Category: Baseball

Some movement in the system today as outfielder Josiah Hartshorn and right-hander Mason McGwire were promoted from Low-A Myrtle Beach to High-A South Bend. Both players have been among the best performers in the Cubs minors so far this season.

Also, shortstop Alex Madera and first baseman Cameron Sisneros were promoted to Double-A Knoxville from South Bend.

Right-hander Henry Cone moves to Myrtle Beach from rookie ball Mesa.

Second baseman Nicky Lopez elected free agency.

Iowa Cubs

Off day.

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies were spotted by the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds), 12-3.

Yenrri Rojas started this game and gave up three runs on two home runs in the first inning. He pitched the second and third innings without incident, retiring the side in order in both frames, but then came out to pitch the fourth inning. All six batters he faced in the sixth reached and he was pulled after the sixth one hit a two-run home run.

The final line on Rojas was nine runs on eight hits over 3+ innings. Three of those eight hits were home runs. Rojas walked two, hit one batter and struck out three.

The Smokies only managed six hits today but two of them were home runs. The first was a solo home run in the seventh inning by third baseman Jefferson Rojas. It was Rojas’ fifth home run of the season. Rojas was a perfect 2 for 2 with two walks.

The other home run came in the top of the ninth by center fielder Andy Garriola, his ninth. Garriola was 2 for 4.

Second baseman Alex Madera went 1 for 2 with an RBI single in his Double-A debut. Madera also walked once.

Here’s the Rojas home run.

Jefferson Rojas' fifth homer of the year was crushed so hard the left fielder barely moved 👀@Cubs | @smokiesbaseballpic.twitter.com/ESXldEUVfY

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) May 27, 2026

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs cleaned up the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), 5-2. South Bend has won six in a row and nine of their last ten games.

It was a strong start for Alfredo Romero, who got the win after allowing just one run on four hits over 5.2 innings. Romero struck out two and walked one.

Jackson Brockett went the rest of the way for the 3.1 inning save. He also allowed just one run on three hits. Brockett struck out five and walked one.

Both TinCaps runs scored on solo home runs by Jake Cunningham.

First baseman Josiah Hartshorn hit a sacrifice fly in his first High-A at-bat. Later on, he hit an RBI double off the left field wall for his first South Bend hit. Hartshorn finished the game going 1 for 2 with a walk and the sacrifice fly. He scored once and had the two runs batted in. Those were also the only two South Bend RBI for the game, as the other three runs scored either on one of two double plays or an error.

Center fielder Kade Snell went 1 for 2 with a double before leaving the game after colliding with second baseman Miguel Olivo. I don’t have any report on Snell’s condition but he was back in the dugout before the end of the game.

Olivo was 1 for 2 and was hit by a pitch.

Here’s Hartshorn’s sac fly. It really could have been a double.

Off and running!#SBCubspic.twitter.com/M3K3fs6Jpl

— South Bend Cubs (@SBCubs) May 26, 2026

And here is Hartshorn’s actual double that was a few feet shy of a home run.

The 19-year-old can swing it! Josiah Hartshorn collects another RBI on his first Midwest League hit!#SBCubspic.twitter.com/bFSMabipUJ

— South Bend Cubs (@SBCubs) May 26, 2026

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were strafed by the Wilson Warbirds (Brewers), 4-1. It was the Pelicans ninth-straight loss.

Pierce Coppola didn’t have a bad start, but he got tagged with the loss anyways. Coppola allowed two runs on three hits over four innings. One of those hits was a solo home run. Coppola struck out eight and walked one, which is impressive. Coppola has now struck out 28 batters and walked six over 17 innings.

The only Birds run came on a solo home run in the eighth inning by right fielder Eli Lovich. Lovich had four of Myrtle Beach’s eight hits, going 4 for 4 with a double and the home run.

Three of the other four hits came from DH Edward Vargas. Vargas was 3 for 4.

Lovich’s home run.

