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    Marlins ace Max Meyer hits IL with neck strain

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    Marlins placed RHP Max Meyer on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to July 19, with a neck strain.

    It’s unclear how much time Meyer will miss after throwing just 74 pitches across three innings on Saturday against the Brewers. The 27-year-old emerging Marlins ace was outstanding during the first half, earning his first All-Star Game selection in the process. However, he’s already up to 111 innings, which is right around his previous career-high mark set back in 2024. It’s a tough break for Miami, and fantasy managers, but Meyer could probably use an extended break at this point in the year. There should be some clarity on his status in the coming days.
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  • MIA Starting Pitcher #23
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    Meyer was up to 74 pitches after a 31-pitch third, so the Marlins employed a quick hook in his first start in 11 days. With the team in contention, Meyer figures to finish the year in the rotation. Still, more early exits seem likely. He finished today at 111 innings, leaving him just four shy of his career high from 2024. He came in at 64 2/3 last year before undergoing hip surgery missing the final four months. Meyer is due to face the Padres next weekend.
  • MIA Starting Pitcher #23
    Meyer had his final first-half start skipped for workload reasons and he declined to pitch in the All-Star Game for the same reasons. The 27-year-old former top pitching prospect finally delivered his long-awaited sustained breakthrough with a phenomenal first half, pitching to a 9-1 record with a sparkling 2.58 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 116/38 K/BB ratio across a career-high 108 innings over 19 starts. There are zero physical concerns for Meyer as he opens the second half with a tough road matchup in Milwaukee.
  • MIA Starting Pitcher #23
    Sunday will be a bullpen game due to a career-high workload for Meyer in the season’s first half. He’ll also sit out the All-Star game despite being selected. Meyer has been phenomenal in working to a 2.58 ERA in the season’s first half, going 9-1 and striking out 116 batters in 108 innings pitched.
  • MIA Starting Pitcher #23
    Meyer was cruising early on in this one, holding Seattle to just a pair of runs into the sixth inning before being pulled after loading the bases with nobody out. He finished with four strikeouts and issued two walks. Fortunately, reliever Michael Petersen came on to put out the bases-loaded fire without any runs crossing the plate. The 27-year-old All-Star righty holds a strong 2.58 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 116/38 K/BB ratio across 108 innings of work. He’ll get the ball for Sunday’s first-half finale against the Guardians.
  • PIT Starting Pitcher #30
    It’s a colossal bummer for baseball fans hoping to see Misiorowski hurling triple-digit heaters during next week’s Midsummer Classic, but this was always the expected outcome here. Skenes, Misorowski and Meyer are all taking the ball for their respective club’s first-half finales on Sunday, which means there was zero chance they would be able to pitch in the All-Star Game just three days later. Luzardo, Ashcraft and O’Brien are headed to the game for the first time in their respective careers. It’s likely going to be Shohei Ohtani taking the ball to start for the National League based on how things are lining up from a schedule standpoint.
  • MIA Starting Pitcher #23
    Meyer’s lone earned run in this game came via a long Mickey Moniak home run in the first inning. Then, he cruised all the way until the fifth inning when his defense let him down. After a leadoff single by Troy Johnston, Javier Sanoja booted a Kyle Karros ground ball at second base. Then, after a fielder’s choice and a groundout, Moniak got Meyer again with a two-run triple before Hunter Goodman socked a two-run homer on the very next pitch. Suddenly, this game had spun out and a heap of unearned runs were on Meyer’s ledger. Still, as far as starts in Coors Field go, this is a fine result. He’s scheduled for a two-start week against the Mariners and Guardians, both at home, as we head into the All-Star Break.
  • MIA Starting Pitcher #23
    Meyer struck out five and walked two while induing mostly soft contact tonight; just three of the 17 balls in play against him were hit hard. It’s the fourth time in 17 starts this year that Meyer has gone without allowing a run and the 13th time that he’s allowed two runs or fewer. It remains to be seen whether he can really make 30+ starts, but there’s no denying how impressive he’s been in going 9-0 with a 2.60 ERA so far. For what it’s worth, his previous career highs are 111 innings and 22 starts in 2021, which he split between Double- and Triple-A. Meyer figures to make his next start Wednesday in Colorado.
  • MIA Starting Pitcher #23
    As anticipated, Meyer will rejoin the Marlins in time to make his scheduled start against the Cardinals on Friday. The 27-year-old hurler has been utterly dominant since the start of June, posting a 2.31 ERA and a 28/9 K/BB ratio over 23 1/3 frames during that four-start stretch.
  • MIA Relief Pitcher #62
    The 26-year-old hurler returns back to Triple-A after spending three games with the Marlins, though he didn’t appear in a ballgame. The Marlins will announce a corresponding move prior to Friday’s battle against the Cardinals, which is expected to be the return of Max Meyer.
  • MIA Starting Pitcher #23
    Meyer is poised to rejoin Miami’s rotation after being placed on the bereavement list earlier this week. The 27-year-old former top pitching prospect has posted a sparkling 2.31 ERA and 28/9 K/BB ratio across 23 1/3 innings over four starts since June 3.

