Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez left the team’s game against the Tigers in the bottom of the sixth inning this evening after tweaking his right knee while taking a swing. The Mets’ training staff and manager Carlos Mendoza came out to talk to Alvarez after seeing him in discomfort following the swing, and following a brief conversation, Mendoza signaled that he was taking Alvarez out of the game.
The 24-year-old has struggled with injuries since making his major league debut in 2022, but he looked very good at the plate last season after returning to the big leagues following an injury and a stint in Triple-A Syracuse. He wound up finishing the 2025 season with a .256/.339/.447 line, 11 home runs, and a 124 wRC+ in 277 major league plate appearances.
So far this year, Alvarez has hit .236/.315/.382 with four home runs and a 105 wRC+ in 128 plate appearances. If he were to miss any time, the Mets would presumably be looking at calling up one of Hayden Senger or Ben Rortvedt from Syracuse. Of the two, Senger is the one who’s already on the Mets’ 40-man roster, which is currently full.
BALTIMORE — Over the course of one inning Tuesday night, the Yankees touched home plate more times than they had in any single nine- or 10-inning contest during their four-game losing streak.
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An offense that had gone missing through the start of this road trip was resuscitated in a five-run third inning as the Yankees finally got back in the win column with a 6-2 victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards.
Trent Grisham’s three-run homer capped off the five-run rally — after the Yankees (27-16) had scored a combined eight runs over their last four games — which was enough support for Will Warren, who turned in another strong start across 5 ²/₃ innings before his bullpen shut the door.
“We know this game has a lot of ups and downs, so I think the mindset is just show up every day prepared and work hard and enjoy this game,” said Paul Goldschmidt, who set the tone with a home run on the first pitch of the game. “It’s called a game for a reason. We know there’s tough losses. It doesn’t take away any of the hard work or competitiveness, which is at an all-time high for myself and this team.”
A night after Ryan Weathers made his case for staying in the rotation when Gerrit Cole returns from the injured list in a few weeks, Warren did the same, and this time the Yankees did not waste it.
Trent Grisham (right) accepts congratulations from Cody Bellinger after belting a three-run homer in the third inning of the Yankees’ 6-2 win over the Orioles on May 12, 2026 at Camden Yards. Getty Images
The right-hander, whose pitch count got driven up by a shaky defense behind him, gave up just two runs on four hits and a walk while striking out six.
The Orioles (19-24) did not score those runs until the sixth inning, at which point they merely cut into the Yankees’ 6-0 lead.
For the second time on the trip, the veteran Goldschmidt led off the game with a home run against a lefty, this time taking Trevor Rogers deep to left field for the 1-0 lead.
The Yankees then put together a rally in the third inning, which was set up by a single from a struggling Austin Wells and back-to-back one-out walks by Aaron Judge and Ben Rice to load the bases.
Cody Bellinger kept the inning alive by busting it down the line to beat out a double play — which Aaron Boone described as “massive” — driving in a run in the process to make it 2-0.
Will Warren, who pitched into the sixth inning, held the Orioles to two runs and picked up his fifth win of the season. Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images
“To have that big inning, it could have been [over] right there and the game could have went either way,” Goldschmidt said. “I think it just shows the kind of player Belli is, the hustle there and how one pitch, one little play can break open a game, good for us, or the other way if it doesn’t happen.”
Amed Rosario followed with an infield single on a chopper down the third base line for the 3-0 lead.
Grisham, who has often hit the ball hard but not been rewarded for it, came up next and belted a three-run home run to center field off Rogers — his sixth of the year, second off a lefty — to make it a 6-0 game.
It was the kind of big blow the Yankees had been missing in key spots during this trip, but Grisham delivered it Tuesday to let everyone in a Yankees uniform breathe a little easier.
Paul Goldschmidt rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run to lead off the game in the Yankees’ win over the Orioles. AP
“I thought we had some good at-bats, we were patient with Rogers, made him work, couple good walks to set things up, Belli beating that out and then a big swing there by Grish,” Boone said.
