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Schlittler is on another level right now. He’s still yet to allow a run or even walk a batter this season to go along with 15 punchouts across nearly 12 innings of work. In this start, he threw his three fastball variations a combined 88% of the time and the Mariners were completely helpless against them. His four-seamer led the way with 11 swings-and-misses and both his cutter and sinker played off it perfectly. Combined, those pitches had nearly an 80% strike rate as he had no fear challenging the Mariners’ hitters in the zone because they couldn’t touch him. At this rate, Schlittler looks like he could be on his way to ace-status. He’s scheduled to face the Athletics at home in his next start.

Roberts added that Justin Wrobleski will temporarily move into the rotation to build in some extra rest for everyone else. Ohtani simultaneously holds the longest active scoreless pitching streak (22 2/3 innings) and the longest active on-base streak (36 games) in baseball right now. The 31-year-old two-way superstar tossed six shutout innings on Tuesday against the Guardians while also reaching base safely three times. He’ll get a couple extra days of rest before taking the ball to close out a three-game rematch of last year’s thrilling Fall Classic.

Guardians manager Stephen Vogt told reporters that DeLauter was scheduled for a day off regardless before suffering a left foot contusion during Tuesday’s game at Dodger Stadium. The encouraging news for Cleveland, and fantasy managers, is that initial X-rays were negative for any fractures. The 24-year-old rookie sensation will be re-evaluated ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Cubs to determine whether additional time off is needed. He should be considered day-to-day for now. It’ll be Angel Martínez taking over in right field on Wednesday night in his absence.

Misiorowski left a fastball over the heart of the plate in the third inning, which Rays slugger Yandy Díaz sliced into the right-field seats for a two-run homer. The electrifying 23-year-old flamethrower didn’t make any other mistakes in this one, limiting Tampa Bay’s lineup to just four hits and a pair of walks over six strong frames. He touched triple digits 17 times and averaged an other-worldly 98.9 mph on his four-seam fastball in this one. He’s recorded a pristine 2.45 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 18/5 K/BB ratio across 11 innings over two starts to open his sophomore campaign. He’ll square off against the Red Sox at historic Fenway Park on Tuesday in his next outing.

The hope for the Royals, and fantasy managers, is that the reset enables Estévez to find the fastball velocity that’s been missing since the outset of spring training. The 33-year-old stopper, who recorded a career-high 42 saves last year, was torched for six runs while recording just one out in an ugly blown save last Saturday against the Braves. He was also struck by a comebacker during that disastrous outing, which led to Lucas Erceg handling closing duties in Sunday’s series finale. It remains unclear whether Estévez will reclaim the closing role once he’s ready to rejoin Kansas City’s high-leverage mix, which provides Erceg with an extended opportunity to establish himself as the club’s primary ninth-inning option.

Alcantara needed just 93 pitches to dispose of the White Sox. 69 of those were strikes, and he went without walking a batter, though he did hit Miguel Vargas. All three hits off him were singles, and the first was actually a bunt with two outs and none on in the second. Alcantara is now tied with Gerrit Cole, Sonny Gray, Shelby Miller and Max Scherzer for second on the active list for shutouts, four behind Justin Verlander. He’s alone in third with 13 complete games, trailing Verlander at 26 and Chris Sale at 16. Give Alcantara a ton of credit for just how efficient he was, but the results probably wouldn’t have been quite the same against a better offense. His stock is up a little with two scoreless victories to begin the year, but he always seemed likely to get off to a good start with the Rockies and White Sox on the schedule. He’ll face the Reds next week.

For the second straight game, Cruz homered off a left-handed pitcher, crushing a 407-foot home run at 107.4 mph off the bat against Andrew Abbott. After struggling mightily against left-handers last season, Cruz hired a left-handed pitcher to throw him batting practice all offseason, and perhaps it’s working. The much-maligned 27-year-old is now hitting .304/.333/.696 on the season with three home runs and six RBI. Yes, the batting average will come down, but if Cruz can sustain some of these gains against left-handed pitching, he could be in for a nice bounce-back season.

Skenes struck out five and walked two on the day; however, he threw just 66 percent of his pitches for strikes, which continues his Opening Day trend of just not being as sharp as we’re used to seeing him. He had 11 whiffs, including six on his four-seamer and three on his changeup, and a 26.2 percent whiff rate is nothing to turn your nose up at. Hopefully, his command can be more pristine next week against the Padres.

He will head to New York for the team’s home opener to meet with trainers and decide when he will throw his next side session. The 33-year-old is coming back from offseason surgery to remove bone spurs from his elbow, but his recovery has now been delayed due to hamstring tightness.

Baldwin got things going with a two-RBI single in the second inning and then followed that up with a 107.4 mph double that drove in two more in the fourth. His day could have been even bigger if it weren’t for Denzel Clarke. Baldwin crushed a 102.8 mph ball to dead center field in the seventh inning that would have been a home run if Clarke hadn’t scaled the wall to pull it back. So far, Baldwin is more than following up on his impressive rookie season.