This article is part of our The Lineup Card series.
Tuesday's Starters – all times EasternBraves (Paul Maholm – L) at Blue Jays (Brandon Morrow – R), 12:37
Rockies (Jorge De La Rosa – L) at Astros (Jordan Lyles – R), 2:10
Orioles (Kevin Gausman – R) at Nationals (Nathan Karns – R), 7:05
Pirates (Jeanmar Gomez – R) at Tigers (Rick Porcello – R), 7:08
Yankees (Hiroki Kuroda – R) at Mets (Matt Harvey – R), 7:10
Indians (Zach McAllister – R) at Reds (Mat Latos – R), 7:10
Phillies (Cliff Lee – L) at Red Sox (Ryan Dempster – R), 7:10
Marlins (Kevin Slowey – R) at Rays (Jeremy Hellickson – R), 7:10
Twins (Scott Diamond – L) at Brewers (Alfredo Figaro – R), 8:10
Cardinals (Tyler Lyons – L) at Royals (Ervin Santana – R), 8:10
Cubs (Edwin Jackson – R) at White Sox (Chris Sale – L), 8:10
Giants (Mike Kickham – L) at Athletics (Jarrod Parker – R), 10:05
Padres (Edinson Volquez – R) at Mariners (Brandon Maurer – R), 10:10
Angels (Joe Blanton – R) at Dodgers (Hyun-Jin Ryu – L), 10:10
Day Game After Night Game: ATL, TOR
Injuries
Day-to-Day
AL
Chris Sale, SP, CHW (shoulder) – Feeling better going into Tuesday start
Ryan Howard, 1B, PHI (knee) – Started Monday, but still considers himself day-to-day
Brett Lawrie, 3B, TOR (ankle) – Sprained ankle; could miss a few games
Clay Buchholz, SP, BOS (collarbone) – Played catch without issue Monday; should go Saturday
David Phelps, SP, NYY (arm) – Seems good to go for Wednesday
Mike Moustakas, 3B, KC (quad) – Held out Monday, but available off the bench
Tommy Hanson, SP, LAA (personal) – Likely to make next start later this week
Tommy Hunter, RP, BAL (hand) – X-ray negative; should be available Tuesday
Sean Burnett, RP, LAA (elbow) – X-ray coming after removal Sunday
NL
Ryan Braun, OF, MIL (thumb) – Out Monday and could miss a few games
Bryce Harper, OF, WAS (knee) – No structural damage; could be held out a couple more days
Starling Marte, OF, PIT (head) – Scratched with migraine Monday
Gerardo Parra, OF, ARI (calf) – Left Monday with cramping
Ben Revere, OF, PHI (arm) – Left Monday; X-ray negative
Angel Pagan, OF, SF (hamstring) – Could be back in Tuesday
Martin Prado, 3B, ARI (leg) – Scratched in Game 2 Monday after fouling a ball off himself
Michael Cuddyer, OF, COL (forearm) – Out Monday; could miss a couple days
Kyle Lohse, SP, MIL (elbow) – Expected to go Thursday
Danny Espinosa, 2B, WAS (wrist) – Had good BP Monday; could be back Wednesday
Nick Punto, 2B, LAD (back) – Left Monday's game with stiffness
Disabled List
AL
David Price, SP, TB (triceps) – Played catch Monday; no timetable yet
Alexi Ogando, SP, TEX (biceps) – Good bullpen Monday
Chris Perez, RP, CLE (elbow) – Had MRI Monday; no results yet
Peter Bourjos, OF, LAA (hamstring) – Still two weeks away
Andy Pettitte, SP, NYY (shoulder) – Pitching a sim game Tuesday
Michael Pineda, SP, NYY (shoulder) – Going to 60-70 pitches in sim game this week
Brett Myers, SP, CLE (elbow) – Scratched from Monday rehab game; getting checked out
Josh Fields, RP, HOU (forearm) – Doing well on rehab trip
Joba Chamberlain, RP, NYY (oblique) – Set to be activated from DL Tuesday
Pedro Strop, RP, BAL (back) – Could throw this week
NL
Hanley Ramirez, 3B, LAD (hamstring) – Could start rehab trip soon
Brandon Beachy, SP, ATL (elbow) – Next rehab start coming Wednesday
Jayson Werth, OF, WAS (hamstring) – On track to come back next week
Josh Beckett, SP, LAD (groin) – Being shut down after experiencing tingling in fingers
Ross Detwiler, SP, WAS (oblique) – Could start Sunday
Jordan Walden, RP, ATL (shoulder) – Scoreless rehab inning Monday
Santiago Casilla, RP, SF (knee) – Having surgery Tuesday; out through All-Star break
John Gast, SP, STL (shoulder) – Getting another opinion to clarify injury
Nathan Eovaldi, SP, MIA (shoulder) – Will come off the DL and start Friday
Jake Westbrook, SP, STL (elbow) – Canceled appointment with Dr. Andrews due to reduced pain
Wilson Ramos, C, WAS (hamstring) – Out about another month yet
Willie Bloomquist, SS, ARI (oblique) – Hitting well on rehab trip
Scott Elbert, RP, LAD (elbow) – Successful rehab appearances on consecutive days
Transactions
