Category: Baseball

Nationals 10, Mariners 1

When you toss a game so bad we won’t list the highest WPA in the chart: Emerson Hancock, -0.33 WPA

Game Thread Comment of the Day

Texas Rangers outfielder Michael Helman has been placed on the 10 day injured list due to a fractured hand, the team announced today. The team has recalled outfielder Alejandro Osuna to take his place on the active roster.

Osuna seemed to be a candidate to be recalled yesterday, when Evan Carter went on the injured list with an oblique strain, though Cody Freeman ended up getting the nod instead, due at least in part to Corey Seager being unavailable. Once it was reported yesterday that Helman, whose role had been to be the fourth outfielder and play against some lefties, had suffered a multiple fractures in his hand on a hit by pitch, it was apparent that Osuna would be up to take his place.

Helman will likely be out of action for at least the next six weeks. Osuna, meanwhile, will get regular playing time in the outfield, at least until Carter returns.

Osuna has a .253/.376/.275 slash line for the Rangers in 110 plate appearances over 37 games this season, playing primarily left field.

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The Boston Red Sox will welcome the Texas Rangers to Fenway Park tonight for one last matchup, looking to secure a dominant series sweep.

The weekend started with a statement on June 12, as Boston cruised to a lopsided 10–1 victory behind an explosive offensive display that left the Rangers struggling to find answers.

Boston’s momentum carried right into June 13 for a much tighter, more dramatic battle. Texas ace Jacob deGrom turned in a strong six-inning performance, leaving the game tied at 2–2, but the Red Sox depth proved too much. A two-run single with two outs in the seventh by Ceddanne Rafaela broke the deadlock, and a late home run from Jarren Duran helped secure a 6–3 Boston victory.

Following today’s contest, the Red Sox will continue their homestand with three against the Blue Jays, while the Rangers return home for three games against the Twins.

Rangers vs. Red Sox start time

Tonight’s (June 14) Rangers vs. Red Sox game is scheduled to begin at 7:20 p.m. ET.

How to watch Rangers vs. Red Sox on Sunday Night Baseball

Tonight’s Rangers vs. Red Sox matchup is streaming on Peacock and airing on NBC, but if you don’t have cable, Peacock is the best way to stream the game.

Peacock currently offers two subscription types: Premium with ads and Premium Plus ad-free. Peacock Premium costs $10.99/month, while Premium Plus costs $16.99/month.

You can also save a bit by subscribing to one of Peacock’s annual plans, which give you 12 months for the price of 10. These cost either $109.99 with ads or $169.99 without ads.

Rangers-Red Sox probable pitchers

Nathan Eovaldi (5-7, 4.26 ERA) will be on the mound for the Rangers; Connelly Early (5-4, 3.30 ERA) gets the start for the Red Sox.

MLB Sunday Night Baseball 2026 schedule

MLB Sunday Night Baseball airs on NBC and Peacock this season. Check out the full season slate below.

• June 14 at 7 p.m. — Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox (NBC and Peacock)
• June 21 at 7 p.m. — New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies (NBC and Peacock)
• June 28 at 7 p.m. — New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (NBC and Peacock)
• July 5 at 12:30 p.m. — New York Mets at Atlanta Braves (NBC and Peacock)
• July 5 at 7 p.m. — San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers (NBC and Peacock)
• July 19 at 7 p.m. — Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees (NBC and Peacock)
• July 26 at 7 p.m. — New York Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies (NBC and Peacock)
• August 2 at 7 p.m. — Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers (NBC and Peacock)
• August 9 at 8 p.m. — Houston Astros at San Diego Padres (NBC and Peacock)
• August 16 at 7 p.m. — Seattle Mariners at Houston Astros (NBC and Peacock)
• August 23 at 3 p.m. — San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox (NBC and Peacock)
• August 30 at 3 p.m. — Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs (NBC and Peacock)
• August 30 at 7 p.m. — Houston Astros at New York Mets (NBC and Peacock)
• September 6 at 3 p.m. — Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies (NBC and Peacock)
• September 6 at 7 p.m. — Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals (Peacock)
• September 7 at 8 p.m. — St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants (NBC and Peacock — special Labor Day MLB presentation)
• September 13 at 7 p.m. — San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants (Peacock)
• September 20 at 7 p.m. — Milwaukee Brewers at Baltimore Orioles (Peacock)

The Dodgers are back home to begin a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.

Eric Lauer starts for the Dodgers. Right-hander Nick Martinez goes for the Rays.

