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Ohtani didn’t homer in his 2025 debut, but it’s another impressive box score for the reigning MVP. One of the hits was a double in the ninth inning, and he came around to score his second run of the game on a Teoscar Hernandez single. Just another day for the best player in the sport.

Painter averaged a crisp 96.6 mph on his four-seam fastball, and threw 35 of 49 pitches for strikes in a near-flawless second rehab outing in the lower minors, allowing three baserunners over three frames. The 22-year-old is widely regarded as the top pitching prospect in baseball and remains on track to arrive in Philadelphia sometime around midseason.

It was a memorable day at the dish for Mayer as he connected for his third round-tripper of the season and finished with a career-high seven RBI as the primary catalyst behind the WooSox’ 20-run explosion. The 22-year-old top prospect has gotten off to a bit of a frosty start at the dish following a red-hot spring training where he was easily the most impressive player in Red Sox camp. He’s ascended to top-20 range prospect status from a dynasty standpoint and figures to arrive in the majors at some point in the near future, most likely before the All-Star break.

Hope is showing exactly why he’s a top-10 range dynasty prospect in the early stages of the season, hitting an astronomical .353 (18-for-51) with four homers, 17 RBI and four steals through 13 games. The 20-year-old prodigy took Reds top pitching prospect Chase Burns deep with an extremely impressive opposite-field blast to left-center field before adding his second round-tripper of the contest a couple frames later. He’s
He’s paired with fellow top prospect Josue De Paula to form a High-A version of the ‘Bash Brothers’ as one of the most exciting lineups in the entire minors. It shouldn’t be long before he arrives at Double-A Tulsa as one of the youngest players in the upper minors.

The final pitching line doesn’t seem that impressive, but it’s worth noting that Burns showed some serious moxie in his latest outing, reeling off three scoreless frames after coughing up three runs on a pair of first-inning homers. The hard-throwing 22-year-old is cementing his status as one of the top pitching prospects in baseball with a sublime 20/5 K/BB ratio across 11 2/3 innings (three starts) to open his professional debut.

Neto made his first appearance of 2025 after missing the first few weeks of the season while recovering from his shoulder issue, and it went well. He doubled in a run in the third, and he came around to score the second — and final — run of the game in the same frame. Neto was a very solid fantasy option in 2024, and there’s no reason to think the former first-round selection won’t be a quality option now that he’s healthy. Assuming he can stay on the field, of course.

Jansen is no stranger to save situations against the Giants, and the former Dodger stopper came out on top again. He’s looked solid — if not quite as dominant as he was a few years ago — in his first season with the Angels, and he’s up to five saves while not allowing a run in his outings. If/when Los Angeles falls out of this, Jansen is going to be a very interesting trade candidate.

Anderson comes out on top of a duel with Logan Webb, and while he wasn’t as dominant as Webb and his 12 punchouts, he was just as effective, if not more so. He fanned six in the contest, and of the three hits allowed, none of them went for extra bases. Impressive, and Anderson now has a strong 2.08 ERA over his work in the first three weeks. Regression is coming, but he’s a good streaming option for a scheduled bout against Pittsburgh next week.

Webb was sensational, but a literal zero in run support gives him the hard-luck loss. He generated an impressive 16 swings-and-misses during the contest, and four different Angels struck out multiple times; including three from Mike Trout. It’s a disappointing loss, but a reminder of how good Webb is at the same time. Webb will look to keep it up and continue to lower a still-solid 2.40 ERA against the Brewers next week.

It feels like Yamamoto just keeps getting better. He scattered five hits and didn’t hand out a free pass over seven frames in this one. Even during the few moments of stress when the Rangers strung a hit or two together he was calm, cool, collected, and made the pitches he needed to get out of it. While the strength of his repertoire was on display — each of his fastball, splitter, curveball, and slider forced at least three whiffs — his splitter was especially devastating. Working as his primary pitch, it forced seven whiffs and had the Rangers lunging at it all game. Using a primary splitter can be treacherous since it’s not a pitch that’s thrown in the strike zone very often. Yamamoto’s was in the zone less than 30 percent of the time in this game and it was so lethal that the Rangers could not lay off. He now has a 0.93 ERA through five starts and should be thought of as one of the few best pitchers in baseball at the moment. He’s scheduled to face the Pirates in his next start.

Scott worked around singles by Corey Seager and Adolis García to finish off the Dodgers’ impressive victory. He threw 13 of his 17 pitches for strikes and had little fear challenging the Rangers’ vaunted lineup. This save tied him with Andrés Muñoz for second-most in the league when many wondered if he’d actually be a closer for most of the offseason.