SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 06: Adrian Houser #12 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies in the top of the first inning at Oracle Park on April 06, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) | Getty Images
It’s series finale time! The San Francisco Giants are facing the Baltimore Orioles one more time, and then they’re off to Cincinnati, albeit with a well-deserved day off first.
For the Giants, it will be righty Adrian Houser on the mound, as he makes his third start of the year for the team. The 33-year old is 0-1 with a 3.97 ERA, a 2.71 FIP, and seven strikeouts against three walks in 11.1 innings. In his last game, Houser gave up four runs in six innings against the Philadelphia Phillies.
He’s up against lefty Cade Povich, who celebrates his 26th birthday today. Povich, who is in his third year, has pitched just once this year, giving up two runs in 5.2 innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Apr 5, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Cade Povich (37) pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the sixth inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images
It’s going to be a beautiful day in downtown Baltimore. Clear skies. A modest breeze. Highs near 70. That’s baseball weather, folks, and I can think of no better setting for the Orioles to take a series from the visiting Giants. It will be up to Cade Povich to make it happen.
To the surprise of many (myself included), Povich and Brandon Young have been the club’s choices to step into Zach Eflin’s spot in the rotation rather than Dean Kremer. For the time being, anyway. Povich was used as a bulk reliever after Chris Bassitt threw just two innings on April 5 and performed admirably (5.2 innings, two runs, four hits, three walks, two strikeouts). One week later, and on his 26th birthday no less, the southpaw will make his first major league start of the year.
It is entirely possible that no matter how Povich pitches today, he will be sent back down to Triple-A Norfolk on Monday. The Orioles are right at the beginning of a 13-day stretch with no off days. They also used five relievers in Saturday’s win, so another heavy workload for the bullpen today almost guarantees a move is coming. Juggling the fifth starter spot is something most teams do as they need to survive these types of runs in their schedule.
The O’s have not announced their starter for Game 1 of the upcoming Diamondbacks series. This could be where we see Kremer make his season debut. He last pitched for Norfolk on April 8th, and did well (4.2 shutout innings). Young is set to start for Norfolk today. Provided that actually happens, Kremer would be the favorite for a call up. That would buy an extra day of rest for the other members of the rotation. It seems like every member of the rotation except Trevor Rogers could use that right now.
But let’s worry about tomorrow tomorrow. The goal for today is win the series. If that means Povich gets through the order twice and then gets pulled, so be it. It won’t matter if the O’s lineup is up to the task of facing Adrian Houser. It would be great to see Pete Alonso turn things around. He’s in the middle of a 2-for-31 skid in which he is striking out nearly a third of the times he steps to the plate. This team needs more from him.
It doesn’t look like any roster changes came prior to today’s game. Samuel Basallo is starting again at catcher despite also starting the night before. There was speculation that Sam Huff would be called up to play behind the plate. But for now, it looks like Maverick Handley will remain as the understudy for the day.
If Craig Albernaz is trying to stay away from Handley for whatever reason, he may have a bench of just one healthy, truly available player, that being Blaze Alexander. Tyler O’Neill (illness) and Ryan Mountcastle (foot) are around, but seemingly not fit enough to start the game. Johnathan Rodríguez, a 26-year-old outfielder that the O’s acquired last month, was added to the taxi squad as a precaution.
It’ll be warm at Truist Park, with a temperature of 83 degrees at first pitch.
That’s favorable hitting weather for players like Ronald Acuna Jr. The Atlanta Braves star is off to a bit of a slow start (.224 AVG), but the underlying metrics say positive regression is on the way.
Acuna’s bat speed is still elite, and he’s in the 85th percentile or above in xwOBA, xSLG, and barrel rate. Better days are ahead.
Tanner Bibee gets the nod for the Cleveland Guardians. He has notable reverse splits again early this year (.318 AVG to righties), a continuing trend from a year ago, so Acuna is in for a favorable matchup.
Chris Sale Under 6.5 strikeouts
Chris Sale’s strikeout prop is set at 6.5, with juiced odds on the Over, and plus money on the Under.
The southpaw’s strikeout rate is down to 25.4%, a 7% drop from a year ago. That’s despite his first two starts coming against the Rangers, Athletics, and Angels — teams with strikeout rates above 27%.
Cleveland has been a difficult punchout, posting a 17.1% K rate against LHP. Sale’s chase and whiff rate numbers are down, and this is hardly a bounce-back spot against a contact-heavy lineup.
