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The Yankees head into their first AL East series of the season tonight with a little more curiosity than usual. For the first time, New York gets a look at the reopened Tropicana Field, which officially returned to action on April 6th after a 561-day closure caused by Hurricane Milton’s devastating roof damage. The Rays spent all of 2025 playing their home games at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, where the Yankees went 9-4 overall against them, including a 5-1 mark in the oddly familiar “road” setting.

The Yankees also arrive in St. Petersburg hoping the bats warm up along with the setting.

After being blanked 1-0 and held to just one hit by the Athletics in Thursday’s series finale, New York closed out its cold-weather homestand dropping the series to the A’s. The Yankees currently sit at 8-4 and are looking for some offensive life after the lineup seemed to go cold right alongside the New England-style chill that settled over the Bronx this past week. There may not be a better reset than heading indoors for a weekend under the roof in Florida, where the Yankees will hope the controlled environment helps wake the offense back up.

Tonight’s opener also comes with a little extra intrigue for everyone watching on TV or in the ballpark alike. The Trop’s upgrades including improved lighting, a rebuilt roof, and refreshed interior systems, it will be interesting to see whether the television feed finally looks cleaner than the dim, gray/sand version of Tropicana broadcasts everyone had gotten used to over the years or if the haze will somehow remain.

The baseball matchup is not lacking in intrigue either. With the Yankees needing a full five-man rotation for the first time this season, Luis Gil will rejoin the big league club for his 2026 debut. To make room on the roster the Yankees sent their first Rule 5 draft pick in almost two decades, Cade Winquest, back to the St. Louis Cardinals. Gil, the 2024 American League Rookie of the Year, spent the opening stretch of the season in Triple-A as a roster-timing move, and now gets the ball in the Rays series with his first chance to try and claim a spot in the rotation as each turn through gets the Yankees closer to the return of Carlos Rodón and Gerrit Cole.

Gil’s sophomore 2025 season was uneven, largely because he missed a significant stretch and never fully looked like the dominant rookie version of himself. Still, the raw results remained strong enough, as he posted a 3.32 ERA across 57 innings in 11 starts. The bigger concern was underneath the ERA, where both the strikeout and walk rates took steps in the wrong direction. The good news for Yankees fans is that the spring version of Gil looked at least a little closer to the pitcher who won Rookie of the Year. Across 19.1 spring innings, Gil punched out 24 hitters against just five walks, the kind of line that suggests the fastball shape and secondary feel were back in sync. If that version of Gil can appear tonight the Yankees may be getting some house money to play with when those aforementioned starters return. However, it is worth noting Gil’s last minor-league start was rocky at best albeit, in tough weather conditions.

The Rays offense has been off to a hot start currently ranking sixth in team batting average, but they have only posted one more run than the Yankees this season as they have been struggling to convert. Gil will have his hands full with righty Yandy Díaz who has posted a .362/.455/.553/1.008 line thus far. The other hot hitters for the Rays are lefties in Richie Palacios, Chandler Simpson, and Jonathan Aranda so Gil will have a handedness disadvantage as he tries to cut down the Rays’ lineup.

Steven Matz gets the ball for Tampa Bay, adding another chapter to one of the more “hey, that guy always plays against us” paths in baseball. After six seasons with the Mets, a year in Toronto, four in St. Louis, and another one-and-done season but this time in Boston, Matz has now traded his red socks for flip-flops and landed in the Rays’ starting rotation. The Yankees saw Matz briefly last year while he was in Boston, getting to him for two hits and one earned run across 1.2 innings. In two starts this year, he has posted a 4.09 ERA in 11 innings with only ten strikeouts. The Yankees should have opportunities if they force deeper counts and make him work through the middle of the order.

With the Rays sending a lefty to the mound, we once again get to see the Yankees’ break out the Righty Platoons chess-match 2.0 lineup. Fresh off yesterday’s experiment, Professor Aaron Boone has concocted a lineup that will have Paul Goldschmidt setting the table, Amed Rosario batting fifth and playing third, and Randal Grichuk getting the nod in left field for back-to-back games. The Yankees’ hottest hitter Ben Rice gets the night off and Jazz Chisholm Jr. returns playing second base and batting sixth.

Tonight begins the 13-game season series between the Yankees and Rays, which always gives the first matchup of the year a little more weight than the calendar suggests. Every April division game is one less result you have to chase later in the summer. Do the Yankees get it done tonight?

How to watch

Location: Tropicana Field — St. Petersburg, FL

First pitch: 7:10 PM ET

TV broadcast: YES, Rays.TV

Radio broadcast: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280, WDAE 95.7 FM

Online stream: Gotham Sports App, MLB.tv (out-of-market only)

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After a break-even 3-3 road trip that ended with a two-game losing streak, the Brewers are back home for their second homestand of the season. They will play their next six games at home, starting with a three-game series against the Nationals.

