As the 2025 MLB season continues, here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today:
1. Greene to undergo MRI:
Reds right-hander Hunter Greene departed yesterday’s win over Atlanta after just three scoreless frames due to a groin issue. According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Greene is set to undergo an MRI this morning before Reds brass decide how to proceed. Although both team officials and Greene himself expressed some optimism about the right-hander’s condition, a trip to the injured list is always at least on the table when a player heads for imaging of this nature.
The 25-year-old Greene has dominated to the tune of a 2.36 ERA and 3.07 FIP in eight starts this year, and losing him for any period would be a hit to the team’s standing in a tightly contested NL Central. If Greene were to require time on the shelf, Chase Petty seems like the best fill-in option on the 40-man roster. Veteran southpaw Wade Miley could be an option eventually, but he’s yet to resume his rehab assignment after pausing due groin injury two weeks ago.
2. Doubleheader in Colorado:
Tuesday’s postponed game between the Rockies and Tigers will be made up today alongside the teams’ previously scheduled game at Coors Field. Game 1 will begin at 1:10pm local time, with Game 2 following 30 minutes after the end of Game 2. Only tickets for the regularly scheduled game for today will be valid for today’s doubleheader, as noted by Manny Randhawa of MLB.com, and fans will not be required to exit the ballpark between the two games. Game 1 is set to be started by Detroit righty Casey Mize, who has a sparkling 2.70 ERA through six starts this year, and Rockies southpaw Kyle Freeland, who has a 5.70 ERA through seven starts in his ninth year with the club. The Tigers haven’t announced a starter for Game 2, but Colorado will turn to southpaw Tanner Gordon in what will be his season debut and just his ninth MLB appearance. The 27-year-old Gordon has a 4.82 ERA and 22-to-6 K/BB ratio in 28 innings in Triple-A this year.
3. Series Preview: Dodgers @ Diamondbacks
A rumble between two of the NL West’s top teams is set to begin in Arizona today when the Dodgers and ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (0.90 ERA in seven starts) take the field against the Diamondbacks and young righty Brandon Pfaadt (3.79 ERA in seven starts). The Dodgers sit atop the NL West with a 25-12 record after winning each of their last four series, while the Diamondbacks have lost six straight series and are struggling to keep their heads above water with a 19-18 record. That’s dropped Arizona six games back of the Dodgers for the NL West lead. They’re 3.5 games back of both the Padres and Giants, who are in a second-place tie.
A big series against the top dogs in the division could be just what Arizona needs to get back into the thick of the division race alongside San Diego and San Francisco. The D-backs will square off against Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki (3.86 ERA in seven starts), Dustin May (4.36 ERA in six starts), and a yet-to-be-announced starter Sunday. They’ll counter that group with Pfaadt, Eduardo Rodriguez (5.92 ERA in seven starts), Corbin Burnes (3.58 ERA in six starts) and Zac Gallen (4.37 ERA in eight starts), respectively.
Did not expect the Giants to be as good as they’ve been, good on them!
I still think the Diamondbacks are going to right the ship and become a juggernaut team that will be a playoff team.
Not sure if they’re a juggernaut but I agree that the Diamondbacks are really strong and will be in the playoffs.
Hard to win consistently when you can’t protect leads with both your closers on the IL. The Dbacks also have a very challenging schedule in May, so this month will tell us a lot about contending or pretending.
Hard to see how the Giants sustain this performance over 162 games, but they’ve done it for over a month so far, and stranger things have happened.
The Giants have had the most difficult schedule of any NL West team (and along with the Cubs, any team in MLB for that matter). They played 28 of 38 games against teams with a greater than .500 record (18-10 in those games). They’re about to have a long stretch against easier opponents. Their pitching has been consistently good and perhaps undervalued by prognosticating pundits.
I pay no attention whatsoever to prognosticating pundits. Based entirely on statistical projections, their most likely full-season outcome is a bit above .500. Could they do quite a bit better? Of course, that’s in the nature of statistical methods. Is it likely? No, that’s also in the nature of statistical methods. Bottom line, if I’m a Giants fan, I take my fun where I can get it.
Nah. Don’t be scared of disappointment. Just eat it if it happens. Ride that hope Giant fans !
Uh, what?
Ha ha. Please. It’s not that difficult.
Fark the projections. Hope is good. Feel it and enjoy it.
Better ?
Just didn’t make a lot of sense as a response to anything I said, which I didn’t think was that difficult either, thank you.
Ha ha. Sure thing.
Really hope ERod can get back to where he was performance-wise in Detroit and Boston, he’s a great guy who has been through a lot.
It’s not only Greene but Fraley is hurt (again) too, not that he has contributed much when healthy. Again, poor forethought of management.
The fact this cheap a$$ outfit hasn’t overhauled their training and medical staffs a long time ago is on them too.
Another year of this young team wasted before it hardly began.
Didn’t the Diamondbacks take two out of three from the Mets last week?
Yes lol
Uhh, the Mets just took 2 of 3 off the D’backs at Chase Field.
Yes but they’ve played each other twice in the last week and a half, and the series from April 29 to May 1 was in Queens and the Mets lost 2 of 3
Hunter Groine
“He pulled a groan” – Archie Bunker
If Chase Petty is called upon, he will carry a microscopic 34.71 ERA and 3,85 WHIP into action.
Dbacks BP has been taking on water for several weeks now. They desperately need Martinez, Puk and Graveman to return from the IL, and Ginkel and Thompson to pitch to expectations. Miller and Beeks have been pleasant surprises, but should be pitching in lower leverage situations.
Hope Reds can hold on in a weak division,don’t have to worry about last place Pirates will take care of that!
Going into the season I’d have said the NLC is one of the more balanced divisions – no Rockies or White Sox handing out easy wins. Pirates are sure trying to disprove that.
“Game 1 will begin at 1:10pm local time, with Game 2 following 30 minutes after the end of Game 2. ”
I think I’ll just skip it.
That doubleheader in Denver exposes the folly of baseball utilizing a “Balanced Schedule”. Yankees had to play a Sunday doubleheader vs. Tampa Bay to make up a Saturday rainout because they now only have 2 home series vs. division rivals.
A rumble between two of the NL West’s top teams.
While the Diamondbacks have lost six straight series and are struggling to keep their heads above water with a 19-18 record.
Great writing lol.
And they won the series versus the Mets in NY two series ago
Clearly the writer was more inspired by pre-season rankings and not the Dbacks existing record.
I am inspired by these chat boards.
Inspired to do what — take your next vacation in Afghanistan?
DETROIT TIGERS WOW !!!! With Mixe doing cy Young season stuff, the tigers should be done with the likes of a Maeda, or Cobb signings in the future. Spend the money on the young tigers as they are earning it this year.
Baex in center is pure gold for Detroit. The back of the order is as strong as the top. Detroit has some real depth now. GO TIGERS !!!