BALTIMORE — Detroit Tigers pitcher Jackson Jobe will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, the club announced Wednesday.
Dr. Keith Meister, team physician and orthopedic consultant for the Texas Rangers, will perform the operation, which had not been scheduled yet.
“It’s obviously really disappointing news,” Tigers general manager Jeff Greenberg said. “Really feel for Jackson. Obviously everybody sees the talent, and he made a really positive impression to this team in his short time here. He’s going to work through this. He’s a very determined individual.”
Jobe went 4-1 with a 4.22 ERA in 10 starts after making Detroit’s opening-day roster. The 22-year-old rookie was placed on the 15-day injured list with a Grade 1 right flexor strain following his May 28 outing.
“As is standard process in our medical evaluation process, we sought additional evaluations,” Greenberg said. “Through that evaluation process, a UCL injury was also discovered. From there, there were a series of conversations between Jackson, the doctors and the medical staff, and ultimately surgery was determined as the path.”
Selected third overall in the 2021 amateur draft, Jobe was the Tigers’ third-ranked prospect in 2024, according to MLB.com.
The right-hander made two relief appearances for Detroit late last season, then two more in the American League playoffs.
Detroit holds the best record in the AL at 44-25 following Wednesday night's 10-1 loss at Baltimore.
Clarke Schmidt threw six scoreless innings and the Yankees used a five-run inning to defeat the Royals, 6-3, on Wednesday night in Kansas City.
Here are the takeaways...
-Royals LHP Kris Bubic came into Wednesday's game leading MLB with a 1.43 ERA, so the Yankees had to take advantage of any opportunities to score runs and they did in the second inning. Cody Bellinger led off the second inning with a triple and after a Jazz Chisholm Jr. walk, Anthony Volpe grounded into a fielder's choice, beating out a double play attempt to drive in Bellinger.
A few batters later, Austin Wells drove in Volpe with a double to right-center. Paul Goldschmidt followed with a two-run single and Ben Rice drove in Goldschmidt -- who took second on the throw home -- to push the Yankees' lead to 5-0.
Bubic allowed a season-high five runs in that 41-pitch second inning, but the left-hander settled down afterward, pitching into the fifth inning before being pulled after just 4.1 innings.
-Schmidt was on the bump for the Yankees and outpitched Bubic. The young right-hander shut out the Royals, twirling his breaking stuff for five strikeouts and keeping the Kansas City batters off balance.
He was also helped by the defense behind him, especially Trent Grisham, who made an incredible diving catch and threw out Maikel Garcia at second, trying to stretch a single into a double.
Otherwise, Schmidt cruised through the Royals' lineup. He threw 91 pitches (54 strikes) across six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks while striking out seven.
-The combination of Brent Headrick and Fernando Cruz got the Yankees into the ninth, but Mark Leiter Jr. had a tough ninth and wasn't helped out by his defense. Oswald Peraza called off Wells on a pop-up in the infield and couldn't grab it, and then Salvador Perez launched a two-run homer to end the shutout. After a groundout, the Royals hit back-to-back singles to drive in another run, the second hit coming on a grounder that struck Leiter Jr. and the reliever threw away.
Aaron Boone was forced to bring in Devin Williams to try and close this game. Williams struck out Mark Canha swinging on his airbender changeup and got Jonathan India to ground out to end the game.
-The Yankees' offense, outside of the second, couldn't push across any runs until Aaron Judge came up in the seventh. To lead off, the captain launched a 99 mph fastball the opposite way, 413 feet over the right-center field wall. Judge, how hitting .394, finished 1-for-4 and is the second player (Cal Raleigh) to reach 25 homers this season and is currently on pace for 61.
Chisholm went 0-for-1 with two walks but was pulled in the fifth inning for Peraza. The Yankees announced Chisholm left with left groin tightness. After the game, Boone said the initial strength tests on Chisholm's groin were good, and he isn't too concerned about the issue.
Game MVP: Clarke Schmidt
Schmidt was dominant and the Royals couldn't get any rally going, allowing the Yankees' offense to get to Bubic and the Royals' bullpen.