Lovich's 4th hit of the night is a bomb to left field! pic.twitter.com/gHbSCgAtz0

— Myrtle Beach Pelicans (@Pelicanbaseball) May 27, 2026

Some Coppola highlights.

8ks in 4 innings of work for Coppola! pic.twitter.com/oN4uVN2Ho5

— Myrtle Beach Pelicans (@Pelicanbaseball) May 26, 2026

ACL Cubs

Lost to the Brewers, 10-6.

Will Sanders started this game in a rehab assignment. He gave up three runs in two innings.

In Game 1, the Colorado Rockies, despite a solid outing until the seventh inning, dropped the series opener, 5-3, to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tonight, they will look to even the series.

Starting for the Rockies is Kyle Freeland. This will be his ninth start for the Rockies in 2026.

The lefty has a 7.04 ERA in 38.1 IP. He’s struck out 35, walked 14, and given up nine home runs. Freeland has a1.70 WHIP. 

Taking the mound for the home team will be LHP Eric Lauer in what will be his first start for the Dodgers.

He was traded to the Dodgers from the Toronto Blue Jays on May 17 for cash considerations. Lauer, 30, was 1-5 with a 6.69 ERA in eight games for Toronto this year and last season went 9-2 with a 3.18 ERA, posting a career-best 2.2 fWAR. 

Currently, over 36.1 IP, he’s struck out 26 while giving up 16 walks and 11 home runs. He has a 1.34 WHIP.

And now to the details.

First Pitch: 8:10 pm MDT

TV: Rockies TV

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

SB Nation site:True Blue LA

Lineups:

For the visiting Rockies:

And the home Dodgers:

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Shohei Ohtani starts the Dodgers’ series finale against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night, the second straight time Ohtani has pitched the day before a team off day, and the fourth such time this season.

Ohtani labored in his last start last Wednesday through five innings, his shortest start of the year, but stranded two runners in each of his final two frames to keep the San Diego Padres scoreless. Ohtani has a minuscule 0.73 ERA through 49 innings this season. He’d need to pitch seven innings on Wednesday, the Dodgers’ 56th game of the season, to qualify for the leaderboard.

Wednesday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Rockies
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 7:10 p.m.
• TV: SportsNet LA, MLB Network (out of market)
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

New NL Player of the Week, Ketel Marte, leads things off for the D-backs. In yesterday’s thread, ChefAZ wondered if this was the best 10-game stretch of Marte’s career. It was not, but after another three-hit game, it’s not far off the best nine-game stretch. The benefit of going that direction is, it allows us to cut out his 0-for-5 performance in the second game at Coors Field. Ketel has hit in every game since, with a total output over that time of 21-for-37, with three HR and 15 RBI. That’s a line of .568/.595/.973 for a 1.568 OPS. It trails only a 9-game streak in June 2019, when he went 22-for-34, with a line of .647/.667/1.059 and an OPS of 1.725.

Over his last three games, he’s a remarkable 10-for-13. Nobody else but Marte has had three consecutive three-hit games for Arizona since Eduardo Escobar in April 2019. Since then, Ketel has managed the feat on no less than four occasions: June and September in 2019; June last year; and the current run. Indeed, in June 2019 (as part of the nine-game spell mentioned above), he had four consecutive games with 3+ hits. That’s something only he and – probably inevitably – Paul Goldschmidt, in June 2018, have ever managed. We’ll see tonight if he can continue this torrid run, which has seen Marte’s seasonal OPS jump by 178 points in just ten days.

On the mound tonight, we have Eduardo Rodriguez, who has been worth a full two bWAR over his first ten starts this season. That’s particularly startling, considering he was worth just 0.6 bWAR over the entire 2024 and 2025 campaigns combined – a thirty-nine start run. Unlike Merrill Kelly, E-Rod has actually got W’s under his belt against winning opponents, in the White Sox and Pirates. Indeed, his only loss this year came at Coors Field, when the offense forgot how to hit. E-Rod’s 2.24 ERA is the best by a qualified starter for Arizona to this point, since Patrick Corbin’s 1.71 ERA in 2023. Only Brandon Webb (2.01 in 2006) and Randy Johnson (1.41 in 2003) have also been lower.

