Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day:
1. Tatis undergoing imaging:
Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a pitch on his hand during last night’s game against the Dodgers, which resulted in a benches-clearing skirmish. Tatis was sent for x-rays after the game, which produced inconclusive results (via Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune). Tatis told reporters (including Acee) that there was a “gray area” in the results and that he was set to undergo additional imaging. The 26-year-old sports a 131 wRC+ overall this year but has been mired in a lengthy slump in recent weeks, slashing just .214/.325/.291 over his past 27 games. An injury for Tatis would only further exacerbate the Padres’ need for outfield help, as they’d likely wind up relying on some combination of Tyler Wade and Tirso Ornelas to help cover if Tatis misses time.
2. Suárez nearing milestone:
Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez is nearing what would be his first career trip into free agency this winter, but in the meantime the slugger is enjoying a strong season at the plate. He’s slashed .237/.313/.533 with a 130 wRC+ so fa this year for Arizona, slugging 22 homers in just 74 games. That puts him at 298 career homers overall, leaving him just two long balls away from becoming the 164th player in history to launch 300 home runs during his career. It’s an exciting milestone that could be right around the corner: Suárez has 18 multi-homer games in his career, including two this season.
Suárez slugger will attempt to reach the 300-homer plateau in favorable conditions this weekend as the Snakes head to Colorado for a weekend series at Coors Field. The D-backs will face lefty Austin Gomber, lefty Carson Palmquist and righty Antonio Senzatela this weekend. Squaring off against two lefties should be favorable for the righty-swinging Suárez, but he uncharacteristically has severe reverse splits in 2025 despite having hit lefties far better than righties over the course of his career overall.
3. Devers reunited with Red Sox in San Francisco:
An awkward reunion is in the cards for this weekend, as the Red Sox are headed to San Francisco less than a week after trading franchise face Rafael Devers to the Giants. Devers, who has gone 2-for-8 with a double and a walk so far as a Giant, has agreed to play first base for his new club after declining to do so in Boston. He’s only appeared at DH in three games with the team so far but has suggested he could be in the lineup at first base as soon as this weekend. The first game of this weekend set is scheduled for 7:15pm local time and will feature a face off between youngsters Hunter Dobbins (3.74 ERA) and Hayden Birdsong (2.79 ERA).
The Dodgers have a manager that bumps old men and threatens to beat them up when the cameras aren’t on them. Such men should not be professional managers.
See how quickly he retreated behind his assistant coaches too after doing that…..lol
I was gonna say Roberts is older than the umpire so what’s your point? ROTFLMAO
ok boomer
Threats to a codger from a ducking fodger.
If that was a bump then Caitlin Clark got straight up assaulted
Do we now talk and think like dirty old men?
Ha ha. It was 53 v 56. Shildt looks like he has him for weight and height. Sounds like a fair pretend fight to me.
fopp – I think it’s safe to say Padres/Dodgers has replaced Sox/Yanks as the best rivalry in MLB.
And it’s still diminished because of the Balanced Schedule that makes every MLB team play every other team.
Fever—the Sox/Yanks rivalry is only fun when both teams are good. Right now, one team is good the other is the Red Sox.
I disagree Fever. Sox/Yanks is about more than just the games; it’s the players and the fans as well. Red Sox and Yankees fans are die-hard, knowledgeable fans that can even respect the accomplishment of the other team when necessary. SoCal fans are largely “fair weather” fans that “love” their teams when they are winning and completely disappear when they aren’t. i have unfortunately seen more than a few fan brawls at Dodger Stadium and never witnessed one in person at Fenway. Dodgers and Padres players don’t hate the other organization and many of the same players pass through both and you just don’t have that passion and intensity
Chance – I agree, but even if both were good the intensity still wouldn’t be there.
There is no bad blood between them because so many players on both teams are new.
Rsox – To clarify, I meant from a team perspective …. not a fan perspective.
I’m not in a position to gauge the rivalry level between Padres fans and Dodger fans, but you could be right on a fan level. This quote from ESPN kinda says it all, empty stadium with Ohtani coming up and only a 3-run deficit:
“Anger filled Dodger Stadium, by which point a sold-out crowd had mostly filed out.”
Padres arnt even the Dodgers rival
Yeah, it’s getting good. The Giants have put themselves right in the middle of things too. Let’s not forget the real and oldest rivalry out west. I’m a Dodgers fan, but the Giants getting Devers is going to make this really fun. Stoked for the Giants and their fans until they play us.
