CIN • 1B • #
Encarnacion-Strand takes a seat with righty Bailey Ober on the hill for Minnesota as he’s gone into a slide at the dish over the past week, going 3-for-25 with nine strikeouts, following a stretch where he homered in three consecutive contests after coming back from the injured list. It’ll be veteran infielder Santiago Espinal at the hot corner on Wednesday night in his place.
about 12 hours ago
June 18, 2025 8:03 PM
CIN • DH
1 day ago
Friedl’s knock finished the scoring for the night. Thanks in large part to their eight walks, the Reds won despite being outhomered 2-0 and outhit 8-5. Friedl’s double was his lone hit in five at-bats. At .288/.381/.439 with eight homers to date, he’s starting to receive some All-Star chatter. However, the NL outfield is extremely stacked (Corbin Carroll, Kyle Tucker, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., Pete Crow-Armstrong, James Wood, Ronald Acuña Jr. and we could keep going) and it’ll probably take a couple of people dropping out to get Friedl in the mix.
CIN •
1 day ago
All of the earned runs came in the sixth after Christian Encarnacion-Strand made a throwing error with two outs and none on. The next two batters singled, and Harrison Bader hit a home run to end Abbott’s night. Abbott gave up two homers and eight hits in all, so while it would have been a nice pitching line if not for the error, it definitely wasn’t one of his better performances. Abbott will make his next start on the road in St. Louis.
CIN •
1 day ago
It was curious how Pagán and Tony Santillan were flipped in the bullpen Sunday, but things were back to normal tonight, with Santillan throwing a perfect eighth and Pagán working around a pair of walks in a scoreless ninth. Pagán still hasn’t blown a save since May 6.
ARI • 1B
about 17 hours ago
Feinsand acknowledges that Arizona is still in the playoff hunt, but with Corbin Burnes and Justin Martinez out for the season, it may be hard for them to remain in the mix. With so many teams looking for an impact corner infield bat, Arizona could get a nice return by trading away Naylor, who will be a free agent at the end of the season. Feinsand lists the Mariners, Rangers and Red Sox as potential destinations.
Source: MLB.com
MIL • 1B
about 18 hours ago
Vaughn was acquired by the Brewers for Aaron Civale over the weekend. He’s going to stay at Triple-A for a bit as the Brewers work to get him back to last year’s swing, but with Rhys Hoskins being a popular name in trade rumors, Vaughn could get a chance to start for Milwaukee after the deadline.
HOU • 1B
1 day ago
Walker drew a walk in the first inning, then took Osvaldo Bido deep for a two-run blast in the fifth inning. He laded added a base hit in the eighth and scored on a double by Cam Smith. The 34-year-old slugger is up to 10 homers while slashing .216/.282/.371 with 35 RBI across 289 plate appearances.
