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The lanky right-hander flashed 100 mph on his four-seamer and just looked flat-out dominant. Misiorowski has always had the ability to match the other top-tier pitching prospects, but his command, or lack thereof, had many scouts assuming he would end up in the bullpen. For that reason, his one walk in this game is a great sign. On the season, Misiorowski has a 38/13 K/BB ratio in 29 2/3 innings while posting a 1.82 ERA and 0.91 WHIP. That’s a step in the right direction in regards to walks, but still a touch higher than we’d like. Keep an eye on him because if he gets the command figured out, he’d be a must-stash prospect.

Rumfield has gone deep three times in 2026, with this homer coming off Edgardo Henriquez in the eighth inning. The 25-year-old was a substitute for Tyler Freeman early in this contest, and he likely will see time in Freeman’s absence if necessary. There’s better fantasy options out there, even if so.

Rushing is now tied for fourth in the National League in homers, and he’s had all of 27 at-bats. Efficiency. The 25-year-old took both Jose Quintana and Tanner Gordon deep in the contest, and he’s now slugging an unrealistic 1.296 in that aforementioned playing time. The 25-year-old is going to see playing time at first base, catcher and DH; and that just adds to the intrigue for 2026 and beyond.

The two earned runs also were Quintana’s doing, as he committed the error. The left-handed veteran allowed a pair of homers to Max Muncy and Dalton Rushing, with Rushing and Muncy homering again later in the contest off Tanner Gordon. Quintana was a tough sell as a fantasy pitcher because he doesn’t miss bats, but in Colorado? This is going to be untenable. He’ll take a 6.23 ERA into a start against the Mets on Saturday in New York.

Wrobleski did strike out three, but he was fortunate to limit the damage to just one run. He allowed eight hits in the contest, and 12 balls off Colorado bats registered as hard contact. That’s 22 hard-hit balls allowed in his last two starts, and he’s allowed only one run in the process. The 25-year-old will look to keep the good run — and potentially, the good luck — going against the Cubs on Sunday.

Muncy and Dalton Rushing both hit a pair of homers, with Muncy’s coming off Jose Quintana and Tanner Gordon. Remarkably, Muncy now has eight homers on the season, but only nine RBI. Seems impossible, but to say the 35-year-old is off to a hot start is an understatement. Those RBI totals should continue to rise for Muncy playing in the loaded Dodgers lineup.

It’s the second straight season in which Rea has opened up in the Cubs pen, quickly joined the rotation due to injury and started off 3-0. The difference this year is that win No. 3 didn’t come until his sixth start on May 12. This time, it’s coming in his second start. The other occurred when he was pitching behind an opener last week. Rea has a 3.00 ERA and a 20/5 K/BB in 24 innings. He’ll be a streaming option at times, but he’s due to make his next start against the Dodgers.

Four of the runs scored in the second. The Cubs had the bases loaded with no outs in the inning, but it looked like Nola might escape with little damage after inducing a double-play ball from Miguel Amaya. Instead, he walked Pete Crow-Armstrong and gave up a three-run homer to Dansby Swanson. Nola fell to 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA. Things here still seems a little better than last year, when he posted a 6.01 ERA, but a major rebound doesn’t appear to be on the way. He’ll face the Braves next weekend.

Swanson is batting just .192 this season, but five of his 14 hits have been homers, and he’s up to 20 runs scored and 15 RBI in 22 games, even though he’s currently the Cubs’ No. 9 hitter. The homer tonight was his 1,200th career hit and gave him 700 career runs scored.

It’d be nice if the Phillies gave Crawford a chance at hitting a little higher in the order. He’s batting .283/.377/.400, and he’d probably be more of a factor on the basepaths hitting in front of weaker hitters. Right now, he’s just 1-for-2 stealing bases in 20 games. Last year, he was 46-for-57 in 112 games in Triple-A.

Hopefully, this will snap his streak of consecutive days being dropped in the lineup at two. Ramírez hit second or third in his first 19 starts, but he was lowered to fifth with Kyle Stowers back on Sunday and then he hit sixth tonight. Ramírez is batting .222/.297/.370 with 11 runs scored and 11 RBI in 22 games. Of course, those solid run+RBI numbers are a product of hitting second and third and probably won’t continue now unless he steps it up.