Yet another quarterback goes ahead of Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, who is now locked in to Day Three draft status. Gabriel will likely compete with Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett for starting duties, though he could be relegated to third string duties in 2025. Gabriel (5’11/205) is a left-handed quarterback who enters the draft after a six-year college career that saw stints at UCF, Oklahoma, and Oregon. The former three-star prospect had the opportunity to start for UCF as a true freshman, and threw for 3,653-29-7 in his first season while adding another 78 yards and four scores on the ground. He would go on to start the next two seasons for the Knights, but made just three appearances in 2021 due to a broken clavicle that caused him to miss the remainder of the season. He took up the mantle at Oklahoma in 2022 after Caleb Williams followed head coach Lincoln Riley to USC earlier in the offseason, and thrived in two seasons with the Sooners, posting a career line of 6,828-55-12. He would go on to finish his career at Oregon, throwing for 3,857-30-6 under coach Dan Lanning while finishing third in Heisman voting. Gabriel leaves college football tied with Case Keenum for the most touchdown passes in FBS history (155). He possesses sneaky rushing upside, rushing for over 1,800 yards in his career if you remove yards lost due to sacks and punched in 33 scores on the ground during his career. Gabriel is undersized for a prototypical NFL quarterback and saw 32 passes batted down at the line, per PFF. That said, he does a good job of using his feet to his advantage to create on the run, and has displayed decent accuracy in the short areas of the field. Like Bo Nix during his time at Oregon, Gabriel was a short-yardage merchant last season with the Ducks, as 65.6 percent of his throws traveled less than 10 air yards.

Jung opened the scoring before an out had been recorded in the home half of the first inning, crushing a first-pitch fastball from Kyle Freeland for a 396-foot (106.1 mph EV) three-run shot. He added a 392-foot (99.4 mph EV) solo shot off of Zach Agnos in the eighth inning to cap off the scoring in the ballgame. Jung finished the day 3-for-4 and is now hitting .282/.315/.492 with six homers and 16 RBI on the season.

Langford smacked a single into right field off of Kyle Freeland in the opening inning and then rode home on Josh Jung’s three-run blast. That would be his only hit in the ballgame. The 23-year-old phenom is off to a strong start at the plate this season, slashing .262/.348/.484 with seven homers, 16 RBI and seven stolen bases through his first 33 ballgames.

The Rangers were already down Luke Jackson, who was hit in the hand by a line drive on Monday, and Chris Martin had been removed from the ninth inning of Tuesday’s game due to tightness in his elbow. That left Armstrong with a golden opportunity to protect a three-run advantage in the ninth inning with runners at the corners and nobody out. He made it look awfully easy, needing 17 pitches (11 strikes) to punch out Michael Toglia, Sean Bouchard and Owen Miller in succession. If Jackson and Martin are forced to miss any significant time, Armstrong could find himself in line for more save chances and would be worth a speculative add in deeper mixed leagues.

The 25-year-old hurler walked three batters while striking out five on the night. The only blemish on his day came on a two-out RBI single by Hunter Goodman in the opening inning after Jordan Beck had singled and swiped second base. Leiter didn’t allow another hit from that point on. He got 14 whiffs on 89 pitches on the evening, registering a strong CSW of 33 percent. He’ll attempt to replicate this fine performance as he totes a 4.34 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and a 23/14 K/BB ratio (29 innings) into Sunday’s showdown against the Astros.

The 25-year-old backstop got the Rockies on the board first as he ripped an RBI single off of Jack Leiter in the top of the first inning. That would wind up being the extent of their offense in the ballgame though. As a team, the Rockies had just five hits on the night, with Goodman the only player on his club to collect more than one. With his two-hit attack, he’s now slashing a terrific .299/.354/.497 to go with six long balls and 25 RBI.

The 31-year-old southpaw piled up five strikeouts on the night while allowing only one base on balls. All of the damage done against him came on one mighty swing of the bat by Josh Jung in the opening inning. Freeland settled in to blank the Rangers over his final five innings, but the Rockies couldn’t overcome the early deficit. Freeland got 13 swings and misses on 84 pitches on the evening, registering a CSW of 30 percent. Now 0-6 on the season, he’ll bring a 6.15 ERA, 1.59 WHIP and a 35/8 K/BB ratio (45 1/3 innings) into Monday’s matchup against the Phillies.