The other big swing came in the bottom of the third, after the Orioles loaded the bases on a walk and two ground balls that the Yankees misplayed for no outs — a wild flip from shortstop Max Schuemann and a throw from third baseman Ryan McMahon, after making a sliding play, to a well-off-the-bag Rosario.
But Warren buckled down, getting a fly ball to right field that the Orioles did not test Judge on, and then a grounder to second that was finally executed for an inning-ending double play.
“I think it’s a mentality thing,” Warren said. “I’m doing everything I can to throw strikes and stuff like that. You have to go in with the mindset that they’re going to make those plays. If they don’t, rarely, then you have to keep pitching and find a way out of it.”
May 12, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; New York Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham (12) hits a home run during the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images | Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images
The 2026 Yankees have been masters of the crooked number. The fun comes in bunches this year, and that theme continued in Baltimore on Tuesday night as the Yankees plated five in the third inning en route to a 6-2 series-evening win. Paul Goldschmidt hit a leadoff homer on the game’s first pitch, and Trent Grisham’s three-run shot in the third was the coup de grace as the Yanks snapped a four-game skid. Will Warren worked around poor defense to turn in a strong winning start, opening the door for a potential series win tomorrow at Camden Yards.
Let’s not waste any time—the Yankees sure didn’t. With a recent spate of injuries testing New York’s depth, it was comforting to see Goldschmidt set the tone from the words “play ball” by taking Trevor Rogers’ first delivery into the left field stands for a leadoff home run. Goldy’s fourth homer of the year overall—which zipped over our own lead editor Andrew Mearns’ head—got the Bombers off to a strong start.
Warren pitched around an automatic double in the home second to make that lead stand up. In the top of the third, just as Rogers was finding his rhythm, the Yankees got him to stagger off the beat. A leadoff hit from Austin Wells was quickly followed by consecutive walks to Aaron Judge and Ben Rice, loading the bags for Cody Bellinger. Cody successfully put the ball in play, hitting a shot up the middle and beating out a would-be double play turn from Gunnar Henderson to earn an RBI fielder’s choice.
From there, the Yankees’ two-out success they’ve enjoyed for most of the year returned from its brief absence. Amed Rosario plated Judge on a bouncing infield hit to third base which continued Rogers’ own early-season troubles with the big inning. It only got worse for the southpaw when Grisham stepped into the box.
Ever the cool customer, Grisham worked the count full on the laboring Oriole starter before finding a pitch he liked middle-in. He corked a payoff fastball into the right-center gap which continued to carry to the gap. Trent knew he got it, but I’m not sure too many folks in attendance (Andrew included?) expected that ball to clear the fence for a backbreaking three-run homer.
Grisham’s sixth homer gave him 26 RBI in ‘26, and made it 6-0 Yankees. If this sounds vaguely familiar, well, recall the six-run sixth inning the Big Sleep starred last week to cement six straight series wins. The pattern-recognition brain recognizes patterns, though there’s certainly no reason to this rhyme.
The rest of Warren’s day on the mound was eventful, to say the least. Back-to-back misplays from the Yankee infield loaded the bases with nobody out, compelling the Mississippian to make his way through the top of Baltimore’s order. He did splendidly, getting Taylor Ward to pop out before coaxing a double-play ball from Adley Rutschman that Rosario mercifully fielded cleanly to start an inning-ending 4-6-3.
After a palate cleanser in a gorgeous running catch from Bellinger in foul ground to wrap up the fourth, more shenanigans from Rosario and a wild pitch gave Baltimore a free runner in scoring position. It was a fresh lemon which the struggling Gunnar Henderson could not squeeze into lemonade.
Still, the extra pitches his infield forced him to throw led Warren to run out of steam with two outs in the sixth inning—much to his extreme annoyance, I’m sure. Samuel Basallo broke the seal with an RBI single, then Tyler O’Neill belted a gapper to right center that Grisham, shaded to the opposite side, could not quite corral on a dive. The ball bounced away from him enabling Basallo to score easily.
