Category: MLB

In: Blake Snell. Out: Tyler Glasnow. Soon: Mookie Betts.

The Dodgers took two steps forward and one step back in their quest for full strength Friday, putting Glasnow on the injured list because of back spasms while planning to activate Snell from the injured list on Saturday and Betts on Monday.

Snell’s start Saturday will be his first since the World Series. The two-time Cy Young winner opened the season on the injured list because of shoulder fatigue, as the Dodgers eased him into spring with the goal of putting him in the best possible position to succeed in October.

Glasnow left Wednesday’s game because of the injury. An MRI examination revealed “nothing really significant,” according to manager Dave Roberts, but the IL stint allows Glasnow to avoid rushing to be ready for his next start, with the bigger October picture in mind.

Glasnow never has made more than 22 starts in a season. He has been on the injured list in every full season since 2019.

With Glasnow’s status in question, the Dodgers on Thursday reconsidered their plan for Snell. They originally planned for him to make a final rehabilitation start Saturday, but Roberts said the pitcher and the team agreed he could throw the planned five innings in Los Angeles as well as he could in Ontario.

The Dodgers recalled reliever Paul Gervase to fill Glasnow's roster spot. They could return him to triple-A Oklahoma City to make room for Snell on Saturday.

Betts strained an oblique muscle April 4. The shortstop is scheduled to play two minor league rehabilitation games Oklahoma City Friday and Saturday, then return to Los Angeles for evaluation, with the hope he’ll be cleared for activation Monday.

“We’re not going to run him out there every single day,” Roberts said.

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Snell and Betts are not the only reinforcements on the way. Utilityman Kiké Hernández and reliever Brusdar Graterol began rehabilitation assignments this week.

The return of Betts would appear to allow the Dodgers to jettison infield reserve Santiago Espinal, although the team opened the season with Espinal on the roster and Hyeseong Kim at triple-A, allowing Kim to play every day and Alex Freeland and Miguel Rojas to split time at second base.

However, since rejoining the Dodgers when Betts was injured, Kim is batting .314 with an .801 OPS.

The Dodgers dropped outfielder Kyle Tucker to sixth in the lineup Friday, in a batting order Roberts said was designed to combat Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale.

In his career, Tucker is 0 for 9 with four strikeouts against Sale.

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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Brandon Lockridge slammed his legs into the concrete base of a wall pursuing a foul pop fly, and was taken from the field by cart Friday, May 8 at American Family Field.

Lockridge was chasing a foul ball hit by the New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger in the top of the fourth inning when he went into a slide and slammed into a wall that was unpadded at the base. He winced in pain and tumbled face down on the foul line for several moments.

Brandon Lockridge was in serious pain after crashing into the wall in foul territory pic.twitter.com/tgLfCpHaIp

— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 9, 2026

He was eventually helped to his feet, yet needed the assistant of a cart to exit the field. Garrett Mitchell replaced Lockridge, who had an RBI single earlier, in the outfield.

The Brewers were leading the game 5-0 when Lockridge, 29, was hurt. He's batting .294 with a .709 OPS in 85 at-bats this season.

Brandon Lockridge injury update

Brewers reporter Sophia Minnaert said the injury was to Lockridge's right knee.

Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy said postgame that "Initial X-rays say it's not fractured" but added that Lockridge has "a huge laceration."

"It's going to be a while. It's all the way down to his bone, the laceration. So, pretty ugly," Murphy said.

"We don't know the extent of any other damage because there's so much swelling that we're going to have to wait until it goes down to get an MRI," he added.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Brandon Lockridge injury update, status after scary crash into wall

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Francisco Giants, May 8, 2026, 10:15 p.m. ET

Location: Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA

Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet

Starting Pitcher: Carmen Mlodzinski

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The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road today against the San Francisco Giants looking to grab a win.

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The Dodgers and Atlanta Braves continue their weekend series on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium, with a start time an hour earlier than Friday night.

Rather than make one more rehab start for Ontario on Saturday, Blake Snell will instead be activated off the injured list to start against the Braves at Dodger Stadium, on his bobblehead night no less.

Spencer Strider is on the mound for Atlanta, making his second start since returning from the injured list after missing the first five-plus weeks of the season with a left oblique strain. He struck out six last Sunday at Coors Field but also allowed three runs and walked five in his 3 1/3 innings.