After dropping the series opener to the visiting Seattle Mariners, the A’s hope to rebound in game two of the three-game set. The Athletics, at 27-27 remain in first place in the American League West a game and a half over the Mariners who are right behind them in second place.

The A’s hope to get jump-start from tonight’s starter, 23-year-old lefty Gage Jump called up from Las Vegas for the game today. He ranks as the A’s No. 3 prospect and No. 41 overall prospect in baseball, per MLB Pipeline. He was last week’s Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week following a stellar outing for AAA Las Vegas, tossing seven scoreless innings with no walks and nine strikeouts.

Jump will go up against 26-year-old right hander Emerson Hancock.  Hancock is 3-2 on the year with a 3.07 ERA over ten starts.  He’ll face off against this lineup for Mark Kotsay’s Athletics:

Gage will go up against this Seattle Mariners lineup for his inaugural MLB start:

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Philadelphia Phillies (27-27) at San Diego Padres (31-22), May 26, 2026, 6:40 p.m. PST

Watch: Padres.TV

Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif.

Listen: 97.3 The Fan

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Vásquez en la lomita. pic.twitter.com/7vW8W3vKLV

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 26, 2026

Late night with the Phils#RingTheBellpic.twitter.com/kr429dhGtB

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) May 26, 2026

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Here are the lineups. For the Phillies:

Late night with the Phils#RingTheBellpic.twitter.com/kr429dhGtB

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) May 26, 2026

For the Padres:

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— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 26, 2026

Let’s talk about it.

Takeaways as Phillies hammer heaters, Aaron Nola mixes up Padres in victory originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

SAN DIEGO — You could probably hear the ball off the Phillies’ bats if you were anywhere near Southern California on Tuesday.

Philadelphia played its version of a home run derby against Padres starter Randy Vásquez at Petco Park. The long ball has carried the Phillies in San Diego, and it was again the biggest difference in their 4-3 win over the Padres.

The Phillies also received another strong performance from their starting pitcher, their fifth in a row. This one was arguably the most important.

Aaron Nola, who entered with a 6.01 ERA, delivered one of his best outings of the season.

Six innings. Three hits. Two runs. No walks. Five strikeouts.

Homers and strong starting pitching will win you plenty of games. Just ask the Phillies since they made it out west.

BACK ON TRACKNOLS

Nola showed he still has the stuff. Sure, the Padres have been one of the worst offenses in baseball despite their strong start. But Nola’s sequencing needed refinement, and it was.

The way he will be successful going forward starts with favoring his knuckle curve in any count. For the second consecutive start, Nola threw that pitch more often on the first pitch than any other in his mix, and he was efficient with it at a 63 percent strike rate.

He generated a 39 percent whiff rate with the pitch and got hitters to expand the zone against it more than a third of the time.

Against a predominantly right-handed lineup, Nola was able to mix and match his four-seamer and sinker. He threw the sinker more than usual, using it 24 percent of the time, five percentage points above his season average. His four-seam usage dropped 10 percentage points, due in part to there being just two lefties in the Padres’ order.

Of the heaters put in play, six resulted in contact, and only two were hard-hit. The average exit velocity sat around 76 mph.

That mattered. Opponents were hitting .417 against Nola’s four-seamer entering the night. Right-handed batters were also hitting north of .400 against his sinker.

The lone blemish on his night was Manny Machado’s fourth-inning two-run shot. It probably should not have happened.

A pitch earlier, Gavin Sheets hit a ball 84 mph that skipped off Trea Turner’s mitt. There were two outs. It was scored a hit, but it was certainly a play Turner is capable of making.

On the very next pitch, Machado, who has had a down season to this point, was sitting on something in. He got a sinker on the inner black and left the yard with it.

