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Milwaukee snapped a four-game losing streak yesterday in an 8-4 win over the Colorado Rockies. Today’s game pits the Brewers against another NL West opponent, the San Francisco Giants.

Shane Drohan will get the start in what will be his fourth appearance of the spring. The 6’3” lefty has racked up 10 strikeouts over 8 2/3 innings pitched so far, allowing six hits and three runs. DL Hall, Easton McGee and Jacob Waguespack are also expected to pitch for Milwaukee. Waguespack, a non-roster invitee, hasn’t allowed a run over six relief appearances this spring. On the bump for San Francisco is veteran lefty Robbie Ray, who put up a 3.65 ERA in 32 appearances for the Giants last season.

Sal Frelick will lead off again today, followed by Jake Bauers, who has been absolutely crushing the ball this spring. Bauers is hitting .500 (11-for-22) with three homers coming into today’s game. Christian Yelich, Garrett Mitchell, and Luis Rengifo make up the heart of the order. Hitting sixth and playing shortstop is David Hamilton, who came over from Boston along with Drohan. Rounding out the bottom of the lineup are Blake Perkins, Reese McGuire, and Cooper Pratt (at second base today).

You can catch a radio broadcast of today’s game on ESPN Milwaukee. First pitch is at 3:05 p.m. CT.

Today's squad

📻: ESPN Milwaukee#ThisIsMyCrewpic.twitter.com/pjfyNjx0ct

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 15, 2026

Ready for more baseball in Scottsdale ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/4gox97YCnS

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) March 15, 2026

Brandon Williamson has looked the part so far this spring in Goodyear, the ‘part’ being a guy who was a former 2nd round draft pick and consensus Top 100 overall prospect. A full year off in 2025 while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery has apparently allowed his left arm – and left shoulder – to regain strength, and he’s tapping back into velocity that he’d not seen in years while eyeing a spot in the starting rotation of the Cincinnati Reds.

He’ll get a chance to stake another claim for a spot on the Opening Day roster on Sunday afternoon, and will do so in familiar territory over in Peoria. That’s because he’ll be facing the Seattle Mariners, the club who originally drafted him back in 2019 before shipping him to Cincinnati alongside Jake Fraley and Justin Dunn in the deal that sent current Cincinnati slugger Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker the other way back in 2022.

Sharing the mound with Williamson today will also be a former teammate of his, as George Kirby was Seattle’s 1st round pick back in the same draft where they took Williamson in the 2nd.

Sadly, there’s no TV feed for this one, so you’ll have to lean on Gameday and 700 WLW’s radio coverage to follow along.

The Kansas City Royals continue to barrel toward Opening Day; however, they’ve been missing a lot of key guys. And no, that’s not because of injuries, it’s because they are tearing it up in the World Baseball Classic and most of them are in the semifinals. Here is some of those key Royals and how they’ve fared in the WBC.

Kansas City Royals hitters are RAKING in the WBC:

🇺🇸 Witt Jr: .455 OBP | 3 SB | .867 OPS
🇮🇹 Pasquantino: 3 HR | 6 BB | 1.084 OPS
🇮🇹 Caglianone: .364 AVG | 5 R | 1.290 OPS
🇻🇪 Garcia: .421 AVG | 5 RBI | 1.134 OPS pic.twitter.com/fqnz0Tlg8Q

— Just Baseball (@JustBB_Media) March 15, 2026

Anyways, back in Arizona, the Royals are struggling to win games, but that doesn’t matter a great deal, it’s about getting looks at some younger guys and others fighting for an Opening Day roster spot, which some are getting a longer look because of guys away for the WBC.

Cole Ragans gets the start today for Kansas City against divisional foe, the Chicago White Sox. Starling Marte is the designated hitter today, and a lot of “regular” guys start behind Cole today.

Sunday in Surprise. pic.twitter.com/1n6Eil2AVI

— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) March 15, 2026

First pitch is set for 3:05 p.m. CT.

Today’s recap is going to be a short and sweet, as this game was light on action and light on Braves’ roster candidates, as Jose Suarez got the start, to be followed by JR Ritchie.

