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Erceg’s season is over. The 30-year-old forged a 2.64 ERA in his first full season with the Royals over 61 appearances with a 48/18 K/BB ratio across 61 1/3 innings. Assuming good health, Erceg will be a set-up man for Kansas City again in 2026.

Myles Straw replaced him against the Yankees. The Jays would miss Sánchez if he lands on the IL, but they do have Nathan Lukes nearly ready to return.

It’s his shortest start of the year, as he completed six innings each of his first seven times out. Tonight, though, he needed 88 pitches to get his 15 outs. It’s the fourth time this season that he’s gone without allowing a run, and his ERA now stands at 0.73 in 49 innings. Ohtani also had a nice night offensively while both pitching and DHing for the first time since Apr. 22. Along with the leadoff homer in the first, he walked and scored a second run. He’s 13-for-27 with two homers, four doubles, 10 RBI and seven walks in his last seven games. Ohtani’s next mound outing will probably come next Wednesday against the Rockies.

Vásquez gave up a leadoff homer to Shohei Ohtani in the first tonight and didn’t strike out a single one of the 21 batters he faced. It’s actually kind of impressive that he did so little damage to his 2.96 ERA while giving up six hits and walking three. He still seems like a decent play next week at home against the Phillies.

Pages, the lone Dodgers starter to finish hitless tonight, has finally hit a rough patch, going 4-for-37 in his last 10 games. Still, that comes with seven RBI and only eight strikeouts. He’s at .288/.337/.493 with 10 homers and six steals for the season, and he’s tied for the major league lead with 42 RBI.

It’s happening for Griffin. He ignited rallies in the fourth, sixth, and eighth innings by starting each with a single and scored a run in all three. Plus that, he had the hardest hit ball in this game at 111.2 mph on his second inning single. Again, it feels like it’s all coming together for the 20-year-old Griffin. He now has a hit in 18 of his last 20 games and raised his .213 batting average and .573 at the start of this stretch to a .278 BA and .738 OPS after this game. We’re still waiting on the power with just three home runs through 43 games played, but he looks like the budding star we expected to see.

Mlodzinski continues to be effective with his splitter heavy repertoire. That was his primary pitch here against the Cardinals’ left-handed heavy lineup and while his command of it wasn’t necessarily great, they still chased a solid chunk of them and never squared one up. Besides that, he spotted his fastball well and wasn’t afraid to work hitters inside with it. All in all, it was a fine start and pushed him down to a 3.96 ERA on the season to go along with 44 strikeouts and 17 walks across 50 innings. He’s scheduled for a two-start week coming up against the Cubs and Twins.

Early struck out five and walked one to earn the quality start. The young southpaw gave up multiple free passes in each of his first five starts of 2026 but has done so just once over his past five. He’ll carry a 3.33 ERA into a dangerous matchup next time out, at home against the Braves.

Chapman needed just 16 pitches, throwing 10 strikes and allowing a single hit. He’s allowed only one earned run in 17 2/3 innings this year, continuing to defy the aging process with consistent upper-90s heat. The Red Sox have the second-best bullpen ERA in MLB, and Chapman is obviously a big reason why. Garrett Whitlock remains his top handcuff as summer approaches.

Wacha struck out eight and walked two against his former team, needing 105 pitches to complete the quality start. He’s down to a 2.70 ERA in his age-34 campaign, which would be the lowest of his career if the season ended today. It doesn’t, and a .232 BABIP with a high left-on-base rate could hint at regression, as all his ERA indicators suggest he’s at the same talent level as recent years. Wacha will look to keep rolling next time out at home against the Yankees.

Duran might be heating up with homers in two straight and multi-hit performances in three of his past four. He moved back to leadoff before Roman Anthony went on the IL and has remained in the top spot of the order in every May game. Duran seems unlikely to repeat the career year he put together in 2024, but his performance to date is below even the mildest of expectations coming into the year. Many of his key metrics are stable, but his strikeout rate is ticking up alongside a sweet-spot rate that has plummeted.