Category: MLB

The Orioles are, once again, playing some very good baseball. These last three games have been a particularly nice showing for the offense, which has scored seven runs in each of them. Another seven runs today would be plenty welcome.

There’s no Adley Rutschman in the Orioles starting lineup today. That’s not a surprise since he caught last night, and a day—or matinee in this case—showing after a late evening usual means the catcher gets the day off. Hopefully he is available off the bench if a pinch hitter is needed.

Blaze Alexander is back in the order and playing third base. That means Coby Mayo heads to the bench after a tough game on Friday in which he went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and a fielding error. Craig Albernaz is trying to find the hot hand all over the field.

It’s Trey Gibson’s turn on the mound. He has struggled to miss bats so far as a big leaguer. Across 17 innings he has just five strikeouts. That includes his most recent outing against the Mariners, where he did not record any strikeouts across 4.2 frames. Punch outs aren’t everything, but at some point Gibson will need to prevent contact with more consistency.

Another win for the O’s today would make it four in a row, and it could allow them to leap frog the Blue Jays in the AL Standings. Let’s get it!

Orioles lineup

1. Taylor Ward, DH
2. Gunnar Henderson, SS
3. Pete Alonso, 1B
4. Samuel Basallo, C
5. Leody Tavares, CF
6. Colton Cowser, LF
7. Tyler O’Neill, RF
8. Jackson Holliday, 2B
9. Blaze Alexander, 3B

RHP Trey Gibson (1-1, 4.24 ERA)

Padres lineup

1. Fernando Tatis Jr., 2B
2. Jackson Merrill, CF
3. Manny Machado, 3B
4. Xander Bogaerts, SS
5. Gavin Sheets, 1B
6. Samad Taylor, LF
7. Will Wagner, DH
8. Jase Bowen, RF
9. Freddy Fermin, C

RHP Randy Vásquez (5-4, 3.63 ERA)

The Mariners will play a real baseball game today.

Yesterday’s game was delayed two hours due to rain, resulting in a purely non-competitive game in a mostly empty stadium. The Mariners won 10-2. Build a roof.

The sun is out on Saturday in the nation’s capital, however, and the Mariners will have to play a real baseball game. Unfortunately, Randy Arozarena pulled his hamstring on Friday, again in a game that started after many a bed time, and is out today. Cole Young leads off. The lefty sluggers Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone hit fourth and fifth. They’ll face Nationals “ace” Cade Cavalli. He’s been spectacular at times this year, and awful at others.

Luis Castillo gets the start for the Mariners. His former co-piglet Bryce Miller was great yesterday and has likely shed the training wheels for good. Castillo will look to show the Mariners he’s beyond them, too.

Sorry to be brief. I am eating some Dave’s Hot Chicken, flavored Hot, and it is Hot.

Lineups

Game Information

First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. PDT

TV:Mariners.TV

Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports

Mets lineup

Lineup to follow

Braves lineup

Lineup to follow

Broadcast info

First pitch: 4:10 PM EDT
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2

Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox

Saturday, June 13, 2026, 3:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network)

Fenway Park

RHP Jacob deGrom vs. LHP Ranger Suarez

Go Rangers!

The Texas Rangers have placed outfielder Evan Carter on the injured list with a strained oblique, the team announced today. To take his place on the active roster, the Rangers have recalled infielder Cody Freeman.

This move was announced barely an hour before today’s game in Boston, and Corey Seager is out of the lineup again, having been declared day-to-day yesterday after the collision at home in Kansas City on Thursday. My guess is that, if Seager were able to play today, the Rangers wouldn’t have made this move, but they weren’t going to play this game with both Seager and Carter unavailable, leaving them with a two man bench.

Carter has not hit well this season, and if this is a short enough stint that he’s expected to miss just the minimum ten days, it would allow him to go on a rehab assignment next weekend with either Frisco or Round Rock, and maybe see if he can get things going with some at bats against minor league pitchers.

Look, none of us wanted to tune into a game in June and see Mickey Gasper leading off as the team’s DH. But it worked last night. Can they keep it going this afternoon? They’ll have to do it against Jacob deGrom, who is no longer JACOB DEGROM (Or is it JACOB deGROM? I have no idea, ask someone French) but who is pretty good nonetheless.

First pitch at 4:10 PM on NESN.

deGrom day in Fenway. #AllForTXpic.twitter.com/L6TjzSzTw1

— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) June 13, 2026

Miami Marlins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, June 13, 2026, 4:05 p.m. ET

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins have the rare distinction of holding the exact same record going into today’s contest at PNC Park.

Both teams find themselves 35-35 through 70 games, making this contest a crucial one for momentum both in the series and the regular season as a whole.

The Pirates have lost two straight contests after falling in the series finale to the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the opener to the Marlins in a 8-3 defeat.