Mauricio Dubon Over 1.5 hits+runs+RBI
Mauricio Dubon is off to a hot start as Atlanta’s starting shortstop, slashing .321/.345/.528 with a 146 wRC+. This is a decent matchup, and there’s friendly hitting weather, so he may not cool off immediately.
He’s particularly raked against cutters (.377 xBA) and sinkers (.353 xBA), which are Bibee’s two most frequently thrown offerings against right-handed hitters (combined 70%).
Dubon has strong numbers against RHP (.353 AVG) and at home (.360), so I’ll buy the plus money on him clearing 2+ hits, runs, and RBI.
How to watch Guardians vs Braves and game info
Location
Truist Park, Atlanta, GA
Date
Sunday, April 12, 2026
First pitch
7:20 p.m. ET
TV
Peacock
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MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 07: Andrew Abbott #41 of the Cincinnati Reds delivers during the first inning against the Miami Marlins at loanDepot park on April 07, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Cincinnati Reds will send lefty Andrew Abbott to the mound on Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. Their Opening Day starter will have the chance to lead them to another series victory, as that’s what a win today over the Los Angeles Angels would provide them after Saturday’s 7-3 win.
Jose Soriano, who has been excellent so far this year, will start for LA.
The Reds are rolling out an offensive-first lineup for this one with Nate Lowe in at DH, Eugenio Suarez over at 3B, and Ke’Bryan Hayes mercifully on the pine to start.
First pitch is set for 1:40 PM ET. Lineups for both clubs are listed below.
New York Mets pitcher Freddy Peralta (51) pitches against the Pirates in the fourth inning, Thursday, March 26, 2026. | Kevin R. Wexler-NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Mets lineup
Francisco Lindor – SS Jorge Polanco – DH Jared Young – 1B Bo Bichette – 3B Brett Baty – RF Marcus Semien – 2B Carson Benge – CF Luis Torrens – C Tyrone Taylor – LF
Freddy Peralta – RHP
Athletics lineup
Lawrence Butler – RF Nick Kurtz – 1B Shea Langeliers – C Tyler Soderstrom – LF Carlos Cortes – DH Max Muncy – 3B Jeff McNeil – 2B Darell Hernaiz – SS Denzel Clarke – CF
Aaron Civale – RHP
Broadcast info
First pitch: 1:40 PM EDT TV: SNY Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2
At the start of the Athletics weeklong trip to New York City to play the New York Yankees and Mets, few thought the team would walk away with two series wins. The A’s have proved doubters wrong as they enter today’s series finale against the Mets with a chance to sweep their first series of the season and finish their time in “The Big Apple” with five wins in six games.
Yesterday, the A’s finally snapped their multi-game home run drought. By doing so, the team introduced its new home run celebration, a cool but somewhat creepy looking elephant mask andgold chain featuring an elephant’s head. Left fielder Tyler Soderstrom donned the mask twice, his second home run coming at a critical moment in the game. The Mets had scored five unanswered to cut the A’s lead from 7-1 to 7-6. In the eighth inning, with the game’s momentum firmly on the hosts side, Soderstrom hit a three-run home run to right-center, his blast all but sealing the A’s series-clinching victory.
Right-hander Aaron Civale will be on the mound today as the A’s vie for the sweep. Through two starts, Civale (1-0, 2.70 ERA) has been the solid veteran pitcher the A’s needed. He does not throw hard, yet he moves the baseball around and gets batters out. Having gone five innings in each of his first two starts, the A’s would love for him to pitch at least that many innings today against a reeling but talented Mets lineup.
This morning’s A’s lineup is nearly unchanged from yesterday, except designated hitter Carlos Cortes moves up after his three-run homer Saturday. Backup infielder Darell Hernáiz starts at shortstop with Jacob Wilson getting the day off. Recently promoted infielder Zack Gelof, who took the injured Brent Rooker’s place on the team’s roster, is on the bench again. A’s manager Mark Kotsay should give Gelof, who has significantly regressed since his impressive rookie performance, some playing time in Sacramento this week to evaluate whether he is worth keeping around or not.
Civale will be opposed by Mets right-hander Freddy Peralta this morning. The Mets acquired Peralta from the Milwaukee Brewers in one of this past offseason’s biggest trades. The longtime Brewers ace is 1-0 with a 4.80 ERA through his first three starts with his new team. Peralta will pose a stiff challenge for the Athletics’ offense. A’s hitters will have to bring the solid approaches they displayed yesterday and pounce on any mistakes Peralta makes.
