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Injuries- A major factor on the season
AJ Minter- Preseason injury- came back on 5/31/26
Mike Tauchman- Preseason injury- came back 6/10/26
Marcus Semien- 5/10/26- Herniated Disc- out 6 weeks
Brooks Raley- 5/15/26- Elbow Ligament Reconstruction Surgery- out 12-13 months
Bo Bichette- 8/16/26- Fractured Rib- out 4 weeks
Luis Robert- 9/9/26- Strained Oblique- out 5-6 weeks.....out for the playoffs
Devin Williams- 9/15/26- Ruptured Disc- out 8 months....out for the playoffs
Kodai Senga- 9/23/26- Elbow Inflammation- out 4 weeks....out for the playoffs
Sean Manaea- 9/27/26- Sprained Elbow- out 6 weeks....out for the playoffs
Carson Benge- 9/29/26- Concussion- out 5-6 weeks...out for the playoffs
Nolan McLean- 10/5/26- Wrist Soreness- out 3 weeks....went down 2 outs into his 1st playoff start
So to recap, we lost 6 major players from our lineup and pitching staff in the last month or so of the season and other than 2 outs for Nolan McLean, none of those guys could contribute to our playoff run. The hits just kept coming....Even though Senga had a really great year, I think he was the easiest one to overcome with the rest of our roster. Benge and Robert were huge losses to the lineup and losing Williams and Manaea out of the bullpen were massive losses. Manaea was a guy we really leaned on in lots of situations. I'll save the playoff results for another post, but you can probably guess.....
Awards, Milestones, Etc.
Juan Soto- MVP winner, All-Star, Silver Slugger in LF, League Leader in Plate Appearances, Runs, HR, BB, OBP, RC, RC/27, OPS, wOBA, wRC+ and WAR.....quite a season!
Francisco Lindor- All-Star, 300th Career HR
Jorge Polanco- Gold Glove at 1B, League Leader in RBI and Sac Flys
Carson Benge- ROY winner, All-Star
Bo Bichette- All-Star, Platinum Stick at 3B, Batting Champion
Luis Robert- All-Star, Platinum Stick at CF
Francisco Alvarez- All-Star, Platinum Stick at C
Marcus Semien- 1000th Career Run
Nolan McLean- League Leader in BABIP and H/9
Kodai Senga- All-Star
Luke Weaver- League Leader in Holds
Freddy Peralta- Pitched the only Complete Game Shutout in the NL
Clay Holmes- League Leader in GB%
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"The baseball mania has run its course. It has no future as a professional endeavor." — Cincinnati Gazette editorial, 1879
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