RJ Hamster
Time to freak out yet? Rating the slow starts
Saturday, April 11
TOP NEWS
Freak-Out Factor: Who should be nervous right now?
We’re only two weeks into the season, but some troubling trends have emerged around the league. Should these clubs be concerned or is it only a matter of time before they turn it around? Let’s investigate!
Muncy climbs all-time ranks with historic 3-HR night in LA
Soroka matches HOFer with 10-K start after shaky 1st inning
‘I love that this guy is on our team’: Miller pushes scoreless streak to 28 2/3 innings
Acuña, Harris’ homers hinting at moving past run of tough luck
Ohtani breaks Ichiro’s record as on-base streak hits 44 games
Báez flashes pop, McGonigle flashes leather as Tigers regroup in wake of Meadows injury
Ginn leads way as A’s pitchers run scoreless streak to 26 innings
Jammin’ in Randyland: Arozarena hits first HR and celebrates accordingly
Bubic dominates with 7 scoreless, fans career-high 11 in Royals win
Valenzuela makes his mark with go-ahead blast for 1st MLB HR
UCLA combines to strike out 30 batters, including epic 18-K start from ’26 Draft prospect
TOP PERFORMANCES
Longest Home Run
Kyle Manzardo
454 ft
4th Inning
Hardest Base Hit
James Wood
116.3 mph
1st Inning
Fastest Strikeout
Mason Miller
102.8 mph
9th Inning
Decisive Play
Dodgers
47.8% WPA
9th Inning
1st walk-off to cap 3-HR game since 6/19/22 (Suwinski)
2-for-4 with 2B, RBI in 1st game at Citi Field as visitor
Grand slam gives him 3 straight games with a homer
1st since at least 1900 with 10+ 2Bs in 1st 13 games with a team
1st Giant with 3 2Bs in a game since 7/30/2020 (Solano)
PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ!
MUST-SEE PLAY
Not your conventional 4-6-3 double play, that’s for sure.
STAFF PICKS
What’s driving Jack Leiter’s breakout?
The Rangers right-hander, who’s scheduled to start against the Dodgers tonight, just keeps getting better and better. And even though he’s only two starts into the season, Leiter has reached another level already.
477 feet?! Longest HR of the season (so far) hit by a prospect
Bryce Rainer, MLB Pipeline’s No. 32 prospect overall, plays for the Flying Tigers — an apt name after he sent the ball on a journey last night.
‘Nice swing, brother’
Nathaniel Lowe has a laugh at the expense of his brother, Josh, who had just whiffed on a 54 mph offering.
Ichiro broke records. His statue broke a bat
The unveiling of Ichiro Suzuki’s statue outside T-Mobile Park featured a slight malfunction on Friday afternoon, but the Hall of Famer couldn’t help but laugh it off.
He hit it twice, but it was still just a single
Ronald Acuña Jr. became the latest player to make contact with a pitch twice on one swing — a phenomenon that’s always fun to see.
Angels vs. Reds on MLB Network
Mike Trout and the Angels are in Cincinnati to take on Elly De La Cruz and the Reds at 4 p.m. ET. (Subject to local blackout.)
SCOREBOARD
PIT 2
CHC 0
AZ 5
PHI 4
MIA 0
DET 2
LAA 10
CIN 2
MIN 4
TOR 10
ATH 4
NYM 0
NYY 3
TB 5
SF 6
BAL 3
CLE 5
ATL 11
CWS 0
KC 2
WSH 7
MIL 3
BOS 2
STL 3
COL 2
SD 5
HOU 6
SEA 9
TEX 7
LAD 8
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