MLB Player News

Selsky struck out in his one at-bat with the Reds. He was only in the majors for four days.

It briefly looked like Lukes might get another extended chance in left field after Anthony Santander was ruled out last month, but since that was quickly followed by the acquisition of Jesús Sánchez, Lukes is again in line to serve as a fourth outfielder while everyone is healthy. He was really useful when needed last season, hitting .255/.323/.407 while also playing quality defense. He’ll probably often replace Sánchez late in games this season.

Gausman struck out two in his second spring outing, and the only hit against him was a soft grounder from Otto Lopez.

All four of Rafaela’s balls in play today were hit at least 98 mph, and he reached on an error in his first at-bat. Rafaela was also off to a fast start in Red Sox camp, having gone 5-for-13 with two homers and two doubles before leaving the team. Hopefully, he’s in line for another little step forward offensively in his age-25 season.

Rogers gave up homers to Ceddanne Rafela and Ray-Patrick Didder on a tough day against a lineup loaded with right-handers. His velocity was fine today, and he’d opened the spring with five scoreless innings coming into this one. But, obviously, he wasn’t facing Ray-Patrick Didder in those games.

Kremer struck out two while extending out to 53 pitches. He’ll now leave the Orioles to join Team Israel in the WBC.

The homer off Ryjeteri Merite was the third that Alonso has hit this spring, though it won’t count in his statistics. His 110-mph single was hit even harder than his 384-foot homer.

Semien’s double was a 104 mph shot to lead off the game. He would later come around to score on a sacrifice fly by Bo Bichette. Semien would then walk in his second at-bat and score on a single by Francisco Alvarez. The 35-year-old is looking to have a bounce-back season in his first year with the Mets, and if he keeps getting on base like this, he has an outside shot at 90 or more runs scored.

Tong also struck out three and didn’t walk a single batter in the outing. Obviously, the five hits are not what you’d like to see, but Tong had a 63 percent strike rate and also racked up a 27 percent whiff rate. His cutter, in particular, was effective for him on Tuesday. The issue was that he threw first-pitch strikes to just five of the 12 batters he faced, which caused him to try to get into many hitter-friendly counts that led to those base hits. He’ll look to remedy that his next time out.

Garrett Stubbs tripled in the only run of the game today. Stock averaged 95 mph with his fastball as a Triple-A starter last spring, but he’s been up at 96.5 mph in his two appearances this spring and his cutter has been reliably in the low-90s. He’s going to be a long shot to make the Mets out of spring training, but he could see time in middle relief later on.

Kahnle’s velocity was fine today, with his fastball down about one mph from last year but his trusty changeup up 0.5 mph. The 36-year-old was somewhat disappointing with the Tigers last year, but he still has a 3.26 ERA in 146 innings over the last three seasons. He should be able to find work after the WBC.