Monday will be an exclusive telecast by ESPN, with Jon Sciambi and David Ross on the call, so no SportsNet LA for this one.

Monday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Rays
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 7:10 p.m.
• TV: ESPN (Jon Sciambi, David Ross)
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

Well, there’s more baseball today, I guess. If you’re into that sort of thing. The San Francisco Giants have given us no reason to watch them lately, both with their play and their bigoted messaging. For some people, that’s reason enough to stop watching; for others, they need the respite that baseball provides, even when it’s baseball causing the pain.

There’s no right way to fan. If what you’re deciding to do with the day is get some joy out of baseball by watching the Giants face the Chicago Cubs, then welcome. Come talk about the game with us!

Logan Webb takes the mound for the Giants as he tries to build on his momentum. The two-time All-Star has made 11 starts this year, and is 3-4 with a 3.88 ERA, a 3.18 FIP, and 58 strikeouts to 19 walks in 67.1 innings. After a brutal start to the year, Webb has been lights out lately: in his last two starts, he’s allowed just one run in 15 innings.

The Cubs are using an opener, lefty Ryan Rolison. The 28-year old has made 20 appearances this year (this is his first start), and is 5-1 with a 2.25 ERA, a 4.23 FIP, and 24 strikeouts to 12 walks in 24 innings. The bulk innings are expected to go to right-hander Colin Rea, who is 5-4 with a 5.19 ERA, a 4.86 FIP, and 54 strikeouts against 25 walks in 69.1 innings.

Enjoy the game, everyone. Or at least, enjoy your Sunday.

Lineups

Giants

1. Matt Chapman — 3B
2. Luis Arráez — 2B
3. Bryce Eldridge — 1B
4. Rafael Devers — DH
5. Casey Schmitt — LF
6. Willy Adames — SS
7. Jung Hoo Lee — RF
8. Daniel Susac — C
9. Drew Gilbert — CF

RHP. Logan Webb

Cubs

1. Pete Crow-Armstrong — CF
2. Alex Bregman — 3B
3. Michael Busch — 1B
4. Ian Happ — LF
5. Michael Conforto — RF
6. Pedro Ramírez — 2B
7. Carson Kelly — C
8. Moisés Ballesteros — DH
9. Dansby Swanson — SS

LHP. Ryan Rolison

Game #72

Who: San Francisco Giants (28-43) vs. Chicago Cubs (37-34)

Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California

When: 12:10 p.m. PT

Regional broadcast: ABC/Watch ESPN

National broadcast: n/a

Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM

This afternoon, the Athletics seek to wrap up their week in Las Vegas by completing a sweep of the Colorado Rockies. The past two nights, the A’s emerged victorious in back-and-forth contests, overcoming blown leads to retake the advantage and fend off the Rockies over the final few innings.

A’s left-hander Jeffrey Springs, who was originally scheduled to start yesterday’s contest, will instead get the ball for the last game of the series. The 33-year-old will be the lone A’s starter making his second start of the week, and he will face the added challenge of pitching in what is expected to be triple-digit heat.

Springs enters his 15th start of the season with a 3-6 record, a 4.68 ERA and 63 strikeouts over 75 innings pitched. He started the first game of the Las Vegas series, which the Milwaukee Brewers ultimately won 15-14 in 12 innings. In that game, Springs received a no-decision after allowing five runs on eight hits across five innings.

Today marks two months since the A’s southpaw last earned a win, a streak he hopes to snap in this series finale. A big reason why Springs has not pitched well lately is because he has struggled limiting home runs. The ball is likely to carry in the extreme heat, creating an additional challenge for A’s and Rockies pitchers. Springs will need to be efficient and precise to avoid another short, less-than-ideal outing. Even if he pitches well, the A’s may be reluctant to let him work deep into the game given the oppressive temperatures and the associated health concerns.

Keeping that in mind, the A’s made a roster-move this morning to add a fresh arm to their bullpen. Joey Estes was serviceable as the starter yesterday, but failed to complete five innings. He was optioned back to Triple-A, with left-handed reliever Brady Basso recalled as the corresponding roster move.

Now onto the starting lineup. Here’s how manager Mark Kotsay decided to order things up as his team seeks its fifth straight win:

This lineup is certainly an interesting one. Center fielder Lawrence Butler is batting leadoff, a notable departure from the inconsistent hitter’s usual spot in the lower half of the order. Meanwhile, Nick Kurtz will serve as the designated hitter, getting a break from defensive duties. Veteran infielder Jeff McNeil will man first base instead. Butler and McNeil are not the only Athletics making their first starts of this series. Carlos Cortes will also make his first start, playing right field and batting fourth.

