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August 3: What you request to cognize for Sunday

Todd Zola:: Action gets underway astatine 11:35 a.m. ET successful Fenway Park with the Boston Red Sox going for the expanse implicit the Houston Astros. There are 12 much regularly scheduled day games positive the resumption of past night's suspended Speedway Classic. The ESPN Sunday nighttime showcase features the Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers squaring disconnected successful the rubber crippled of their interleague acceptable successful Citizens Bank Park.

• A wide of storms adjacent Bristol Motor Speedway successful Bristol, Tennessee forced the tilt betwixt the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves to beryllium suspended with 1 retired successful the bottommost of the archetypal inning. Both teams initially had contiguous off, but they'll resume the 2025 Speedway Classic astatine 1:00 p.m. ET. Chase Burns started for the Reds and recorded a cleanable inning with a brace of strikeouts, but he's astir apt unavailable today. Spencer Strider was slated to commencement for the Braves. He completed his warmups, but with the 2 hr and 17-minute hold earlier the crippled began, helium was scratched. Reliever Austin Cox started and gave up a tally portion signaling conscionable 1 retired earlier the 2nd downpour enactment the crippled connected hold.

• It's unclear however the teams volition grip today's pitching. In ESPN leagues, lone players progressive successful Saturday's lineup volition person stats from today's action. Reds and Braves successful today's progressive lineup volition not beryllium credited with immoderate stats.

• Miguel Vargas was scratched from past night's crippled successful Anaheim with a near oblique strain. The Chicago White Sox volition apt beryllium without their regular archetypal baseman contiguous arsenic he's scheduled for further evaluation. Vargas has been productive since the break, batting .296/.356/.519 implicit 13 games.

• Seth Halvorsen near yesterday's crippled successful the ninth inning aft throwing conscionable 5 pitches. The Colorado Rockies expressed interest that their person could beryllium dealing with a important elbow wounded but volition await trial results earlier announcing the diagnosis. If Halvorsen is forced to miss time, Victor Vodnik is adjacent successful enactment for prevention duty.

• The Texas Rangers were down a mates of cardinal players past night, but they inactive outlasted the Seattle Mariners, winning 6-4 successful 11 innings. Josh Jung missed his 3rd consecutive crippled with a sore calf. Josh Smith again handled 3rd basal with Rowdy Tellez manning archetypal base. Meanwhile, Evan Carter was placed connected the IL aft experiencing backmost spasms connected Friday night. Sam Haggerty is the apt replacement.

• Some thought the Athletics would instal Jack Perkins arsenic their person aft dealing Mason Miller to the San Diego Padres. However, they besides dealt JP Sears and alternatively volition usage Perkins to regenerate Sears successful the rotation. Perkins takes the elevation contiguous successful Sacramento against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He's pitched astatine slightest 2 frames successful 7 of his 8 appearances truthful Perkins volition apt autumn abbreviated of the requisite 5 frames to suffice for a imaginable win. He's been effectual retired of the bullpen, registering a 2.75 ERA and .92 WHIP with 19 strikeouts successful 19 2/3 innings.

August 2: What you request to cognize for Saturday

Todd Zola: There are 11 day affairs connected Saturday's docket, opening astatine 1:10 p.m. ET with the Los Angeles Dodgers visiting the Tampa Bay Rays. The crippled features the instrumentality of erstwhile Rays starter Blake Snell who has not toed a large league rubber since aboriginal April. The seasoned lefty has been sidelined with near enarthrosis inflammation. Snell tossed 76 pitches implicit 4 2/3 shutout innings successful his last rehab appearance, but he's inactive apt to beryllium somewhat limited, astatine slightest successful his archetypal mates of starts coming disconnected the 60-day IL.

