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The Royals are facing one of their biggest adversaries in tonight’s game: a left-hander. Gasp! The lefties are deadly. If you know one, keep an extra eye on them, because you never know when they’ll kick the teeth into a Royals lineup. To be fair to the Royals, they are trying something different. Vinnie Pasquantino, […]
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Houston Astros (19-30) visit Target Field in Minneapolis for the second of a 3-game series vs. the Minnesota Twins (22-26). RHP Jason Alexander (0-0, 14.21 ERA) takes on Twins RHP Zebby Matthews (1-0, 0.00 ERA). Alexander is making his first start of the season while Mathews is making his second start of the season. ROADIES: Tonight is the 2nd game […]
I spent the last hour in one of the lower circles of hell, a Rogers phone shop. I needed a new phone, something that should have taken 10 minutes…… Anyway, speaking of circles of hell, the Jays are playing at Yankee Stadium again. But Dylan Cease is on the mound to battle the demons. Today’s […]
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals, May 19, 2026, 7:45 p.m. ET Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet-PIT Pitching Matchup: Mitch Keller (4-2, 3.59 ERA) vs. Matthew Liberatore (2-2, 4.40 ERA) The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road today against the St. Louis Cardinals looking to grab a win. Please remember […]
First Pitch: 6:40 PM CDT TV: Twins.TV Presented by Progressive, FOX9 KMSP, Gray Media Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App, LosTwins.com Know thine enemy: The Crawfish Boxes ICYMI: Royce Lewis was optioned to AAA and Ryan Jeffers was placed on the IL, with Orlando Arcia and Alex Jackson coming up to […]
Dylan Cease (#84, 30, RHP, 3-1, 2.41) vs. Will Warren (#29, 27, RHP, 5-1, 3.42) BLUE JAYS DH The post Yankees (29-19) vs. Blue Jays (21-26), Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 7:05 PM EDT appeared first on Replacement Level Yankee Weblog .
The Houston Astros starter was scratched from his scheduled start today vs. Minnesota. The Astros have placed RHP Lance McCullers Jr. on the 15-day IL (retro 5/16) due to right shoulder inflammation. The team also optioned UT Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Houston has reinstated CF Jake Meyers and RHP Nate Pearson from the Injured List. […]
Has your heart rate returned to normal after last night? The Yankees pulled out one of the tightest wins you can ever have on Monday night, but they must also turn around and face one of the game’s best in game two of this big series. Fortunately, they’ll be able to counter with a pitcher […]
The Cincinnati Reds once again turn to Chase Burns as they look to stem a losing run, this time in Philadelphia as they take on the Phillies in the second game of this mid-week series. Sharing the mound with Burns to start is lefty Jesus Luzardo, who looked much better in his most recent start […]
Detroit Tigers (20-28) vs. Cleveland Guardians (27-22) Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Covering the CornerMedia: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Keider Montero (2-3, 3.65 ERA) vs. LHP Parker Messick (5-1, 2.35 ERA)
Go Rays!
The SEC Tournament hoped to be an opportunity for the Kentucky Wildcats to boost their NCAA Tournament resume. Instead, it turned into the latest blemish on a resume that is going to have them dangerously close to the cut line come Selection Monday. Despite jumping out to an early 4-1 lead over Vanderbilt in Tuesday’s […]
There’s a pair of ghastly statistics relevant to the Red Sox offense and this matchup that are so absurd, they almost sound fake. Ahead of this evening’s middle game in Kansas City, the baseball gods are trying to do everything in their power to give poor Ranger some runs. Specifically, they sent Kris Bubic, the […]
The eighth-seeded Iowa baseball team rallied from an early four-run deficit to defeat No. 9 seed Illinois, 10-6, on Tuesday afternoon in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament.
The Chicago Cubs have been slipping lately, losing seven of their last nine games. They now hold only a half-game lead on the Milwaukee Brewers and just one game on the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central Division going into Tuesday's play. The starting pitching woes have started to have an effect, as they've surrendered 26 runs in their last three games, going into Tuesday's play. The Cubs are without several upper-end of the rotation arms, and will need to address that. Per Bob...
It’s time to change the username for the Pirates’ struggles against left-handed pitching. The password? Jhostynxon Garcia playing in the Pirates outfield. Pittsburgh promoted the right-handed slugger to join the major league club on Tuesday prior to the first of a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The team optioned infielder/outfielder Nick Yorke following […]
It is a day of change for the Nationals. Former top 2 pick Dylan Crews is back in the fold after spending the first month and a half in the minors. Fellow former top pick Brady House was sent down to make way for Crews, which is a real shakeup to this team. Crews will […]
Three weeks ago, the Orioles visited the first-place AL East team — the Yankees at the time — and got utterly destroyed, losing all four games by a combined total of 39-10. Last night, they again visited the first-place AL East team — which is now the Rays — and got utterly destroyed in the […]
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Reds: Let’s talk about it.
Texas Rangers lineup for May 19, 2026, against the Colorado Rockies: starting pitchers are Tyler Alexander for the Rangers and Sammy Peralta for the Rockies. The Rangers and the Rockies face off again, with each team using a lefthanded opener to start things off. Kumar Rocker is the scheduled starter for Texas, but given his […]
The Brewers picked up a nice win over the Cubs yesterday in the first of a three-game series on Chicago’s north side. Today, they’ll look to take the series and catch up to (and pass!) the Cubs in the standings. Yesterday, the Brewers jumped out to a sizable early lead, Brandon Sproat did enough to […]
Mets lineup Carson Benge – RFBo Bichette – SSJuan Soto – DHMark Vientos – 1BMarcus Semien – 2BTyrone Taylor – CFNick Morabito – LFBrett Baty – 3BLuis Torrens – C SP: Nolan McLean – RHP Nationals lineup James Wood – RFLuis Garcia – 1BJose Tena – DHCJ Abrams – SSDaylen Lile – LFDylan Crews – […]
In what appears to be a corresponding move for designating Austin Slater for assignment, the Mets are reportedly calling up outfield prospect Nick Morabito. Morabito marks the third Mets’ outfield prospect to be called up since the start of the season, and the third to have limited time at the Triple-A level. Morabito, who ranked […]
The San Diego Padres kept the good times rolling, winning their fourth straight and besting their rivals in a true pitcher’s duel. Michael King and Yoshinobu Yamamoto both dealt, each pitching seven brilliant innings. But King won out, shutting out the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup while Yamamoto made only one mistake that ended up being […]
Today’s roster move: Here Tuesday notes… Cubs lineup: Brewers lineup: Ben Brown, RHP vs. Jacob Misiorowski, RHP Ben Brown has stepped up after being asked to slot into the rotation when Matthew Boyd was injured. In two starts: eight innings, one hit, two walks, 10 strikeouts. That’s really good! Brown also has thrown well in […]