But the Pads seem to be the team most in the Dodgers heads, which is interesting given they’re apparently not rivals
The Dodgers had 2 million fans show up at Dodgers Stadium after just 40 games this season. While I agree that there are some fair weather fans, they come with any successful team, there are plenty of passionate, diehard, don’t leave early fans. Lifers like me. I went through the Fox ownership, to the McCourt ownership to now. And I know plenty of Dodgers fans that can say the same. That’s nothing close to fair weather. Dodgers fans went through a lot to get to this point. We had Vin Scully narrating our games as children through adulthood. None of you had anything close.
Yeah, lately because the Padres have been run extremely well, and they’re a really good ball club, and for a few seasons now. The Giants have taken a pretty big step back in recent years, outside of 2021.
Not to excuse that behavior as I have never left early and would only do so in an emergency (the quake would have to be above a 6!) but most of those fans likely left in the 8th when it was 5-0.
Roberts should be suspended but it’s the Dodgers so he won’t be
CC Ryder, your Cubs are doing good this year, no need to be obsessed with the Dodgers.
Only one team was purposefully hitting a superstar, and it wasn’t the dodgers.
Roberts should 100% be suspended. He’s the one who escalated here and came out of the dugout to shove Schildt. Not the first time he’s shoved a Padres manager too, he’s always the common denominator in this beef.
He got tossed the other night too for arguing after being warned. Still came out and bumped into the umps. It’s wild that Ohtani has so much more maturity than his manager.
Ohtani is too pure for the grimy, evil doyers. Although maybe not, considering he threw his interpreter under the bus.
Smelly – His interpreter will have millions of dollars waiting for him when he gets out, well worth it!
Don’t forget in the postseason he feared for his life from the ball Manny rolled to the dugout.
@James he was just trying to rattle the Padres, and it worked like a charm.
@Vegas you mean Roberts play-acts to deceive people?
I’m sure he had nothing to do with the hit piece Rosenthal wrote the next day in the middle of the series he was covering for Fox.
Rolled ?
You do realise there are countless videos on youtube showing the ball skipping towards Roberts at a good pace ?
Did the media fabricate those or are you changing the reality ?
Dave Roberts is 53 Mike shildt is 56..since when did 56 = old man and its only a 3 year age diff..
Dave Roberts was trying to take Peter Griffin to the woodshed!
Talk about your awkward timing. Red Sox going to Frisco for a reunion. News at 11. LOL
FS1 could’ve aired the BoSox-Giants game on Saturday but is staying with Texas-Pittsburgh instead. Bad scheduling by the Fox-owned cable channel.
BTW, Frisco these days is an exurb of Dallas.
They could still switch it.
If only Devers had been traded to the Yankees. Then we’d see all his games.
avenger – There’s still 8 years for that to happen, never say never.
To Uncle Mike: FS1 isn’t changing its game barring weather.
Fox likes people watching. Who’s gonna watch Pitt-Tex? The Players wives? I’d rather be getting a Colonoscopy.
Frisco? Gross
Mean Ol Frisco
how to spot a boomer…use of the word Frisco…
Harrison for Devers and freedom from that terrible contract was enough. Everything else (Hicks, Tibbs and Bello) is just gravy. Thank you SF!
Reggie – agree the Red Sox made out with that deal. Even if Devers turns out to be passable defensively at 1B he’s 28 already. He won’t be as good in a couple years. That’s a lot to give up for a DH even if he maintains close to his career batting production.
Overall I agree, however if Devers hits to his top levels for most of the deal then the Giants will be thrilled. David Ortiz was a game changer as a DH, Kyle Schwarber is the best hitter on the Philllies (except for peak Bryce).
Certain guys can bend the norms. But frankly I don’t expect Devers to age well unless he grows up. Get and stay in peak shape and stop with the entitled arrogance. More reactions from around baseball coming out where players around the game think that, despite the failings of the RS front office Devers was a punk in how he handled things and his was the greater fault.
Devers’ starting to look like the Panda…
No doubt he handled it immaturely. Doesn’t everyone have a story about how they handled a situation poorly ? You don’t define someone from a single stoush. You need a track record. The Giants did their due diligence on the guy. They are smart people. Assuming he is going to be an ongoing problem is also immature.
@foppert – First, I have never defined someone from a “single stoush” before, and probably never will – unless someone explains to me what that is. Secondly, if you actually read what I said, it uses the phrase “unless he grows up”, which clearly allows for the potential for growth.
Stoush equals “passionate disagreement”
Pleased to hear it. Breakups are tough. Immaturity during one is not uncommon.
@Foppert – thanks. I don’t follow Australian rules FB so that was not a part of my lexicon.
Your timeline is backwards however. It was immaturity on the parts of both the RS org and Devers that created the “stoush” and the exacerbated it as it played out, rather than the breakup that created the immaturity.
