Bradford was shut down this week with elbow soreness, and even though the MRI came back clean, the Rangers shut him down from throwing for at least a week. He will then need to ramp back up and build up his pitch counts, so the team is opting to take it slow with him. That could mean that Jack Leiter, who has impressed this spring, opens the season in the rotation, but Bochy is “not laying odds” as to whether that will be the case or not.

Sauer will be capable of working multiple innings, but the 26-year-old won’t be able to go deep enough to qualify for a victory unless the Athletics are incredibly aggressive against the right-hander. He won’t be a quality streaming option for Thursday’s bullpen game against the Athletics.

Ohtani hit a no-doubter to lead off the game for the Dodgers and it bumps his homer total to 13. He’s been remarkably — and surprisingly — good in the month of May, and he’s now slashing .341/.442/.818 over those 48 at-bats in that timeframe. There’s a long way to go, but a back-to-back MVP season is well within reason, even if he doesn’t return to the mound in 2025.