Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up
Odds by

Rotoworld

  • NYM Starting Pitcher #45
    Personalize your Rotoworld feed by favoriting players
    Christian Scott pitched well in a no-decision against the Rockies at Coors Field on Thursday, racking up six strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings of one-run baseball.
    Scott scattered just three hits on the day while issuing two walks. The lone tally against him came in the fourth inning on a two-out RBI single by Willi Castro. The 26-year-old right-hander threw 53 of his 82 pitches for strikes in the contest, generating 11 swings and misses while posting a CSW of 24 percent. He’ll try again to pick up his first victory of the season as he carries a stellar 3.27 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and a 15/7 K/BB ratio (11 innings) into Wednesday’s matchup against the Tigers.
  • HOU 1st Baseman #8
    Personalize your Rotoworld feed by favoriting players
    Christian Walker is absent from the Astros’ starting lineup for Thursday night’s tilt against the Rangers.
    It appears to be nothing more than a routine night off for the hot-hitting first baseman. Isaac Paredes will cover first base in his place while Braden Shewmake starts at the hot corner and will bat sixth for the Astros against Rangers’ right-hander Nathan Eovaldi.
    Votto: Ohtani's season could be MLB's best ever
    Joey Votto catches up with Dan Patrick about his post-MLB life, reflecting on his worldwide travels, Shohei Ohtani's greatness, the possibility of a salary cap, and much more.
  • BAL Left Fielder #13
    Orioles activated OF Heston Kjerstad from the 60-day injured list; optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk.
    Kjerstad had already been at Triple-A Norfolk on a minor league rehab assignment while recovering from his right hamstring strain. He’ll remain there in an everyday role until the O’s have a need for him at the big league level.
  • DET 2nd Baseman #25
    Gleyber Torres (oblique) is expected to begin a minor league rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo over the weekend.
    Torres will join the Mud Hens on Friday and will work out with the team, but he isn’t expected to get into his first rehab game until Saturday or Sunday. The 29-year-old infielder has been sidelined since May 6 due to a left oblique strain. He should only need a couple of game’s worth of live at-bats there before he’s ready to rejoin the Tigers, assuming he’s able to avoid any setbacks.
  • DET Right Fielder #30
    Kerry Carpenter (shoulder) will begin a minor league rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo on Friday.
    The 28-year-old slugger has been shelved since May 10 due to a sprained left shoulder. The Tigers’ offense has floundered miserably over the past few weeks, so a quick return to action would definitely help the cause. Expect him to remain there through the weekend and if all goes well he could be ready to return for Monday’s series opener against the Rays in Tampa Bay.
  • CWS Center Fielder #29
    Tristan Peters went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the White Sox’s 6-2 defeat of the Twins on Thursday.
    Peters wasn’t going to start today, but the White Sox revamped their lineup after lefty Kendry Rojas was scratched and righty Simeon Woods Richardson was named the starter, and Peters wound up with his second three-hit game as a major leaguer. He’s batting .274/.342/.385 with two homers and four steals in 153 plate appearances, so it doesn’t look like he’ll be the choice to be sent down when Austin Hays comes off the IL.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #65
    Davis Martin pitched six innings of one-run ball and fanned five in defeating the Twins on Thursday.
    Martin got 18 outs on 84 pitches, with a 33 percent whiff rate (14 of 42) and a 33 percent CSW (28 of 84). He’s up to 8-1 with a 2.00 ERA in 12 starts. Stuff models still aren’t overly impressed by him, and it seems likely there will be some regression going forward, but with his walk rate down and groundball rate climbing, he could remain somewhat above average. He’ll face the Twins again next week in Minnesota.
  • MIN Starting Pitcher #24
    Simeon Woods Richardson was tagged for five runs in 2 2/3 innings by the White Sox in his emergency start Thursday.
    Woods Richardson, who pitched two innings out of the pen on Monday, got the ball after Kendry Rojas was scratched before the game. He got through two innings allowing only one run, but the White Sox had four hits off him to knock him out of the game in the third. Woods Richardson is 0-7 with a 7.74 ERA and a 26/25 K/BB in his 10 starts and two relief appearances this season. He’s out of options, so the Twins can’t simply send him down. He’ll probably stick around as a middle reliever.
  • CWS Right Fielder #34
    Randal Grichuk had a three-run double against the Twins in Thursday’s win for the White Sox.
    Grichuk is now 12-for-36 with four homers and 13 RBI for the White Sox after going 6-for-31 with no homers and two RBI for the Yankees at the beginning of the season. He’s essentially been filling in for Austin Hays, so it’ll be interesting how the White Sox try to work in both after Hays comes off the injured list. They could have released Grichuk at that point if Grichuk were just putting up average numbers, but that’s probably not on the table now.
  • TEX 2nd Baseman #20
    Ezequiel Duran (illness) returned to the Rangers’ starting lineup for Thursday’s battle against the Astros.
    Duran was pulled from Wednesday’s game as he was feeling a bit under the weather, but it appears to have been a minor issue. The versatile 27-year-old is enjoying a strong season offensively, slashing .279/.333/.456 with four homers, 26 RBI and four stolen bases in 163 plate appearances.
  • TOR Starting Pitcher #31
    Max Scherzer (forearm) will make a minor league rehab start at Triple-A Buffalo on Sunday.
    It’ll be the first rehab start for Scherzer since landing on the injured list at the end of April. He’s expected to throw between 45 and 60 pitches during that outing. If all goes well, he’ll make another rehab start the following week before potentially rejoining the Jays’ rotation. Blue Jays’ skipper John Schneider cautioned that they’re “taking it one start at a time” though.