The Mets extended their winning streak to five games on Wednesday night, as a masterful performance from David Peterson helped them defeat the division-rival Nationals, 5-0, at Citi Field.
Here are the takeaways...
-- Pete Alonso entered the game with MLB's fourth-highest slugging percentage (.589), and he wasted no time in raising that mark. Showing off some impressive upper-body strength, he punched a two-out, first-inning double to center off Nats starter Jake Irvin that somehow one-hopped the wall and drove in Brandon Nimmo from first to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. It was Alonso's league-best 63rd RBI of the season -- his 20th just this month -- and 39th extra-base hit.
-- The Mets inflicted further damage on Irvin in the third. After a one-out double to right from Francisco Lindor -- his 12th of the season -- Juan Soto launched a two-out, two-run homer to right-center to bump their lead to 3-0. The towering 408-foot blast from Soto extended his on-base streak to 13 games and raised his OPS to .854. He's also smacked five homers in his last 11 games.
-- Nimmo became the third Met to go yard in the fifth, when he took an Irvin changeup deep to left-center to push the lead to 4-0. He then belted another in the seventh, a solo shot to right off reliever Jackson Rutledge, to make the score 5-0. The long balls marked Nimmo's second multi-homer game of the season -- his first came against the Nats back on April 28, when he delivered a whopping nine RBI in Washington, D.C.
-- Much to the Mets' delight, Peterson didn't break much of a sweat on the mound. The left-hander faced the minimum through the first three innings, throwing a career-low 32 pitches across those frames, and allowed just two hits through six scoreless. He quickly found himself in a seventh-inning jam after allowing back-to-back singles, but rallied to retire the side by fanning two and inducing a groundout.
-- With a five-run cushion and an economic pitch count, Peterson returned for the eighth... and nearly lost the shutout bid. After a one-out double from Luis Garcia Jr., a single to center from Jacob Young produced a bang-bang play at the plate that required an umpire review for catcher's interference on Luis Torrens. Luckily for the Mets, the tag from Torrens came just before Garcia touched home, and the initial ruling of an out was confirmed by a dramatic replay, and interference was disregarded. Peterson then induced a flyout, becoming the first Met to complete eight innings this season.
-- The Mets kept Peterson in for the ninth, and he made light work of the Nats. He induced a lineout from Amed Rosario, a strikeout from James Wood, and a groundout from Andres Chaparro. After the final out, Peterson received a rousing ovation from the crowd, hugs from several teammates, and a surprise Gatorade bath from Sean Manaea and Tyrone Taylor while speaking to SNY's Steve Gelbs near the dugout. It was the Mets' first shutout from a lefty since Steven Matz in 2019.
Game MVP: David Peterson... who else?
Even those who dig the long ball above all else couldn't dispute Peterson's worthiness for this accolade. He threw nine scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing six hits. His season ERA is now 2.49. He's gone seven-plus frames in three of his last four outings.
Dave Roberts talks with the media prior to Tuesday's game. (Derrick Tuskan / Associated Press)
Dave Roberts wasn’t pretending to be calm. He was calm.
None of this was new to him, the depleted starting rotation, the fatigued bullpen, the division rivals within striking distance.
Under similar circumstances in past seasons, Roberts pointed out, “We’ve gotten to the other side.”
The Dodgers won a World Series like this last year. They have won the National League West in 12 of the last 13 seasons.
They usually reach “the other side.”
So rather than panic, Roberts waits. He waits for the end of a particularly difficult 26-game stretch, and when Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell can pitch again.
Roberts won’t say this publicly, but the Dodgers just have to tread water until they are whole.
They claimed a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday to win for the second time in their three-game series at Petco Park, preserving their lead in the NL West.
The Dodgers host the second-place San Francisco Giants in a three-game series that starts Friday and the third-place Padres in a four-game series that opens Monday, after which their schedule will become noticeably softer.
Their remaining opponents before the All-Star break: the Washington Nationals, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros and Milwaukee Brewers. The post-All-Star Game schedule is extremely manageable as well.
