This article is part of our The Lineup Card series.
Tuesday's Starters – all times Eastern
Rays (Chris Archer – R) at Red Sox (Alfredo Aceves – R), 1:05
Rays (Jake Odorizzi – R) at Red Sox (Felix Doubront – L), 7:10
Mets (Matt Harvey – R) at Braves (Alex Wood – L), 1:10
Mets (Zack Wheeler – R) at Braves (Paul Maholm – L), 7:10
Nationals (Ross Detwiler – L) at Phillies (Cliff Lee – L), 7:05
Royals (Ervin Santana – R) at Indians (Ubaldo Jimenez – R), 7:05
Dodgers (Hyun-Jin Ryu – L) at Yankees (Phil Hughes – R), 7:05
Rockies (Jeff Francis – L) at Blue Jays (Esmil Rogers – R), 7:07
Orioles (Zach Britton – L) at Tigers (Justin Verlander – R), 7:08
Athletics (Jarrod Parker – R) at Rangers (Yu Darvish – R), 8:05
Brewers (Alfredo Figaro – R) at Astros (Jordan Lyles – R), 8:10
White Sox (Dylan Axelrod – R) at Twins (Mike Pelfrey – R), 8:10
Cubs (Jeff Samardzija – R) at Cardinals (Adam Wainwright – R), 8:15
Marlins (Nate Eovaldi – R) at Diamondbacks (Randall Delgado – R), 9:40
Mariners (Jeremy Bonderman – R) at Angels (Joe Blanton 0 R), 10:05
Padres (Andrew Cashner – R) at Giants (Matt Cain – R), 10:15
Day Game After Night Game: NYM, ATL
Injuries
Day-to-Day
AL
Mike Napoli, C, BOS (illness) – Likely to play in one of the games Tuesday
Mark Teixeira, 1B, NYY (wrist) – Sounds likely he's headed for the DL
Nick Swisher, OF, CLE (shoulder) – Cortisone shot Monday; possibly out 'til Friday
Jason Hammel, SP, BAL (illness) – Scratched from Tuesday start
Jason Bay, OF, SEA (hamstring) – Out Monday
Jeff Baker, OF, TEX (thumb) – Will avoid DL, but out 'til Friday
NL
Everth Cabrera, SS, SD (hamstring) – Will get a few days off, but seems likely to avoid DL
Shelby Miller, SP, STL (leg) – Left with cramping Monday
Marco Scutaro, 2B, SF (hand) – Out Monday, but should be back Tuesday or Wednesday
Jorge De La Rosa, SP, COL (thumb) – Left after seven innings with numbness Monday
Denard Span, OF, WAS (foot) – Hopes to return Tuesday
Carlos Quentin, OF, SD (shoulder) – Out Monday
Justin Turner, 2B, NYM (intercostal) – Could be headed to DL
Disabled List
AL
Jose Reyes, SS, TOR (ankle) – 2-for-3, played five innings in first rehab game Monday
Curtis Granderson, OF, NYY (finger) – Having pin removed from his hand Thursday
Anibal Sanchez, SP, DET (shoulder) – Sounds like he could miss just two starts
Wei-Yin Chen, SP, BAL (oblique) – Will throw a sim game Thursday
Jake Peavy, SP, CHW (ribs) – Having an MRI soon to check on healing
Brandon Morrow, SP, TOR (forearm) – Pitched two innings in rehab start Monday
Chris Perez, RP, CLE (shoulder) – Second rehab game Tuesday; intends to return Friday
Alex Rodriguez, 3B, NYY (hip) – Will face live pitching Tuesday
Michael Pineda, SP, NYY (shoulder) – Will throw 80-pitch rehab game Thursday in High-A
Joakim Soria, RP, TEX (elbow) – Hoping to start rehab trip Thursday
Blake Wood, RP, CLE (elbow) – Will pitch an inning in Tuesday rehab game
J.A. Happ, SP, TOR (head) – Will throw second bullpen Tuesday or Wednesday
Danny Duffy, SP, KC (elbow) – Had fifth rehab start Saturday, but not ready yet
Brandon Gomes, RP, TB (back) – Two more bullpens before a short rehab assignment
NL
Bryce Harper, OF, WAS (knee) – Cleared to resume strengthening exercises
Pablo Sandoval, 3B, SF (foot) – Could start rehab assignment Friday
Chase Utley, 2B, PHI (oblique) – Could start rehab games as soon as Tuesday
Carlos Ruiz, C, PHI (hamstring) – Could return sooner than Friday
Wandy Rodriguez, SP, PIT (forearm) – Has had two good bullpens; seemingly nearing rehab trip
J.J. Putz, RP, ARI (elbow) – Felt great during Monday bullpen; rehab trip likely starting soon
Santiago Casilla, RP, SF (knee) – Likely to throw off a mound within the next week
Fernando Salas, RP, STL (shoulder) – Rehab assignment starts Tuesday
Henderson Alvarez, SP, MIA (shoulder) – Second rehab outing scheduled for Tuesday
Marco Estrada, SP, MIL (hamstring) – Threw a bullpen Monday
David DeJesus, oF, CHC (shoulder) – MRI confirmed sprain
Transactions
Activated from DL
John Lannan, SP, PHI
Placed on DL
Jeremy Horst, SP, PHI (elbow)
Alex Avila, C, DET (forearm)
Called Up
Avisail Garcia, OF, DET
Bryan Holaday, C, DET
Sent Down (to Triple-A, unless otherwise noted)
Ryan Roberts, 3B, TB
Traded
John McDonald, SS, CLE (from PIT)
Closer Watch
Cubs –With Kevin Gregg having pitched three straight days, Dale Sveum made the fatal error of turning to Marmol with a 3-0 lead Sunday. He promptly surrendered two absolute bombs to lose the game, Marlon Byrd's leadoff job and Kirk Nieuwenhuis' walk-off. Yes, you can drop Marmol now. In pretty much any format.