And when the $300M designated hitter refused to grab a glove to try to learn a new position to support his team and went public with his pouty behavior, that fell into a higher level of awful behavior for me…others disagree. But I don’t have a passionate axe to grind against the organization either, as so many on here do.
As a Phils fan I would be pretty darned happy with 4 titles in the past twenty-ish years, rather than our two in 140 plus years. Even given the changed approach from your ownership since 2019. when it comes to resources and engagement.
Carver-I don’t necessarily diagree with your take but it appears as sour grapes now that he’s gone. I think all passionate Red Sox fans need to put Devers in the rearview mirror and move on with the team. But I am a Giants fan and didn’t get as excited as most. I will judge the trade once I’ve had a chance to watch him operate as a Giant. He couldn’t stand how the FO treated him and they couldn’t understand why he wanted out. I realize it’s only been close to a week, but all indications are that he loves Buster, Zack and Melvin. His attitude has been great for now and he really likes his teamates, as he also did in Boston. We all know he’s very capable of a good attitude and doing what he’s told and being a good team first guy. Key word is “capable”. I don’t see that changing. End result is regardless of the situation in Boston, I think he’ll be a big asset going forward. I also think it will workout just fine for Boston also.
I suspect the breakdown was in progress before the position saga. He made some comments last year that weren’t too owner friendly. Like most that end with a bang, it was brewing for a while behind closed doors. Anyhow, here’s hoping this new one is full of love, peace, unicorns and rainbows.
@mab – Hard for it to be sour grapes when I am not a RS fan in any way. Phils fan, as noted in my response that you apparently missed.
As a baseball fan and someone that played the game for nearly forty years, the Devers approach was appalling to me. The drama in Boston, however, was basically amusing in many ways as an outsider.
Hopefully Raffy grows up and is a productive citizen and hitter out there…good luck with it.
Didn’t see who you were a fan of. Sorry. But the rest of my reply still holds true. If we could go back to the beginning of the season to look at my replies on the Devers issues, I laid into Devers for not being a team player. I didn’t like the way he handled it. But the FO also has responsibility in how they handled their best player. Unfortunate it happened but time to move on. Both teams need to get wins.
The Red Sox saving money on a contract only benefits the owners unless they take all that money and spend it elsewhere. I don’t understand the celebration.
It’s copium at its finest
Why wouldnt they spend the money?
Last Offseason:
Garret Crochet: $170M
Alex Bregman: $120M
Walker Buehler: $21M
Plus several small deals.
Now that they’re finally reached contention, they’re going to stop spending? Come on.
But why do you think they are going to spend the money they saved on Devers? Its almost impossible to spend it now its June most teams don’t make trades in June.
Who said they have to spend all $230M in June?
1) Trade deadline theres several teams looking to dump good players on bad short-term contracts.
2) They have 8 years to spend the money, hopefully they take their time and choose wisely.
You think they weren’t going to spend at the trade deadline before the Devers deal?
Heck now that they traded him they might be sellers because they are a worse team in the short term than they were. Because they were a marginal contender before the trade.
Again its only a good thing if they spend the money they saved.
Sorry, I dont have a ‘must spend $230M in June to justify the trade’ that you do.
I’ll make the argument, that the kids will be more relaxed and will play better, now that the problem child is gone. Did you know after refusing to play first base, he gave one of the kids crap for volunteering to play there?
Red Sox should spend the money how they see fit, whether its this year or not. Since they were “marginal contenders” with Devers, whats the rush? Investing 101: Research and invest wisely rather than make an impulse buy.
%100 correct Reggie!
Devers was pissed at Campbell because he offered to play firstbase.
Like I said money saved only matters of they spend it. If they don’t spend it its not a reason to celebrate. And in 2025 I don’t think they are going to spend it.
They’re probably going to spend it elsewhere as in Liverpool.
Here’s some copium for you.
Copium, lol. Okay kiddies now go off and play with your Wii.
Hows Harrison been pitching for you guys so far, huh?
Believe Devers went 3-8 also had a single. Think he’s going to thrive with a change of scenery. Most of us made similar mistakes with entitlement and ego.
3-11, zero runs, one RBI. Team is 1-2.
Harrison in AAA = no ROI either, so…
Red Sox 2-1, five days ago Red Sox over Salary Threshold, now under. Thats the ROI. so…
86 games left in the season, Reggie.
Boston DH’s the past 3 games 1 for 10.
Red Sox didnt trade for a DH, San Fran did.
Aoe – He was already thriving, don’t ya think?
The real game changer has been how much he’s improved on his pitch selection.
