With a virtually full tilt of games yesterday, there were plenty of exciting plays and excellent performances. There were also some truly awful outings. Let’s take a trip around the MLB and review the action.
Yesterday may well go down as a truly historic day in MLB history. Kenta Maeda made his major league debut last night, and Trevor Story continued to assault the baseball at a historic pace. David Ortiz surpassed Eddie Murray on the all time home run list, and Victor Martinez became the first player in the modern baseball era to have a pinch hit home run in his team’s first two games.
There were also some terrible performances. Essentially anyone in a Houston Astros uniform who took the mound in their 16-6 defeat at the hands of the New York Yankees struggled. The San Diego Padres offense has continued to be non-existent. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves keep finding new and creative ways to lose.
So, which performances around baseball truly stood out? Let us take a trip around the game and, to borrow the title from the Clint Eastwood film from 1966, look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from yesterday’s action.
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