Provided a couple of their starting pitchers return as anticipated, the Dodgers should be able to not just win their division but also secure a top-two seed in the NL, which would give them a first-round bye in the playoffs. As it is, the Dodgers are 41-27, only ½ game behind the Chicago Cubs, the league’s current No. 2 team.
Dodgers players have taken on Roberts’ understated confidence and make-do-with-what-you-have approach, which explains how the team has survived a 19-game stretch in which every opponent had a winning record. The Dodgers were 10-9 in those games.
“Character,” Roberts said.
Roberts specifically pointed to Teoscar Hernández, who broke out of a slump Wednesday to hit a key three-run home run; to Freddie Freeman, who he revealed is now dealing with a quadriceps injury in addition to his ankle problems; to Mookie Betts, who has continued to play high-level shortstop while playing with a broken toe.
“Guys are not running from the middle part of the season, the stretch we’re going through,” Roberts said. “We’re just finding ways to win.”
Teoscar Hernández circles the bases after his three-run homer. (Derrick Tuskan / Associated Press)
The series win against the Padres was also a credit to Roberts’ ability, and willingness, to play the long game.
With Tony Gonsolin put on the injured list last week, the Dodgers were forced to schedule two bullpen games in San Diego. By punting on the first and refraining from using any of his go-to relievers in a loss, Roberts ensured his team would be positioned to win the series finale.
Again, this was nothing new, as Roberts basically forfeited games in both the NL Championship Series and World Series last year with the remainder of the series in mind.
Roberts elected to send opener Ben Casparius back to the mound to pitch a fourth inning on Wednesday rather than replace him with Jack Dreyer, whom Roberts has grown to trust. The extra inning made a difference. Lou Trivino pitched to the bottom of the Padres’ lineup in the fifth inning, allowing Roberts to deploy Dreyer against the heart of the order in the sixth.
When Michael Kopech walked the bases loaded in the seventh inning, Roberts responded with the necessary degree of urgency rather than allow the recently activated Kopech to try to pitch his way out of trouble. Roberts summoned Anthony Banda, who retired Luis Arráez and Manny Machado to maintain the Dodgers’ 4-2 advantage.
“The bullpen has certainly been used and pushed,” Roberts said. “I just think it speaks to the character.”
And it says something about the manager as well.
Roberts is now in his 10th season as the manager of the Dodgers. He has managed 1,426 games for them in the regular season and another 100 in the postseason. At this point, there’s not much he hasn’t seen, including what the team is dealing with now.
Jun 5, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragans (55) pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals put left-hander Cole Ragans back on the injured list after one dismal start against the Cardinals, this time with a left rotator cuff strain, and activated reliever Lucas Erceg from the IL before Wednesday night’s game against the Yankees.
Right-hander Jonathan Bowlan also was recalled from Triple-A Omaha to provide some extended depth in the bullpen, and right-hander Trevor Richards was designated for assignment.
The 27-year-old Ragans, an All-Star for Kansas City last season, went on the IL in mid-May with a left groin strain. He returned three weeks later at St. Louis, where he allowed five runs on five hits and three walks in just three innings, dropping him to 2-3 with a 5.18 ERA through his first 10 starts this season.
“It’s very frustrating. I feel badly for him,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “He’s a diligent worker. He prepares like crazy to get out here. It’s not a lack of preparation or work ethic. Sometimes you get hurt. You throw 95, 98 miles an hour, it’s something that puts a ton of strain on your body and especially your arm. So it’s very unfortunate. It’s disappointing.”
Ragans, who was 11-9 with a 3.14 ERA last season, was undergoing more tests to determine the severity of the injury.
“I shouldn’t speculate,” Quatraro said, “but if I was going to be pressed on it, I would say we’re optimistic.”
The Royals have the luxury of six starters in their rotation, which means losing Ragans for a while does not dramatically alter their plans. Kris Bubic and Noah Cameron have been revelations early in the season, while veterans Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha and Michael Lorenzen have been able to give the club dependable innings.
Erceg, who closed games last season but had mostly been used as a setup man for Carlos Estevez, had been on the injured list since May 27 because of a lower back strain. He’s appeared in 24 games with a 1.96 ERA across 23 innings, and his return gives the Royals two of the best late-inning relievers in the American League this season.