The Dodgers are 2-0 when wearing their city connect uniforms, beating the Texas Rangers 6-3 on April 11 and winning 12-4 over the Chicago Cubs on April 25.

Saturday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Braves
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 6:10 p.m.
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

So, after all that excitement about Ryan Waldschmidt getting called up… He’s not in the starting line-up. This does kinda make sense based on past history. It feels like Torey Lovullo likes to give prospects a parachute, letting them absorb the atmosphere gently rather than hurling them into the fire on their first night. I would not be surprised to see Waldschmidt come off the bench for a pinch-hit opportunity late in the game, and quite possibly be starting in center. We’ve been patient and waited for him to show up in the majors. Another 24 hours or whatever isn’t going to make any difference.

It’s the Mets again. The last time we saw them was just about a dozen games into the season, and we did not realize quite how terrible they seem to be. Taking two of three in New York seemed like a huge success at the time, but we did not realize how terrible they are. Now, it seems like a bit of a missed opportunity: they got swept by Colorado, and the Mets have gone 7-17 since we left town. We kick-started a twelve-game losing streak, though on this road trip, they have won series against the Angels and Rockies, so might be turning things round a bit. Both teams could certainly use a series win.

The Cincinnati Reds were absolutely smoked by the Houston Astros to the tune of 10-0 on Friday night in Great American Ball Park, the loss stretching this agonizing losing streak to 8 games (so far).

Nick Lodolo returned and looked mostly ok, though he did get touched up for a pair of 2-run homers in his 5.1 IP. From there on, it was the bullpen that was in charge of getting absolutely shelled, up until the point that poor ol’ Jose Trevino was summoned to be a position player pitching on the mound in lieu of a mercy rule.

Cincinnati’s offense was nonexistent against former 11th round draftee Mike Burrows, who came through the Pittsburgh Pirates organization before being dealt to Houston this offseason. He entered play tonight with a burly 5.97 ERA and 5.18 FIP in 7 starts (37.2 IP) this year before making this Reds offense look like an Arizona Complex League squad.

The good news, I guess, is that I’m pretty sure no further Reds got hurt on the evening, though that could very well be wrong given [/gestures wildly at everything that’s happened the last two weeks].

The Reds aren’t spiraling, they’re collapsing in real time.

Jonah Tong got off to a bit of an up-and-down start to the Triple-A season, but he’s shown some positive signs over his first two starts to open May.  

The Mets’ top pitching prospect allowed just two runs over 5.0+ innings on Friday. 

Tong struck out two batters to brush off a one-out walk in the top of the first, then worked around a leadoff hit and another free pass en route to a scoreless second. 

He breezed through the top of the third for his first clean inning of the night, before using a routine double-play ball right at the second baseman to evade a leadoff walk in the fourth. 

Tong struck out the side in the fifth, but Rochester was finally able to get to him as he returned to the mound with 81 pitches in the sixth, when Christian Franklin led off the inning with a homer to left-center. 

The righty walked the next batter on seven pitches, bringing his up-and-down night to an end. 

Carlos Guzman entered and completely melted down for Syracuse, giving up four runs in the inning, adding another onto Tong’s line, and putting Hartford in front for the first time. 

The 22-year-old’s line closed with two runs on two hits and four walks while striking out eight over 5.0+ innings. 

Tong has given up just three runs (one earned) in 11.0 innings thus far in May. 

Santucci delivers best start of year

Lefty pitching prospect Jonathan Santucci has gotten off to a rough start with Double-A Binghamton, but he put together easily his best outing of the season on Friday. 

Santucci pitched into the seventh for the first time in his career, allowing just one run on four hits while striking out seven batters across 6.1 innings of work. 

The southpaw retired the first seven batters before allowing a one-out double in the top of the third. He quickly settled back into a groove, again setting down the next seven in order before giving up a single in the fifth. 

Hartford finally broke through against Santucci, homering to lead off the seventh. 

He exited in the midst of a first and third jam later that frame, but Binghamton’s bullpen did a good job of limiting the damage to just one run against. 

The 23-year-old is down to a 4.61 ERA through six outings.   

St. Louis Cardinals (22-15) at San Diego Padres (22-15), May 8, 2026, 6:45 p.m. PST

Watch: Apple TV

Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif.

Listen: 97.3 The Fan

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La alineación del viernes.