Diamondbacks – J.J. Putz is getting close to a rehab assignment, meaning Heath Bell is likely headed back to his setup role in a couple weeks. If you own Bell, now's a good time to quietly peddle him before Putz gets so close everyone's heard about it.
Tigers – After Joaquin Benoit picked up the save with 1.1 innings Sunday, Drew Smyly got one of the three-inning variety Monday. Of course, Jose Valverde is in this mix too. Looks like this situation is a mess again, with no clear top gun.
KEY MATCHUPS: HOT | |||||||||||||||||||
Hot Batter Matchups | At-Bats | AVG | HR | XBH | RBI | BB | K | SLG | OBP | OPS | |||||||||
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Michael Brantley - OF | CLE vs KC 6/18 7:05 PM | Ervin Santana | 5-17 | .294 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .529 | .333 | .863 | |||||||
Adrian Gonzalez - 1B | LAD @ NYY 6/18 7:05 PM | Phil Hughes | 5-14 | .357 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .357 | .786 | |||||||
Denard Span - OF | WAS @ PHI 6/18 7:05 PM | Cliff Lee | 7-20 | .350 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .500 | .409 | .909 | |||||||
Kurt Suzuki - C | WAS @ PHI 6/18 7:05 PM | Cliff Lee | 7-17 | .412 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .529 | .474 | 1.003 | |||||||
Jose Bautista - OF | TOR vs COL 6/18 7:07 PM | Jeff Francis | 3-10 | .300 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | |||||||
Rajai Davis - OF | TOR vs COL 6/18 7:07 PM | Jeff Francis | 5-10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | |||||||
Matt Wieters - C | BAL @ DET 6/18 7:08 PM | Justin Verlander | 3-14 | .214 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .643 | .267 | .910 | |||||||
Jay Bruce - OF | CIN vs PIT 6/18 7:10 PM | Charlie Morton | 6-17 | .353 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .941 | .421 | 1.362 | |||||||
Rickie Weeks - 2B | MIL @ HOU 6/18 8:10 PM | Jordan Lyles | 4-12 | .333 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .833 | .429 | 1.262 | |||||||
Starlin Castro - SS | CHC @ STL 6/18 8:15 PM | Adam Wainwright | 5-14 | .357 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .429 | .412 | .840 | |||||||
Jon Jay - OF | STL vs CHC 6/18 8:15 PM | Jeff Samardzija | 5-12 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .417 | .462 | .878 | |||||||
Yadier Molina - C | STL vs CHC 6/18 8:15 PM | Jeff Samardzija | 7-15 | .467 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .533 | .500 | 1.033 | |||||||
Mike Morse - OF | SEA @ LAA 6/18 10:05 PM | Joe Blanton | 3-10 | .300 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .600 | .300 | .900 | |||||||
Hot Pitcher Matchups | At-Bats | Opp AVG | HR Allow | XBH Allow | RBI Allow | BB | K | Opp SLG | Opp OBP | Opp OPS | |||||||||
Ervin Santana | KC @ CLE 6/18 7:05 PM | Indians Batters | 23-115 | .200 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 28 | .361 | .306 | .667 | |||||||
Justin Verlander | DET vs BAL 6/18 7:08 PM | Orioles Batters | 28-159 | .176 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 48 | .251 | .225 | .476 | |||||||
Mat Latos | CIN vs PIT 6/18 7:10 PM | Pirates Batters | 13-82 | .159 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | .247 | .289 | .536 | |||||||
Matt Cain | SF vs SD 6/18 10:15 PM | Padres Batters | 38-180 | .211 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 45 | .351 | .271 | .622 |
KEY MATCHUPS: COLD | |||||||||||||||||||
Cold Batter Matchups | At-Bats | AVG | HR | XBH | RBI | BB | K | SLG | OBP | OPS | |||||||||
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Mike Aviles - SS | CLE vs KC 6/18 7:05 PM | Ervin Santana | 0-10 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||||||
