Mets reliever Dedniel Núñez made his second appearance with the team's Triple-A team on Thursday night and was utterly dominant.
In two innings, Núñez allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out two batters. The right-hander tossed 29 pitches, 20 going for strikes. This comes after his first appearance where the 28-year-old allowed a run on one hit while striking out two batters in one inning of work.
Núñez came into camp after missing most of the second half of last season with a prolator strain. A shame considering he pitched to a 2.31 ERA in 25 appearances a year ago. He's begun the 2025 campaign in the minors so he can continue to ramp up, but he had a solid spring allowing two runs in two innings of work. If he continues to pitch this way, he'll make his way back to the club sooner rather than later.
Dedniel Núñez pitched 2 scoreless innings tonight for Syracuse
Unfortunately for the Syracuse Mets, starter Blade Tidwell was not as sharp.
Tidwell allowed four runs on four hits and three walks across 3.1 innings while striking out four batters. It was the 23-year-old's second start of the minor league season and was a 180 from his first outing. Back on March 28, Tidwell pitched five innings, allowing just one run on one hit and one walk while striking out five.
Tyler Zuber pitched in relief of Tidewell and was perfect through 1.2 innings to give the Syracuse Mets a chance but the offense was just not there.
The Syracuse Mets collected just four hits in total. Two came from Jose Azocar and the other two from Gilberto Celestino.
Among Celestino's two knocks was a solo shot, which accounted for the Mets' only run in their 5-1 loss to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
Friday, April 4 the Chicago White Sox (2-4) are scheduled to be in Motown to take on the Tigers (2-4) in Game 1 of their weekend series.
Jonathan Cannon is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Jack Flaherty for Detroit
The White Sox lost two of three earlier this week to the Minnesota Twins. Harrison Bader and Byron Buxton smacked home runs off Chicago hurlers as the Twin rolled the Pale Sox 6-1 in their series finale.
Detroit lost Wednesday to the Mariners but did take two of the three games in that series. Tarik Skubal is off to an 0-2 start and holds a 5.91 ERA through two starts for the Tigers.
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Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
Time: 1:10PM EST
Site: Comerica Park
City: Detroit, MI
Network/Streaming: Chicago Sports Net, FDS
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The latest odds as of Thursday:
Moneyline: White Sox (+200), Tigers (-250)
Spread: Tigers -1.5 (-110)
Total: 7 runs
Probable starting pitchers for White Sox at Tigers
Pitching matchup for April 4, 2025: Jonathan Cannon vs. Jack Flaherty
White Sox: Jonathan Cannon (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Last outing: 3/29 vs. Angels - 5 IP, 0ER, 4H, 3BB, 5Ks
Tigers: Jack Flaherty, (0-0, 3.18 ERA) Last outing: 3/28 at Dodgers - 5.2 IP, 2ER, 3H, 2BB, 5Ks
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The White Sox are 4-2 on the Run Line this season
The Tigers are 3-3 on the Run Line this season
The White Sox are the only team in the AL Central with a positive run differential (+4) at this point in the season
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The Yankees' bats roared for three long balls, led by Aaron Judge's three-hit, four-RBI night, which was just enough for New York to hold on to a 9-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.
After striking out 30 times in the first two games of the series, the Yankees were more disciplined fanning only seven times.
Here are the takeaways...
-The Yankees were shut out for the first eight innings of last night's game, but they would get on the board early and often thanks to the long ball. Judge launched his fifth home run of the season, a three-run shot, to put his team up 3-0. It was Judge's 500th career extra-base hit and he's the third-fastest in franchise history to reach that mark (999 games).
Trent Grisham would drive in the fourth first-inning run with a two-out double that scored Jasson Dominguez. But that wasn't the end of Grisham's night. He would launch a two-run shot in the third (354 ft), depositing a 91 mph fastball down in the zone over the right field wall.
Judge would tack on an RBI single in the fourth before Jazz Chisholm Jr. launched a two-run shot of his own to make it 9-3. All of this came against one of Arizona's top three pitchers, Merrill Kelly. The right-hander allowed all nine runs in just 3.2 innings pitched.
