Mets’ Stroman criticizes club in rain-suspended game
New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman criticized the organization for starting Sunday’s game against the Miami Marlins in a steady rain. Stroman’s outing lasted just nine pitches before play was stopped, and the game was suspended after a wait of 2 hours 10 minutes, to be continued as part of a day-night doubleheader on Aug. 31.
“This game should have never been started. Not smart at all,” Stroman tweeted during the delay. “Those conditions put everyone at risk. Beyond happy no players on either side were injured. Hate that I have to wait another 5 days to pitch again. That’s a miserable feeling.”
Play was halted by plate umpire D.J. Reyburn after seven minutes. Home teams decide whether to start games. Once a game has begun, umpires decide whether to stop play because of bad weather.
“That’s how Stro is, is outspoken. He’s open, talking and he says what he feels,“Mets manager Luis Rojas said. “He did not share anything this morning. He gets ready. He was doing his routine. He was just waiting for the communication, whether we were going to start on time or not.”
Rojas said Mets ballpark operations staff consulted with weather services, and he was the one who told Stroman the game was starting on time. Stroman was not made available to reporters after his brief outing.
Cabrera goes on IL
Miguel Cabrera has been dealing with soreness in his left biceps, and the Detroit Tigers decided to put the All-Star slugger on the 10day injured list to undergo testing and find out exactly what’s wrong with one of baseball’s best hitters.
Cabrera, who is closing in on 500 career home runs, played first base in Saturday’s 11-3 loss to the Indians and manager A.J. Hinch said Cabrera felt his biceps “grab” during an at-bat in the seventh inning.
The two-time AL MVP underwent further evaluation and tests in Cleveland, and the Tigers consulted with their doctors in Detroit. At this point, Hinch said the plan is for Cabrera to remain with the team on the road and travel to Houston.
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San Diego Padres left-hander Adrian Morejon left his start at Texas with an elbow-forearm strain after facing only three batters and will be reevaluated Monday . ... Philadelphia Phillies reliever Archie Bradley was placed on the 10-day injured list with an oblique injury . ... Milwaukee outfielder Christian Yelich left Sunday’s game in the second inning with back soreness . ... More than 90% of the traveling party for the Chicago White Sox got the COVID-19 vaccine after their home opener, moving the team closer to MLB’s threshold for relaxing some protocols put in place for the pandemic.