Today’s A’s lineup is without starting catcher Shea Langeliers and shortstop Jacob Wilson. Langeliers gets the day off following two straight days behind the plate, while Wilson is not starting because he needs a rest day after recently returning from a stint on the injured list with a shoulder injury.

Ninth-place hitter Alika Williams, starting at shortstop, has been an unexpected contributor. He accumulated three hits and a walk last night in his best offensive game as a major leaguer. The A’s will need the likes of McNeil, Williams and Butler to get on base and create RBI opportunities for Kurtz, left fielder Tyler Soderstrom and hot-hitting second baseman Zack Gelof.

Those bats will be facing Rockies’ right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano. The 36-year-old Japanese native is 6-4 with a 4.08 ERA and 39 strikeouts over his first 13 starts, spanning 68 1/3 innings with the Rockies.

He has won his past two starts, most recently limiting the Chicago Cubs to three runs on six hits over five innings pitched. Sugano has allowed 12 home runs, while Springs has given up 16, setting up a series finale that could feature plenty of power at the plate.

And the Rockies’ lineup for game three looks like this:

Springs has only faced one of Colorado’s starting nine before, so that could give the A’s starter the initial advantage in this matchup. Rockies’ shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, who sat out the previous two games, returns to his team’s lineup this afternoon. The visitors’ lineup is not as intimidating as some others the Athletics have faced this season, yet the Rockies have shown an ability to score in bunches through the first two games of this interleague series.

Should the A’s finish off the league-worst Rockies, they would conclude their Las Vegas residency with a 5-1 record, and more importantly, return to West Sacramento one game over .500. Let’s go A’s!

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After two night games where the ball flew far in the Nevada heat, the Colorado Rockies and the Athletics will play their third and final game of the series in the afternoon under the searing desert sun. Temperatures are expected to be over 100 degrees Fahrenheit at first pitch at Las Vegas Ballpark roughly 20 minutes northwest of the famous Strip.

The heat may prove an issue for Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano (菅野 智之) and his penchant for giving up solo home runs, but overall the veteran Japanese righty has remained one of the most consistent members of the Colorado rotation. Sugano carries a 4.08 ERA into today’s contest and he has failed to make through five innings just twice across his 13 starts this season.

His last time out, Sugano pitched five innings against the Chicago Cubs and gave up three earned runs on six hits—including a home run—with two walks and three strikeouts.

On the bump for the Athletics is left-handed pitcher Jeffrey Springs, now in his second season with the team. Springs has a 4.68 ERA through his 14 starts this season with 63 strikeouts over 75 innings. He’s coming off of a start against the Milwaukee Brewers in Las Vegas where he gave up five earned runs on eight hits—two of which were home runs—with two walks and three strikeouts.

This will be Springs’ first appearance against the Rockies in his nine-year MLB career. His primary pitch is a four-seam fastball that averages just 91.4 MPH and he backs it up with a slider and a changeup. The changeup is his best pitch for generating whiffs, while the slider is currently his best put-away pitch. Springs also throws a sweeper and a cutter.

First Pitch: 1:05 pm MDT

TV: Rockies.TV

Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM; KNRV 1150 (Spanish)

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The Dodgers (45-26) go for the series win against the White Sox (37-32) Sunday morning in Chicago.

Emmet Sheehan (3-3, 4.70 ERA, 1.21 WHIP) starts for the Dodgers.

Erick Fedde (1-5, 4.69 ERA, 1.39 WHIP) takes the mound for the White Sox. 

Lineups

Sunday game info

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

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The Boston Red Sox go for the sweep as they host the Texas Rangers for Sunday Night Baseball at 7:20 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. 

My Rangers vs. Red Sox prop picks for Sunday, June 14, focus on Connelly Early, Willson Contreras, and Wyatt Langford.

Read on for our full Rangers vs. Red Sox predictions and MLB picks for this prime-time matchup.

Rangers vs Red Sox props for June 14

Pick	Odds
Connelly Early Over 5.5 strikeouts	-115
Willson Contreras to record an RBI	+140
Wyatt Langford Over 1.5 total bases	-105

Rangers vs Red Sox player prop picks

Connelly Early Over 5.5 strikeouts (-115)

Connelly Early is dealing. The 24-year-old has exceeded his strikeout prop in six consecutive contests, averaging 6.3 punchouts. 