-Carlos Carrasco made his first Yankees start on Thursday after pitching in relief over the weekend. In that appearance, he allowed three runs on five hits across two innings. This start was a lot different. The veteran right-hander cruised through three innings -- allowing a run on a groundout in the second -- but pitched into trouble in the fourth.
After a leadoff walk, a Josh Naylor single and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. double cut the Yankees lead to 6-2. But Carrasco came back by striking out the dangerous Eugenio Suarez before Alek Thomas grounded out to drive in Arizona's third run of the game. One final groundout helped Carrasco escape the fourth with minimal damage.
The 38-year-old left with one out in the sixth, putting a bow on a solid first start in pinstripes. Carrasco went 5.1 innings (82 pitches/55 strikes) allowing three runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five batters.
-In relief of Carrasco, the Yankees bullpen was mostly good but Ryan Yarbrough in the seventh struggled mightily. He allowed the Diamondbacks to load the bases with no outs before Geraldo Perdomo put a charge into one over the right field wall for a grand slam, cutting the Yankees lead to 9-7. The left-hander did get his next two batters out before he was subbed for Mark Leiter Jr.
This was the right-hander's first appearance since allowing a grand slam in Tuesday's implosion, but he struck out Gurriel Jr. to end the seventh.
-Manager Aaron Boone mixed up his lineup a bit. The changes saw Judge starting at DH with Grisham playing center and Cody Bellinger in right. Ben Rice started at first base -- and led off -- with J.C. Escarra making his first career start behind the plate. And the 29-year-old rookie was in the thick of it on Thursday.
After going hitless in his first two at-bats, Escarra laced a two-out double in the seventh inning for his first major league hit. Unfortunately for the Yankees, Rice struck out with the bases loaded. New York was 3-for-9 with RISP and left eight runners on base.
-After Leiter Jr., Luke Weaver came in for a four-out save and dominated, striking out one batter in his perfect outing.
Game MVP: Aaron Judge
Judge got the team started on the right foot after a miserable first two games of the series, hitting his first-inning blast and collecting three hits.
The Yankees hit the road for the first time this season, going to Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates for a three-game series starting Friday. First pitch is set for 4:12 p.m.
Max Fried will make his second start with the Yankees, opposing veteran Mitch Keller.
Its Friday, April 4 and the Padres (7-0) are in the Windy City to take on the Cubs (5-4) in Game 1 of their weekend series.
Randy Vásquez is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Shota Imanaga for Chicago.
The Cubs are back at Wrigley following a three-game smackdown of the Athletics in Sacramento. Chicago outscored the Athletics 35-9 in the series. Wednesday, Seiya Suzuki homered twice and drove in five runs to power the Cubs to a 10-2 win.
San Diego is one of two remaining unbeaten teams in baseball. The Padres swept the Guardians earlier this week. Jackson Merrill picked up two hits and a couple of RBIs in Wednesday's 5-2 win.
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Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
Time: 2:20PM EST
Site: Wrigley Field
City: Chicago, IL
Network/Streaming: Padres.TV, Marquee
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Odds for the Padres at the Cubs
The latest odds as of Thursday:
Moneyline: Padres (+140), Cubs (-165)
Spread: Cubs -1.5
Total: 6.5 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Padres at Cubs
Pitching matchup for April 4, 2025: Randy Vásquez vs. Shota Imanaga
Padres: Randy Vásquez (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Last outing: 3/29 vs. Braves - 6 IP, 0ER, 4H, 4BB, 3Ks
Cubs: Shota Imanaga (1-0, 0.82 ERA) Last outing: 3/29 at DBacks - 7 IP, 1ER, 3H, 2BB, 4Ks
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Thanks to a series in Sacramento, the Cubs run differential is +14 for the season
Padres' pitchers have allowed a mere 11 runs in 7 games
San Diego has thrown three shutouts already this season
San Diego is 6-1 on the Run Line this season
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Its Friday, April 4 and its Opening Day at Citi Field as the Mets (3-3) take on the Blue Jays (5-2) in Game 1 of their weekend series.
Kevin Gausman is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Tylor Megill for New York
Pete Alonso carried the Mets to a win Wednesday night in Miami. The Polar Bear had three hits and drove in four runs as New York bested Miami in 11 innings, 6-5.
