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Pablo Lopez, SP (MIN) Lopez took advantage of a weakened Royals lineup to deliver the best start of his career. He polished off a 100-pitch complete game shutout, allowing only four hits and striking out a career-high 12 batters. It...

Aaron Nola dominated the Rays on Tuesday, allowing one run over 7.1 innings with the only run coming off the bat of Wander Franco for the last batter he faced. He allowed just five hits in the game and tied...

Jose Abreu (1B - HOU) - Abreu doubled and homered to help the Astros come back and win a 12-11 slugfest on Monday, giving him a 10-game on-base streak. I apologize for doubting the power of the calendar! After 2...

Hunter Harvey-Nationals-RP Hunter Harvey pitched a perfect ninth for his 8th save of the year. He now has a 3.16 ERA and 1.00 WHIP through 37 IP. Harvey has the skills to be a closer (29% K and 8% BB)...

Kyle Schwarber- OF- PHI- Stats- Schwarber hit a grand slam yesterday in his 2-for-5 day. He also walked and scored a total of 3 runs besides the 4 RBI he picked up from the slam. It was Schwarber's 22nd homer...

James Paxton (SP-BOS) was stellar in his first start since exiting his previous outing because of knee soreness, firing 7.2 shutout IP against Toronto in which he scattered 3 hits and 2 walks while recording 7 punchouts. The 34 year-old...

Blake Snell-Padres-SP Blake Snell went 6 IP and gave up 2 ER on 3 H, 2 BB, and 10 K's against the Pirates. Snell has been brilliant since the beginning of May. He has a 2.33 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, and...

Shane Bieber (SP-CLE) settled for a no-decision on Thursday despite dominating the Royals over six shutout innings, yielding just two hits and one walk while striking out eight. Bieber outdueled Zack Greinke in a battle of former Cy Young winners...

Kevin Gausman (SP-TOR) took the loss on Tuesday despite pitching a gem against the Giants, holding them to one run on three hits and one walk while racking up 12 strikeouts over six innings. Unfortunately for Gausman, he got zero...

Justin Verlander (SP - NYM) - You might look at Verlander's box score from Monday and think that he was pretty decent, just not all that efficient, by throwing 5 shutout innings in a 2-1 loss to Milwaukee. Watching the...

Sean Murphy- C- ATL- Hot- Murphy didn't need any time to adjust to being back in the starting lineup yesterday. He went 2-for-4 with a walk and RBI. Murphy had been relegated to bench availability for over a week due...

Elly De La Cruz, 3B/SS, CIN De La Cruz hit for the cycle on Friday and finished the game with four RBI and three runs. The young Phenom has five multi-hit games during his current six-game hitting streak and is...

Joe Ryan, SP (MIN) Ryan threw 112 pitches in Minnesota's first complete game shutout since 2018. Coming off an outing where he gave up a season-high six runs to Detroit, Ryan was efficient and decisive, giving up only three hits...

Sandy Alcantara (SP - MIA) - Alcantara had one bad inning once again in Wednesday's start, allowing 5 runs on 6 hits in the 2nd but tossing up zeroes in the other 6 innings he pitched during the 6-3 loss...

Tyler Glasnow struggled in a big way against Baltimore over the first two innings, allowing six runs but rebounded very well over his last 2.1 innings to finish with seven strikeouts. Despite the damage against him, the Orioles didn't post...

Corbin Burnes (SP - MIL) - Burnes' recent hot streak came to a very abrupt end on Monday, as a 6-run 1st inning resulted in this final line against Arizona: 5 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 3 K....

Chris Bassitt-Blue Jays-SP Chris Bassitt went 3.2 IP and gave up 3 ER on 7 H, 3 BB, and 2 K's against the Rangers. Bassitt has a 4.16 ERA and 1.20 WHIP through 88.2 IP. He is exceeding expectations (4.36...

Blake Snell- P- SD- Hot- Snell dominated the Rays last night, throwing 6 shutout IP and giving up 2 hits, walking 3, and striking out 12. He has 7 quality starts in his 14 outings, but those he hasn't gotten...

