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Bart had missed five games with a back injury, which allowed Henry Davis to make four starts behind the plate. Bart will now return to a near-everyday role and a .275/.370/.425 slash line. Davis will go back to being a backup.
14 days ago
April 17, 2025 3:07 PM
PIT • DH
1 day ago
McCutchen got the big hit in this one when he squeaked a ground ball up the middle that Dansby Swanson inadvertently kicked into shallow center field. That mishap allowed both Bryan Reynolds and Isiah Kiner-Falefa to score and give the Pirates a late lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. While McCutchen began the season in more of a part-time role, he’s started in 12 of Pittsburgh’s last 13 games and has slugged his way to an .826 OPS overall.
PIT •
1 day ago
Bednar has looked like his old self lately. His fastball got up to 99 mph and he was able to command both his splitter and curveball. He’s allowed just one run and five hits to go with eight strikeouts over his last six innings since being recalled from Triple-A. It seems like the Pirates have fully reasserted him as their closer and he’s running with the job.
PIT •
1 day ago
Mlodzinski just doesn’t have a good enough approach at this point to face a major league lineup for a third time. His fastball doesn’t miss many bats and he’s unwilling to mix his secondary pitches enough against left-handed hitters. So, it winds up being a lot of back-door sweepers against them and then hoping for the best. That’s how one winds up with a 6.58 ERA through six starts. His place in this rotation could become tenuous with some exciting pitching prospects in the Pirates’ system.
LAD • PH
6 days ago
The 30-year-old backstop sat out Wednesday’s game with left wrist soreness, but it appears as though he’s doing significantly better after a couple of days off. He’ll do the catching and bat sixth against Pirates’ ace Paul Skenes on Friday night.
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LAD • PH
11 days ago
The last does come with a caveat, as Wyatt Langford clearly beat Smith’s throw on the steal attempt. However, his pop-up slide popped him right off the bag, resulting in the out. Smith entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and delivered a single before coming around to score on Freddie Freeman’s sac fly. He’s batting .339/.443/.500 in 71 plate appearances.
TEX • PH
13 days ago
The Rangers’ lineup was blanked by Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Dodgers’ fantastic bullpen on Friday night, but Harris still managed to get his. He accounted for two of the five hits off Yamamoto and is now riding the four-game hitting stream with two hits in consecutive contests. This may be a short lived hot streak though, as Wyatt Langford is expected to be activated off the injured list as early as Saturday.