The Marlins are turning to Lake Banchero for the start in today’s game. It is only the fourth career start for Bachar, who has been mostly a bullpen pitcher throughout his career. It’s the third time this season the Marlins are calling on him for an opener. On June 2, Bachar gave the Marlins 2.2 innings without allowing a hit. He had a similar outcome in his second start against the Tampa Bay Rays, letting nobody on base in three innings of work.

The Marlins will rely on their bullpen arms more in this game, but the team is well-rested after Sandy Alcantara pitched eight innings in last night’s contest.

The Pirates will counter with Bubba Chandler, who has gone five innings or more in each of his last four starts, but only has one win in those appearances to show for it.

Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA

Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet

Pitching Matchup: Lake Bachar (0-0, 2.97 ERA) vs. Bubba Chandler (2-7, 4.91 ERA)

BD community, let us know how you are feeling in the comments section.

San Diego Padres (35-33) at Baltimore Orioles (34-37), June 13, 2026, 1:05 p.m. PST

Watch: Padres.TV

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards – San Diego, Baltimore, Mary.

Listen: 97.3 The Fan

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Saturday starters. pic.twitter.com/qkXcI30kFT

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 13, 2026

Saturday squad. pic.twitter.com/eRPoSLio1s

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) June 13, 2026

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Game Info

Game Date/Time: Saturday, June 13, 4:10 p.m. EDT

Location: Citi Field, Queens, NY

TV: BravesVision

Streaming: MLBTV

Radio: 680 AM / 93.7 FM The Fan

Happy Saturday.

Vladimir Guerrero is getting the day off. Apparently he’s been dealing with a tight back.

They are saying that Shane Bieber is going to do one more rehab start and then should be ready to join the team. Yimi Garcia will pitch for Buffalo today and likely do one more rehab appearance before he comes up. Addison Barger should get into rehab games next week and shouldn’t need many. And Daulton Varsho is hoping for the minimum stay on the IL.

I don’t know, I think this Bison’s jersey is a crime against humanity.

Today’s lineup. Okamoto hits third. No Kirk, day game after night game. And Charles McAdoo plays first.

Go Jay Go

The Yankees’ return to their House of Horrors from yesteryear went about how you’d expect: the Blue Jays offense hammered Ryan Weathers early and often, Alejandro Kirk provided multiple big hits in his return from the IL, and Trent Grisham left the game with a hamstring injury. Even a rather unimpressive night from Trey Yesavage was not enough to turn the tide.

Thankfully, the Yankees have Cam Schlittler. While the burgeoning young ace finally had a stinker two starts ago, he rallied admirably against the Red Sox, pitching 5.2 innings and allowing just a single run on four hits. Granted, Boston’s offense could never be confused for a strong unit, but Schlittler’s AL-leading 1.87 ERA continues to speak for itself. Cam faced the Jays in New York’s first matchup against Toronto this year and drew the short end of a 2-1 loss, surrendering that pair of runs across six quality innings while booking seven strikeouts.

Kevin Gausman is by now a deeply familiar foe to the Yankees. The 35-year-old veteran will be facing New York for the 40th time in his career this afternoon—his numbers in the first 39 are roughly equivalent to his career numbers. Gausman has hit some rough waters lately, allowing four earned runs in each of his last two appearances against the Braves and Orioles. He’ll hope that some home cooking against a team that seems to inexplicably wilt in said home ballpark will serve him well.

Trent Grisham will be absent from the lineup as he hits the IL following his removal from yesterday’s game with a hamstring strain, and Jasson Domínguez will take his place on the roster after getting activated from the IL this morning. Domínguez gets right back in the lineup starting in right field today and batting second behind Ben Rice, with Cody Bellinger remaining in left and Spencer Jones slotting in as today’s center fielder. José Caballero and J.C. Escarra both make their second straight starts at shortstop and catcher, respectively, and Paul Goldschmidt goes back to DH with Rice in the field.

How to watch

Location: Rogers Centre – Toronto, ON

First pitch: 3:07 pm ET

TV broadcast: YES, Sportsnet, SN1, TVA Sports

Radio broadcast: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 (NYY) | SN590 THE FAN (TOR)

Streaming: Gotham Sports App, MLB.tv (out-of-market only)

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Cam on the hill. #RepBXpic.twitter.com/SBSunrcHhm

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 13, 2026

Let’s win the series! #BlueJays50pic.twitter.com/K25Is6dqhZ

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) June 13, 2026

(The below is Brandon’s post. It was somehow incorrectly posted as weeks ago, so I’m copying it here)

First Pitch: 1:10 pm CDT
TV: Twins.TV
Radio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy

After years of going “well, that looks fun,” and keeping up with the PC scene on the outside looking in, I finally broke down and bought my first-ever desktop computer this week, which has come with two immediate benefits. One, the already-significant purchase meant that I felt justified in adding a peripheral into the mix, which means you’re reading this from the comfort of my new Keychron keyboard. The other is that Balatro runs a little bit faster.