Jason Giambi - 1B | CLE vs KC 6/18 7:05 PM | Ervin Santana | 2-18 | .111 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .222 | .333 | .556 | |||||||
Carlos Santana - C | CLE vs KC 6/18 7:05 PM | Ervin Santana | 2-11 | .182 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .250 | .523 | |||||||
Alcides Escobar - SS | KC @ CLE 6/18 7:05 PM | Ubaldo Jimenez | 2-13 | .154 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .214 | .522 | |||||||
Jeff Francoeur - OF | KC @ CLE 6/18 7:05 PM | Ubaldo Jimenez | 5-27 | .185 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .444 | .241 | .686 | |||||||
Alex Gordon - OF | KC @ CLE 6/18 7:05 PM | Ubaldo Jimenez | 2-12 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .231 | .397 | |||||||
Mike Moustakas - 3B | KC @ CLE 6/18 7:05 PM | Ubaldo Jimenez | 2-10 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .300 | .333 | .633 | |||||||
John Mayberry - OF | PHI vs WAS 6/18 7:05 PM | Ross Detwiler | 2-10 | .200 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .273 | .773 | |||||||
Ryan Zimmerman - 3B | WAS @ PHI 6/18 7:05 PM | Cliff Lee | 3-18 | .167 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .167 | .500 | |||||||
Edwin Encarnacion - 1B | TOR vs COL 6/18 7:07 PM | Jeff Francis | 2-13 | .154 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .231 | .267 | .497 | |||||||
Alexi Casilla - 2B | BAL @ DET 6/18 7:08 PM | Justin Verlander | 3-21 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .174 | .317 | |||||||
Chris Davis - 1B | BAL @ DET 6/18 7:08 PM | Justin Verlander | 2-11 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .182 | .308 | .490 | |||||||
J.J. Hardy - SS | BAL @ DET 6/18 7:08 PM | Justin Verlander | 4-25 | .160 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .185 | .385 | |||||||
Adam Jones - OF | BAL @ DET 6/18 7:08 PM | Justin Verlander | 1-21 | .048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .048 | .091 | .139 | |||||||
Ryan Hanigan - C | CIN vs PIT 6/18 7:10 PM | Charlie Morton | 1-12 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .083 | .267 | .350 | |||||||
Clint Barmes - SS | PIT @ CIN 6/18 7:10 PM | Mat Latos | 1-14 | .071 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .133 | .276 | |||||||
Garrett Jones - 1B | PIT @ CIN 6/18 7:10 PM | Mat Latos | 2-15 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .133 | .133 | .267 | |||||||
Neil Walker - 2B | PIT @ CIN 6/18 7:10 PM | Mat Latos | 2-12 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .583 | |||||||
Erick Aybar - SS | LAA vs SEA 6/18 10:05 PM | Jeremy Bonderman | 3-14 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .214 | .267 | .481 | |||||||
Jesus Guzman - OF | SD @ SF 6/18 10:15 PM | Matt Cain | 2-12 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .397 | |||||||
Mark Kotsay - OF | SD @ SF 6/18 10:15 PM | Matt Cain | 4-23 | .174 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .217 | .240 | .457 | |||||||
Carlos Quentin - OF | SD @ SF 6/18 10:15 PM | Matt Cain | 2-18 | .111 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .333 | .111 | .444 | |||||||
Will Venable - OF | SD @ SF 6/18 10:15 PM | Matt Cain | 7-35 | .200 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | .429 | .293 | .721 | |||||||
Cold Pitcher Matchups | At-Bats | Opp AVG | HR Allow | XBH Allow | RBI Allow | BB | K | Opp SLG | Opp OBP | Opp OPS | |||||||||
Jeff Francis | COL @ Tor 6/18 7:07 PM | Blue Jays Batters | 24-79 | .304 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 14 | .488 | .366 | .854 | |||||||
Jeff Samardzija | CHC @ StL 6/18 8:15 PM | Cardinals Batters | 26-80 | .325 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 17 | .372 | .423 | .784 | |||||||
Recommended Pickup
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