Suarez looked pretty good by his standards, striking out 3, walking 2, and accruing 10 whiffs over 4.0+ scoreless innings and 61 pitches thrown. He allowed 4 batted balls over 95 MPH, two of which were ground balls. Overall a strong outing for Jose. Joel Payamps took over for Jose in the fifth after Jose gave up a leadoff single. After a bunt hit and a soft flyout, Payamps stuck out Marsh and Bohm to end the inning.

JR Ritchie entered the game in the sixth and hit Adolis Garcia to start his outing. Ritchie settled in after that, inducing a soft flyout and striking out two, ending the inning. He carried that momentum into the second inning, striking out the first two batters and ending the inning with a Trea Turner pop-out. It was more of the same for the last two innings, as Ritchie ended his outing with 4.0 no-hit innings with 6 strikeouts and just the one HBP as the lone baserunner, needing 52 pitches to get the job done. He worked with a large pitch mix, as is his norm and did so to devastating effect. That’s a really impressive outing for the Opening Day roster candidate and top prospect.

On the offensive side, the Braves’ quad-A lineup squandered a leadoff triple in the first and scattered a few baserunners but didn’t put up any runs against the Philly starter, Walker…or first reliever in Alvarado…or any other Philly pitcher until Tyler Tolve launched a solo homer in the ninth inning. Brett Wisely and Luke Williams each had two-hit days, which were also the only Braves hits outside of the Tolve homer. Luis Guanipa got a plate appearance in the ninth and struck out.

Join us again tomorrow as the Braves take on the Rays at 1:05 PM ET.

The Mets have made another round of roster cuts in big league camp, as the following players have been sent to the minor league side:

• Pitchers: Carl Edwards Jr., Joe Jacques, Ryan Lambert
• Catcher: Kevin Parada
• Infielders: Ryan Clifford, Jackson Cluff, Grae Kessinger, Jacob Reimer
• Outfielders: Jihwan Bae, A.J. Ewing, Jose Ramos

The team notes that there are now 53 players in major league camp. With Opening Day set to take place just eleven days from now, more cuts are surely coming soon.

Of the ones that the Mets made today, none are particularly surprising. While A.J. Ewing has fared well in his time in major league spring training games, he figures to start the year in the upper minors, either by returning to Double-A Binghamton or starting the season with a promotion to Triple-A Syracuse.

Ryan Lambert was impressive in his brief stint in big league camp, too, but having struggled with walks in Binghamton last year—despite an outstanding 1.71 ERA in 42.0 innings there—it’s not shocking to see that the Mets might want him to get a bit more time in the upper minors before he makes his major league debut.

Even with players returning from the World Baseball Classic, some of the players who’ve been sent to minor league camp will get some appearances in the remainder of the Mets’ Grapefruit League games, as they’re all still eligible to do so.

here’s the lineup:

Kwan LF

Arias SS

Jose 3B

DeLauter DH

Hoskins 1B

Fry C

Kayfus RF

Fairchild CF

Bazzana 2B

Bibee P

On Saturday the Rockies lost… but they also won. In split squad action they were beat by the Milwaukee Brewers primarily due to a rough four run appearance from Victor Vodnik. At the same time, they bested the Cubs 4-3 after a scoreless three inning start from Kyle Freeland and a walk-off two run homer by Braxton Fulford.

Today the Rockies will come back together as a single full squad to take on the Los Angeles Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium.

On the mound for the Halos is twenty two year old righthander Austin Gordon. Drafted in the fourth round of the 2024 draft, Gordon struggled to limit runs (5.44 ERA over 84.1 innings) in his first year at High-A with the Tri City Dust Devils.

His 10.14 k/9 and 2.88 bb/9 paint a bit of a rosier picture of his first season as a professional, and he has only allowed two runs in six innings so far this spring. Still, Gordon currently projects as a potential back of the rotation starter with solid command and will need to start displaying a true put-away pitch to surpass that.

The Rockies will be countering with a Gordon of their own. Tanner Gordon (no relation) has been working this spring to add a two seam fastball to his repertoire but you wouldn’t know he was workshopping something new and unfinished just by looking at his results. So far this spring the Rockies’ Gordon has pitched seven innings of one run ball over three appearances while striking out eight and only allowing one walk.

That strong performance means that Gordon is still very much in the mix for a spot in the opening day rotation so todays results, alongside seeing how his new pitch progresses, have potential implications for the start of the season.