“He’s a huge part of what we do not only in the bullpen but as a whole team,” Quatraro said.
Bowlan has made nine appearances for Kansas City this season, going 1-1 with a 4.09 ERA, and should provide some length in the bullpen. Richards allowed four runs over three innings in three appearances during his stint with the Royals.
Teoscar Hernández has sunflower seeds thrown at him by Kiké Hernández, center, and Robert Van Scoyoc, right, after his three-run home run. (Derrick Tuskan / Associated Press)
There was a one-handed finish. A slow stroll out of the batter’s box. And a leisurely, long-awaited trip around the bases.
It’d been a while since Teoscar Hernández last admired such a momentous home run ball.
It was a sight the struggling Dodgers had come to sorely miss.
Ever since returning from an adductor strain last month, Hernández had endured one of his coldest stretches at the plate since joining the Dodgers last year. He was batting .171 over 20 games since his mid-May return to the lineup. He had just three hits in 38 at-bats over his last 10 contests.
That slump, which also included only one home run since April 28, finally they finally reached a tipping point ahead of Wednesday’s series finale against the San Diego Padres, with manager Dave Roberts moving Hernández out of his customary cleanup spot in the batting order in favor of hot-hitting catcher Will Smith.
“I love him in the four [spot] when he’s right,” Roberts said pregame. “But clearly the last few weeks, he’s been scuffling.”
With one swing in the top of the sixth, however, Hernández finally started to look right again.
In what was a tie game at Petco Park, on a day first place in the National League West was up for grabs, Hernández delivered the decisive blow in the Dodgers’ 5-2 win over the Padres, belting a three-run home run to straightaway center that sent the club a pivotal series victory.
“It was a big hit,” Roberts said. “The last few weeks, he’s … felt like he hasn’t contributed. But he has a knack for getting big hits. And that’s as big as they get, so far at this point in the season.”
Hernández’s sixth-inning at-bat was everything his recent trips to the plate hadn’t been during his weeks-long slump.
He finally got ahead in a 2-and-0 count — something Roberts had noted was a rarity for the 32-year-old slugger of late, in large part because of his inability to punish mistakes in his hitting zone.
“Balls that he should move forward, he’s not,” Roberts said. “And with that, there’s more chase, because he’s getting behind.”
And when Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada did serve up a mistake over the plate, Hernández didn’t miss it, clobbering a 2-and-1 fastball down the middle for a 420-foot drive that broke open the game.
“[It felt] really good, especially because I put the team in front,” said Hernández, whose home run was his 11th of the year and extended his team lead in RBIs with 47. “I’ve been working really hard, every at-bat, trying to get good pitches to hit … trying to get back the feeling that I had before I got injured.”
The Dodgers (41-28) got other heroics in Wednesday’s rubber-match triumph, one that gives them a two-game lead in the division over the Padres (38-29).
Ben Casparius gave up just one run in a four-inning start, replacing originally listed starter Justin Wrobleski in what could be a permanent move to the starting rotation for the rookie right-hander (or, at least, until the rest of the Dodgers’ banged-up pitching staff gets healthy in the coming months).
“He obviously came up as a starter … [and] where we are at now currently, he’s certainly showing that he’s 1 of 5,” Roberts said of Casparius, who had a 2.93 ERA as a swingman out of the bullpen to start the year. “The next time he’s on the mound, it will be as a starter.”
Andy Pages saved Casparius from another run along the way, throwing out a runner at home plate in the second inning with a 99 mph strike from center field. It was Pages’ fifth outfield assist of the season, tied for fifth-most in the majors.
“He's been doing it all year,” Casparius said. “I haven't seen anybody play in the outfield at a level he has this year. It's honestly, at this point, something that I think we all expect. And he picked me up big time right there."
Michael Conforto, meanwhile, got the game tied at 1-1 with an opposite-field homer in the fifth, marking just his second long ball since April 5.