Warren promptly exited having thrown 96 pitches, the most from him in a single start this year. Fernando Cruz cleaned up the minor spill, closing Will’s line at 5.2 innings with two runs on four hits, a walk, and six punchouts. Considering that shoddy defensive work, his line deserved to be much prettier—but he did a great job bouncing back from a tough day in the Bronx against Texas.
The O’s didn’t go away. Cruz did his job grabbing four key outs, but Jake Bird couldn’t subdue his fellow avian friends. Base hits from Ward and Pete Alonso necessitated a visit from Aaron Boone and a move for Tim Hill to face the grooving Basallo. Hill arguably did his job too well, inducing a weak dribbler which burnt an out to move both runners up 90 feet. But sometimes the sequencing just works out for you. O’Neill bounced to the hot corner to fall to 2-for-26 against left-handed pitching on the season, and another opposing rally was left stranded on the Hillside.
It didn’t result in any runs, but may I just say: the overturned low-third-strike-on-Judge-to-base-hit combo we saw in the top of the ninth was exquisite. It felt like New York scored there, even though Ben Rice popped out a batter later to strand a pair. Either way, the Yanks carried a four-run lead into the ninth inning for David Bednar.
The Renegade retrieved his bounty (don’t yell at me, I know that’s not how the song goes) with a squeaky-clean ninth inning. He started by striking out Colton Cowser on a filthy splitter, then grabbed a groundout and an easy fly ball right to secure the Yankees’ 27th win. The extremely stressful version of Bednar we saw in April seems to have logged off in May. And thankful we all are for it.
Don’t forget, Prime Video fans and haters! Amazon’s got the rights for the Wednesday game—even a suddenly-rescheduled matinee! Max Fried is thankful not to have to play stopper for a losing streak—he’ll face Kyle Bradish, who wasn’t formally announced until the ninth. First pitch is at 1:05 pm tomorrow!
David Stearns’ offseason makeover of the Mets roster has led to the worst record in the majors, a product of injuries and underperformance.
The team’s president of baseball operations acknowledged Tuesday that the organization would “absolutely have to look at our risk assessment on injured players.”
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That’s after players with checkered injury histories — like Jorge Polanco and Luis Robert Jr. — have gotten hurt, worsening an already poor showing from the lineup.
It’s an offense that’s scored the fewest runs and will now feature a pair of rookies — Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing — in the outfield, despite little time at Triple-A.
Stearns insisted Tuesday before the team opened a homestand against the Tigers at Citi Field that they are “not close” to trading away veteran players and that they remain confident the roster is capable of righting itself.
“I do believe that,’’ Stearns said of the team salvaging the season. “But we have not shown that yet. We have the talent on the roster, and the character on the roster, to make a run. There’s a lot of season left. I’m not going to say it’s early. It’s not. We’re a quarter into the season. It’s not early anymore. But we do have enough season left to make a run and I think we have the talent to do that.”
David Stearns, president of baseball operations for the Mets, speaks at a press conference before the game versus the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Robert Sabo for NY PostLuis Robert Jr. of the New York Mets walks back to the dugout after striking out during the eighth inning of game one of a doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field on April 26, 2026. Getty Images
He may be one of the few who believe that, as the Mets have been bad from the start of the season and continue to be anemic at the plate.
Whether it’s injuries to newcomers like Robert and Polanco or established stars Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto or simply a lack of production from Bo Bichette, Marcus Semien, Brett Baty and more recently, Francisco Alvarez, this team has been miserable almost since Opening Day.
“I think it’s a combination of some injuries and there also have been players who have been healthy who haven’t performed to their accustomed levels,’’ Stearns said.
“We’ve underachieved, there’s no question. Collectively, as an organization, we have to figure out a way to get better and I think we will.”
Perhaps the arrival of Ewing will help, as he joins Benge in the outfield with Robert out indefinitely.
“We would not have made this decision if we didn’t feel A.J. was ready to make the jump,’’ Stearns said.
But a roster that has players prone to losing time to injury doesn’t help.