Activated from DL
Clayton Richard, SP, SD
Jerry Hairston, 3B, LAD
Placed on DL
Kyuji Fujikawa, RP, CHC (forearm)
Alex Sanabia, SP, MIA (groin)
Jose Tabata, OF, PIT (oblique)
Wilkin Ramirez, OF, MIN (concussion)
Chris Perez, RP, CLE (shoulder)
Called Up
Nick Franklin, 2B, SEA
Tyler Skaggs, SP, ARI
Nick Hagadone, RP, CLE
Chris Hermann, C, MIN
Xavier Cedeno, RP, WAS
Josh Harrison, SS, PIT
Mike Zagurski, RP, PIT
Dan Jennings, RP, MIA
Sent Down (to Triple-A, unless otherwise noted)
Dee Gordon, SS, LAD
Bryan Morris, RP, PIT
Tom Layne, RP, SD
Dustin Ackley, 2B, SEA
Lucas Luetge, RP, SEA
Francisco Martinez, 3B, SEA (DFA)
Claimed
Alex Burnett, RP, CHC (from BAL)
Closer Watch
Dodgers – Maybe no fantasy owner believes in Brandon League, but Don Mattingly sure does. League collected the save Monday and has an incredibly terrifying 9:5 K:BB over 19.1 innings to go with an ERA and WHIP that only a mother could love. The deeper stats say League's arguably been even worse than his numbers, and there certainly aren't many extreme pitch-to-contact closers like him. Meanwhile, Kenley Jansen is a stud closer waiting to happen and everyone knows it… except that he essentially never gets any save chances.
Diamondbacks – Heath Bell entered with the bases loaded, one out and a five-run lead in the ninth inning of Game 1 of Monday's doubleheader; because the tying run was on deck, it was an official save chance, and he "earned" the save by giving up two hits to score all his inherited baserunners, then locking it down. Bell's been far from untouchable, but he hasn't been blowing saves either. J.J. Putz is still a ways off; speculators should look in the direction of David Hernandez or Brad Ziegler in case Bell really falters.
Cubs -- More job security for Kevin Gregg, as Kyuji Fujikawa heads back to the DL. Not that Gregg's needed it; he's given up just a lone unearned run in 13.1 innings with a 13:5 K:BB and six unblemished saves. Unfortunately, the Cubs haven't won since May 18 and haven't had a save chance for Gregg since May 12 -- more than two weeks ago.
KEY MATCHUPS: HOT | |||||||||||||||||||
Hot Batter Matchups | At-Bats | AVG | HR | XBH | RBI | BB | K | SLG | OBP | OPS | |||||||||
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Ramiro Pena - SS | ATL @ TOR 5/28 12:37 PM | Brandon Morrow | 4-10 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .800 | |||||||
Melky Cabrera - OF | TOR vs ATL 5/28 12:37 PM | Paul Maholm | 4-12 | .333 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .583 | .385 | .968 | |||||||
Mark DeRosa - OF | TOR vs ATL 5/28 12:37 PM | Paul Maholm | 6-18 | .333 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .611 | .400 | 1.011 | |||||||
Edwin Encarnacion - 1B | TOR vs ATL 5/28 12:37 PM | Paul Maholm | 13-36 | .361 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | .500 | .455 | .955 | |||||||
Miguel Cabrera - 3B | DET vs PIT 5/28 7:08 PM | Jeanmar Gomez | 5-13 | .385 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1.000 | .400 | 1.400 | |||||||
Mike Napoli - C | BOS vs PHI 5/28 7:10 PM | Cliff Lee | 5-16 | .313 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .563 | .500 | 1.063 | |||||||
Michael Bourn - OF | CLE @ CIN 5/28 7:10 PM | Mat Latos | 4-14 | .286 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .571 | .333 | .905 | |||||||
David Wright - 3B | NYM vs NYY 5/28 7:10 PM | Hiroki Kuroda | 6-17 | .353 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .353 | .450 | .803 | |||||||
Ryan Howard - 1B | PHI @ BOS 5/28 7:10 PM | Ryan Dempster | 5-14 | .357 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | .857 | .500 | 1.357 | |||||||
Alex Rios - OF | CWS vs CHC 5/28 8:10 PM | Edwin Jackson | 7-30 | .233 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | .600 | .281 | .881 | |||||||
Ty Wigginton - 3B | STL @ KC 5/28 8:10 PM | Ervin Santana | 5-14 | .357 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .643 | .357 | 1.000 | |||||||
Andre Ethier - OF | LAD vs LAA 5/28 10:10 PM | Joe Blanton | 7-17 | .412 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .765 | .444 | 1.209 | |||||||