And even at the start of the sixth inning, the Dodgers did some little things right to set up Hernández’s go-ahead blast. With one out, Freddie Freeman legged out an infield single, despite playing through not only his gimpy right ankle but also “a little quad thing” Roberts said he has been dealing with in recent days. Then, Smith reached base for the first of three times on the day by drawing a key one-out walk.
The Padres didn’t go away down the stretch. A Hyeseong Kim throwing error led to one run in the sixth, trimming the Dodgers’ lead back down to two runs. Then in the seventh, the command problems that plagued recently activated reliever Michael Kopech during his minor-league rehab stint last month reared their ugly head, with the right-hander issuing three-straight one-out walks in the seventh to load the bases.
Recently surging left-hander Anthony Banda, however, escaped that jam with the help of an impressive play by Mookie Betts at shortstop, who got to Manny Machado’s 3-and-0 grounder in the hole and made an on-time, one-hop throw to Freeman at short.
“Securing it, being able to throw from different arm angles, that’s something he just didn’t do well last year, given the lack of reps,” Roberts said. “But that’s a play that, in a big spot, time of game, the stakes right there, to make that play was huge.”
Tanner Scott and Alex Vesia then took care of the eighth and ninth innings, ensuring the Dodgers left San Diego in first place in the division.
“It’s fun playing these guys,” Roberts said of the Padres, who will make a return visit to Dodger Stadium next week for a four-game series. “They know they’re talented. We know we’re talented. It’s a fun series. It’s a big series. It’s not the end-all, be-all in June. But it was fun.”
When Matt Chapman landed on the injured list Tuesday with a right hand sprain, it looked as though the Giants’ win streak could be in jeopardy with their home run leader and star third baseman sidelined.
But two games later and San Francisco now has won seven in a row, the latest another thrilling comeback victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night at Coors Field — and the player who has taken over for Chapman on the hot corner helped lead the 10-7 win.
Casey Schmitt got it done with the bat, the glove and on the base paths in the victory and is taking advantage of his chance to play every day with Chapman out. On a two-RBI night that also featured a Chapman-esque play at third, Schmitt scored the go-ahead run with a dazzling slide in the eighth inning after drawing a pivotal bases-loaded walk that gave the Giants belief they could come back yet again.
“You’re getting breaking ball after breaking ball, and then to be able to take a fastball for a ball on the last pitch, that’s a great at-bat,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said after the game of Schmitt’s “huge” walk. “And then the next time up, hits a ball in the hole and gets us another RBI. So, it’s a great opportunity for him, and he made a great play defensively.
“He’s got a real opportunity to do some good things while Chappy’s out. We’re lucky to have him.”
After Mike Yastrzemski drove in the tying run as San Francisco rallied in the eighth, Tyler Fitzgerald laid down a perfect bunt that allowed Schmitt to dive in under the tag at home. Though he initially was called out, Melvin successfully challenged the call and the comeback was complete.
“We knew we were going to bunt there,” Schmitt told Laura Britt and Ron Wotus on “Giants Postgame Live” after the win. “Talked to [Giants third base coach Matt Williams] before, just make sure I see it down. I saw it down and just took off, and luckily I got in there.”
Earlier in the fifth inning, Schmitt threw out Keston Hiura from foul territory after the grounder forced him to make a one-legged throw all the way across the diamond and into Jerar Encarnacion’s glove at first.
While Chapman and his Gold Glove are a tough act to follow, Schmitt is a stellar defender in his own right and earned the 2022 Minor League Baseball Gold Glove as the best defensive third baseman in the minors during his time with the Eugene Emeralds.
But now, he gets to take notes from one of the greatest ever to do it at the major-league level. And with Chapman himself expecting to miss more than 10 games, Schmitt will be able to learn plenty.
“I’m feeling good,” Schmitt told Britt and Wotus of returning to third base in Chapman’s absence. “Just there filling in for Chappy, and he’s right there helping me out with everything, too. I get to be out there, and I’m learning form the best as well. It’s been awesome just to be here and to be a part of it.”
The Giants are riding high, even though the wins haven’t come easy. Wednesday’s victory was their MLB-leading ninth comeback this season of three or more runs, and the first of their current win streak that they’ve won by more than one — and everyone is contributing.
