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Packers signed DL Nazir Stackhouse.
Stackhouse is a five-year college player who spent the last three seasons starting on Georgia’s vaunted defensive line. Stackhouse (6’4/327) cannot be characterized as an agile player, but he is very difficult to move off his spot and frequently disrupts run plays by overpowering those tasked with stopping him. Stackhouse will likely be limited to a role on first and second down in the pros. He impressively registered zero missed tackles in the Bulldogs’ 2023 season. In his three full seasons as a starter, including bowl games and playoff games, Stackhouse accrued 52 tackles, seven of which went for a loss or no gain, 22 quarterback pressures and two sacks.
Matthew Liberatore pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball Monday in a no-decision versus the Phillies.
Liberatore gave up 11 hard-hit balls, but just one of those turned into an extra-base hit, and he also walked only one. We’re still skeptical that he’ll keep this up, but he’s been remarkably solid in amassing a 3.11 ERA in eight starts. He’ll face the Royals next.
Ryan Helsley tossed a perfect ninth with a one-run lead for his eighth save Monday against the Phillies.
Helsley struck out two of the three batters he faced. It’s his 12th scoreless outing in 15 appearances this season.
Cristopher Sánchez yielded two runs in six innings and struck out eight against the Cardinals on Monday.
This is just the typical Sánchez outing at this point. He’s allowed exactly two earned runs in four of his eight starts while going 4-1 with a 2.91 ERA. He’ll likely face the Pirates on Sunday.
Jordan Walker finished 0-for-4 with two strikeouts against the Phillies on Monday.
It seems like only a matter of time before Walker gets sent down to Triple-A for the third year in a row. He’s been on the bench for four of the Cardinals’ last 10 games anyway, and he’s currently in a 7-for-67 slump.
Tyler Holton will start on Tuesday against the Red Sox.
It’ll be a bullpen game for the Tigers in place of an injured Casey Mize (hamstring) with Keider Montero coming up to make a bulk relief appearance. Holton figures to work the opening frame or two before turning the ball over to the rest of Detroit’s bullpen.
Gleyber Torres went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and three RBI on Monday, leading the Tigers to a 14-2 rout of the Red Sox.
Torres took Red Sox starter Tanner Houck deep in the opening frame for his fifth big fly of the season before tacking on a run-scoring single as part of Detroit’s nine-run explosion in the third inning. He reached base safely in each of his four plate appearances before being lifted from the one-sided contest in the sixth inning with the Tigers leading by nearly two touchdowns. He’s off to a phenomenal start this season in his Detroit debut, hitting .304/.375/.482 with five homers, 24 RBI and four steals through 29 games.