Toronto comes to New York fresh off of a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals. George Springer homered to continue his hot start to the season (.429 average) and the Jays doubled up the Nationals in their series finale, 4-2.
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Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
Time: 3:10PM EST
Site: Citi Field
City: New York, NY
Network/Streaming: SportsNet Now, SNY
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Moneyline: Blue Jays (+120), Mets (-140)
Spread: Mets -1.5 (+155)
Total: 7.5 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Blue Jays at Mets
Pitching matchup for April 4, 2025: Kevin Gausman vs. Tylor Megill
Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (1-0, 3.00 ERA) Last outing: 3/28 vs. Baltimore - 6 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1BB, 4Ks
Mets: Tylor Megill (1-0, 1.80 ERA) Last outing: 3/28 at Houston - 5 IP, 1ER, 3H, 1BB, 6Ks
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Toronto is 5-2 on the Run Line this season
New York is 3-3 on the Run Line this season
The Mets Team ERA is 2.38 this season
The Blue Jays Team ERA is 4.43 this season
The Mets are hitting .188 as a team this season
The Blue Jays are hitting .288 as a team this season
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The camera sneaked up behind Jon Scheyer as he started the long walk into the Alamodome's cavernous center, a route that crossed a sea of black carpet and eventually required stairs onto college basketball's grand stage. Scheyer knows a thing or two about this moment. An assistant who did it twice under Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Adam Ottavino had been looking to play winter ball in the Dominican Republic for many years before finally doing so after last season.
The opportunity came at a perfect time: Not only did Ottavino, 39, want to extend his distinguished pitching career, but he saw a chance to deepen his cultural understanding in a way that would one day make him a better MLB manager.
Ottavino, a native New Yorker who has gotten big outs for both the Yankees and Mets, is back in the Bronx this week because Yanks closer Devin Williams is on paternity leave. Beyond that nothing is guaranteed, though the team’s scouts do think he has a bit more to give.
Whenever his playing career ends, Ottavino believes that he is well-positioned to transition to managing, as rare as that is for a pitcher.
“Manager is the position where you can really make an impact on the margins by connecting with the humans in the room,” Ottavino says. “I also think that from a moves standpoint -- I know it’s unorthodox for a pitcher to manage, but if you really look at in-game moves, I would say 80 percent of it is managing the bullpen and the pitching staff.
“Having had so many great managers, that has been a big separator. And a lot of times guys don’t really learn that until they’re deeper into their careers. It’s a blind spot for a lot of guys because they didn’t pitch. Even though it seems unorthodox, I feel from that perspective I’d have a little edge on another guy who was new to the position because I have thought about pitching moves for my entire career. And I’ve done every role, and I understand how the pieces fit together. It’s just one aspect of the job, but I do think it’s one where a relief pitcher could have a leg up.”
One area that Ottavino wanted to shore up while in the Dominican Republic last winter was firsthand experience with Latin American baseball culture. The good managers -- think Aaron Boone, Alex Cora and Carlos Mendoza -- relate well to players from all regions and countries.
“I knew that going out there would definitely help me with the cultural aspect, relating to guys from Dominican and other Latin countries,” Ottavino said. “Just to get down there and really get a sense of what their culture is all about, what their life is all about.”
While there, Ottavino encountered a passion for baseball that reinvigorated his own.
“You could feel the presence of baseball everywhere you went,” he says. “I took a couple strolls outside Stadium in La Romana with my camera, and, every patch of dirt you could find, there were baseball games going on, just kids everywhere playing baseball. That is very inspiring.
“I grew up here in New York, and knew a lot of Dominican guys growing up. I had a sense for the culture. But being there on the ground at Ground Zero for Dominican culture, in their cities and their towns, you get to see the sense of community.”
Ottavino also found that the experience of playing in a foreign country deepened his empathy for teammates doing so in the United States.
“All of a sudden I'm in a place where I'm not speaking the language and I'm looking for other Americans to connect with,’” he says.
“You know what it feels like to be an outsider. You feel like, ‘Okay, I have to find a way to blend myself into this, into this world, and assimilate into it, be able to be within it and feel comfortable’ And I'm sure that it's a lot harder coming to America from the Dominican than it was for me, but at the same time you get a sense that it's definitely a culture shock, and it's a big adjustment.