Willy Adames, who has underproduced so far this season, is 4-for-7 with five RBI and five runs this series, and Schmitt had a big night in the Giants’ 6-5 series-opening win Tuesday, too, with a solo homer that put San Francisco back in the game. Jung Hoo Lee, who had hit a bit of a dry spell after a red-hot start, has scored five runs and smashed two triples in Colorado, just to name a few contributors.
The Giants also lost starting catcher Patrick Bailey to the 10-day IL with a neck strain earlier on Wednesday, but right now, they feel like they’re in every game — even with two of their best defensive players injured.
“You can never count us out,” Schmitt told Britt and Wotus. “Every time we step out there, we’re expecting a war. It’s just been so much fun, and we’re all sticking together. It’s been great to be able to come back in late games like that.”
In the first game of a home doubleheader against Double-A Portland, Stroman looked comfortable on the mound, striking out four across 3.1 innings while allowing one run on one hit and two walks. He retired five of six batters to begin the outing, induced four groundouts plus a flyout, and threw 27 of his 46 total pitches for strikes.
Stroman's appearance was his first taste of game action in exactly two months, as he landed on the injured list back on April 12 with left knee inflammation. The 34-year-old veteran struggled prior to the injury, producing a ghastly 11.57 ERA across 9.1 innings (three starts). He gave up five runs on four hits and three walks and logged only two outs against the Giants on April 11.
It's unclear when Stroman will return to the Yankees' active roster -- or what his future role will look like, with existing competition in the rotation -- but he'll need a handful of rehab starts to build up his workload after a lengthy absence.
Stroman told the media, including The Athletic's Brendan Kuty, after the game that he's "very open to whatever it may be" when asked about his role when he returns to the Yankees. He also acknowledged that they haven't spoken about it yet, but expects to be built up as a starter with his next rehab start coming next week.
Meanwhile, in the starting lineup for Somerset, veteran slugger Giancarlo Stanton appeared in his second rehab game. Batting second as the designated hitter, he went 1-for-4 with a sharp RBI double to center in the first inning.
Stanton, who's missed the entire season due to lingering tennis elbow injuries, saw game action for the first time on Tuesday. The 35-year-old went 2-for-3 with a walk and three RBI. His return to the big league club is yet to be determined, but it could arrive sooner rather than later.
Claps All Around 👏@Yankees RHP Marcus Stroman wraps up his first rehab outing with Somerset and salutes the crowd on his way to the dugout.
Marcelo Mayer’s sweet left-handed swing was on display during Wednesday night’s Boston Red Sox-Tampa Bay Rays matchup at Fenway Park.
Mayer, Boston’s No. 2 prospect, took Rays starter Zack Littell deep twice for the first two Fenway Park homers of his promising career. The first homer came in the second inning and was a 418-foot solo shot down the right field line:
Mayer, 22, became the youngest Red Sox player with a multi-homer game since Rafael Devers in 2018.
With the “Big Three” of Mayer, Kristian Campbell, and No. 1 prospect Roman Anthony finally on the big-league roster, the youth movement in Boston is in full effect. Anthony was the story of Tuesday’s game vs. the Rays as he propelled the Red Sox to victory with a two-run double for his first MLB hit.
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza shared injury updates on a pair of veteran starting pitchers before Wednesday's game against the Nationals at Citi Field. Here's what he said...
The Mets aren't ready to add the veteran right-hander (lat strain) to their active roster just yet. He's scheduled to pitch for Triple-A Syracuse on Friday, in what'll be the fifth start of his rehab assignment.
It may not be Montas' final rehab appearance, either -- Mendoza said they could utilize the entire 30-day rehab window to build up his workload even further.
Montas' overall results in the minors haven't exactly been uplifting. While he's reached higher pitch counts and avoided setbacks, he owns a glaring 9.00 ERA across 12 total innings between Syracuse and High-A Brooklyn. In his most recent outing last Thursday, he allowed three runs on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts over 3.2 innings.
Mendoza said pitching coach Jeremy Hefner has discussed mechanics with Montas, but the team isn't bothered by the pitching lines he's produced. He's in the midst of shaking off plenty of rust.
