Rough day for the BD Baseball crew.

The A’s got shelled, the Rockies lost a close one at Wrigley, and the Tigers bats went cold in Houston — so naturally, we had plenty to work through.

In this episode of BD Baseball, we run through the full June 17 MLB slate with a little extra attention on the homer teams. The A’s pitching staff got beat up by the Pirates, Ryan O’Hearn drove in six, and Zack Gelof at least kept his hitting streak alive. The Rockies gave up a seven-run inning to the Cubs, but Sterlin Thompson hit the first two homers of his big league career, Hunter Goodman kept swinging it, and Colorado’s lineup still looks a lot more interesting than the record says.

On the Tigers side, it was a frustrating one. Detroit only managed three hits against Houston, Peter Lambert shoved, Kevin McGonigle got one off Josh Hader late, and Gleyber Torres heading back to the IL with an oblique issue is a real kick in the teeth.

We also get into Andrew Painter getting lit up again and finally sent down, the Shohei Ohtani pitching/DH rule conversation, umpire challenge drama, the Yankees doing Yankee things without Judge, Kyle Bradish punching out 12, the Mariners going to a six-man rotation, and why the A’s need pitching help if they’re going to keep hanging around the wildcard race.

It’s a full slate recap, BD Baseball style: straight talk, no filler, and no pretending bad baseball is good baseball.

Topics covered:
A’s vs Pirates
Rockies vs Cubs
Tigers vs Astros
Zack Gelof’s hitting streak
Sterlin Thompson’s first MLB homers
Gleyber Torres injury
Andrew Painter sent down
Shohei Ohtani rule discussion
Yankees vs White Sox
Blue Jays bullpen shutout
Kyle Bradish career-high strikeouts
Mariners rotation talk
June 17 MLB recap
June 18 MLB look-ahead

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