First Pitch: 2:10 pm MDT

TV: None

Radio: 850 KOA

MLB Gameday: Live Box Score

Lineups:

Here's today's lineup ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/un5Jnjdvl8

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) March 15, 2026

Home for the weekend 🏜️

📻: @AngelsRadioKLAA#LAASpring x @FBMSupplypic.twitter.com/GKnODEQpRd

— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) March 15, 2026

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San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks, March 15, 2026, 1:10 p.m. PST

Watch: Padres.TV

Location: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick – Scottsdale, AZ

Listen: 97.3 The Fan

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Sunday at Salt River Fields. pic.twitter.com/pdDJBsyXK8

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) March 15, 2026

Baseball coming your way. pic.twitter.com/5Rb55YZy1o

— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) March 15, 2026

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If you’re interested in a little amuse bouche before tonight’s semi-final WBC game between the DR and US, the Mariners are playing an exhibition game against the Cincinnati reds this afternoon. George Kirby gets his third Cactus League start, where he’ll hope to round into cleaner form. Keep an eye on him between pitches to see how often he’s calling the game for himself, an innovation Kate dug into last week.

Facing off against him will be old friend Brandon Williamson, who was the headliner in the Mariners’ 2022 trade for Eugenio Suárez and Jesse Winker. Things haven’t gone great for him since the trade. He struggled with command problems, then sacrificed his whiffs to compensate. Then he got a bad case of the injury bug, with shoulder soreness and then TJ limiting him to just 30.2 total innings in 2024 and a goose egg in 2025. He’s looking to bounce back with a move to the bullpen, and his first seven innings this spring have been spectacular.

Lineups

Randy Arozarena makes his first appearance since his totally uneventful with no news around him whatsoever turn in the WBC. Refsnyder gets another start, and Luke Raley will get a chance to face a southpaw. “Taylor” at first base is Carson Taylor, who the Mariners picked up in the minor-league portion of the Rule 5 Draft.

Quite a few regulars in Cincinnati’s lineup today, including Noelvi Marte, the centerpiece of the trade that brought Luis Castillo to Seattle. I also forgot Ke’Bryan Hayes had been traded to the Reds, which forced Marte to the outfield.

News From Camp

Michael Arroyo, Michael Rucker, and Ryan Sloan have been reassigned to minor league camp.

Game Info

First pitch: 1:10 PT
TV: No television broadcast today.
Radio: Old Reliable

One of only three countries to win the World Baseball Classic – along with Japan (three times) and Team USA (one) – the Dominican Republic has a stacked roster for the 2026 tournament including one of the greatest lineups ever assembled.

The Dominicans won the 2013 WBC and have romped through the first five games of this tournament, going undefeated with 51 runs and 14 home runs in the process. Fernando Tatis Jr. (7-for-16, 2 HR, 11 RBIs) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (7-for-14, 2 HR, 8 RBI) have led the DR's power surge with Juan Soto, Austin Wells and Oneil Cruz also slugging two homers so far.

Team USA starter Paul Skenes will have his hands full in Sunday's semifinal with the Dominican lineup that also includes All-Stars in Ketel Marte, Julio Rodriguez and Manny Machado.

Here's a look at the full Dominican Republic roster:

Dominican Republic roster for 2026 WBC

Infielders

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B)
• Manny Machado (3B)
• Ketel Marte (2B)
• Geraldo Perdomo (SS)
• Erik González (SS/UTIL) — Injury replacement for Jeremy Peña
• Junior Caminero (3B/DH)
• Carlos Santana (1B)
• Amed Rosario (UTIL)

Outfielders

• Juan Soto (LF/RF)
• Julio Rodríguez (CF)
• Fernando Tatis Jr. (RF)
• Oneil Cruz (CF/UTIL)
• Johan Rojas (CF)

Pitchers

• Sandy Alcántara (RHP)
• Cristopher Sánchez (LHP)
• Luis Severino (RHP)
• Brayan Bello (RHP)
• Carlos Estévez (RHP)
• Camilo Doval (RHP)
• Abner Uribe (RHP)
• Seranthony Domínguez (RHP)
• Gregory Soto (LHP)
• Wandy Peralta (LHP)
• Albert Abreu (RHP)
• Elvis Alvarado (RHP)
• Huascar Brazobán (RHP)
• Dennis Santana (RHP)
• Edwin Uceta (RHP)

Catchers

• Austin Wells
• Agustín Ramírez

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dominican Republic WBC roster 2026: Juan Soto, Vlad Jr. headline team

Texas Rangers relief pitcher Alexis Diaz has cleared waivers and been outrighted to AAA Round Rock, the team announced today. The team also announced that catcher Willie MacIver has been optioned to AAA Round Rock and pitcher Jose Corniell has been optioned to AA Frisco. In addition, Jonah Bride, Cam Cauley and Gavin Collyer have all been re-assigned to the minor league camp.

