NL blue blood on track for dubious mark
(1.08 ERA, 1.8 WAR) and Javier Assad (1.70, 1.7) quite a 1-2 pitching punch.
9. Seattle Mariners (-): Notorious slow starter Julio Rodriguez starting to fully emerge.
10. Kansas City Royals (+2): Seth Lugo has a 1.66 ERA, and the team looks as for real as he does.
11. Minnesota Twins (+2): Carlos Santana, 38, homers in consecutive games. Yet getting hit in the helmet by a sausage was a career first.
12. Texas Rangers (-2): You get swept at Coors Field, you drop in the rankings. There are rules to this.
13. Boston Red Sox (+1): Brayan Bello wins first start after three-week absence with lat issue.
14. San Diego Padres (+2): since Luis Arráez trade.
15. Tampa Bay Rays (+3): It’s just nine games, but Jonny DeLuca has a .930 OPS.
Now 6-3
16. Detroit Tigers (+1): After 113 atbats, Colt Keith still looking for his first major league home run.
17. Arizona Diamondbacks (+6): Have dropped four of six extra-inning games.
18. New York Mets (+1): Christian Scott with a promising 14-3 strikeoutwalk ratio through two starts.
19. Cincinnati Reds (-8): Have lost 10 of 11.
20. Washington Nationals (-): Poked their heads briefly above .500 for first time since July 2021.
21. San Francisco Giants (-): Lose Michael Conforto to hamstring injury and Jung Hoo Lee to separated shoulder.
22. Toronto Blue Jays (-7): No, it’s not a make-or-break three-game series at Baltimore. But it feels like it.
23. Pittsburgh Pirates (-1): The Paul Skenes spotlight illuminated an inconsistent club for all to see.
24. Houston Astros (+1): Framber Valdez and Justin Verlander lift them to a series win. Normalcy returning?
25. Oakland Athletics (+1): Brent Rooker (.299, 1.012 OPS, 10 homers) looks like an All-Star again.
26. St. Louis Cardinals (-2): Paul Goldschmidt still trying to find a road map off the interstate.
27. Los Angeles Angels (-): Have lost 14 of 19 at home.
28. Colorado Rockies (+1): Finally win first series of year - sweeping the defending champs.
29. Miami Marlins (-1): “No one wants to get their butt kicked every night,” says manager Skip Schumaker. But you can’t always get what you want.
30. Chicago White Sox (-): Now 9-6 when Tommy Pham plays, 3-23 without him.