But Nola remained unfazed the rest of the way.

In the sixth, he allowed another two-out hit, which brought the left-handed Sheets to the plate. That has been a matchup Nola has struggled with this season.

This time, he handled it. He started Sheets with two knuckle curves, both whiffs, then finished him with a 93.7 mph four-seamer off the plate.

A huge punchout and an exclamation point on an encouraging night for the Phillies right-hander.

LOUD CONTACT

Since Don Mattingly took over for Rob Thomson on April 28, the Phillies have been much better against fastballs.

Before the managerial change, the club slashed .247/.332/.395 against all heaters. Since then, they are at .270/.349/.470.

That turnaround has directly tied into their overall improvement at the plate. The Phillies actually averaged a higher exit velocity against fastballs before Thomson was let go, but their batting average on balls in play against those pitches has jumped nearly 30 points.

Tuesday’s exit velocities made that improvement look loud.

Three of their eight hits left the yard, all against Vásquez. And they were scorched.

In the first inning, Bryce Harper got ahead 2-1 and got a low-and-in cutter from the Padres right-hander. Harper golfed a line shot into the right-field seats.

It left the bat at 113.5 mph, his hardest-hit ball of the season. That came a night after he drove a ball to the center-field wall, just missing a homer.

Harper made this one count.

The next homer came the following inning. In the second, J.T. Realmuto got ahead 1-0, then mashed a low-and-in cutter, just like Harper, into the first few rows in left field.

That one left the bat at 109.3 mph, Realmuto’s hardest-hit ball of the year and his first homer since April 1.

Good things came in threes.

In the third, Turner, batting second behind Kyle Schwarber, got a much-needed get-right swing.

This one was not a mistake over the middle. It was a sinking fastball that missed about two to three ball widths above the zone, up and in. Turner tomahawked it into the Western Metal Supply Co. building.

434 feet. 109.1 mph off the bat.

All three were solo shots, and they paired perfectly with Nola’s outing.

MARSH LEAVES

In the top of the first, after Harper’s solo shot, Brandon Marsh lined a single from the cleanup spot.

He was later back-picked by Padres catcher Freddy Fermin to end the frame.

Marsh looked like he was in pain after the play, stretching out his fingers near first base. He jammed his right hand on the bag, the hand not protected by the sliding mitt.

The Phillies later announced that Marsh sprained his right middle finger and would undergo further testing.

That is a situation worth watching.

Marsh has been the Phillies’ best pure hitter to this point, batting .326, third best in baseball.

If Marsh misses extended time, Edmundo Sosa would likely see more opportunities in left field. Otto Kemp could factor in, too. It could also make the Phillies more urgent in their search for outfield help ahead of the Trade Deadline.

Not great news for a player who has been one of the most consistent bats in their lineup.

SUCCESS AGAINST RIGHTIES

It is remarkable how different the Phillies have been against right-handed starters compared to lefties.

They are now 21-14 against right-handed starters. Against left-handed non-openers, they are 4-12.

Tuesday’s win put an exclamation point on that disparity. The Phillies hit three homers off a right-handed starter, got a strong outing from Nola and secured another important series win.

That gap against righties and lefties could also help shape the front office’s thinking as the Trade Deadline gets closer.

Either way, after back-to-back series losses following six straight series wins, the Phillies picked up a big series victory in San Diego. They remain in the thick of the National League Wild Card race and are again nine games back of the top spot in the division.

TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight, the Houston Astros (24-31) and Texas Rangers (24-29) will play the 2nd game of a 4-game series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX.

RHP Jason Alexander (1-0, 7.30 ERA) will make his 2nd start and 4th app. of the season for the Astros as he takes on Rangers RHP Jack Leiter (1-4, 4.61 ERA). Tonight will be Alexander’s 1st career appearance at Globe Life Field.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT: In his last start, RHP Jason Alexander hurled 6.0 scoreless innings on May 19 at MIN in what was an emergency start.