NOT WINNING THE CLOSE ONES: The Cubs are 1-2 so far in games decided by one run. Last year, they finished 25-19, making 2025 the first full season they had a winning record in such games since 2018, when they were 26-25. They were 10-9 in the 60-game 2020 season. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
THROW THOSE GUYS OUT, PLEASE: The Pirates stole four bases yesterday. They were the first team with four thefts against the Cubs since the Nationals did it at Wrigley Field on Sept. 19, 2024. The Cubs won that game, 7-6. Yesterday’s game was the Cubs’ 184th game since then. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
STILL GOOD AGAINST PITTSBURGH: The Cubs are 113-70 (.617) vs. the Pirates since the start of the 2015 campaign, their best record vs. an NL opponent.
MAYBE TRY THIS: Since the beginning of last season, the Cubs are an MLB-best 72-21 (.774) when scoring the first run of the game. They have scored the game’s first run in 10 of their 14 games this season and are 7-3 in those games.
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Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. Bubba Chandler, RHP
A long time ago (16 years, to be exact) Jameson Taillon was the Pirates’ No. 1 pick (second overall) out of high school in Florida. He pitched four years for them before moving on to the Yankees, and then the Cubs.
Taillon’s numbers this year look decent (2.53 ERA, 1.219 WHIP) but he struggled in his first start (even though it ended up scoreless), then threw a bit better in completing six innings his second time out.
He threw well against the Pirates last year, six hits and two runs in 12.1 innings. Overall current Pirates are batting .233 (24-for-103) against Taillon with one home run (Bryan Reynolds).
Bubba Chandler made his MLB debut last year and posted a 4.02 ERA in seven games (four starts). This year in two starts for the Pirates he has posted a 3.12 ERA, which isn’t terrible but this is: He’s leading the NL in walks allowed with 10 in just 8.2 innings. Oddly, walks were not an issue with him in his 31.1 MLB innings last year — just four of them. Chandler throws hard, as you can see by the chart below, but doesn’t always know where the ball is going.
So maybe Cubs hitters, who are generally patient, can work some walks. Chandler has never faced the Cubs and the only Cub who has faced him is Michael Conforto (o-for-2).
In case you were wondering, Bubba’s actualy given name is Roy. The last players named “Roy” in MLB were Roy Oswalt and Roy Halladay, whose careers both ended after 2013.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - AUGUST 24: A detailed view of a cheesesteak prior to the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on August 24, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Rays defeated the Phillies 3-1. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Apr 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff (53) delivers a pitch during the second inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images | Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images
The Milwaukee Brewers have had a rough week. After wrapping up their third consecutive series win last weekend in Kansas City, Milwaukee moved to 8-2 with a series-opening win in Boston on Monday. Since then, however, they’ve lost four straight. In those four losses — two to the Red Sox and two to the Nationals — the Brewers have mostly fallen short offensively, scoring just six runs.
They’ll look to snap that skid — and prevent a sweep at the hands of the Nationals — on Sunday afternoon at American Family Field. Brandon Woodruff gets the ball for Milwaukee, coming off a rough start in the Crew’s last win on Monday. In that one, he went 5 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on eight hits, a pair of walks, and a notable hit-by-pitch of Willson Contreras. He also struck out four.
Opposite Woodruff will be a familiar foe in Zack Littell. Littell spent last season with the Rays and Reds, making three starts against Milwaukee (two with the Reds, one with the Rays), allowing four runs and striking out 11 over 16 2/3 innings. In two appearances this season, he’s totaled 10 innings with four runs allowed and seven strikeouts.
The Brewer lineup features Brice Turang atop the order, followed by William Contreras and Christian Yelich at DH. Garrett Mitchell bats cleanup, followed by Jake Bauers and Sal Frelick. Brandon Lockridge rounds out the outfield, batting seventh, with David Hamilton and Joey Ortiz batting eighth and ninth, respectively.
First pitch in this one is set for 1:10 p.m. CT, available as usual on Brewers.TV, along with WTMJ 620 and the Brewers Radio Network.
The Diamondbacks will go with veteran righthander Zac Gallen. Gallen has had success against the Phillies over the years with a 2.52 ERA in seven career starts.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 19: Kay Hanley of Letters to Cleo performs at The Grove summer concert series at The Grove on July 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) | Getty Images
A.J. Russell made his second pro appearance for the Crawdads, using 34 pitches in one inning of work, striking out two, walking two, allowing two hits and giving up two runs. Louis Marinaro struck out four in 1.2 shutout innings.