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— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 8, 2026

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— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 8, 2026

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Mets lineup

1. Juan Soto – LF
2. Bo Bichette – SS
3. Brett Baty – 3B
4. Mark Vientos – 1B
5. Carson Benge – CF
6. Marcus Semien – 2B
7. MJ Melendez – RF
8. Francisco Alvarez – DH
9. Luis Torrens – C

Nolan McLean – RHP

Diamondbacks lineup

1. Geraldo Perdomo – SS
2. Ketel Marte – 2B
3. Corbin Carroll – RF
4. Adrian Del Castillo – DH
5. Ildemaro Vargas – 1B
6. Nolan Arenado – 3B
7. Lourdes Gurriel – LF
8. Gabriel Moreno – C
9. Jorge Barrosa – CF

Ryne Nelson – RHP

Broadcast info

First pitch: 9:40pm EDT
TV: WPIX
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2

LOS ANGELES — Tyler Glasnow leaving his start on Wednesday after just one inning set off a chain of events that led to Blake Snell ending his rehab one start early to start for the Dodgers on Saturday. On Friday, Glasnow was placed on the 15-day injured list with lower back spasms, closing one of the loops.

“Tyler came out of the game with some back spasms, got an MRI. Nothing really significant. So I think for us we’re just in kind of a holding pattern, seeing how he feels the next couple of days, and how he responds,” manager Dave Roberts said of Glasnow earlier on Friday, noting that things could change depending on how Glasnow felt. “Then you layer in the Blake Snell situation, and try to figure out if he’s open to taking the five innings here versus on rehab, and he couldn’t be more excited to do that.”

The plan for this weekend is for Snell to start on Saturday, followed by Justin Wrobleski on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves. Roki Sasaki, who would have been in line to start on Saturday, will instead start against the San Francisco Giants, possibly on Monday, Roberts said.

Factor in that Friday is the first of 13 straight game days for the Dodgers and they used six relievers to cover the final eight innings on Wednesday in Houston, the need for fresh arms in the bullpen took precedence.

“Some of it has to do with the bullpen and the coverage we might have, and it also depends on Tyler and how he feels as far as improvement over each day,” Roberts said.

Paul Gervase got the call on Friday, called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City for the first time this season. The 6’10 right-hander had a 3.65 ERA in nine games for the Comets, with 17 strikeouts and nine walks in 12 1/3 innings. He last pitched for Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.

Detroit Tigers (18-20) vs. Kansas City Royals (17-21)

Time/Place: 7:40 p.m., Kauffman Stadium
SB Nation Site: Royals Review
Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: Game 39: RHP Keider Montero (2-2, 3.48 ERA) vs. LHP Kris Bubic (3-1, 3.32 ERA)

Player	G	IP	K%	BB%	GB%	FIP	fWAR
Montero	6	33.2	18.8	5.3	33.0%	3.44	0.8
Bubic	7	40.2	25.8	11.7	41.0	3.51	0.8

After a fairly successful road trip to the West Coast, the Chicago White Sox welcome the Seattle Mariners to kick off a nine-game homestand. Although two straight losses have soured the taste a bit, Chicago is still 6-4 over their last 10 and still very much in the slow AL Central race.

While it hasn’t always been pretty, the White Sox are playing surprisingly complimentary ball as of late, outscoring their opponents 43-31 over their last 10 games. With two huge series against the Kansas City Royals and the dirty Chicago Cubs on deck, the White Sox could use some positive momentum again moving forward.

On the hill for the Sox is Sean Burke, who has found a new gear lately. Over his last three starts, he has pitched more than 19 innings while just allowing 11 hits and two earned runs. He gets a great opportunity to build on his dominant streak against a Seattle Mariners offense that ranks 24th in baseball in runs scored.

On the other side, Emerson Hancock gets the nod for the Mariners. While he has allowed six home runs over his last four starts, he still sports a 2.59 ERA on the season and will look to capture his third win of the season. Hancock has not been known as a big strikeout pitcher so far in his young career, but sat down 14 Kansas City batters in his last outing. Hancock has excelled at making batters miss and not giving free passes, so the Sox will have to put out good at bats to put up some runs.

Here’s how the Good Guys will line up to start the homestand:

Here is the lineup Dan Wilson submitted for the Seattle Mariners:

Tonight’s matchup starts at 6:40 p.m. CT. You can watch on CHSN or listen on ESPN Chicago 1000.