I’m betting on his streak continuing against a Texas Rangers lineup with the third-highest K rate (26.2%) against left-handed pitching. 

Early has good stuff (102 Stuff+) and has been locating well (101 Location+ in the last month). His six-pitch mix is difficult for opposing hitters to get a read on, and he’s been utilizing it excellently.

Willson Contreras to record an RBI (+140)

Nathan Eovaldi appears to be diminishing before our eyes. He’s been hit around lately (13 ER in his last three starts), and the underlying stats are even more concerning. 

He’s matching his season lows in Stuff+ (89) in two consecutive starts. For a pitcher who has been above 100 in that statistic all six years it's been tracked, that’s a steep decline. 

You may think that’s fine since the veteran relies more on his control anyway. Think again — his 98 Location+ in his last two starts is six ticks below his career 104 average, and he’s walked multiple batters in four of his last five starts. 

Willson Contreras is poised to capitalize with great numbers (91st percentile xSLG, 89th percentile barrel rate). He rakes at home (168 wRC+) and should take advantage of Eovaldi’s decline, especially in hitter-friendly weather (88 degrees, 15 mph winds to left field at the time of first pitch).

Wyatt Langford Over 1.5 total bases (-105)

Wyatt Langford has depressed numbers this season, but that’s partially to blame on a right forearm strain that kept him sidelined for all of May. 

He’s back healthy in the lineup and looks great, going 5-for-9 at the dish through the first two games of this series. The former No. 4 overall pick is a great talent (see: 87th percentile barrel rate and 81st percentile hard-hit rate last year), yet isn’t being respected as such in the betting market. 

He’s always hit with more power against lefties (.224 career ISO) than righties (.155), and three of his seven hits against southpaws this season have gone for extra bases. 

With beautiful hitting weather in the forecast and a matchup against a lefty who allows loud contact (Early's 12th percentile average exit velocity, 10th percentile barrel rate), here’s betting on Langford getting a big hit or two.

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The White Sox finally popped a tire on their road to redemption last night, but AAA just showed up with Erick Fedde and a spare.

The metaphor comes from the fact that yesterday’s resounding loss to the Dodgers felt like one of the very few games over the last month and change of unadulterated highway racing into first place in which the Sox truly had no chance. Just like the feeling of all those 2023-25 losses, where it felt like the game was more or less a wrap the moment they fell behind. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is, as we’re now all well aware, capable of damn near winning a team a World Series by himself when he’s got his good stuff, and boy did he ever have his good stuff yesterday. Saying that the wheels on the Sox offense were deflated is probably selling it short.

Delightfully, it seems like that’s becoming the exception more than the norm. Last night’s 7-1 final score was their largest margin of defeat since all the way back on May 23, and only the third time since the start of May they’ve been blown out in such fashion. Yesterday’s loss may have been the first such blowout this year where I didn’t truly think at heart, “here comes the other shoe dropping.” Instead, I actually have some measure of confidence that Bryan Hudson and Fedde can work in tandem to change that tire, and steal a series away from the defending champions.

Though the White Sox will be traveling to New York tomorrow, they don’t have to play a game, and as such, Will Venable is sending out something close to a full-strength lineup, rather than the afternoon getaway day offerings I’ve gotten used to writing up on Sundays:

Here’s the lineup that the juggernaut Dodgers are countering with:

Shohei Ohtani has homered in three straight games from the top of the L.A. lineup, which is probably the best one they’re capable of putting out there despite needing to fly back to the West Coast after the final pitch. Hey, just the fact that teams no longer feel capable of taking a series against the White Sox with a C+ lineup is progress in and of itself!

First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. CT at Rate Field in Amour Square. If you want to join us, broadcasts are available on CHSN (TV) and WMVP AM 1000 (radio), like always!

The St. Louis Cardinals will wrap up their stay in Minneapolis with a Sunday afternoon game against the Twins. Michael McGreevy will get the start for the Cardinals while the Twins will send Taj Bradley to the mound. First pitch is scheduled for 1:10pm central time and the game TV broadcast will be available at Cardinals.tv.

First Chuck: 1:10 PM (new anthem each week!)

The Tube: Twins.TV

The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network

Spies ‘R Us: Viva El Birdos

l recently finished reading this book about the history of music composed for television. I cannot imagine a more thorough coverage of the subject than what author Jon Burlingame provided. It got me thinking about some of the baseball TV themes over the years.

