Ezequiel

Tovar

Tovar singled in the opening inning, swiped second base and then came around to score on a two-out RBI single off the bat of Kris Bryant. He then added an RBI double in the second inning that increased the Rockies’ lead to 5-2. Tovar also doubled in the fourth and scored on an RBI knock by Ryan McMahon. He finished his day with a two-run single in the eighth inning that made it a 10-4 ballgame. With the four-hit effort, the 23-year-old shortstop is now hitting .282/.300/.436 with zero homers, four RBI and one stolen base to open the 2025 campaign.

Tovar opened the scoring in the ballgame with an RBI double off of Ryan Pepiot in the third inning. He was then nabbed attempting to steal third base. The 23-year-old shortstop is coming off of a breakout 2024 campaign and could be poised to reach even higher heights in 2025 if he’s going to be more aggressive on the basepaths.

Tovar was pulled from Wednesday’s game due to a left triceps contusion that he sustained when he was plunked by Michael King. It appears as though he was able to avoid any serious injury though and should be fine moving forward. He’s starting at shortstop and batting second against Jacob deGrom and the Rangers on Friday evening in Arizona.

The positive news here is that Tovar doesn’t appear to be dealing with anything serious after being hit on the arm by a pitch from Padres starter Michael King during Wednesday’s Cactus League contest. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now.

Chapman wasted no time winning the award for the first time in the National League in his first season with the Giants -- impressively beating out Nolan Arenado to do it. Here’s the full list of Gold Glove winners in the National League (along with how many times they have won the award): C: Patrick Bailey (1), 1B: Christian Walker (3), 2B: Brice Turang (1), SS: Ezequiel Tovar (1), 3B Matt Chapman (5), P: Chris Sale (1), LF: Ian Happ (3), CF: Brenton Doyle (2), RF: Sal Frelick (1), UT: Jared Triolo (1).

It’s pretty incredible that Tovar has been this solid with the entire league knowing that there’s absolutely no reason to ever throw him a pitch within the strike zone. He’s currently hitting .266/.293/.469 with 25 homers. If only he’d decided to steal 25 bases, too, he’d be quite a bit more famous.

Tovar got the Rockies on the board with a solo homer off Merrill Kelly in the sixth inning. The 23-year-old has homered three times in what has been a disappointing September, but he does now have a solid 24 homers on the year. This has been an uneven year to say the least for Tovar, but more than enough good to suggest he’s on his way to being a strong fantasy option for the next several years.

Tovar’s home run was his 22nd of the season. He hit a solo shot off Reynaldo Lopez in the sixth inning. The stolen base was his sixth of the season. Tovar had been struggling. He was hitting .190 with three home runs in 29 games since the beginning of August. Tovar is hitting .270 with a .762 OPS and 64 RBI on the year.

Tover badly needed this one. The 23-year-old is in the midst of a brutal month of August that has seen him hit .178 with 32 strikeouts in 21 games heading into tonight. However, facing Roddery Muñoz may have been the cure. Tover hit a solo home run off of him in the first inning and then followed that up with a two-run homer in the second inning. He’s now up to 21 home runs on the season and with an entire week at Coors Field coming up, he could turn around his August numbers.

The Rockies were shut out by Carlos Rodón and the Yankees’ bullpen in this one as Tovar accounted for their only extra-base hit and he and Jordan Beck were their only players to reach base twice. His walk was interesting, just his 18th of the season as his 3.2 BB% is tied with Cedanne Rafaela for the lowest by any qualified player in the majors.