Alexander, who has spent most of the season at Triple A Sugar Land, will make his 2nd start and 4th appearance of the season tonight. It is also his 2nd career start/appearance vs. TEX.

Remarkable Run: In 2025, Alexander had a remarkable run while in the Astros rotation. In a span of 9 starts, the Astros went 9-0, with Alexander posting a 2.32 ERA in that span (July 29-Sept. 15).

THE SILVER BOOT SERIES: In the first installment of the Silver Boot series in 2026, the Astros took 2 out of 3 from Rangers, May 15-17 at Daikin Park.

With last night’s win, HOU has now won 6 of their last 7 games vs. TEX.

Even Series: The two clubs have played each other 296 times in the regular season in their franchise histories, with the Astros holding a slight advantage, 149-147.

Recently, the Astros have had the upper hand, winning or splitting nine straight season series, going 96-52 against the Rangers since the start of the 2017 season.

The Silver Boot Trophy, which the Astros have held onto since 2017, is on display in the Centerfield Team Store at Daikin Park.

200 CLUB: The Astros next win will be #200 for manager Joe Espada. Espada’s very first managerial win came via a no-hitter by RHP Ronel Blanco on April 1, 2024.

ROSTER MOVE: The Astros optioned OF Zach Cole to Triple A Sugar Land following last night’s game.

To take his place on the active roster, the Astros reinstated OF Taylor Trammell from the 10-day IL today. Trammell is in the lineup today, batting 5th and playing LF.

RECENT STROS: The Astros have won 4 straight, 5 of their last 6 and are 7-3 in their last 10 games.

BLANKINGS: Last night’s 9-0, no-hit win at TEX was the Astros 6th shutout of the season, which is T-2nd most in the AL.

FOR STARTERS: Astros starters have a combined ERA of 2.14 (13ER/54.2IP) over the last 10 games.

Last night was the 4th time in the last 6 games that an Astros starter did not allow a run in his start. Additionally, Astros starters have allowed no runs 5 times in the last 10 games.

WALKER, TEXAS HAMMER: 1B Christian Walker is on a sizzling run as of late with 3 HR and 9 RBI in hits last 3 games (5×11, .455).

For the season, he has been one of the top hitters in the AL and is currently tied for the league lead in RBI with 40.

He also ranks 6th in HR (15), 5th in TB (108), T6th in SLG (.540) and 11th in OPS (.879).

Walker also has not committed an error in his 55 games played.

THROWING SOME LEATHER: The Astros 19 errors as a club are tied for the fewest in the AL, along with KC and ATH. The Astros have a .990 team fielding pct.

PEN PALS: As a group, the Astros bullpen has had a decent run of success recently.

Since May 8, they have a combined ERA of 3.25 (20ER/55.1IP).

Individually, several relievers are currently pitching well:

–RHP Bryan Abreu: 0.00 ERA in last 8 outings (7.2 IP, 0 R).

–AJ Blubaugh: 3.14 ERA in last 9 outings (14.1 IP, 5 ER).

–LHP Bryan King: 1.42 ERA in last 10 outings (12.2 IP, 2 ER)

–LHP Steven Okert: 9 K’s in his last 5.2 IP (6 apps.) and a 2.89 ERA in his last 10 outings (9.1 IP, 3 ER).

ROAD WARRIORS: The Astros have been one of the AL’s top hitting teams on the road in 2026.

Entering today’s game, HOU leads the AL in road batting avg. (.265) and OBP (.335) while ranking 2nd in runs (134), SLG (.417) and OPS (.757).

YESTERDAY’S NO-NO:RHP Tatsuya Imai (6 IP), LHP Steven Okert (1.0 IP) and RHP Alimber Santa (2.0 IP) combined to no-hit the Rangers last night, 9-0.

It was the 18th no-hitter in franchise history (incl. postseason) and the 5th combined no-hitter in franchise history.