“I've always been sympathetic to the journey because it's very real. But it's just even more clear when you're there just how different it is.”
By turning that sympathy to empathy last winter, Ottavino hopes that he enhanced his ability to understand a wider swath of a big league clubhouse -- and ultimately to lead one.
NEW YORK (AP) — Clark Schmidt is on track to make his New York Yankees season debut on April 15 or 16 against the Kansas City Royals.
Schmidt is recovering from right rotator cuff tendinitis and set to start Saturday for Double-A Somerset at Hartford, his first game action since a March 11 exhibition against Baltimore.
“One more after and then with us either the 15th or 16th,” manager Aaron Boone said Thursday.
Right-hander Ian Hamilton, recovering from a viral illness, made his second relief appearance for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday night. Boone said Hamilton will have one more minor league outing, then be activated for Monday’s series opener at Detroit.
Infielder DJ LeMahieu is about a week from getting at-bats against pitching. The 36-year-old, a two-time batting champion, injured a calf muscle in his spring training debut on March 1.
“It would be probably a pretty big build-up. I’d want him to have kind of a spring training, really,” Boone said.
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, Caroline Fenton and Isis ‘Ice’ Young make their predictions for Saturday’s national semifinals featuring Florida vs. Auburn and Houston vs. Duke - then name the team that they believe will win the national championship. Hear the full conversation on the “College Basketball Power Hour” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
Curtis Jones is not a long-term fix at right-back for Liverpool, Tyler Dibling is a wanted man and Arsenal are depleted
When Arsenal next visit Merseyside on 11 May their first act may be to form a guard of honour for Liverpool, who could by then be newly crowned Premier League champions. The title appears destined for Anfield – Arsenal have been unable to sustain a consistent challenge for it all season – but Mikel Arteta will feel duty-bound to delay the seemingly inevitable for as long as possible on his return to Everton. Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid may be the priority for Arsenal but rotating is hardly an option for Arteta at Goodison Park given he has four defenders available. A makeshift unit would benefit from a demanding afternoon together before welcoming Real to the Emirates. Arne Slot claimed it is unfair on Everton to have an early Saturday kick-off after Wednesday’s Merseyside derby. Depleted or not, Arteta’s team should take advantage. Andy Hunter
Everton v Arsenal, Saturday 12.30pm (all times BST)
Postecoglou rails at VAR after Sarr strike disallowed
Ange Postecoglou insisted his ear-cup gesture at Tottenham fans had been misinterpreted as he raged at a VAR intervention that denied his team a goal in their 1-0 defeat by Chelsea.
Spurs were poor but they looked to have fashioned a lifeline when Pape Sarr, on as a substitute, beat Robert Sánchez from long range in the 70th minute. Postecoglou’s decision to introduce Sarr for Lucas Bergvall had been met with chants from the travelling support that he did not know what he was doing.
Central Michigan fired basketball coach Tony Barbee on Thursday after the Chippewas failed to advance to the Mid-American Conference Tournament for the second time in three years.
Bunting beats Price 6-5 in final to break his duck
Littler beaten by Dobey in opening match
Stephen Bunting turned his Premier League form around in stunning fashion to claim victory in Berlin after Luke Littler crashed out early.
Bunting had failed to win a match in the first eight rounds of the series but he saw off Nathan Aspinall to break his duck then eased to victory over Luke Humphries before defeating Gerwyn Price 6-5 in the final.
The Carolina Hurricanes announced they have recalled forward Justin Robidas from their AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves.
Robidas is fourth in AHL rookie scoring with 17 goals and 31 assists for 48 points in 65 games this season.
The 22-year-old continues to work his way up the professional ranks after recording 12 goals and 27 points in 32 games with the ECHL's Norfolk Admirals last season.
Son of long time NHL defenseman Stephane Robidas, Justin's first chance to make his NHL debut comes Apr. 4 in what will likely be a fiery game against the Washington Capitals.
This move comes as Hurricanes forwards Jordan Staal and Andrei Svechnikov are questionable with injuries.