On the scoreboard, Thursday’s series finale against the Rangers went quite well, as the Yankes won fairly comfortably, clinching another series win. However, the victory did include an injury to Jasson Domínguez, who has hit the IL after hurting his shoulder crashing into the left field while making a catch.

Domínguez’s IL trip has led to something fairly fascinating, as the Yankees’ have called up Spencer Jones in his place. The former first-round draft pick is an intresting case, as he has otherworldly power, but also some flaws that could hinder his progress in the majors. Either way, we’ll start to find out the answer tonight. Tonight, the Yankees are headed back out on the road, as they head to Milwaukee to take on the Brewers.

Jones is the big story, but tonight’s Yankee lineup does feature Ben Rice making his return. The first baseman sat out a couple days after taking a weird hop to the wrist while fielding a throw. Meanwhile, lefty ace Max Fried will get the start on the mound for the Bombers. He didn’t have his best stuff against the Orioles but left with 5.1 innings and three runs allowed, enough of an effort to keep the Yankees in it during a game they won 11-3. This will be Fried’s first appearance in Milwaukee since his Braves days in 2022.

As for Milwaukee, young star Jacob Misiorowski will take the ball. Misiorowski appears to be one of the best young starters in baseball, and he boasts a wild 59 strikeouts in 38 innings on the season. He was no-hitting the Nationals for 5.1 innings during his last time out a week ago before leaving early with cramping. Now he’s back and ready to go. The Yankees’ lineup is good, but this will be a real challenge, especially for the strikeout-prone Jones in his MLB debut.

There will be interesting things to watch all over the field in this one, and we hope you’ll come join us in the game thread!

How to Watch:

Location: American Family Field — Milwaukee, WI

First Pitch: 7:40 pm EDT

TV broadcast: YES (NYY) | Brewers.TV (MIL)

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Miz and the Crew take on the Bronx Bombers

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I know the Guardians series didn’t end how any of us wanted it to, but the Royals still split a four-game series against a tough team. That’s a win. Especially if the Royals can win the series starting tonight, against the Tigers.

By all rights, the Tigers should be in a bit of freefall right now. Tarik Skubal is on the IL for a couple of months, Framber Valdez is suspended. Gleyber Torres joined multiple of the Tigers’ key contributors on the IL. With the series being played in Kansas City, the Royals really should at least take this series, and ideally, they’ll sweep it. As of this moment, the Tigers still haven’t announced the starters for the next two games, so if they can defeat Keider Montero tonight, they should be in good shape to take advantage of a division rival in disarray.

Montero is no slouch, of course, so the Royals won’t have an easy time of it tonight, but the offense has been clicking for a couple of weeks now. So hopefully they can do at least as well as they did back on April 16 when they roughed him up for four runs in six innings. That was the gut-punch game that saw the Royals lose 10-9 after a huge comeback and the rain delay, and made fans wonder if the team would ever win again. But the Royals have won a lot since then. So don’t panic.

Montero likes his fastballs – leading with his four-seamer against lefties and sinker against righties. Righties pretty much only get sliders after that, while lefties will see a mix of changeups and knuckle curves. He doesn’t get much chase or whiff, but he’s in the zone a lot and doesn’t give up a ton of hard contact. The Royals will need to hunt their pitches in order to succeed.

Kris Bubic will go for KC. He hasn’t been quite as phenomenal early this year as he was last season, but he’s still been plenty good. That said, the worst start of his season was against Montero and these Tigers. So he’s going to need to tighten things up if the team is going to succeed. Checking his TJStats page, it looks like he really couldn’t rely on his sweeper at all in that game, and it made him far too hittable. Hopefully that won’t be an issue tonight.

Lineups

Q is using the same lineup he’s used for most of May, one that has averaged five runs a game. You’d hope that would be enough to win, most nights. There are several hitters here who are probably doing better than you think, thanks to the lackluster April bringing down their overall numbers. Maikel Garcia had a really rough first four games in the month of May, but he was 4-for-8 in the final two games of that Cleveland series with a double and a walk. Bobby Witt Jr. was 7-for-16 with a walk, a pair of homers, and a double in the series against Cleveland. If those two guys are going to get magma hot, the Royals should be able to keep scoring runs. It will come down to preventing them by the pitchers.

Chicago Cubs @ Texas Rangers

Friday, May 8, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / CW33)

The Shed

RHP Ben Brown vs. RHP Kumar Rocker

Go Rangers!