Christian Walker (3-run HR), Yordan Alvarez (solo HR) and Nick Allen (2 H, 2 RBI) led the way on offense.

ABOUT THE NO-NO: *In franchise history, it was the 17th regular season no-hitter and the 18th overall. The last was thrown by RHP Ronel Blanco on April 1, 2024 vs. TOR.

*It was the 5th combined no-hitter in Astros history and the 1st since Nov. 2, 2022 at PHI, which was Game 4 of the World Series.

*Per Elias, RHP Alimber Santa became the 1st pitcher since 1900 to pitch in a no-hitter in his ML debut. According to their records, it happened one other time, which was on Oct. 15 of 1892, when RHP Bumpus Jones of CIN hurled a 9.0 inning CG no-hitter in his ML debut.

*Last night’s no-hitter was the Astros’ 7th since 2019, which is the most in the Majors in that span. Additionally, the Astros 18 no-hitters overall are the most in the Majors since the franchise was born in 1962.

*The Astros are the 3rd team ever to have 2 rookies as part of a combined no-hitter. The other teams were the Cubs, 9/4/24 vs. PIT (Porter Hodge, Shota Imanaga) and Mariners, 6/8/12 vs. LA (Lucas Luetge, Stephen Pryor). source: Elias.

Game Info

Game Date/Time: Tuesday, May 26, 7:05 p.m. CT

Location: Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

Streaming: SCHN+

Radio: KTRH 740 AM, KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)

Welcome back Trammell!

⚾️: 7:05pm
📺: @SpaceCityHN
🎙️: @SportsTalk790 & 740 AM | Spanish: 102.9 HD2#ChaseTheFight x @reliantenergypic.twitter.com/qJRlP068Mu

— Houston Astros (@astros) May 26, 2026

Lining up behind Leiter. #AllForTXpic.twitter.com/JBBaP4Se13

— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) May 26, 2026

The White Sox brought themselves back to a game above .500 after a rough road trip, and will aim to defeat the Minnesota Twins for the eighth time in a row tonight. Sean Burke had himself an excellent April — 2.73 ERA in 29 2/3 innings — but has fallen flat this month, holding a 5.59 ERA in May across 19 1/3 frames. The righty still has plenty of positives: a walk rate in the 84th percentile (6.3%), a solid 33.1% whiff rate, and limiting barrels to 6.3% of the time, 22% less than the MLB average (8.1%).

It would be most ideal if the offense could back Burke up with some insurance runs, but the South Siders will have to face a tough opponent with righthander Joe Ryan on the mound for Minnesota. Ryan might be able to exploit his strong 27.1% strikeout rate since the Good Guys hold the second-highest K% in all of baseball (24.5%). I, however, would prefer if they could take advantage of Ryan’s 10.2% average barrel rate, which ranks in the 23rd percentile in MLB, as the White Sox have posted the fifth-best barrel rate at 9.8% and are tied with the Braves for second in team home runs (72).

Speaking of homers, three of the first four guys in the lineup account for 60% (43) of the team’s 72 bombs: Munetaka Murakami, Miguel Vargas, and Colson Montgomery. Players like Sam Antonacci and Chase Meidroth help balance out the lineup at the top and middle of the order with their ability to get on base, and both hold the highest batting averages on the team (minimum 60 plate appearances). And I’d be remiss not to mention newly arrived prospect Rikuu Nishida, who so far only has three at-bats but was a significant part of Monday’s win with his excellent defense and positive energy.

Ryan is 3-3 on the season in 11 starts (56 2/3 innings) with a 3.02 ERA, though his FIP is closer to a 2.50, potentially due to very mediocre defense from the Twins, who are tied with the White Sox and Tigers for eighth-most errors in baseball (28).

The Twins might have traded everyone away last year, but they still have some decent power in their lineup, especially at the top of the order with Byron Buxton and Brooks Lee. Buxton is slugging .579 with a .901 OPS this season, and has previously hit a home run off of Burke. Lee was the one who struck yesterday with a homer in the first off of Anthony Kay, but hopefully, Burke can shut him down today.