“We know we’re taking a level of risk when we bring players in with injury histories,’’ Stearns said. “We’re feeling that risk right now and it hasn’t helped that a number of our players have gotten hurt at the exact same time. It’s not something that we necessarily anticipated and it’s something we need to look at.”
Stearns reiterated he has no plans to make a change at manager, saying of Carlos Mendoza, “I’ve been very clear and consistent [that Mendoza] does a really good job.”
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It hasn’t been enough, with the season in danger of slipping away.
“We recognize the first six weeks of the season haven’t been close to good enough,’’ Stearns said. “We also believe we have the talent on this team to turn this around.”
The catcher was in discomfort following a swing with A.J. Ewing at second base, and after a brief visit from the training staff, Alvarez was removed from the game and replaced by pinch-hitter Luis Torrens, who drew a walk.
“We’ve got to wait to see what we’ve got,’’ Carlos Mendoza said of the injury. “It didn’t look good on the swing. We saw it right away.”
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Alvarez, who had cooled off this season, drove in a run and doubled earlier in the game against Detroit right-hander Jack Flaherty.
The Mets already had plenty of injury concerns before Alvarez went down, as Luis Robert Jr., Jorge Polanco and Francisco Lindor are all regulars who are on the injured list.
Robert has been sidelined for two weeks with a lumbar spine disc herniation and isn’t close to returning.
Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said Tuesday that Robert’s back soreness had “not resolved” and the outfielder was seeing additional specialists.
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (4) tags out Detroit Tigers third baseman Colt Keith (33) on a play at the plate on May 12, 2026. Robert Sabo for NY Post
The Mets traded for Robert in the offseason despite the outfielder’s injury issues the last two seasons with the White Sox and put together a schedule during spring training that they took into the regular season in an attempt to keep him healthy, but it didn’t prevent him from hitting the IL.
“It’s gonna take some time,’’ Carlos Mendoza said of Robert’s return.
Stearns said surgery is so far not on the table for Robert, who was not hitting well even before the most recent injury.
“We have not gotten that indication,’’ Stearns said of surgery potentially being a possibility.
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (4) races to first base. John Jones-Imagn Images
Polanco’s recovery from the left Achilles bursitis that’s plagued him much of the season has also been slow.
“We need to get asymptomatic on the ankle,’’ Stearns said. “We have really good days and then it flares up. We need it so he can play every day.”
Lindor is due to get a follow-up MRI on his strained left calf in the coming days and is out of a walking boot. The Mets won’t have a timeline for the shortstop’s potential return until they get the results of the MRI.
A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session at Citi Field on Tuesday as the left-hander gets back from having his rehab from a season-ending lat injury last year stalled by left hip discomfort.
Minter said his hip feels fine, but he’s still dealing with mechanical issues that have impacted his command.
Stearns indicated Minter would need “at least one more” bullpen before he’s back in a minor league rehab game, and then he’ll have to pitch on back-to-back days before he’s a consideration to be activated.
Another two to three weeks remains the goal for the team.
Stearns said left-hander Sean Manaea will remain in the bullpen.
“For now, the bullpen is the plan,’’ Stearns said of the veteran whose ineffectiveness knocked him out of the rotation. “We’ve had outings where there are glimmers of good pitching and outings that also haven’t been competitive. We’re working to get him back …”
To make room for A.J. Ewing on the roster, Andy Ibáñez was designated for assignment after making a pair of errors at third base.
The Yankees offense rode a five-run inning and Will Warren bounced back with a strong start as New York defeated the Orioles, 6-2, in Baltimore on Tuesday night.
New York scored just eight runs over their last four games, but the Yankees' six runs are the most since they scored nine on May 7.
The win snapped the Yankees' four-game losing streak.
Here are the takeaways...
-The Yankees offense was in the midst of a slump, but Paul Goldschmidt got the scoring started by homering off of Tyler Rogers -- making his first start off the IL -- on the first pitch of the game.
