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Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers come in with an implied run total set at 4.98, which is one of the higher ones on the night slate. For starters, most of the Brewers are way too cheap on FanDuel tonight, so look for them over there, since you can add their full stack into any lineup. There is only one player, Christian Yelich , who is over $4K, the rest are $3.5K or below. They are up against Brett Kennedy, who will be making his first career MLB start for the Padres. This could be a bit of a rough landing spot for Kennedy, considering some of the power upside the Brewers hitters have. Eric Thames .301 ISO. Jesus Aguilar .293 ISO. Travis Shaw .253 ISO. Mike Moustakas .214 ISO. Christian Yelich .206 ISO. Jonathan Schoop .189 ISO.
Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays are another team who has a good matchup and aren’t overly expensive tonight. Toronto is up against Brian Johnson , who is giving up a .336 wOBA to righties, 1.36 HR/9 to righties, a 38% fly ball rate and a 32% hard contact rate. He is really struggling with the right-handed hitters, so that is where we want to load up the Blue Jays, who have an implied run total set at 4.48. There are some really cheap options in the Toronto lineup, which will help you get up to Kershaw tonight since he is the best pitcher available. TeOscar Hernandez .287 ISO. Devon Travis .238 ISO. Aledmys Diaz .195 ISO. Luke Maile .194 ISO. Yangervis Solarte .184 ISO. Randal Grichuk .176 ISO.
New York Yankees
The Yankees should be one of the more popular stacks tonight, since they are up against a very bad pitcher and come in with a high implied run total of 5.30. That pitcher is Lucas Giolito , who comes in with this stat line vs righties, a .323 wOBA, a 1.44 HR/9, a 38% fly ball rate, and a 30% hard contact rate. He has this stat line vs lefties, a .376 wOBA, a 1.39 HR/9, a 43% fly ball rate, and a 33% hard contact rate to lefties. We all know the Yankees have plenty of power upside and really comes down to how many of them you can fit into your lineups due to their higher salaries. Gleyber Torres .244 ISO. Giancarlo Stanton .237 ISO. Didi Gregorius .228 ISO. Greg Bird .223 ISO. Miguel Andujar .194 ISO. Aaron Hicks .188 ISO.
Player News
Aaron Civale (hamstring) will make a rehab start Thursday for Triple-A Nashville.
Civale suffered a setback from his strained hamstring in the middle of April, but the 29-year-old has progressed enough to get back on the mound. The right-hander will assuredly need multiple outings before coming back to the majors, but he should be ready for the rotation by the end of May if he doesn’t have another setback.
William Contreras is playing with a fractured middle finger on his catching hand.
Contreras had X-rays last night, which revealed the fracture. It is reportedly an old fracture that “has bothered him for some time.” Contreras has played through it and will continue to do so. However, his catching hand is also the lead hand for his swing, so the fracture may be impacting some of his quality of contact. His barrel rate is just 3.1 percent on the season, and his average exit velocity is down almost three mph while posting a career-low hard hit rate. His bat speed has also fallen, with him ranking in the 65th percentile with an average bat speed of 72.8 mph after posting a 74.7 mph mark last year.
Rangers signed RHP Cory Abbott to a minor league contract.
Abbott had a 2.40 ERA in 15 innings for los Tecos de los Dos Laredos in the Mexican Independent League, striking out 15 batters and walking eight in an extremely hitter-friendly environment. He’s the third player signed out of the Mexican Independent League this week, with the Rangers also signing Robert Dugger and the Dodgers signing Nick Senzel. Abbott figures to join the starting rotation for Triple-A Round Rock.
Yordan Alvarez (hand) was diagnosed with a muscle strain on the top of his right hand.
The injury was previously reported as “inflammation,” but now we know that the inflammation is the result of a strain. Astros manager Joe Espada said the diagnosis was “good news,” and the team still hopes Alvarez will have a minimum stint on the IL, but he’ll obviously need to wait for the strained muscle or tendon to heal, which might take more than a week depending on the severity of the strain.
Royals signed RHP Stephen Nogosek to a minor league contract.
The 30-year-old last appeared in an MLB game for the Mets back in 2023. He was in the Nationals organization last season, but was released in May after posting a 9.77 ERA in 15 2/3 innings. He has a 5.02 career ERA in 57 1/3 MLB innings and figures to serve as organizational depth for the Royals’ bullpen.
Nick Senzel is playing third base and batting fifth for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old was signed out of the Mexican Independent League after hitting .591/.654/1.136 in 26 plate appearances with three home runs and 10 RBI. He’ll likely serve as a utility player in Triple-A and be a fallback option for the Dodgers at multiple spots in the field.