Dodgers righty Blake Treinen started a minor league rehab task with Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis on Tuesday, and he had the outcomes of somebody seeing his first recreation motion in additional than six weeks.
Treinen pitched the fifth inning in hitter's paradise in Albuquerque, getting into a recreation by which 11 runs had already been scored. Treinen struck out his first batter, putting out a cutter, however then gave up a single, triple, and single on his three hits. Two of the hits had been thought-about arduous by definition (not less than 95 mph), with exit velocities of 104.1 mph (the primary single) and 97.1 mph (triple).
Treinen was thrown at 20 pitches, presumably his restrict. He allowed three runs and recorded one out.
It was his first recreation motion since March 9, when Treinen was hit by a line drive in a spring coaching recreation at Camelback Ranch. He suffered a burned lung and two cracked ribs, and slowly labored his approach again, beginning the season on the injured record. And that was after lacking a lot of the final two years with shoulder accidents, together with surgical procedure in November 2022 to restore his labrum and rotator cuff.
Treinen's street to rehab included hitting hitters at Dodger Stadium final Thursday and Saturday, and now a rehab task in Triple-A. Supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned over the weekend that pitching in back-to-back video games can be one of many last containers for Treinen to test earlier than returning to the Dodgers.
On Tuesday in Washington DC, Roberts informed reporters that Treinen would want not less than 3-4 appearances within the minors earlier than being activated, by Fabian Ardaya at The Athletic. This leg of the journey started Tuesday night time in Albuquerque.
Award winner
Jeral Perezthe 19-year-old second baseman for Low-A Rancho Cucamonga who additionally performed shortstop this yr and third base in earlier seasons was named the California League participant of the week for his six-game hitting streak towards Inland Empire.
Perez hit .360/.467/.800 with three dwelling runs, two doubles, 5 walks, six runs scored, and 6 RBIs final week. An influence outage in San Bernardino suspended Friday's recreation within the first inning, and it resumed Saturday. In that day's frequently scheduled contest, Perez offered the ability with a pair of dwelling runs.
On Monday in Baseball America, Perez was one in every of a number of prospects highlighted as gamers to observe after sturdy batted-ball knowledge up to now in April.
“Final yr, he was a watchlist title — at the moment not ranked within the Dodgers Prime 30 due to his depth — with better-than-average swing selections, contact charge, exit velocity and really feel for the barrel ,” Dylan White wrote. “In 2024, it improved each of those metrics up to now within the brief pattern. An enormous arrow for me.”