First pitch on the South Side at the Rate will take place at 6:40 p.m. CT on a beautiful evening, with temperatures around 77º at game time. Tune in to the usual broadcast locations: either CHSN (TV) or ESPN Chicago AM 1000 (radio). Time for back-to-back Ws!

The Seattle Mariners announced Tuesday that they have activated LHP Gabe Speier off the 15-day injured list for pitchers, optioning RHP Nick Davila in a corresponding move. Speier had joined the ballclub in Sacramento following rehab stints in Everett and Tacoma. The southpaw has been a core part of the back end of Seattle’s bullpen once again, with a 2.92/3.64 ERA/FIP in 12.1 frames across 15 appearances. To some degree, Speier has perhaps shown the symptoms of a career-high workload in 2025, where he made 83 appearances across the regular season and playoffs, a total of 69.1 innings. His peripherals, namely strikeouts and walks, haven’t yet matched his usual pace as a Mariner, however the shoulder troubles that took him to the injured list may have played a role there.

It’s a tough beat for Davila, who may rightly be miffed to take the train back to T-Town. The 27 year old rookie did not yield a run in 7.1 frames across seven outings, albeit almost exclusively low-leverage. Davila’s 0.00 ERA is belied somewhat by a 4.43 FIP and just four punchouts to six walks. Still, he not only dutifully covered several innings in his first big league cup of coffee, but worked his way out of trouble each time. He’ll be near the top of the list the next time the bullpen needs reinforcements.

After losing to the Milwaukee Brewers on Memorial Day Monday, the St. Louis Cardinals will try again on Tuesday night as Michael McGreevy will start for the good guys while Kyle Harrison takes the mound for the villains. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40pm at American Family Field in Milwaukee and will be watchable on Cardinals.tv.

Things are really bleak right now. The Kansas City Royals have five wins since May 6. The New York Yankees, and their many fans, are in town looking for their fifth consecutive win against the Royals this year. That’s underselling it, actually; the Yankees have defeated the Royals in the last 11 consecutive regular season games dating back to 2024. And, oh yeah, the Yankees are sending Cam Schlittler to the mound. The 25-year-old righty leads the American League in pitching Wins Above Replacement with a 1.50 ERA. He’s nasty nasty.

You know what that means, right? The Royals are probably gonna score, like, eight runs out of nowhere. It’s either that or zero runs. No in between.

Of course, it may not matter. The Royals are sending Bailey Falter out there, who has been…less than stellar this season. Less than stellar as a Royal, really. Afterwards, it’ll be a bullpen game. The chances for an Aaron Judge home run seem greater than 100%.

But you don’t play baseball in a spreadsheet. You play it on a field. And the Royals can’t lose against the Yankees forever. Right? Right????

Yankees 5/26 lineup

Cam in KC. #RepBXpic.twitter.com/QN4nB2E0KP

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 26, 2026

Royals 5/26 lineup

Mets Lineup

1. Carson Benge – RF
2. Bo Bichette – SS
3. Juan Soto – DH
4. A.J. Ewing – CF
5. Jared Young – 1B
6. Brett Baty – 3B
7. Marcus Semien – 2B
8. MJ Melendez – LF
9. Luis Torrens – C

David Peterson – LHP

Reds Lineup

1. Blake Dunn – RF
2. Elly De La Cruz – SS
3. Sal Stewart – DH
4. Spencer Steer – 1B
5. Eugenio Suarez – 3B
6. Dane Myers – CF
7. JJ Bleday – LF
8. Tyler Stephenson – C
9. Matt McLain – 2B

Chase Burns – RHP

Broadcast info

First pitch: 7:10pm EDT
TV: SNY
Radio: WEPN 1050AM, Audacy App 92.3 HD2

Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers

Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network)

The Shed

RHP Jason Alexander vs. RHP Jack Leiter

Go Rangers!