I bring this to your attention because I’m assuming that the newfound comfort with which I am, shall we say, strokin’ keys, has no doubt translated onto your screens and is making for a significantly more enjoyable readership experience. Basically, you ARE welcome, and you didn’t have to say all that.

Tonight, the Twins continue their interleague series with the St. Louis Cardinals, one of baseball’s reddest, birdest teams. (You can tell from the logo. And the name!) Despite sort of rebuilding, and asserting their intention to deal away rental pieces next month, the second-place Redbirds are the owners of a 37-29 record which puts them four back of the Brewers and atop the National League Wild Card standings by a full game over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

It’s Connor Prielipp, and it’s also Matthew Liberatore. How is that possible? I guess we’re gonna find out. I didn’t think there could be two pitchers in the same game. I’ll have to read up on that.

GO TWINS GO!

The Texas Rangers have purchased the contract of pitcher Joe Ross from AAA Round Rock, the team announced today. To make room for Ross on the active roster, the Rangers optioned Luis Curvelo to AAA Round Rock. To make room for Ross on the 40 man roster, the Rangers have designated pitcher Michel Otanez for assignment.

The Rangers are in a lengthy stretch of games, and after Luis Curvelo’s one inning, three run outing last night, the Rangers apparently decided that he needed to be replaced by a fresh arm. Thus, we have the addition of veteran righthander Joe Ross.

Ross, 33, is the brother of Tyson Ross, who you may remember pitched for the Rangers in their 2017 season. Ross started the season in the majors with the Arizona Diamondbacks, was designated for assignment, cleared waivers, and ended up pitching for their AAA team for a while. He was released in mid-May and signed with the Rangers, who sent him to Round Rock. After allowing three runs in his first outing of 1.2 IP for Round Rock and a run in his second outing, Ross has had five straight scoreless appearances, totaling 8.2 IP, with six strikeouts against no walks.

Curvelo getting sent down was not surprising, though I thought he might be sent down to make room for Alejandro Osuna, if Corey Seager and/or Evan Carter were too banged up to go today, but not so much so that an injured list move was necessary. Osuna left yesterday’s Round Rock game in the fifth inning, presumably due to Carter having to leave the Rangers game yesterday after hurting his oblique.

As for Otanez, he was claimed on waivers over the winter, and managed to outlast several other 40 man roster members, but the axe finally swung for him. He’s not pitched well at Round Rock, with 37 Ks against 25 walks in 26.1 IP over 25 games, and a 6.15 ERA. The Rangers will now have to trade, waive or release him.

The Dodgers finished off their road trip with one more game against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon at Rate Field, perhaps during time for brunch back in California.

Emmet Sheehan starts the series finale for the Dodgers, with right-hander Erick Fedde on the mound for Chicago.

Sunday game info

• Teams: Dodgers at White Sox
• Ballpark: Rate Field, Chicago
• Time: 11:10 a.m. PT
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

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Earlier this week, I gave you a choice of four Cubs who had gotten off to rough starts this year and asked you which one you thought would turn things around first.

Now, there were a couple things not quite right about the four choices. First, I left Nico Hoerner off the survey, and probably should have included him because though Nico got off to a good start, he’s been in a slump for a while now. And I did include Michael Busch, who had a terrible start but then had a pretty good May.

Also, Josh did a BCB After Dark survey on a similar topic and you can read the results here.

With those caveats, here are the results from this week’s SB Nation Reacts survey:

Given what I just wrote about Busch above, yes, that is probably the correct answer. At the end of April Busch was hitting .193/.295/.281 (22-for-114) with just two home runs in 30 games. Since then: .301/.436/.522 (41-for-136) with six home runs in 39 games, including the big three-run blast Friday night in San Francisco. Given that Busch hit 34 home runs in 2025 — and four in eight postseason games — I’d still like to see him up the power output. Hopefully that will happen.

Nico Hoerner has also been in an extended slump — just .207/.289/.251 (37-for-179) over his last 45 games so, yes, it would be nice to see him turn things around, too.

Here are the results of the national questions asked in the SB Nation Reacts survey.

That’s a really interesting vote. Alvarez has been kind of under-the-radar this year because the Astros have struggled. But, he is currently leading MLB in SLG and OPS, and tops the AL with 22 home runs.

This seems pretty accurate. We’re only at the beginning stages of MLB/MLBPA negotiations, there’s been just one offer made from each side and there hasn’t really been any response to either in terms of modifying anyone’s requests or demands (other than the usual blustering). It’s still nearly six months until the CBA expires so crunch time is a ways away.

Yes. This is definitely a concern. And unless either side budges on what they’re asking for, owners will almost certainly lock players out when the CBA expires Dec. 1. That doesn’t mean that games will be lost in 2027 — not yet, anyway. Nevertheless, it’s worth keeping track of what’s happening in these negotiations as the summer goes by, and I’ll report any developments here.

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