Giants had a graphic how his walk % has gone from 8% in 2022 to 10% in 2023 to 11% in 2024 and now 17% in 2025.
Now that he’s in a quality environment, he should be able to avoid any prolonged slumps.
It’s gonna be a new tradition for Red Sox Nation now, after watching Red Sox games to switch to Giants games when they are on the West Coast just like we do with Mookie and Xander.
Tatis should go in the Tardis so he can jump out of the way as the pitch is being thrown.
Fun fact: Hall of Fame first baseman Dr. Who received his honorary degree from What University.
Does anyone know what the record for home runs by a 3B man is?
The record for the most career home runs by a third baseman in Major League Baseball is held by Mike Schmidt, with 515 home runs.
Man – Raffy will have more homers than Schmidt’s 548, although obviously not as a 3B.
Gotta disagree with you Fever, I think it’ll be a chore for Devers to get 500.
He’s more of a very good overall productive hitter rather then a true power slugger. He only has three 30+ homer seasons out of his 8 seasons so far.
Assuming he stays where he is for a while, he’ll be playing half his future games in SF, with the heavy ocean air and no green monster.
He’s currently sitting at 215 homers. He has to hit nearly 300 more to get 500 and he’ll have to do most of that while over 30 years of age and in a less favorable park.
I see him more likely in the 400-450 range for his career.
(Unless he gets traded to Houston soon so he can hit in that bandbox)
Agree, Canuckle. Plus, Schmidt took care of himself in his playing days (and still does). I half expect Devers to walk up to the plate someday with a Funny Bone or a Twinkie in his mouth.
Devers will be pressed to hit 300.. homers…
Devers is starting to look like the Panda…
My first thought was Alex Rodriguez with 696. I guess he wasn’t considered a 3rd baseman mostly however?
braves – Correct, ARod played nearly 1,300 games at shortstop before joining the Yankees.
The only reason ARod switched from SS to 3B is because Jeter refused to move off SS, unlike Devers who graciously agreed to move off 3B. That’s because Devers is a team player and Jeter was not.
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Raffy has 215 homers and he is almost 29. I doubt he passes Schmidt.
I believe the Dodgers have hit Tatis 6 times this year. You can’t do that without some sort of retaliation.
Sadly, it’s going to be interesting….especially if Tatis is hurt.
Halo – No, only 3 times this year and 5 times since the start of last season.
Only 3 times? They’ve played 7 games. Tatis averages 4-5 HBPs a year. 3 times in 7 games is a lot. And it would be more if he wasn’t so athletic at dodging all the high and tight pitches.
None of them were as purposeful as the 2 hits to Ohtani. But Shohei is a bigger man than anyone on either team and hopefully put a stop to it with his grace.
Pads – I agree, I said “only” in comparison to the other person saying it was 6 times this year.
The Padres/Dodgers has become the biggest rivalry in baseball right? Yankees/Red Sox cooled off. Phillies/Mets has a ton of potential, but last year was the only time they both met in the playoffs, so it needs a few more years of heat.
it’s a great rivalry.
Every game of the Mets-Phillies series is on a national platform. Friday night, Apple TV+. Saturday night, Fox to most of the USA. Sunday night, ESPN.
Radio tonight. Howie it is.
And they’re currently tied for 1st. Big drama. I’m a Phillies fan married to a Mets fan. So, this has pretty much been my whole life.
@Von – Oh dear lord, a Phils and Mets union? Things must be quite interesting during the rivalry series…
…do you ever watch the games in different part of the house?
All the time.
I do believe the hate for each other is the biggest in baseball right now, but since the 19th century- over 135 years of baseball, the Giants and Dodgers have been the oldest and most storied rivalry in mlb history imo.
Balk – For sure there have been a lot of ugly Giants/Dodgers fan incidents over the years, although a lot of it has to do with the difference in law enforcement.
That one should be heating up again as well, as the Giants are very good.
Maybe. Not too many MadBums these days. Someone asked Webb about the rivalry before the last series. He was like “yeah, you can feel it, but there good guys over there”.
alright betting time
When dodgers come down to SD next which LA hitter is getting plunked and where
My guess 94 to ohtanis head or straight into his ribs.
maybe you didn’t watch because Ohtani was hit the following inning with a 100 MPH pitch.
Easy – Nobody is gonna headhunt Ohtani. The preferable spot for a pitcher to hit is always the hip or a little lower.
You want to make them feel pain without injuring them.
If Tatis scan comes back a broken hand where he is out for 6 to 8 weeks, guarantee there will be Dodgers dodging pitches next time they play. Dodgers are playing with fire hitting Tatis 6 times in two seasons. nope you can give all the warnings you want, there will be Dodgers getting hit, the gloves are off.