• The archetypal of the 4 evening contests is the 2025 MLB Speedway Classic astatine the Bristol Motor Speedway successful Bristol, Tennessee. Over 85,000 spectators are expected to beryllium successful attendance to ticker the Cincinnati Reds big the Atlanta Braves. The dimensions of the venue astir lucifer the Great American Ballpark, but determination is little foul territory and placement of the playing country successful the infield of the racing oval whitethorn skew extent cognition and the batter's eye, truthful the parkland whitethorn not play arsenic hitter affable arsenic the Reds' location digs.

• Last night, Jeremy Pena returned from 10-day IL aft missing implicit a period with a fractured rib, but helium had to permission past night's contention successful the 10th inning with hamstring cramps. If Pena is forced to miss much time, Ramon Urias is the apt replacement, though it's unclear whether the Houston Astros would descent recently acquired Carlos Correa to shortstop, oregon permission him astatine 3rd and usage Urias astatine shortstop.

• The Toronto Blue Jays placed George Springer connected the 7-day injured database arsenic he's experiencing concussion symptoms aft being deed successful the caput by a transportation past Monday. Springer's roster spot was filled with the nine activating Daulton Varsho from the 10-day IL Varsho missed the past 2 months with a hamstring injury. He started successful halfway tract and was 0-for-3 with 2 strikeouts successful his return.

• The lockers of Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were some cleared retired yesterday, seemingly indicating that the Cleveland Guardians volition beryllium without some pitchers for the duration of the season. Each is connected non-disciplinary paid permission done August 31 portion undergoing MLB's sports-betting investigation.

• It didn't instrumentality agelong to get a consciousness for however San Diego Padres manager volition caregiver a late-inning pb arsenic helium summoned recently acquired Mason Miller successful the eighth inning with the nine starring the St. Louis Cardinals by 3 runs. Miller yielded 2 hits but recorded the clasp portion Robert Suarez saved his league-leading 31st game. This isn't needfully a imperishable arrangement, but it assuaged the presumption that Miller would instrumentality implicit arsenic the Padres superior closer.

• Needing a starter with Landen Roupp connected the 10-day IL with elbow inflammation, the San Francisco Giants selected Kai-Wei Teng from Triple-A Sacramento and volition springiness him the shot for today's roadworthy day with the New York Mets. Teng began the play successful the bullpen but was stretched retired to commencement successful July. He posted a 3.67 ERA and 1.11 WHIP, but that was mostly arsenic a reliever and he's 26-years-old, truthful helium was mostly facing batters 2 oregon 3 years his junior.

August 1: What you request to cognize for Friday

Todd Zola: Early crippled alert: The Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves person a speedy turnaround aft their extra-inning matter past nighttime arsenic they'll reconvene astatine Great American Ballpark astatine 12:40 p.m. ET. The matinee allows the clubs to caput to Bristol, Tennessee, successful bid to get acceptable for Saturday's MLB Speedway Classic. The Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles volition get unneurotic astatine 2:20 p.m. ET astatine Wrigley Field for the accepted Friday day contention that takes spot erstwhile the Cubs are location for the weekend. The remaining 13 games are evening tilts, starting with a brace astatine 6:45 p.m. ET.

• Be definite to cheque retired each the absorption to the galore MLB commercialized deadline deals arsenic Eric Karabell and Tristan H. Cockcroft stock their fantasy spin connected the astir applicable moves of the past fewer days.

• The Milwaukee Brewers acquired OF Brandon Lockridge from the San Diego Padres yesterday, ostensibly to regenerate Jackson Chourio, who is astir apt headed for the 10-day IL owed to a sore hamstring. Lockridge is simply a "glove first" player, truthful don't expect him to assistance marque up for Chourio's .310/.357/.521 accumulation implicit his past 59 games. It volition beryllium absorbing to larn whether the nine plays Christian Yelich successful the outfield, clearing the DH spot for Danny Jansen. Yelich has needed his mitt conscionable 12 times this season, compared to his 90 games spent arsenic the Brewers' DH.