Kyle Hendricks (SP-CHC) picked up an easy win on Friday after tossing five innings of two-run ball against the Orioles at Wrigley Field. Hendricks improved to 2-2 with a 3.18 ERA as Chicago crushed Baltimore, 10-3. He surrendered five hits,...

Tyler Wells, SP, BALWells had another strong outing against the Blue Jays on Thursday allowing 2 ER's on 5 hits and 1 BB in 6.2 IP while striking out 8. This marks the 4th straight outing in which Wells has...

Michael Harris II, OF (ATL) It was a tale of two games on Wednesday as Harris was spectacular in the first game of a doubleheader, but he was silent in Game 2. After tallying three hits, including a home run...

Luis Matos is headed to the major leagues Wednesday with Mitch Haniger suffering a fractured forearm after being hit by a pitch on Tuesday. Matos struggled last season but has been outstanding this season, hitting .309 in AA before being...

Charlie Morton (SP-ATL) got stuck with the no-decision on Monday despite tossing 5 2/3 shutout innings against the Tigers. Morton yielded four hits and three walks while racking up eight strikeouts, throwing 61 of his 104 pitches for strikes before...

Andrew McCutchen- OF- PIT- Stats- McCutchen went 1-for-3 with a walk yesterday. The hit was his 2000th for his career. In 2023 McCutchen is slashing .265/.381/.423 with 8 homers and 7 steals. His Statcast numbers are fairly close to those...

Kodai Senga, SP, NYM Senga bounced back after his rough 2.2-inning outing against the Blue Jays with a 7.0-inning gem against the Pirates. He gave up one unearned run on two hits but did walk four in the outing. Control...

Dylan Cease, SP (CHW) Cease completed six innings for the first time in his past three starts, allowing one run (a solo home run by Joey Wendle) in six innings, striking out seven batters. Cease's slider has been a little...

Carlos Correa (SS-MIN) went 2-4 with a solo blast against the Rays on Thursday. The 28 year-old has largely disappointed in his first season after re-signing with Minnesota as he's battled some minor injuries, logging a .210 average to go...

Elly De La Cruz has been called up to Cincinnati and is quite possibly the highest level prospect we're going to see debut this season. He went 1-for-3 in his debut with a double and two walks while hitting cleanup....

Sandy Alcantara-Marlins-SP Sandy Alcantara went 7 IP and gave up 5 ER on 6 H, 0 BB, and 7 K's against the Athletics. Alcantara has had a disappointing start to the year. He has a 5.07 ERA and 1.22 WHIP...

Justin Turner (DH-BOS) went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk against the Rays on Monday. Turner was one of the few bright spots for the Red Sox in their 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay during Monday's series finale...

Alex Cobb- P- SF- Hot- Cobb bounced back in strong fashion from a poor start the last time out. Last night he threw 7.2 scoreless IP against the Orioles. Cobb threw 70 of 103 pitches for strikes and allowed 5...

Jon Gray (SP-TEX) was outstanding once again on Friday, beating the Mariners with seven scoreless innings. Gray outdueled Luis Castillo in a 2-0 pitcher's duel, yielding just two hits (both singles) and one walk while striking out five. Gray was...

Ketel Marte, 2B, ARI Marte extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a 2 for 4 day against the Rockies. He hit a pair of doubles, walked, collected an RBI, and scored twice in the contest. Marte was scorching...

Masataka Yoshida (OF-BOS) shined during Boston's 5-4 loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday, going 2-for-4 with a double, a solo homer and two runs scored. Yoshida broke the ice with his solo shot in the bottom of the second, giving the...

JD Martinez homered again on Tuesday to put on bow on his insane month of May that saw him hit .310/.320/.704 with eight homers. Martinez has looked like prime JD Martinez again and has homered in three straight games. He's...

Zach McKinstry (2B/SS/3B/OF - DET) - McKinstry has emerged as Detroit's leadoff hitter over the last few weeks, reaching base 27 times over 12 straight starts. He's hitting 296/412/448 for the year, the exit velocity has jumped up into the...