As MLB’s regular season continues, here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today:
1. Who’s starting for the Brewers?
The Brewers have yet to announce a starter not only for today, but for any of the three remaining games in their ongoing four-game set against the Pirates. That’s not necessarily surprising, given the fact that lefties DL Hall and Wade Miley both recently joined right-hander Jakob Junis on the injured list, leaving the club with minimal options to complement Freddy Peralta, Joe Ross, and Colin Rea in their starting mix. Right-hander Tobias Myers was called up yesterday and has maxed out at 93 pitches in the minors this season, while lefty Aaron Ashby and righty Janson Junk could also provide the club with multiple innings over the next few days.
Updates regarding the statuses of both Junis and Miley could be available as soon as today. Miley said last night that he’ll undergo imaging today after hitting the shelf with a bout of elbow inflammation. Junis has been on the injured list since early April due to a shoulder impingement, but things took a scary turn yesterday afternoon when he was struck in the neck by a fly ball while working out in the outfield during batting practice. As noted by MLB.com’s Jake Crouse, Junis was eventually taken off the field in a stretcher and brought to the hospital via ambulance. The Brewers said in a statement following the accident that Junis was “conscious, alert, and responsive” when the club sent him to the hospital for further evaluation.
2. Series Preview: Mariners @ Rangers
A three-game set between the Mariners and Rangers in Texas is set to begin this evening at 7:05pm local time. Right-hander Logan Gilbert (2.33 ERA) is set to take on righty Dane Dunning (3.91 ERA) in tonight’s game, with Bryce Miller (1.85 ERA) and Jon Gray (3.15 ERA) scheduled to face off in Game 2 before Luis Castillo (4.40 ERA) and Andrew Heaney (6.35 ERA) wrap up the series on Thursday.
The trio of games come at a time when both Seattle and Texas are locked in a race for the AL West lead, with the Rangers leading the Mariners by half a game entering play today. The two clubs have taken an early lead over the Athletics, Angels, and Astros, each of whom are at least five games under .500 and three games back of the AL West crown. The surprising struggles of Houston (7-16, five games back) have opened the door for the Mariners to emerge as the primary competition of the reigning World Series champs early in the 2024 season as Seattle looks to return to the postseason after finishing just one game back of a playoff spot last year.
3. MLBTR Chat today:
The 2024 season is now in full swing, and some clubs have gotten off to surprisingly strong starts while a handful of others have unexpectedly struggled to open the year. If you have questions regarding your favorite club’s start to the campaign, or perhaps questions that look ahead to this summer’s trade deadline and the 2024-25 offseason, MLBTR’s Steve Adams will host a live chat with readers today at 1pm CT. You can click here to ask a question in advance, and that same link will allow you to join in on the chat once it begins or read the transcript after it is completed.
Brewers starting pitching was already thin when the season started. This does not help. Wade Miley signing was a gamble of years left. Wow, Adrian Houser would sure look good right about now. Right Matt Arnold???
Pretty sure Jason Junk or a myriad of AAAA players available for trade or that have opt outs if they can get a major league deal could match what Houser has done this year.
Ya, no reason to panick. I expect the Brewers to sign someone like Syndergaard and get 10-12 wins out of him. They’re very underrated in their ability to do that.
Name the first one. Miley ?
Brewers got shutdown last night .Rookie for Pittsburgh looked electric! 100 ?
Lol Houser is awful and they don’t need him
Don
Syndergaard is absolutely done, not even the dodgers could fix him, he looks like a sad gentle giant now and not a flame throwing Thor
I could see a brewers reunion with Julio Teheran, once the cubs cut him, gives the brewers more depth
I agree. Thor was just an example. I thought Teheran was done though too, until the Brewers brought him back to life last season.
Maybe Rich Hill. I don’t know where Vince Velazquez is in terms of recovery from TJ.
The *only* way Houser would look good is they would have an idea of who they were throwing out there. There would have been no confidence in that though.
Gotta like Boone getting booted because of a fan.
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Not a yankee fan by any means but can’t New York at least look at something like this???!! For an ump to say I don’t care is unacceptable….. if that happened to my team (brewers) I would have a hard time understanding the logic…. And Junis I wish you luck that’s a scary freak injury!!!
Wrong Luis Castillo. You want this one: baseball-reference.com/players/c/castilu02.shtml
I don’t bet on baseball, but it I did it would be for the Mariners, based on sheer ability and will.
*bet*
Okay, Ippei.
Okay, Shohei. FIFY.
I don’t bet on baseball, but if I did, it’s because all of the Dinosaurs that block the legalization of sports betting in State Legislative Bodies have gone extinct
Do the Brewers use a 6 man rotation? I don’t understand why they need 3 starters instead of 2? Ross, Rea, Peralta, then two spot starters, right??
Because Peralta is the only MLB-level starter they have.
I think rea is an mlb level starter he’s not an ace but a back end starter why not??? A lot of teams have worse…..
Yet they are still winning. And doesn’t answer the fact they seem to want 3 starters for only 2 open spots in the rotation??
“Right-hander Tobias Myers was called up yesterday and has maxed out at 93 pitches in the minors this season”
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That’s more than most major league pitchers pitch in a MLB game, so what’s the point?
All 6 of the Orioles first rounders from the rebuilding years will be in the lineup tonight for the first time. Plus Grayson Rodriquez.