MLB Player News

Gallen was outstanding on Wednesday, shutting the Giants out over six frames. He scattered four walks and did not allow a hit while striking out eight batters on his way to the win. The 29-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 3.69 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and a 126/47 K/BB ratio across 127 innings. He’s in line for a matchup against the Rangers in Arizona on Tuesday.

Semien gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead in the fifth with his first homer of the game, and extended that lead to 3-1 that also gave him six on the season. After a disastrous start to the season, Semien has been much better — and much more inline with his career — and his .210/.298/.308 should continue to climb over the summer months.

With two outs, Walls was able to single home a pair in the bottom of the ninth to give the Rays the walk-off win. It was the second hit of the game for Walls, but he’s still hitting a less-than-spectacular .193/.277/230 in his 2025 action. It doesn’t take away from the fun he had today, but Wells will remain a no-go in fantasy leagues.

Garcia was handed a 3-1 lead, but it wasn’t enough. He allowed an RBI single to Junior Caminero to make it a 4-3 game, and then a two-out single by Taylor Walls was able to score a pair and cause Garcia to blow his second save of the year. Garcia has done a solid job as the stopper for the Rangers, but he’s far from infallible.

Pepiot gave up just three hits with two walks, so there wasn’t much traffic against the 27-year-old. Unfortunately, two of those hits left the park, and the Rays offense was only able to provide a single run of support while he was in the game. Still, it’s a quality outing for the right-hander, and after posting a 2.25 ERA over 36 innings in May, he’s off to a nice start to June. The Red Sox are next for Pepiot.

Leiter allowed three hits with one walk, and he struck out six. The only run allowed came on a solo shot by the red-hot Junior Caminero, and outside of that and a double from Brandon Lowe, Leiter sailed through the Tampa Bay lineup. Leither now has an ERA of 3.48 after 10 1/3 innings of one-run baseball over his last two starts, and he’s worthy of consideration for Wednesday’s scheduled start vs. the Twins.

The 33-year-old backstop hit the open market after he was released by the White Sox in mid-May. He appeared in four games at the big league level with the pale hose this season, going 2-for-7 (.286) with three RBI and a 1/2 K/BB ratio. He’s nothing more than additional catching depth for the Astros at this stage.

Bellinger opened the scoring in the fourth inning as he ambushed a first-pitch fastball from Slade Cecconi and crushed a 398-foot (101.6 mph EV) two-run shot. He then extended the lead with an RBI single in the seventh inning. He has done as nice job so far in his first season with the Bombers, slashing .257/.331/.456 with nine homers, 35 RBI and five stolen bases (in seven attempts).

Chisholm led off the sixth inning with his second single of the night, swiped second base and took third on a throwing error, but the Yankees were unable to cash him in. He then smacked a two-out RBI single in the seventh that extended the Yankees’ lead to 4-0. It has been a struggle at the dish this season for the dynamic 27-year-old infielder, slashing just .207/.316/.440 with eight homers, 19 RBI and seven stolen bases through his first 136 plate appearances.

The 31-year-old southpaw piled up seven strikeouts on the evening, needing 103 pitches (62 strikes) to navigate his six scoreless frames. The biggest threat against him came in the opening inning as an infield single and a walk put two men on with two outs but Fried rallied to get Carlos Santana to pop out to first base to end the threat. He generated 17 swings and misses on the night — nine of those on his fastball — while posting a CSW of 34 percent. Fried has been absolutely dominant through his first 13 starts for the Yankees, going 8-1 with a 1.78 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and a 77/18 K/BB ratio across 81 innings. He’ll do battle against the Royals in Kansas City his next time out on Wednesday.