They would pour it on in the third by scoring five runs. The first two came on ground balls (one fielder's choice that Cody Bellinger beat out at first, and an infield single by Amed Rosario, and the big blow came on a three-run shot by Trent Grisham to give the Yankees a 6-0 lead.
-Warren pitched a dud in his last start, allowing six runs in 4.0 innings, but he was much better on Tuesday. But he was almost betrayed by his defense. In the third, with a six-run lead, an error by Max Schuemann at short while trying to start a double play and Ryan McMahon, who made a nice sliding grab but threw it to second base to start a double play, but Rosario didn't cover the base to allow bases loaded and no outs. Warren got Taylor Ward to fly out to shallow right field, and then Adley Rutschman grounded into an inning-ending double play for the young right-hander to escape without allowing a run.
Warren would settle back in, pitching into the sixth without allowing a run. However, Taylor Ward mashed a ground-rule double to lead off the inning and was almost stranded at third if not for Samuel Basallo's single. Tyler O'Neill followed with a double that Grisham tried to make a diving catch on, but the attempt allowed the ball to skip away from him and a backing-up Aaron Judge, which allowed the second Orioles run to score. Warren was pulled for Fernando Cruz, who got Colton Cowser to fly out to end the inning.
Warren allowed two runs on four hits and one walk across 5.2 innings while striking out six batters.
-The Yankees bullpen, which has struggled recently, was tasked with getting through the rest of the game after Warren and had mixed results. Cruz was good, getting his four batters out, but Jake Bird was a different story. The Orioles hit him hard in the eighth, hitting three rockets for two singles -- the other was an out on a great play by McMahon. Tim Hill came in next and got Basallo and O'Neill to ground out and get the Yankees out of the inning.
David Bednar pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to lock down the win.
-Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn't start Tuesday due to his struggles and a lefty on the mound, but he came in as a pinch-hitter. He flew out and is now 3-for-24 over his last seven games.
Game MVP: Will Warren
Warren was strong and was much better than his stat line showed. His escape from that mistake-filled inning kept Orioles from making this game interesting.
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez exited Tuesday's game against the Detroit Tigers in the bottom of the sixth inning with a right knee injury, the team announced.
New York said that he will undergo imaging on Wednesday.
Alvarez took a big swing on a 2-2 pitch against Burch Smith and fouled it off, but appeared to limp and grab at his knee.
He then left the game with trainers, finishing the night 1-for-2 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.
Luis Torrens came in to pinch-hit, eventually working a walk and scoring in the inning.
Through 37 games and 112 at-bats this season, Alvarez owns a .241/.317/.393 slash line with four home runs, five doubles, and 10 RBI.
Apr 29, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Andre Pallante (53) delivers a pitch against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images
The St. Louis Cardinals will continue their west coast swing as they’ll take on the city-less Athletics in Sacramento Tuesday night. Andre Pallante (3-3, 4.34 ERA, 29 SO) will start for the Cardinals while the first-place Athletics will start Jeffrey Springs (3-2, 3.89 ERA, 39 SO). First pitch scheduled for 8:40pm central time in Sutter Health Park.
CLEVELAND, OHIO - MAY 12: Angel Martínez #1 of the Cleveland Guardians hits a solo home run during the third inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Progressive Field on May 12, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Cleveland Guardians and the Los Angeles Angels faced off in game two of the three game series with Slade Cecconi getting the start for Cleveland.
Cecconi struggled immediately, throwing 26 pitches in the first inning alone. Slade has been having a rough start to his season with a 2-4 record in his 9 starts. While the starts are looking better and better as the season goes on, they still aren’t where the team, and bullpen, needs them to be. Cecconi went 4.0 innings of scoreless baseball, allowing 4 hits and walking a batter. He struck out 7 batters on 89 pitches.
Hunter Gaddis pitched early, throwing the fifth inning and starting the sixth. Gaddis went 1.1IP with one hit. They went to Tim Herrin to finish out the sixth. Herrin gave up a triple, which eventually accounted for the sole run Herrin allowed before retiring the side.
Angel Martínez went 2-for-3 on the night with a solo home run in the third inning to put the Guardians on the board first.