Though Chad Patrick was announced as the original starter for the game, the Brewers have decided to go with an opener and use Aaron Ashby to start the game. Patrick will still get the bulk of the pitching work, but he will enter the game after Ashby instead. Meanwhile, Jake Irvin of the Nationals will make the more traditional start. For more details on the starting pitcher matchup, you can check out yesterday’s series preview.

Prior to tonight’s game, the Brewers recalled Easton McGee from Triple-A. He will fill the roster spot opened after Shane Drohan was optioned yesterday. Also, manager Pat Murphy provided some player updates.

One injured player who is back in the lineup is Brice Turang. After missing the last two games of the Red Sox series with a foot/ankle injury, he is back at the top following three days of rest. William Contreras and Christian Yelich bat second and third, with Garrett Mitchell batting fourth. Jake Bauers, Luis Rengifo, Sal Frelick, and Blake Perkins fill the five through eight spots, and David Hamilton will bat ninth as he gets the start at shortstop.

Here are the lineups for tonight. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m., and it will be on Brewers.TV and the Brewers Radio Network.

Go Rays!

The San Francisco Giants begin this three-game road series against the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon. Tonight’s game will only be broadcast on Apple TV, so just a heads up if you don’t have that you’ll have to tune in on the radio.

Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 4.22 ERA, 1.37 FIP, with 14 strikeouts to three walks in 10.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 9-0 loss to the New York Mets on Saturday, in which he allowed seven runs (five earned) on seven hits with seven strikeouts and a walk in four and two thirds innings.

He’ll be facing off against Orioles right-hander Shane Baz, who enters today’s game with a 4.09 ERA, 2.88 FIP, with nine strikeouts to three walks in 11 innings pitched. His last start was in the Orioles’ 3-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, in which he allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts and three walks in five and two thirds innings.

Game #14

Who: San Francisco Giants (5-8) vs. Baltimore Orioles (6-6)

Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland

When: 4:15 p.m. PT

Regional broadcast: n/a

National broadcast: Apple TV

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

After a six-game road trip that saw the Orioles both sweep and get swept, they are back home to kick off a six-game homestand against two NL West teams. First up, it’s the fellow orange and black San Francisco Giants, who are off to 5-8 start and in last place in their division.

There won’t be quite as much orange and black on the field as usual, however, since the Orioles are rolling out their brand new City Connect uniforms. I have always dreamed on the Orioles and Giants facing each other in the World Series on Halloween.

Anyway, tonight’s game, which starts at 7:15, is airing on Apple TV. That is annoying both because you need a separate subscription and because we won’t get to hear Kevin Brown, but such is life. I do have an Apple TV subscription, so join me if you can!

Shane Baz is tonight’s starter for the Orioles. His second start, last weekend in Pittsburgh, was better than his first. Although he did walk three in his 5.2 inning, 1 run effort. Mike Elias is clear he thinks Baz has ace stuff, so any time he wants to show it would be fine with me.

The Giants counter with Landen Roupp. This is Roupp’s third season with the Giants, although I could not pick him out of a lineup. In two starts this year, he has had a six-inning, zero runs game and a 4.2 inning, seven runs game. Sign me up for that second one, please.

Colton Cowser is getting a night off with Dylan Beavers starting in center field. It’s the second straight game with Beavers in center instead of Cowser. The lineup is similar to Wednesday, with only Samuel Basallo replacing Ryan Mountcastle in the batting order. Basallo will DH with Adley Rutschman behind the plate.

If the Orioles can win tonight, that’ll make four in a row. I really like the sound of that.

Orioles lineup

1. Gunnar Henderson (L) SS
2. Taylor Ward (R) LF
3. Adley Rutschman (S) C
4. Pete Alonso (R) 1B
5. Samuel Basallo (L) DH
6. Tyler O’Neill (R) RF
7. Dylan Beavers (L) CF
8. Jeremiah Jackson (R) 2B
9. Blaze Alexander (R) 3B

SP: RHP Shane Baz

Giants lineup

1. Willy Adames (R) SS
2. Luis Arraez (L) 2B
3. Matt Chapman (R) 3B
4. Rafael Devers (L) 1B
5. Casey Schmitt (R) DH
6. Jung Hoo Lee (L) RF
7. Heliot Ramos (R) LF
8. Patrick Bailey (S) C
9. Harrison Bader (R) CF

SP: RHP Landen Roupp

Let’s go O’s!

The Dodgers continue their weekend series against the Texas Rangers, their third interleague opponent in the first five series of the season, on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.