"This is kind of like spring training for him, and hitters now are in midseason form, you know?" Mendoza said. "It's hard to put too much into it, where you're not gameplanning and just going out there. I think we've got to do a better job of that, preparing him and giving him a little bit of an idea. But as far as the results and all that, we're not too concerned right now."
While it's still unclear where the veteran left-hander (oblique) will make his next rehab start, Mendoza said the plan is for him to pitch again on Sunday.
Manaea spent Tuesday night with High-A Brooklyn, striking out four with one hit, one walk, and one hit-by-pitch allowed across 2.2 scoreless frames (46 pitches, 31 strikes). Call his second rehab outing progress, considering he gave up four runs (three earned) in 1.2 innings last Friday.
The Mets' rotation has performed exceptionally well without Manaea this season, but the team is eagerly awaiting his return. In 32 starts for New York in 2024, the 33-year-old southpaw posted a 3.47 ERA with 184 punchouts across 181.2 innings.
Aug 17, 2020; Miami, Florida, USA; A Miami Marlins logo neon light is silhouetted against the sky prior to the game between the Miami Marlins and the New York Mets at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
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MIAMI — The Miami Marlins are joining efforts to restore the defaced mural of baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Minnie Miñoso in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood, which was marked with racist graffiti last week.
City of Miami Chairwoman Christine King announced Wednesday that she along with the Marlins, Urgent, Inc., Omni Community Redevelopment Agency, Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency and other community activists will lead the restoration at Dorsey Park, where community leaders said a 7-year-old boy first discovered the vandalism last Sunday and asked his mother what the words and the Nazi symbols meant.
“This vile assault was an attack on our values, history, and community,” King said in a statement. “We are actively working with law enforcement and the public to identify the individual(s) responsible for this intolerable act. However, even in the darkest hours, light finds its way to shine. This is a reminder and testament to the strength of our community, coming together to restore peace, beauty, and pride to this neighborhood.”
Police were investigating the incident but have not made any arrests. City workers have since partially covered the murals of Robinson and Miñoso, an Afro-Cuban player, with wooden boards. The murals are along a fence at Dorsey Park, where Negro League teams once played baseball.
The Marlins’ home ballpark loanDepot park is just a few miles from the park.
“In light of the deeply troubling acts of vandalism at Dorsey Park, the Miami Marlins today proudly stand in solidarity with the City of Miami Chairwoman Christine King, and our local leaders in unequivocally condemning this hateful and racist act,” said Marlins owner Bruce Sherman. “Dorsey Park is not only a landmark of historical and cultural significance in South Florida — it is a powerful symbol of resilience, pride, and the enduring contributions of trailblazers to the game of baseball.”
Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 to become the first Black player. Miñoso became the league’s first Afro-Latino player and the first Black player for the Chicago White Sox.
The murals have been displayed in the park since 2011 and are a collaboration between artists Kyle Holbrook and Kadir Nelson and various community groups.
Hunter Dobbins found a bizarre way to insert himself into the storied Boston Red Sox-New York Yankees rivalry.
Before his Sunday start in the Bronx, Dobbins told the Boston Herald he would retire before playing for the Yankees. The rookie right-hander backed up his trash talk by leading the Red Sox to an 11-7 victory.
Where the story took an odd turn, however, is when Dobbins told the Herald that his father, Lance, was drafted by the Yankees twice and later traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He also claimed his dad and Yankees great Andy Pettitte were “really good friends.”
A New York Post report seemingly debunked Dobbins’ claims about his father, stating that Lance Dobbins does not appear as a Yankees draft pick for any season on Baseball Reference and that Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has no recollection of the Yankees ever drafting him. Pettitte told The Post’s Joel Sherman that he doesn’t remember a Lance Dobbins.
That report has since made many headlines across Major League Baseball, and it left Dobbins addressing his alleged false claims before Wednesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
“The whole back story, it was stuff that I had heard growing up and seen pictures of, from my dad,” Dobbins said. “At the end of the day, it’s just from my dad and what I kind of grew my love for the game. At the end of the day, I don’t go fact-check my dad or anything like that.”