In the fifth, Patrick Bailey slapped a groundout to first. Daniel Schneemann had a great jump at third, scoring uncontested.
In the bottom of the seventh, Rhys Hoskins lead off the inning, pinch hitting for Daniel Schneemann. Rhys Hoskins, after a successful ABS challenge, drew a lead off walk. Vogt went to Petey Halpin to pinch run for Hoskins. Angel Martínez singled to third base. A throwing error by the third baseman allowed Petey to reach 3rd. David Fry came in to pinch hit for Patrick Bailey. In his at bat, Angel stole second, putting both runners in scoring position. Fry flied out for the first out of the inning, bringing Mr. RBI himself, Brayan Rocchio, up to bat. Rocchio hit a long sac fly to right, scoring Petey from third for his 22nd RBI on the season.
Erik Sabrowski pitched the eighth, walking two and striking out three. Franco Aleman got his second outing, and gave up a solo shot to bring the Angels within one run. Aleman recovered, getting the next two batters out, but with his pitch count climbing, Vogt went to Cade Smith for a four out save. Cade made a six pitch strike out to end the eighth. Cade made a quick out of Zach Neto in the top of the ninth with a two pitch flyout to right. Cade earned the save in tonight’s victory over the Angels.
The Angels score 2 runs on 8 hits with 1 error while the Guardians put up 3 runs on 4 hits with no errors.
The teams will face off for the last game of this series tomorrow afternoon with a 1:10 EDT first pitch.
Athletics pitcher Jeffrey Springs takes the mound tonight against tteh Cardinals at Sutter Health Park. | Scott Marshall-Imagn Images
After a 3-3 six-game road trip, the Athletics return home tonight to take on the National League Central’s St. Louis Cardinals.After a less than stellar 2025 season, the Cardinals have looked much better this season, currently sitting in 3rd place, 3.5 games behind the league-leading Cubs. The Athletics are still leading the American League West by two games over the Seattle Mariners.
Jeffrey Springs will take them mound tonight for the A’s. Springs is 3-2 this season with a 3.89 ERA in eight starts. He’s tallied 39 strikeouts in 44 innings. He’ll face off against 27-year old righty Andre Pallante for St. Louis. He is 3-3 with a 4.34 ERA over the course of seven starts. He’ll go up against a lineup missing Jacob Wilson who was placed today on the Injured List with a left shoulder subluxation, but will look like this:
Mets right-handed pitching prospect Jack Wenninger has been outstanding thus far for Syracuse this season, and he was able to continue that against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday night.
Wenninger cruised his way through five terrific scoreless innings of work.
His night didn’t start on the smoothest note, though, as he walked the first two batters he faced before settling into a groove with a strikeout and double play.
He then went on a stretch retiring the next nine hitters in order, including a string of five consecutive strikeouts, before allowing his first hit in the bottom of the fourth.
Wenninger quickly retired the next two, and then was able to end his night on a high note, picking up another strikeout and double play around to erase a leadoff walk in the fifth.
He allowed just the one hit while walking three, striking out seven, and generating 10 swing-and-misses.
The 24-year-old sixth-round pick extended his scoreless streak to 16.2 consecutive innings, helping lower his ERA to a league-best mark of 1.08 for the season.
Wenninger also finished with a stellar 2.92 mark across 26 Double-A outings last year.
If he can continue dominating at the new level, he might work his way into the big league mix before long.
Just when you think it's going out the ballpark and into the stands for baseball fans to leave the stadium with a souvenir, Adell is there for the stab.
Guardians left fielder Angel Martinez was up to bat in the bottom fifth inning and sent a ball deep to right field. It seemed a homer was brewing, but the "home run robbery king" was back there in time to leap and catch Martinez's ball for an out.
Adell saved the Angels from a two-run deficit, as they trailed 1-0 at the time of the play. It was his fifth robbery of the season. Despite the home run robbery, the Angels lost, 3-2, for a second straight defeat in Cleveland.