Emmet Sheehan takes the ball for his third start of the season on Saturday night. After pitching only 3 1/3 innings in his first start of the season, he went 5 2/3 innings last Friday, April 3 in Washington D.C. against the Nationals. With a six-man starting staff and Thursday’s off day, the Dodgers shifted their rotation a bit for the homestand, starting Tyler Glasnow in Friday night’s opener at Dodger Stadium, on five days rest.

Sheehan on Saturday will be on seven days rest.

Sheehan was drafted by the Dodgers in the sixth round in 2021. The second overall pick of that draft was Jack Leiter, who starts for the Rangers on Saturday. Leiter has 17 strikeouts and two walks in his two starts this season, with a 2.45 ERA in 11 innings.

Saturday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Rangers
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 6:10 p.m.
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

After a very bad and nasty 1-5 road trip, the Mariners return home for a little 4-game set against their division arch-rivals, the Houston Astros. With the Mariners currently sitting in dead last in the AL West, a win tonight is greatly needed.

Tonight also has the distinction of being both Ichiro Statue day and Ichiro Replica Statue Night! Lots of Ichiro today! Unfortunately, there’s a little less Ichiro than expected, as the bat on his new statue broke during the unveiling. I asked my local augur if that was a bad omen and he simply stared at me and screamed. The first 40,000 fans to arrive to the game tonight will receive a replica of the statue in its undamaged state.

Lineups

There is a suspiciously Brendan Donovan shaped hole in the lineup today, with Leo Rivas taking over duty at third base. Donovan is out with illness, but it thankfully seems to have not spread throughout the clubhouse. Otherwise, the standout is a return to the leadoff slot for J.P. Crawford. J.P. spent much of last summer in the number one spot, but Dan Wilson seems to prefer him in the number 9 hole where he can turn the lineup over. With Donovan out though, Wilson’s hand was forced. We’ll see if some of J.P.‘s old leadoff magic can be recovered.

Meanwhile, Emerson Hancock will make his third start of the season. Hancock has gotten off to a hot start this year, only allowing one run and racking up 14 strikeouts in 12.2 IP. His sweeper has been excellent, with no opposing hitters able to get a hit off it, despite a 24.6% usage rate. Paired with his 4-seamer and sinker, Emerson has been a standout pitcher in 2026.

Tatsuya Imai will be making the start for the Astros. The MLB newcomer has had a mixed first two stateside starts. In his debut against the Angels he was blown up to the tune of 4 runs, 3 hits, and 4 walks in 2.2 innings, but then held the Athletics scoreless over 5.2 innings of 3-hit ball. His slider is weird (it doesn’t slide), and he throws a fastball from a low arm slot that can confuse hitters. Look for the M’s to either score seven thousand runs or be no-hit.

Game Info

Game Time: 6:40 pm PT

TV: Mariners TV and FOR FREE over the air on KING 5 and affiliated PNW stations. Aaron Goldsmith and Dave Valle are on the call, with Ryan Rowland-Smith serving as the field reporter.

Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports with good ol’ Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr. on the call.

Detroit Tigers (4-9) vs. Miami Marlins (8-5)

Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica Park
Opponent Site: Fish On First
Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: RHP Keider Montero (0-1, 4.15 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Paddack (0-1, 8.31 ERA)

The Braves host the Guardians in a battle of the two MLB teams who have yet to lose a series. For game 1, Bryce Elder starts for Atlanta and Slade Cecconi starts for the Guardians. Today’s game starts at 7:15 PM ET in Atlanta and broadcast on BravesVision.

Join us and discuss today’s game in the comments below!

Texas Rangers lineup for April 10, 2026 against the Los Angeles Dodgers: starting pitchers are Kumar Rocker for the Rangers and Tyler Glasnow for the Dodgers.

Texas begins a ten game road trip tonight at Chavez Ravine. Interestingly, Joc sits and McCutchen starts against a righty.

The lineup:

Nimmo — RF

Langford — LF

Seager — SS

Burger — 1B

McCutchen — DH

Carter — CF

Jansen — C

Smith — 2B

Jung — 3B

9:10 p.m. Central start time. Rangers are +190 underdogs.

Mets lineup

Francisco Lindor – SS
Bo Bichette – DH
Jared Young – 1B
Luis Robert – CF
Brett Baty – RF
Marcus Semien – 2B
Ronny Mauricio – 3B
Francisco Alvarez – C
Carson Benge – LF

SP: Clay Holmes – RHP

Athletics lineup

Lawrence Butler – RF
Nick Kurtz – 1B
Shea Langeliers – C
Tyler Soderstrom – LF
Jacob Wilson – SS
Jeff McNeil – 2B
Max Muncy – 3B
Carlos Cortes – DH
Denzel Clarke – CF

SP: J.T. Ginn – RHP

Broadcast info

First pitch: 7:10 PM EDT
TV: PIX11
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2