A very early sports TV theme was for the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (featuring at least some baseball!)…

Sharp-eared viewers who happened to play a lot of Nintendo in the 1980s will wonder if the creators of Punch-Out paid royalties to Gillette.

A few decades later when baseball became more of a fixture on the TV dial (like the NBC Game of the Week), the This Week In Baseball theme is likely burned into the brains of fans of that era…

Hardball fans in the 1990s and early 2000s will fondly recall the MLB FOX Saturday Game of the Week synth-chords, while specifically for us here in Twins Territory we had the dulcet tones of the Midwest Sports Channel…

Also for those who grew up in the Cable TV Era, the TBS Baseball theme may conjure connections to Game 163’s and early-round playoff clashes.

But of course, they are all usurped by the utterly iconic MLB on ESPN theme. If this doesn’t immediately bring to mind images of Jon Miller & Joe Morgan calling Giants/Dodgers or Yankees/Red Sox clashes…

Of course, there’s only one little ditty that Twins fans want to hear this afternoon. Let’s hope the Target Field sound crew can spin it after a victory over the Red Birds.

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The Royals have lost 4 straight after winning the first game of this homestand. It hasn’t come against stiff competition either. The Rangers and Astros aren’t good teams by any stretch of the imagination. The Royals have lost 2 games because they blew leads late.

Vinnie Pasquantino is now out for an extended period of time after fracturing the hamate bone in his right hand yesterday. John Rave was the one who got called up. So that means for the foreseeable future, Jac Caglianone will play his natural draft position, first base.

Stephen Kolek gets the ball today. His start on Tuesday, while not his best work, is the only game the Royals have won this week. Kolek went 5 innings, allowing 8 hits, 2 runs, just 1 earned, walking 1 and striking out 3 batters. Kolek has never faced the Astros before.

Here are the Royals starters behind Kolek in today’s contest.

As for the Astros, they are 33-39 on the season, after taking the first two games of the series. Right hander Spencer Arrighetti makes the start. Arrighetti is having a fantastic season so far. He is 7-1 with a 2.21 ERA over 57 innings, while striking out 53. Arrighetti made his MLB debut in Kansas City in 2024. He went 3 innings, allowing 7 earned runs.

Here are the Astros starters behind Arrighetti for today’s contest.

The Royals have lost 11 of their last 14 home games. After today, they take a quick trip to the nation’s capital to play the Nationals, before getting the Cardinals at home next weekend. First pitch for today is set for 1:10 p.m. CT and can be watched on Royals.TV.

CHICAGO — If you catch a shot of the Dodgers’ dugout on Sunday, don’t expect to see manager Dave Roberts on the top step.

Roberts is away from the team for Sunday’s series finale against the White Sox, having flown back to California on Saturday night to attend a college graduation ceremony for his daughter, Elle, the younger of his two children.

Bench coach Danny Lehmann will serve as interim manager for the day.

“This is my fourth and last one,” Roberts joked Saturday afternoon of his kids’ graduation ceremonies, with his daughter graduating from Stanford University this weekend.

“I’ve had two high school graduations, two college graduations … I can’t believe it. I shaved today to take away all the grays so I don’t look old. But I’m feeling a day older today.”

While there’s no turning back the clock, Roberts noted how he appreciates the way the culture of the sport has evolved over the years. Once upon a time, it would have been taboo for a manager to miss a game for such an occasion. Now, Roberts said he encourages his staff to be present for similar family celebrations.

“I think that’s one of the good things about the way the world has evolved, to where you do some things for mental health or your family, and it’s not frowned upon that you care less about your job,” he said. “That should be applicable to everyone. It’s good to feel like I can go, and I don’t feel like I’m being judged because I’m going to celebrate my daughter.”

For the sake of travel logistics, it helped that the White Sox scheduled a late-afternoon start time for Saturday’s game. 

As soon as the last out was recorded, and the Dodgers slapped hands on the field after Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s near-perfect game and no-hitter, Roberts hustled back to his office, quickly got changed and departed for the airport for a sentimental day off.

“You see it all around baseball,” he said. “People are doing things for their family, and paternity leave, things like that. It’s healthy.”

Miguel Rojas said he left Saturday’s game early after aggravating a lower right shin issue he has been dealing with the last couple days. He downplayed the issue as nothing too concerning.

During the seventh inning, Rojas exited after tweaking the injury while hopping out of the way of an inside pitch.

However, he described the decision as more of a precaution, not wanting to risk playing at less than 100% given Yamamoto’s push for a perfect game.

Rojas said he would be available off the bench Sunday.

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