Yolfran Castillo had a hit, two walks and a stolen base. Paulino Santana had a hit, a walk and a stolen base. Esteban Mejia had a hit and a walk. josh Spring had a hit and two walks. Dewar Tovar had a double and a walk. Marcos Torres had a hit and a walk.
Dylan MacLean started for Frisco and gave up five runs in 3.2 IP, striking out two and walking two. Eric Loomis struck out two and allowed a Zombie Runner to score in an inning of work.
Ian Moller homered. Dylan Dreiling was 3 for 4 with a walk and a stolen base.
For Round Rock, Dane Acker threw 2.2 shutout innings, striking out one and walking one. Robbie Ahlstrom gave up two runs in an inning, striking out one. Ryan Brasier allowed three runs in 0.2 IP. Josh Sborz struck out three and walked two in 1.1 IP. Michel Otanez gave up a walkoff two out, three run home run.
Justin Foscue was 2 for 6 with a double. Aaron Zavala had a single, a double and a walk.
Things continue to trend in the right direction for Mets starter Clay Holmes.
After exiting Friday’s game against the Athletics with hamstring tightness, it sounds like, barring anything unexpected, Holmes will be able to make his next scheduled start against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.
“Talked to him earlier, he feels good,” manager Carlos Mendoza said on Sunday. “The plan is for him to go out there and do his normal throwing routine [today]. Scheduled to throw his bullpen tomorrow, and the goal is for him to make his next start in LA.”
"Feel like I’ll be able to make my next start," Holmes said at the time. "But until I wake up tomorrow, we don’t really know. Can’t rule anything out, but feel pretty good about it right now. I can still keep throwing. I didn’t feel it tighten up on a throw….I think we’ll be good, but we’ll have to see."
Holmes is scheduled to pitch on Wednesday, with David Peterson and Nolan McLean set for the first two games against the Dodgers.
Sunday Night Baseball greets us with an intriguing pitching matchup as the Atlanta Braves close a series with the Cleveland Guardians, featuring a duel between Chris Sale and Tanner Bibee.
Both of these pitchers have decent pedigrees, but neither has gotten off to a good start in 2026.
My Guardians vs. Braves predictions and MLB picks break down why the Over and underdog have some value on Sunday, April 12.
Who will win Guardians vs Braves today: Guardians +1.5 (-130)
Those waiting for Chris Sale to decline with age haven’t seen what they expected. He’s coming off back-to-back sub-3.00 ERA seasons for the first time since 2018, which is a real statement about where his stuff still is. But a big story of that? Early season struggles. He allowed four or more runs in half of his first five starts.
I’m still viewing him through the lens of the early-season struggle here. His last appearance against the Angels showcased that when he allowed six earned runs in four innings. That’s notable because that’s a lineup that doesn’t exactly have the best plate appearances.
In contrast, this matchup is different. The Cleveland Guardians are disciplined, with A bottom-10 chase and whiff rates. Sale still relies on the chase and will struggle to get it. They’ll make him work and force competitive pitches to be thrown. That profile makes him work, raises his pitch count, and creates value on this spread.
COVERS INTEL: Chris Sale is 7-8 with a 4.44 ERA in 23 career starts against Cleveland, his worst record against any AL Central opponent.
Guardians vs Braves Over/Under pick: Over 7.5 (+106)
I made this total 7.7, and getting a plus money price is enough to make me lean over. If we think the Guardians can plate a few runs, then we aren’t asking for much from Atlanta. And Tanner Bibee is an underdog for a reason.
While I think the 28% whiff rate will cause a perennial swing-free Braves team plenty of issues, there’s also a good chance for Atlanta to have a few big swings that do enough to push this over.
Bibee’s hard-contact numbers are among the worst in baseball through three starts, with a bottom 15th percentile barrel rate, bottom 7th percentile hard-hit rate, and one of the highest average exit velocities in the sport.
That’s enough for me to believe the Braves can do the minimum amount of damage required to get this over.
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ML/RL bets: 5-3, +2.19 units
Over/Under bets: 5-4, +0.89 units
Guardians vs Braves odds
Moneyline: Guardians +159 | Braves -194
Run line: Guardians +1.5 (-135) | Braves -1.5 (+115)
Over/Under: Over 7.5 | Under 7.5
Guardians vs Braves trend
The Cleveland Guardians have hit the Moneyline in 19 of their last 30 games (+11.00 Units / 32% ROI). Find more MLB betting trends for Guardians vs. Braves.
