Shohei Ohtani has been back from Tommy John surgery and in the Angels lineup for less than a week, but it’s no surprise it didn’t take him long to hit his first home run of 2019. Speaking of Tommy John surgery, young White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon is going under the knife and will miss the rest of the season. Elsewhere, the Brewers and Indians each called up top prospects and the A’s have another shot at a new stadium site.
It was just a matter of time before this sweet swing — surgically repaired elbow or not — went deep again.
Shohei Ohtani CRUSHED his first homer of the season 💪
(via @MLB) pic.twitter.com/SdzC5O5dOX
— ESPN (@espn) May 14, 2019
The sad trend of pitchers getting hurt continues, with White Sox youngster Carlos Rodon the next to have the dreaded Tommy John surgery.
A thread 😢
Carlos Rodon headed for Tommy John surgery. More: https://t.co/3WrIYli9uu (@AMITAhealth) pic.twitter.com/ymR1GQxe9a
— White Sox Talk (@NBCSWhiteSox) May 13, 2019
But as one young player suffers a season-ending injury, a couple more come up. The first is Brewers second base prospect Keston Hiura, the first position player from the 2017 draft to make the big leagues.
#Brewers prospect
Keston Hiura is a hitting machine…. Look at this beautiful base hit spray chart from all his @milb games 😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/TOIjZ9AzmS— Daren Willman (@darenw) May 14, 2019
And on the same day, the Indians called up speedy outfielder Oscar Mercado and put him directly in their Tuesday afternoon lineup.
Prospect Oscar Mercado to join Indians (source) https://t.co/IIuUcBMcPq
— Mandy Bell (@MandyBell02) May 13, 2019
The Athletics’ long quest for a new stadium got some positive news Monday, with a site approved for another possibility in the Bay Area. Let’s hope this one works out.
BREAKING: Port Commission votes unanimously to approve the TENTATIVE term sheet for the A’s new ballpark stadium at Howard Terminal. This gives the A’s four years to complete an environmental impact report.
— Sarah Ravani (@SarRavani) May 13, 2019
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