Adrian Gonzalez - 1B | LAD vs LAA 5/28 10:10 PM | Joe Blanton | 7-19 | .368 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .684 | .400 | 1.084 | |||||||
Jerry Hairston Jr. - 3B | LAD vs LAA 5/28 10:10 PM | Joe Blanton | 4-10 | .400 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .400 | .900 | |||||||
Hot Pitcher Matchups | At-Bats | Opp AVG | HR Allow | XBH Allow | RBI Allow | BB | K | Opp SLG | Opp OBP | Opp OPS | |||||||||
Cliff Lee | PHI @ BOS 5/28 7:10 PM | Red Sox Batters | 27-136 | .199 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 29 | .331 | .260 | .591 | |||||||
Edwin Jackson | CHC @ CWS 5/28 8:10 PM | White Sox Batters | 10-63 | .159 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .324 | .212 | .536 |
KEY MATCHUPS: COLD | |||||||||||||||||||
Cold Batter Matchups | At-Bats | AVG | HR | XBH | RBI | BB | K | SLG | OBP | OPS | |||||||||
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B.J. Upton - OF | ATL @ TOR 5/28 12:37 PM | Brandon Morrow | 4-24 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .208 | .355 | .563 | |||||||
Henry Blanco - C | TOR vs ATL 5/28 12:37 PM | Paul Maholm | 3-15 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .294 | .494 | |||||||
Brayan Pena - C | DET vs PIT 5/28 7:08 PM | Jeanmar Gomez | 3-13 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .462 | |||||||
Jacoby Ellsbury - OF | BOS vs PHI 5/28 7:10 PM | Cliff Lee | 1-12 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .083 | .250 | |||||||
Jonny Gomes - OF | BOS vs PHI 5/28 7:10 PM | Cliff Lee | 2-29 | .069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .069 | .129 | .198 | |||||||
David Ortiz - DH | BOS vs PHI 5/28 7:10 PM | Cliff Lee | 6-29 | .207 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .310 | .233 | .544 | |||||||
Daniel Murphy - 2B | NYM vs NYY 5/28 7:10 PM | Hiroki Kuroda | 2-11 | .182 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .364 | .250 | .614 | |||||||
Humberto Quintero - C | PHI @ BOS 5/28 7:10 PM | Ryan Dempster | 3-21 | .143 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .286 | .174 | .460 | |||||||
Paul Konerko - 1B | CWS vs CHC 5/28 8:10 PM | Edwin Jackson | 1-12 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .083 | .154 | .237 | |||||||
Alexei Ramirez - SS | CWS vs CHC 5/28 8:10 PM | Edwin Jackson | 0-17 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .056 | .056 | |||||||
Matt Kemp - OF | LAD vs LAA 5/28 10:10 PM | Joe Blanton | 3-18 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .222 | .250 | .472 | |||||||
Skip Schumaker - 2B | LAD vs LAA 5/28 10:10 PM | Joe Blanton | 5-22 | .227 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 | .227 | .500 | |||||||
Juan Uribe - 3B | LAD vs LAA 5/28 10:10 PM | Joe Blanton | 1-12 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .071 | .155 | |||||||
Cold Pitcher Matchups | At-Bats | Opp AVG | HR Allow | XBH Allow | RBI Allow | BB | K | Opp SLG | Opp OBP | Opp OPS | |||||||||
Paul Maholm | ATL @ Tor 5/28 12:37 PM | Blue Jays Batters | 32-104 | .308 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | .460 | .391 | .851 | |||||||
Jeanmar Gomez | PIT @ Det 5/28 7:08 PM | Tigers Batters | 19-60 | .317 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 8 | .607 | .342 | .949 | |||||||
Hiroki Kuroda | NYY @ NYM 5/28 7:10 PM | Mets Batters | 19-62 | .306 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | .469 | .377 | .846 | |||||||
Nick Franklin, 2B, SEA – The Mariners have called Franklin up, and that's actionable news in all but the shallowest fantasy formats, as he's been great for Triple-A Tacoma this year – a .324/.440/.472 line, especially impressive for the OBP. That's thanks to a truly spectacular 30:20 BB:K – marking an incredible improvement in his contact skills over the last couple years. With a little power and speed to go with that on-base ability, Franklin could be a savior for owners struggling in the middle infield. In many fantasy leagues, he's going to be eligible at shortstop as well as second, which only adds to his value.
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