Even when he fell behind in counts, he was able to expand the zone when needed and generate swing and miss — something that had been lacking in prior outings. Advertisement 'That's the biggest thing that I took out of today,' Pagés said. '(Fedde) was able to get ahead of everyone, and if he didn't get ahead he was still able to get back in the zone with whatever pitch he needed to. Every pitch was working for him today. It was so fun to go out there with him and compete today.' 'We just saw him do something special,' manager Oli Marmol added. 'He expanded when he needed to. He used their aggressive approach at times to his benefit. He attacked each guy the way he wanted to, and it worked out really, really well.' It didn't register to Fedde that he was on track for a complete game until the seventh inning, when he saw his pitch count hovering right at 80. Fedde had not thrown a complete game since his junior season of college, when he threw around 140 pitches for UNLV. He had been chasing that feeling since, but made a cognizant effort to not get too ahead of himself in the moment. 'I realized my pitch count was really low and I was just cruising right along,' Fedde said. 'I was thinking I wanted it, but I was just trying to stay focused, next pitch, one at a time, because once you get ahead, anything can happen. This game will remind you quickly.' His catcher, however, was committed to ensuring Fedde would finish the game. When the ninth inning came around, with Fedde sitting at 92 pitches, Pagés had one message: 'They're not taking him out of this game, I'm not letting it happen.' Fedde took matters into his own hands after that. James Wood led off the inning with a single to right, but Fedde followed up by inducing a double play ball from Nathaniel Lowe. He worked a 2-2 count to Keibert Ruiz before he lofted a lazy fly ball to shallow left, which Masyn Winn corralled for the final out. Finally, Fedde had his moment at Nationals Park, against an organization that still means much to him. Advertisement 'I have no ill-will towards the Nationals,' Fedde said. 'They gave me every opportunity. They drafted me, allowed me to become a big leaguer. I owe them a lot in the sense of my career. But there's always something about when somebody lets you go, showing them that you can be better.' On Friday night, there was nobody better than Fedde. And he proved it, completely.
Associated Press
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Erick Fedde's first career shutout comes against the Nationals, who drafted him
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a baseball odyssey that included a season pitching in South Korea, Erick Fedde was back where he started Friday night — and he delivered the best performance of his career. The 32-year-old St. Louis Cardinals right-hander threw his first career shutout and complete game, doing it against the Washington Nationals, who selected him in the first round of the 2014 amateur draft. 'It's special for sure, one that you envision for years when you're playing here and then to eventually do it on the field as an opponent, it's pretty crazy,' Fedde said after St. Louis' 10-0 victory. He's the first Cardinals pitcher to throw a shutout since Jordan Montgomery on Aug. 22, 2022, at the Chicago Cubs. Fedde threw 109 pitches, 68 for strikes, and allowed six hits while striking out eight and walking none. 'For him to go through that lineup the way they've been swinging it, he had everything working,' Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. 'The cutter was good for him. He expanded when he needed to. He used both sides of the plate. That was fun to watch.' Fedde spent 2017-22 with Washington and was part of the Nationals' World Series-winning 2019 squad, going 4-2 with a 4.50 ERA in 21 appearances, including 12 starts. But he struggled as a full-time starter in 2021 and '22, leading him to accept an offer to play in the Korean Baseball Organization. He returned to the majors last year with the Chicago White Sox, and he pitched well enough for the worst team in baseball that the Cardinals acquired him ahead of the trade deadline. On Friday, he joined Texas' Nathan Eovaldi and San Diego's Michael King as the only pitchers to throw shutouts in 2025. Fedde pitched seven scoreless innings for the White Sox last season in his previous appearance against the Nationals. 'Something I wasn't really thinking about but when you see it coming up on the schedule and I was going to pitch there, it's an exciting feeling,' Fedde said. 'I owe them a lot in the sense of my career. But there's always something about when somebody lets you go, showing them that you can be better.' ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Diamondbacks lefty Jordan Montgomery to undergo second Tommy John surgery
Jordan Montgomery is headed for his second Tommy John surgery. The Arizona Diamondbacks starter shared the unfortunate news Tuesday, saying his left elbow had not been recovering very well. 'Day after the last game, came back sore,' Montgomery said. 'Took a day off like I normally do. Next day it was still a little achy, so we pushed my bullpen back. Felt decent the next day. I kind of just threw through it. I threw a pretty good bullpen, but something was wrong.' Imaging revealed surgery would be necessary, the left-hander said. 'We thought it was just kind of like a joint thing, would get a shot in there, clean it up and I'd be good,' Montgomery said. 'It just wasn't the case.' Montgomery, 32, previously underwent the elbow operation in 2018 as a member of the Yankees. Tuesday's announcement delivered another blow in what's been a difficult two years for Montgomery. After he emerged as a postseason hero for the World Series-winning Texas Rangers in 2023, Montgomery was one of several Scott Boras clients to endure a prolonged free agency going into the 2024 season. He ultimately joined the Diamondbacks on a one-year, $25 million contract with a player option, then struggled to 6.23 ERA over 25 appearances, including 21 starts. After the season, Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick bemoaned on Arizona Sports' 'Burns & Gambo' radio show that his signing of Montgomery was a 'horrible decision.' Montgomery picked up his $22.5 million option a few weeks later. He allowed five runs in three innings this spring, Before his injury, Montgomery was set to begin the season in the Diamondbacks' bullpen, with Arizona deploying a rotation of Zac Gallen, the newly signed Corbin Burnes, Merrill Kelly, Eduardo Rodriguez and Brandon Pfaadt. Montgomery was drafted by the Yankees in 2014 and made his MLB debut with them in 2017. He pitched to a 3.94 ERA over 5 1/2 seasons with the Yankees before they sent him to the St. Louis Cardinals for center fielder Harrison Bader before the 2022 trade deadline. In eight MLB seasons, Montgomery is 46-41 with a 4.03 ERA.