Not really anything terribly surprising from this sequence of moves. Diaz, who was signed this offseason as a free agent, was designated for assignment two days ago when the Rangers needed a roster spot for Jalen Beeks. Diaz was very bad this spring after being very bad in 2025, and no team was apparently interested in devoting a 40 man roster spot to him. He will try to get things back on track at Round Rock once the AAA season starts.

Neither Corniell nor MacIver were candidates to be on the Opening Day roster, barring injury. Corniell, who returned from Tommy John surgery in the second half of 2025, is looking to pick up where he left off after a strong finish to the 2025 campaign, and show that he’s a viable option during the 2026 season should the Rangers need to call someone up to help out in the rotation. MacIver is the third catcher on the 40 man roster for a team that is only carrying two catchers on the active roster.

None of Bride, Cauley and Collyer were expected to be in the mix for a spot on the Opening Day roster when camp began. Collyer, who was re-signed by the Rangers after becoming a minor league free agent this past offseason, got good reviews this spring, to the point he was being mentioned as a possible bullpen candidate. Cauley, meanwhile, turned heads and impressed manager Skip Schumaker.

Texas Rangers lineup for March 15, 2026 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Rangers have a spring road game lineup against the Dodgers today. Trey Supak is getting the start.

The lineup:

Pederson — 1B

McCutchen — LF

Haggerty — 2B

Canha — RF

Osuna — CF

Wade — SS

Foscue — DH

Bride — 3B

MacIver — C

3:05 p.m. Central start time.

The Dodgers’ final Monday of the Arizona portion of their spring training will have them hosting the Milwaukee Brewers at Camelback Ranch.

Tyler Glasnow gets the start for the Dodgers, remaining in line for an opening-series start. He tossed 4 1/3 innings his last time out, last Tuesday.

Chad Patrick, who finished seventh in National League Rookie of the Year voting last year, starts for Milwaukee.

Monday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Brewers
• Ballpark: Camelback Ranch
• Time: 1:05 p.m. PT
• TV: SportsNet LA, MLB Network (out of market)
• Radio: AM 570

MESA, Arizona — Sunday notes…

• FORMER CUBS IN DODGERS CAMP: Kyle Tucker. That’s it.
• CUBS vs. DODGERS: Today’s game is expected to draw a Sloan Park sellout of nearly 16,000 fans. The forecast high temperature is 90, before temps are expected to soar over 100 degrees beginning Wednesday.

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Finishing the weekend at home.

Watch the game live on @WatchMarquee. pic.twitter.com/YQws88CD3U

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 15, 2026

Dodgers lineup:

Today’s #DodgersST split-squad lineup at Cubs: pic.twitter.com/HXMbaRwYSf

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 15, 2026

Jameson Taillon, just back from the WBC, will start for the Cubs. The other Cubs pitchers scheduled today were not available at posting time.

Emmett Sheehan will start for the Dodgers. Other Dodgers pitchers scheduled today: Will Klein, Kyle Hirt and Antoine Kelly. As noted above, the Dodgers are a split squad today.

Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network. There will be a radio broadcast on WSCR The Score.

MLB.com Gameday

Here is the complete MLB.com live streaming page for today.

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As we have done in the past, we’ll have a first pitch thread at five minutes to game time and one overflow thread, 90 minutes after game time. For today, that will be 3 p.m. CT and 4:35 p.m. CT.

These threads will not post individually onto the front page; instead, you can find links to them in the box marked ”Chicago Cubs Game Threads” at the bottom of the front page. There will also be a StoryStream on the front page with all the game thread links, as well as the recap after the game is over. The pitcher photos and regular-season stats will return on Opening Day.

Discuss amongst yourselves.