Adell, 27, made his debut with the Angels in 2020. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound outfielder has played all seven of his MLB seasons in Anaheim.
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 28: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani (17) throws a pitch during the MLB game between the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 28, 2026 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
LOS ANGELES —Game three of the four-game series between the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants comes Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, with a left-handed starting pitcher on the mound for the first (and only scheduled) time in this set.
That’s Robbie Ray for San Francisco, with a 2.76 ERA and 4.15 xERA in his eight starts. The Giants have lost all three of his starts on the road, though not necessarily of his doing, with a 4.15 ERA in 17 1/3 innings, not allowing more than three runs in any of those starts.
Wednesday figures to be a planned non-start for Mookie Betts, who was activated off the injured list on Monday after missing 32 games with a strained right oblique. Look for Miguel Rojas to start at shortstop against Ray.
Shohei Ohtani starts for the Dodgers on the mound. He won’t hit on Thursday, and might also not hit on Wednesday while he’s pitching.
“It might be a good thing to take a little bit of a load off his plate offensively,” manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday afternoon.
DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 08: The Seattle Mariners infield and Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson (6) wait for Seattle Mariners pitcher Gabe Speier (55) coming in from the bullpen during Game 4 of the ALDS series between the Detroit Tigers and the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday October 8, 2025 at Comerica Park in Detroit, MI. (Photo by Steven King/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
As we wait with bated breath for this very talented Seattle Mariners team to play up to their true talent level, I will continue to pose questions and prompts regarding anxiety levels surround various facts of the team. This week we’re discussing the most naturally anxiety-producing part of the team: the bullpen! I asked y’all in the FEED to rank your top three Mariners relievers you are most worried about and the results did not make me feel less worried, that’s for sure. But, it’s good to air it all out. Let’s get into it and rate some TAKES.
First off, once again here’s my Trademarked Mariners Hot Take Ranking System:
All right, let’s see what y’all’s top three picks are.
Your third most worrisome Mariners reliever is….
Luis Castillo?!?!
Famously a starting pitcher, Castillo’s recent decline in performance has apparently has many fans ready to ship him to the bullpen. This is a scorching take, honestly Cliff Lee level, because if it happens, it means a lot of things have gone very wrong. What makes Castillo still effective even with diminished velocity is his command and his consistency. I can see the argument that maybe he’ll be able to reach back for more velocity given the shorter appearances out of the bullpen, but with no real data to back that up, it’s entirely hearsay.
Moving along, your second most worrisome Mariners reliever is….
Matt Brash
An obviously popular answer, Brash hitting the IL with a bad oblique is a big blow to the Mariners cadre of high-leverage arms. This injury, plus Gabe Speier’s injury, has pushed Jose Ferrer into that role and put further pressure on Bazardo. No need to rush Brash’s returen at this point in the season, but the day Brash returns full-strength will be a good one.
And finally, the obvious winner for most worrisome Mariners reliever is…
May 11, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez (44) celebrates with shortstop J.P. Crawford (3) after hitting a home run during the third inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images | Troy Taormina-Imagn Images
The Mariners and Astros face off in the second game of a four-game set tonight.
Bryan Woo gets the ball for the Mariners with an eight-game win streak against Houston on the line. He’s coming off a bounce-back win in last Wednesday’s rubber game against the Braves, where he allowed only one hit and struck out nine in six innings of work. Prior to then, Woo had been shellacked for 13 earned runs over nine innings in his previous two appearances against the Cardinals and Royals. (Our own Zach Mason is waiting with bated breath for tonight’s matchup.)
The Astros will counter with right-hander Tatsuya Imai, who was reinstated from the injured list today. Imai missed just over a month due to fatigue in his pitching arm; his last outing was against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park on April 10, a start where he walked four hitters and threw only 37 pitches before being pulled after only a third of an inning.
Lineups
It’s Care Bears Night at Daikin Park, apparently.
Game Information
First Pitch: 5:10 p.m. PDT
TV: Mariners.TV, with Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Valle, Jay Buhner and Brad Adam
Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports, with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr.