How to watch Guardians vs Braves and game info
Location
Truist Park, Atlanta, GA
Date
Sunday, April 12, 2026
First pitch
7:20 p.m. ET
TV
Peacock
Guardians starting pitcher
Tanner Bibee (0-1, 3.29 ERA)
Braves starting pitcher
Chris Sale (2-1, 3.94 ERA)
Guardians vs Braves latest injuries
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The Cubs signed left-hander Charlie Barnes to a minor-league deal in January. Barnes did appear in two Spring Training games for the Cubs, throwing two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. He was assigned to Triple-A Iowa and has pitched in three games there, posting a 2.38 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 11.1 innings.
Today, the Cubs recalled Barnes from Iowa and placed Hunter Harvey on the 15-day injured list with right triceps inflammation.
Barnes has nine games of MLB experience (eight starts) with the Twins in 2021, where he posted a 5.92 ERA in 38 innings. He spent the last four years pitching for Lotte in KBO. Barnes is 30 and played college ball at Clemson. Interestingly, Barnes and Caleb Thielbar were teammates with the Twins in 2021.
Barnes was also added to the 40-man roster, which had an open spot due to the DFA of Dylan Carlson on Friday.
Apr 11, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia (51) reacts after striking out Texas Rangers catcher Danny Jansen (9) for the final out of the ninth inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
Vesia, a longstanding member of Dave Roberts’ trust tree in the bullpen, has 15 career saves, 14 of them in the regular season and another in Game 2 of the 2024 World Series. Saturday night was notable for another reason, in that it was Vesia’s 30th birthday.
That got me to thinking, what other Dodgers recorded saves on their birthdays?
The first person I thought of was Kenley Jansen, the franchise leader in games pitched and saves. He was born on September 30, and has two such saves in his career. One of them was with the Dodgers, in 2017, on his 30th birthday, just like Vesia on Saturday.
At first I was going through the Dodgers’ all-time saves list, but ignoring folks with saves awarded retroactively before the statistic was officially added in 1969. There were many Dodgers closers born in the baseball offseason, and they never got a chance to record a save on their birthday. But this was a tedious effort, until I remembered I could use the Stathead play index, where I sorted every Dodgers save since 1969 by age.
Only five Dodgers pitchers in total saved games on their birthdays. Here are the three others besides Vesia and Jansen.
Lerrin LaGrow
The right-hander pitched for five teams in his career, mostly the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox. In May 1979, the Dodgers acquired LaGrow for cash, and he had a 3.41 ERA in 31 games the rest of the season. He struck out 22 and walked 18 in 37 innings, which was a thing you could do at the time.
LaGrow saved four games for the Dodgers. On July 8, LaGrow’s 31st birthday, he was called in to clean up Terry Forster’s ninth inning, after Tony Pérez doubled home a run to get the Montreal Expos within 8-6. Gary Carter represented the tying run, but LaGrow got him to bounce back to the box for the final out of the game.
Tom Niedenfuer
Niedenfuer is notable in Dodgers lore, though for the wrong reasons, as his giving up game-winning home runs in Games 5 and 6 for the 1985 National League Championship Series overshadowed his half-decade of mostly excellent relief at the back end of the bullpen.
He’s the only two-time member of the birthday save club. Born on August 13, Niedenfuer earned saves on both his 26th and 27th birthdays.
On August 13, 1985, Mike Marshall hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning, giving the Dodgers a 2-1 lead over the Atlanta Braves. Carlos Diaz and Ken Howell faced the first three batters in the ninth inning but recorded only one out. In came Niedenfuer with the tying and go-ahead runs on base, and he induced a popout to second base and strikeout to finish out the win.
One year later the Dodgers were in Houston, and Orel Hershiser started the ninth inning going for a 5-0 shutout win. Things didn’t go quite has planned, with three hits and two walks bringing home three runs, after allowing only two singles in his first eight innings. Now in a 5-3 game, and with the tying runs on base, Niedenfuer was summoned from the bullpen, and he struck out Phil Garner to close out the win for his second straight birthday save.
Caleb Ferguson
Drafted out of high school in 2014, Ferguson debuted with the Dodgers on June 6, 2018, and his first four major league appearances were three starts and a four-inning relief affair. Then came soaking up two innings to close out a loss. But in his sixth major league game, the Dodgers were drubbing the Pirates 17-1, so they handed the ball to Ferguson on his 22nd birthday to finish things out.
Ronald Acuna Jr. Over 1.5 total bases
COVERS INTEL: Chris Sale is 7-8 with a 4.44 ERA in 23 career starts against Cleveland, his worst record against any AL Central opponent.