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    Tommy White singled four times in five at-bats Monday in the Athletics’ 5-2 win over the Diamondbacks.

    White did ground into a double play and was caught stealing after one of his singles, so it wasn’t a perfect night. Still, four hits in your third big-league game is impressive. The 23-year-old is 5-for-11 overall, and he’s yet to strike out. He’ll definitely be in the lineup Tuesday with the A’s facing a left-hander for a third straight game.
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    Jeffrey Springs gave up two runs in five-plus innings Monday versus the Diamondbacks.

    Springs pitched five scoreless frames before giving up a double and a game-tying Ketel Marte homer to start the sixth. He was then pulled after a Geraldo Perdomo bunt single. Fortunately, that runner was stranded, and Springs was charged with two runs or fewer for the first time in 10 starts since May 17. He’s still lost nine straight decisions since mid-April, however. He’ll likely make his next start Sunday in Minnesota.
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    Hogan Harris protected a three-run lead in the ninth for his seventh save Monday.

    Harris allowed a single and a walk in the frame, but he struck out the other three batters he faced. It’s his first save since June 12. He’d taken two blown saves since, though neither was a ninth-inning opportunity. The A’s as a team had recorded just one save over the last five weeks, that being picked up by Mason Barnett on June 25. Barnett, though, is back in Triple-A now. Harris and Elvis Alvarado are probably the co-favorites for saves on the roster.
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    Mitch Bratt yielded two runs in 4 2/3 innings Monday in a no-decision against the A’s.

    Bratt gave up eight hits, but only the solo homers from Joshua Kuroda-Grauer and Jacob Wilson mattered. He’s now made three starts for Arizona and allowed six runs in 10 2/3 innings. He’ll probably start again this weekend against the Nationals before having his rotation status revisited.
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    Nolan Arenado doubled Monday against the A’s for his 2,000th career major league hit.

    Arenado is the sixth active major leaguer and 299th player all-time to reach 2,000 hits. He’s a bit higher on the career list with his 424 doubles. He moved out of a tie with Willie Stargell and Victor Martínez in that category tonight and is now tied with Chili Davis and Raul Ibañez for 155th place.
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    Joshua Kuroda-Grauer is getting an ultrasound for a testicular contusion sustained during Monday’s game.

    Never before has a player hit his first major league homer and been so miserable after the game. Kuroda-Grauer was hurt when he fouled a pitch off himself in the fifth, though he did stay in for another inning. Alika Williams will probably be needed to fill in for him Tuesday.
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    Colby Thomas was diagnosed with a left wrist contusion after leaving Monday’s game following a HBP.

    Thomas is day-to-day. The D-backs are throwing another lefty on Tuesday, so Thomas would be in line to start. However, if he can’t go, Lawrence Butler will probably play right field.
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    Jo Adell homered in the third, singled in the eighth and had a walkoff HBP in the ninth as the Angels bested the Cardinals 3-2 on Monday.

    The game should have ended two batters earlier, as Vaughn Grissom crushed a ball off the wall in right against Riley O’Brien with the tying run on second and the winning run on first. Though it bounced at least 40 feet away from Jordan Walker afterwards, pinch-runner Jose Siri was unable to score from first. O’Brien then intentionally walked Josh Lowe to set up the double play, only to throw four straight balls to Adell. The last plunked him on the elbow, though it would have ended the game either way. The struggling Adell, who was hitless in his previous six games, had already had a great night by that point. His 103.6-mph homer was actually his third hardest-hit ball of the game. He has 14 homers in 100 games this year.
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    José Soriano worked seven innings and gave up two runs Monday against the Cardinals.

    Although he was hit fairly hard — nine of the 17 balls in play against him topped 101 mph — Soriano struck out seven in his longest and probably best outing since May 10 against the Blue Jays. Since that game, he’d had a 5.24 ERA and a 54/33 K/BB in 56 2/3 innings over 11 outings. Soriano will likely make his next start Sunday against the Giants. There’s a chance that could be his last with the Angels, though Reid Detmers remains the better bet to be traded.
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    Kyle Leahy held the Angels to one run over six innings in a no-decision Monday.

    Jo Adell homered in the third for the only run of Leahy. The right-hander allowed just two other hits, walked none and struck out four. He’s given up a total of two runs over 25 1/3 innings in his last five starts, one of which was halted by rain after three innings. There are obvious concerns about his workload going forward, as this is his first year back in the rotation after three seasons in the pen, but he’s cruising at the moment. He’ll face the Reds this weekend.