Freddie Freeman

Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts told reporters on Sunday that right-hander Roki Sasaki (shoulder) has stopped throwing.

The 23-year-old hurler finally resumed throwing last week, but he’s still not comfortable while throwing with any sort of intensity so the Dodgers have shut him back down. It’s starting to sound like the Dodgers aren’t sure whether or not Sasaki is going to be able to return at all this season. Fantasy managers in redraft leagues may want to cut bait if you’re faced with any sort of roster crunch.

Shohei Ohtani hit two homers and walked twice in the Dodgers’ 11-5 smackdown of the Giants on Saturday.

It was 11-0 until; the ninth, when the Dodgers tried to save a little wear on their pitchers by putting in Enrique Hernández for the final inning. Hernández, though, gave up a grand slam and five runs while getting two outs, and Anthony Banda ended up finishing the game. Ohtani has 25 homers this year, leaving him one behind Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh for the MLB lead. He’s up to 250 career homers in 929 games since debuting in 2018.

Clayton Kershaw tossed seven scoreless innings in defeating the Giants on Saturday.

Kershaw allowed three hits, walked one and struck out five in his best outing since 2023. He’s 2-0 with a 3.25 ERA in his six starts this year, and he’s set to face the Nationals next time out.

Spencer Horwitz went 2-for-4 and drove in a run as the Pirates fell to the Cubs on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

Horwitz opened the scoring in the top half of the first inning with an RBI single off of right-hander Colin Rea. He also singled with two outs in the sixth inning but the Pirates were unable to cash him in. With his two-hit attack, the 27-year-old first baseman is now hitting .227/.299/.330 with one long ball and seven RBI.

Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-4 with a solo home run against the Orioles on Sunday.

Willson Contreras homered and was hit by a pitch Saturday in an eventful game against the Brewers.

The Brewers targeted Contreras after what must have been a brain fart caused him to back into the running lane while Caleb Durbin was coming down the line. The 5-foot-7 Durbin ran into Contreras’s backside and went flying, but he wasn’t seriously hurt and was able to stay in the game. It also probably didn’t help that Rhys Hoskins was hit by a pitch afterwards. Jose Quintana plunked Contreras in the upper arm in his next at-bat, at which point Contreras, who seemed fine with the whole thing, retrieved the ball and handed it back to the pitcher. Also fun: both William and Willson wound up trading solo homers in the ninth inning today, making it the first time the brothers have homered in the same game.