Daily Baseball Update - 3/19/2021

In baseball the last 24 hours: Carlos Carrasco has a hamstring tear, Fernando Tatis Jr. returns to the Padres' lineup, & more.

Good morning.

It’s March 19th, 2021 and here’s everything that happened in the world of baseball over the last 24 hours.

The Most Important Thing

Anthony DiComo @AnthonyDiComo

The latest on Carlos Carrasco and what his strained hamstring means for the Mets' rotation:

mlb.comCarrasco has torn hamstring, headed to ILCarlos Carrasco arrived at Mets camp on Thursday hoping his elbow would be healthy enough to keep him off the injured list to open the season. The right-hander departed with a different injury and far grimmer news. Carrasco tore his right hamstring running sprints on the field, according to multiple

Anthony DiComo @AnthonyDiComo

Update: I'm told Carlos Carrasco's hamstring injury has been classified as a tear. Timelines are always difficult to predict for this type of injury, but the idea is that the Mets will need to take things slowly to ensure a full recovery without setbacks.

Mets RHP Carlos Carrasco’s hamstring injury has been classified as a tear, per Anthony DiComo. Carrasco suffered the injury during drills yesterday. As far as a timeline, DiComo notes that a partial tear could take weeks, and a complete tear could be much longer. Here’s hoping it’s nothing too serious.

Everything Else

Thursday Recaps

• Nationals 3, Mets 1 (Yahoo)

• Cubs 4, Indians 3 (Bleed Cubbie Blue)

• White Sox 9, Royals 7 (South Side Sox)

• Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 7 (LA Times)

• A’s 4, Padres 2 (San Diego Union-Tribune)

• Angels 3, Brewers 2 (FS Wisconsin)

• Cardinals 7, Marlins 5 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

• Rangers 12, Reds 9 (Cincinnati.com)

• Mariners 6, Giants 3 (Seattle Times)

Transactions

• The Cubs have added RHP Ryan Jensen and RHP Ryan Meisinger to their 75-player spring training pool, per Jordan Bastian. Both players will head directly to minor league camp.

• The Blue Jays announced several roster moves.

Injuries/Chatter

• More Mets notes from Anthony DiComo: manager Luis Rojas has mentioned multiple times how impressed he’s been with RHP Corey Oswalt; the team is beginning to stretch out LHP Mike Montgomery. Montgomery has 70 starts in his six-year career.

• Padres SS Fernando Tatis Jr.returned to the lineup last night. He went 0-2 with a walk.

• Nationals RHP Stephen Strasburg will throw a sim game today, Dave Martinez told reporters. Martinez noted Strasburg had no issues after his bullpen session on Wednesday.

• RHP Sandy Alcantara will be the opening day starter for the Marlins.

• RHP Brandon Woodruff will be the opening day starter for the Brewers.

• White Sox manager Tony La Russa told reporters that C Yasmani Grandal is a definite option to bat second in the lineup to begin the season.

• Notes from Cardinals manager Mike Shildt: LHP Kwang Hyun Kim (back) threw an aggressive side session yesterday. He’ll progress to a sim game/ live BP next but it’s too early to tell if he’ll be ready for his first turn in the rotation; RHP Miles Mikolas (shoulder) played catch yesterday and will do so again before mapping out a plan for return; Paul Goldschmidt will likely be the team’s #2 hitter to begin the season.

• Mets 1B/OF Dominic Smith (wrist) will be held out until at least Sunday as the team remains cautious regarding his wrist injury.

Posts With Your Toast

• Ben Clemens with four bold-ish predictions for the National League.

• Kerry Crowley explains why Anthony DeSclafani could be Giants’s best bounce back candidate in 2021.

• Will Leitch give six teams guaranteed to be better in 2021.

• Marc Topkin examines how the Rays’ opening day roster will look.

• Matthew Roberson on what past rookies of the year can teach us about Kyle Lewis, and what we might expect from him in 2021.

• Jacob deGrom might be blazing his way to Cooperstown, opines Jay Jaffe.

• Starting pitchers are bracing for an unprecedented innings jump, says Alden Gonzalez.

Podcast Recommendation

Buster Olney chats with Jesse Rogers, Sarah Langs, & Ryan Divish on the Baseball Tonight podcast.

Baseball By The Book interviews author Dan Taylor to discuss his book “Lights, Camera, Fastball.”

Random Baseball Rewind

Baseball by BSmile @BSmile

Amazing color footage of the St. Louis Cardinals uniforms being hung in the locker room at spring training in 1954. Check out the special protective cap insert for hitters before the team used batting helmets! (Narration by Harry Caray) #STLCards #MLB #Baseball #History

Bridget @bridgetmmulcahy

Watching a marathon of these videos this morning. ❤️

Foul Tips

• Curt Schilling says he’s moving from Boston to be with “people that are nice,” writes Josh Peter.

• Ultimate breakout players (says astrology)

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