• The Tampa Bay Rays reinforced their pitching astatine the deadline but mislaid 1 of their cardinal hitters yesterday day erstwhile Jonathan Aranda injured his wrist applying a tag to Giancarlo Stanton astatine archetypal base. Initial X-rays were negative, though Aranda is scheduled for much tests, with the anticipation he'll miss aggregate weeks. Yandy Diaz, a campaigner to regenerate Aranda astatine archetypal base, besides near yesterday's crippled aboriginal aft helium was deed by a transportation successful the forearm. The incidental occurred successful his archetypal at-bat, but Diaz stayed successful the crippled until the 4th inning. His presumption for contiguous is unclear.

• Josh Jung missed past night's crippled owed to a sore calf. The Texas Rangers don't see the wounded to beryllium serious, though they whitethorn support Jung connected the seat for different crippled oregon two. Josh Smith volition apt descent crossed the diamond to grip the blistery country portion Rowdy Tellez takes implicit astatine archetypal base.

• Garrett Crochet was initially ticketed to commencement tonight's bid opener with the Houston Astros visiting Fenway Park, but the Boston Red Sox are giving their ace immoderate extended rest. The lefty volition instrumentality to enactment aboriginal adjacent week. Cooper Criswell is simply a campaigner for a spot start.

• The Arizona Diamondbacks are besides scrambling aft Merrill Kelly was shipped to the Rangers. Kelly was slated to instrumentality the elevation contiguous successful Sacramento against the Athletics. The Diamondbacks could deploy a parade of relievers portion they shuffle their rotation.

July 31: What you request to cognize for Thursday

Todd Zola: Welcome to commercialized deadline day! There has already been a flurry of enactment with the anticipation of much moves coming, close up to the 6 p.m. ET cutoff. If this is similar past seasons, reports of precocious deals volition trickle successful for a fewer other minutes. Eric Karabell and Tristan H. Cockcroft person you covered with fantasy reactions to cardinal MLB commercialized deadline deals, which volition beryllium updated each time arsenic trades are reported.

• On the field, determination are lone 3 games, opening with an AL East showdown betwixt the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays successful the Bronx astatine 1:05 p.m. ET. Following the deadline, the Cincinnati Reds big the Atlanta Braves and the Seattle Mariners entertain the Texas Rangers nether the lights.

• Yankees person Devin Williams has appeared 3 times implicit the past 4 days, including the past two. The heavier-than-usual workload whitethorn person contributed to his failing to person a prevention for lone the 2nd clip this season, though the nine picked him up with an extra-innings triumph implicit the Rays. Williams is astir assuredly going to beryllium unavailable Thursday. Luke Weaver and Tim Hill person besides pitched a batch of late, but neither is coming disconnected consecutive outings.

• Brandon Lowe returned to the Rays lineup Wednesday night, collecting a brace of hits and an RBI successful the 5-4, 11-inning nonaccomplishment to the Yankees. Lowe should beryllium successful his customary 2-hole for Thursday's matchup against Marcus Stroman.

• With the Reds having acquired Ke'Bryan Hayes from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Noelvi Marte volition enactment into the outfield rotation, astatine a minimum starting against left-handed pitching. He's batting .257/.312/.471 since being recalled successful aboriginal July. Marte's defence astatine 3rd basal is good beneath average. Meanwhile, Hayes is 1 of the champion defenders astatine the blistery corner.

• Ronald Acuna Jr.'s wounded was initially deemed to beryllium close Achilles inflammation, but imaging revealed a Grade 1 little calf strain. The Braves anticipation to person him backmost by mid-to-late August.

• Though not yet finalized arsenic of this writing, a deal appears to beryllium imminent for Eugenio Suarez to articulation the Mariners. It's unclear if he'll get successful clip to beryllium successful the Seattle lineup Thursday night, but if helium does, he'll beryllium instantly inserted astatine 3rd base, pushing Ben Williamson to a inferior role. Suarez manned the presumption for the Mariners successful 2022 and 2023. He'll beryllium throwing crossed the diamond to a acquainted look successful 1B Josh Naylor (who was besides acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks earlier this month).