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Yankees placed OF Trent Grisham on the paternity list.
Congratulations to Grisham and his growing family. The outfielder, who is in the middle of a hot stretch right now, will likely miss the entire series against the Guardians. INF Jorbit Vivas was called up to take his place on the active roster.
Padres C prospect Ethan Salas has been diagnosed with a stress reaction in his lower back and will be out until at least July.
Padres general manager A.J. Preller told reporters on Monday that the back issue won’t impact his long-term development. The 18-year-old is one of the top catching prospects in baseball, but he doesn’t project to make much of a fantasy impact once he reaches the big leagues.
Athletics promoted LHP prospect Gage Jump to Double-A Midland.
Jump heads to the upper minors after registering an absurd 2.32 ERA and 37.2 percent strikeout rate across 31 innings (six appearances, five starts) for High-A Lansing in his professional debut. The 22-year-old lefty was a second-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft and is one of this year’s fastest-rising pitching prospects from a dynasty standpoint.
Wyatt Langford homered to account for both Rangers runs Monday in a 2-1 defeat of the Rockies.
Langford’s homer in the sixth, a 412-foot blast to right-center, was the Rangers’ first hit of the game off Chase Dollander and one of just three they had on the night. He has seven homers in spite of his early trip to the IL, and he’s batting .263/.350/.492 in 137 plate appearances.
Tyler Mahle turned in 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball and struck out five in a win over the Rockies on Monday.
Mahle threw his splitter 30 times tonight and got six missed swings and no hard-hit balls among the seven put into play. This was an easy matchup, but Mahle has been exceptional in compiling a 4-1 record and a 1.47 ERA. He’ll be worth using again against the Astros next weekend.
Jacob Webb notched his first save with a scoreless ninth after Luke Jackson was hurt against the Rockies on Monday.
Robert Garcia and Chris Martin are the primary alternatives to Jackson, but they had already pitched tonight. That left Webb to get the final three outs, which he did successfully. It’s his seventh career save since he debuted with the Braves in 2019. It’s unlikely that he’ll pick up additional saves any time soon.
Chase Dollander allowed just two runs and one hit over six innings Monday in a loss to the Rangers.
The one hit, unfortunately, was a two-run homer from Wyatt Langford in the sixth. Still, it’s his best outing to date. It’s the first time he’s completed six innings, and he matched his high strikeout total so far. He fell to 2-4 with a 6.88 ERA anyway, but that comes with pitching for the Rockies. He’ll get the Diamondbacks next.