Has Dobbins spoken to his father about the issue?
“A little bit, not really,” Dobbins answered. “My whole focus is on Saturday, getting ready to face the Yankees. This is my first time in the big leagues facing a team a second time, let alone back-to-back. So that’s where my focus is, 100 percent. I imagine we’ll talk in the future or something like that. It’s been a bigger deal than it really needed to be.”
It’s a bizarre story all around, but it shouldn’t affect the 25-year-old when he takes the mound on Saturday. The heckles should be minimal as he’ll take on the first-place Yankees at Fenway Park.
Dobbins has a 4.20 ERA and 1.28 WHIP through his first 10 MLB appearances.
Betts also went on to compare the Padres-Giants disdain with that of the Boston Red Sox-New York Yankees rivalry, which the 32-year-old was a part of for his first six seasons before being traded to the Dodgers in 2020.
Merrill, who’s on his way to becoming a superstar in his own right with the Padres, is batting .304 this season and has helped carry the team to a 38-29 record which currently places them third in the rugged NL West.
“People say Wrigley and Yankees Stadium is bad,” Merrill added. “Bro, San Fran is like, San Fran is worse.”
Merrill has a career .281 average against the Giants, but batted a scalding .455 last season at Oracle Park. This season in four games, however, he’s posted just a .167 batting average in San Francisco.
Maybe the heat from Giants fans is affecting the 22-year-old.
It's Wednesday, June 11 and the Rangers (32-35) are in Minneapolis to take on the Twins (35-31). Jack Leiter is slated to take the mound for Texas against David Festa for Minnesota.
The Ranger hung 16 on the Twins yesterday in game one of the series. Evan Carter went 3-5 with a walk, had four runs, and three RBI with a home run.
Corey Seager also filled the stat sheet. He went 2-3 with two walks and two runs.
Let's dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.
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Moneyline: Rangers (+111), Twins (-132)
Spread: Twins -1.5
Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Rangers at Twins
Pitching matchup for June 11, 2025: Jack Leiter vs. David Festa
Rangers: Jack Leiter, (4-2, 3.48 ERA) Last outing (Tampa Bay Rays, 6/5): 5.0 Innings Pitched, 1 Earned Runs Allowed, 3 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 6 Strikeouts
Twins: David Festa, (0-1, 5.40 ERA) Last outing (Athletics, 6/5): 3.2 Innings Pitched, 8 Earned Runs Allowed, 6 Hits Allowed, 2 Walks, and 6 Strikeouts
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The Twins have gone 1-4 in their last 5 games
The Under is 45-21-1 in Rangers' games this season
The Rangers have covered in 4 of their last 5 games for a profit of 2.35 units
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It's Wednesday, June 11 and the Blue Jays (37-30) are in St. Louis to take on the Cardinals (36-31). Eric Lauer is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Matthew Liberatore for St. Louis.
Bo Bitchette was nearly unstoppable yesterday in game two of the series. He went 3-5 with three runs. Andres Gimenez added in four RBI and he also went yard once.
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Game details & how to watch Blue Jays at Cardinals
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Time: 2:15PM EST
Site: Busch Stadium
City: St. Louis, MO
Network/Streaming: FDSMW
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Moneyline: Blue Jays (+126), Cardinals (-148)
Spread: Cardinals -1.5
Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Blue Jays at Cardinals
Pitching matchup for June 11, 2025: Eric Lauer vs. Matthew Liberatore
Blue Jays: Eric Lauer, (2-1, 2.08 ERA) Last outing (Minnesota Twins, 6/6): 2.1 Innings Pitched, 0 Earned Runs Allowed, 1 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 2 Strikeouts
Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore, (3-5, 3.82 ERA) Last outing (Kansas City Royals, 6/5): 4.0 Innings Pitched, 7 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 2 Strikeouts
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The Blue Jays have won 4 of their last 5 road trips to teams with winning records
The Cardinals' last 3 home games have gone over the Total
The Blue Jays have covered in 4 of their last 5 games for a profit of 1.02 units
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