MLB Player News

Bohm’s homer off Nathan Eovaldi was only 97 mph off the bat, but it was hit just far enough to get over the wall down the right field line. He’s already off to a much better start than last year, when he didn’t homer until his 33rd game of the season on May 6. He also already has as many three-run homers as he did last year.

Ben Williamson draws the start at shortstop. This has the look of a routine day off for the starter at shortstop. Walls is hitting .310/.375/.345 in nine games since returning from the injured list.

Tony Vitello did say that Susac and Patrick Bailey would start splitting time more evenly on Thursday. This is Susac’s second start against a right-handed starter this year. The Giants will see if they can catch some lighting in a bottle with Susac’s current .563/.588/.750 line in 17 plate appearances.

Durbin had been hitting second for the last five games, but the Red Sox elevated Willson Contreras to second to try to get the offense going. Durbin had gone 3-for-19 with two walks in those five games. He’s hitting just .127/.226/.164 on the season in 62 plate appearances. Eighth is the lowest placement for him in the lineup so far this year — he’d gone as far down as seventh, but mostly had hit sixth.

Cam Sanders is taking Urquidy’s spot in the bullpen. Urquidy had allowed runs in each of his last three appearances, including a four-spot against the Nationals on Monday, to put his ERA at 8.53 on the season. He’ll try to get back on track at Indianapolis.

Yates is trending towards a return as Jordan Romano has given up five earned runs in his last two outings. There’s no guarantee that Yates will see closer work, but he’s certainly got a cleaner recent track record than Romano despite 2025’s 5.23 ERA in 50 games out of the Dodgers pen. He may be worth stashing in deeper leagues for those looking for saves.

It’s unclear when Palencia suffered the injury as he hadn’t pitched since last Sunday. In the topsy turvy world of the Cubs bullpen, which somehow carries five left-handed relievers at the moment, our best guess is that Ben Brown would be in line for saves if the Cubs choose to use a traditional closer going forward. It’s possible this becomes a full-blown committee in Palencia’s absence. It’s great news that it’s not an arm injury — at least for the long-term — but the 15-day placement tells us this is serious for Palencia and something that could stretch well into May.

Yesavage threw 71 pitches in his third rehab start. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said the outing “was everything the Jays expected from a workload and velocity perspective.” He’ll make one more rehab start and could join the Jays in Anaheim next week if the team decides he is ready to go.

In theory it gets Lauer a better chance of a win, but it’s hard to recommend Lauer against the Diamondbacks in fantasy leagues considering the 9/12 BB:K ratio and 7.82 ERA.

Buried in that positive news is the somewhat-ominous “the Mets will want to do a supplemental MRI to ensure he’s OK before activating him.” Soto’s progression to return from his calf injury has appeared normal from the outside. Assuming things check out, he’ll be back at some point next week.

His ankle is “better today,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. Polanco remains out of the lineup for the Mets on Friday after a Thursday off-day. If only there were some sort of “injured list” where a player like this could be stashed.