Stock Up, Stock Down: Braves, Dodgers, Tigers and more

It certainly was a busy last seven days around Major League Baseball.

Injury news, unfortunately, took center stage with the news that Jacob deGrom is going to need to have Tommy John surgery, which is a huge blow to the Texas Rangers pitching staff. Aaron Judge finds himself back on the IL after hurting his toe in the New York Yankees 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers last Saturday night when he banged into the right field fence in Los Angeles making a catch.

Despite deGrom’s injury, the Rangers continue to play some of the best baseball in the league, taking two out of three at home against the St. Louis Cardinals after sweeping the Seattle Mariners at home over the weekend. Don’t look now, but here comes America’s favorite team to hate, the Houston Astros, who took three out of four at home over the struggling Los Angeles Angels before going to Toronto and splitting a four-game series.

The Tampa Bay Rays continue to roll along, winning three out of four games at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox and then sweeping the Minnesota Twins at home, while the hardest team to figure out this season in either league, the San Diego Padres, continue to make their fans scratch their heads with their inconsistency.

With all that said, there were still some other players and teams that had an up-and-down week and they will be highlighted in this week’s latest edition of Stock Up, Stock Down.