They already hit Ohtani in the 9th in retaliation, and he didn’t even get mad. Grow up.
“Social media made it too comfortable to disrespect people and not get punched in the face for it.”
– Mike Tyson
Stein – Not the best source, but the point is valid.
I’m proud to say I’ve never used social media … no Facebook, no Instagram, no Twitter/X, none of that crap.
You get better odds on if Tatis gets hit again, I think he will, Roberts has it in for Tatis for some reason. C’mon hitting Tatis 6 times in two seasons that is not accidental. There is a purpose behind this. MLB better check into this. I think next time Tatis gets hit in August you will have a major brawl on the field.
Ohtani was hit on purpose twice, once in the leg and then 100 into the shoulder.
@Zerbs63 I think you can expect retaliation, it’s baseball. As long as LAD pitch Tatis deep inside over and over, he’ll continue to get hit/injuries, and the Pads will retaliate. Whether one argues it was “intentional” or not, the outcome is the same.
Does anyone think it is possible for Suarez to possibly enter HOF discussion after a few more years? He is right around 1400 hits and 300 homers at age 33. He probably doesn’t have enough time left to attain first ballot status, but do you think he could work his way into being one of those squeaker guys? Obviously he is not there yet and might never get there, but he might have to be seriously considered with another 600-800 hits and 100-150 homers. That is possible with another 5 years or so.
One all star game… two seasons with MVP votes… I don’t think Suarez has a shot at the Hall. .250 hitters need to be special at something. Bad defense, strikes out a ton, I just don’t see it.
I would be hard-pressed to even place him in the Hall of Very Good next door unless he goes on one heckuva’ run for the next five years – and he is 34 years old shortly.
When they build the Single Tool Hall across the street he might be in line however.
If he ages like Cruz or Papi he might. Is anyone with 500 HRs not in the hall? That’s not connected to the juice
Suarez is also two whiffs away from 1,700 and passing Chili Davis and Harmon Killebrew. Whiff away, Eugenio!
. Dodgers have hit Tatis way too many times, have they hit any other Padre in this series nope. Looking back last year, they hit in 4 times, nope this is a trend, Roberts has to be asked, Tatis is a star player why they hitting him that is the question. Old school baseball stars say let the teams settle this, that is what the Padres were doing you hit our star numerous times, there is a limit, when you see a trend of one player getting hit often, there is going to be a response and it is the other team star player that is going to have the bullseye on him. MLB is not going to stop this; it is like fights in Hockey let the teams settle it. look back in the 80’s and 90’s on utube under MLB fights. Ohtani knew what was coming, that is why he wave his team off from coming onto the field, you hit our star for the 3rd time we hit your star for the 3rd time. It is what it is, Roberts was in the wrong, he won’t admit it, that is why he took his stars out of the game, he meant for this to happen just for his team to keep the edge. He figured Ohtani was not going to come up again in the ninth, he dares not PH for him, that would show cowardice after the incident. He knew the Padres would retaliate. This is not going to end they still have six more games to play. Odds says that Tatis will be hit the next game the Dodgers and Padres play, Roberts needs to answer why do they hit Tatis so much seven times in the last two, three seasons.
Iglesias and Johnson are Padres that were also hot this series.
Yes other padres were hit. Johnson who just stood there and let it hit his back knee and Iglesias who was hit on the arm area.
This whole thing started when the Padres hit Pages up around the letters. The only two intentional beanings were both on Ohtani.
Padres have multiple injuries as a result
Dodgers have hit Tatis an insane amount of times this year and last year.
Dave Roberts is a coward
Incoming Ken Rosenthal article about how it was a great thing Tatis was hit so many times and why they should have done it more.
I was disappointed to hear the Foul Territory guys talking about how the Padres were at fault because they threw at Ohtani twice in one AB AFTER Tatis was already HBP.
The Ohtani Syndrome is incredible.
On MLB network Heyman just said they can hit Tatis all they want but it is not OK to hit Ohtani because people like to watch him play. You can’t make this up.
James – Yeah that’s nuts, Tatis isn’t exactly chopped liver.
Clip – I didn’t hear the guys and I’m not defending the Padres, but there is an unwritten rule that you get only one shot in a plate appearance to hit a batter.
Heyman’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
The best part was Ohtani waving back the dugout. “Leave me out of this rubbish. No need to cry. Let’s just play”
There might well be a syndrome. He has earnt it though. Too good.
Agreed fully, but Tatis is just as important to the Padres, imho.
I thought the best part was Teo and Shildt bonding and walking off into the sunset together a la the end to every Mel Brooks movie ever made