MLB Player News

Burke also issued a pair of free passes in the ballgame while recording a pair of strikeouts. The A’s got to him early in this one as Tyler Soderstrom blasted a three-run homer in the opening inning. They tacked on another run in the second then Shea Langeliers walloped a solo shot in the third to complete the damage against him. The 25-year-old hurler got nine whiffs on 69 pitches in the ballgame, posting a CSW of 28 percent. He’ll look to improve upon his 7.56 ERA and 1.50 WHIP when he takes the hill against the Red Sox on Sunday at Fenway Park.

Ray joined Max Fried as the only pitchers off to 6-0 starts thus far this season, and the Giants have gone 9-0 in his outings. His peripherals are significantly worse than his 3.04 ERA, but he’s definitely performed better in his last four starts than he did in his first five, when he seemed more lucky than good. He’ll pitch at home against the Royals next time out.

All of the runs came on a Christian Koss homer in the second, though Pfaadt was still shaky over the rest of the outing. There is some mixed-league value here, but it’s a fine idea to bench him with a road start against the Dodgers coming up next.

The homer off Joe Mantiply, which pretty much put away the game in the eighth, was Lee’s fifth of the year. He had come into this one hitting .250/.279/.327 over this previous 27 games.

Koss took an inside breaking ball just over the wall in left to homer in his 56th plate appearance as a major leaguer. He’s batting .241/.293/.296 while filling in at second base with Tyler Fitzgerald and Casey Schmidt on the shelf. With both of those guys currently on rehab assignments, it’s possible Koss will be sent back to Triple-A soon.

The homer off Spencer Bivens in the ninth was his first since Apr. 17, and Naylor had as many RBI tonight as in his previous 13 games combined. He has five homers and 27 RBI in 42 games on the season.

He was on base all five times up, as he also reached on an error. So much of Wilson’s contact is rather weak that it’s always unexpected when he muscles up and hits a ball 380 feet, but he’s definitely demonstrated that he’s capable. He’s up to .363/.389/.512 for the season after tonight. He has 58 hits, yet just 41 hard-hit balls. His barrel and homer totals are also equal, though the league as a whole has a little more than twice as many barrels as homers.

Springs is definitely on the short list of the league’s most frustrating pitchers to date. He’s now beaten the Mariners, Padres, Rangers and Dodgers, yet he’s also given up seven runs in a loss to the White Sox, and neither his 4.27 ERA nor his 36/21 K/BB in 46 1/3 innings is very impressive at all. He remains a tough play in mixed leagues at the moment.

Knack struck out eight, but he gave up seven hits, two of them homers to take his first loss after two victories this season. He should stay in the rotation for now and face the Diamondbacks next time out.

Kurtz’s homer was a 415-foot blast off J.P. Feyereisen in the eighth. Two innings previous, he had a 363-foot flyout that would have been a homer in eight ballparks. His double was also legit, leaving his bat at 110.6 mph. Kurtz is worth considering in leagues in which he was dropped.

It’s the first time in his career that Conforto has doubled three times. There were no soft ones tonight, either, as his hits left the bat at 106.1, 103.7 and 109.5 mph. As much as he’s struggled this season, it seems like a good sign, especially coming on a night that no one else in the Dodgers lineup had much luck.