June 19, 2025
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander
Kevin Gausman struggled through one of his worst starts of the season in a 9-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. Gausman exited after surrendering seven earned runs on seven hits, including two homers. He struck out four, walked three, and threw 46 of 81 pitches for strikes. The two-time All-Star entered June off an effective May, but his numbers have gone backward this month. Across four starts and 20 innings, Gausman has coughed up 17 earned runs on 23 hits and posted 23 strikeouts against 12 walks. As a result of his recent woes, his ERA has climbed to an uncharacteristic 4.60 with 84:24 K:BB over 86 frames. Gausman's xERA, FIP, and xFIP are all under 4.00, suggesting that positive regression is on the horizon. The 34-year-old will try for a bounce-back outing against the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. Gausman dominated the Guardians back on May 3, tossing six scoreless, one-hit innings with nine strikeouts and one walk.
--Connor ByrneSource: ESPN
June 19, 2025
San Francisco Giants ace
Logan Webb stymied the Cleveland Guardians' offense in a 2-1 victory on Thursday. Webb improved to 7-5 after allowing one run on seven hits with nine strikeouts and no walks over seven innings. The right-hander has tallied five straight quality starts and has given up a meager eight earned runs with an astounding 40:4 K:BB in that 34-inning stretch. Overall, Webb has recorded a career-best 2.49 ERA (2.21 FIP) with 114 punchouts and 20 walks across 101 1/3 frames. He'll have a good chance to keep cruising along with a start against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday.
--Connor ByrneSource: ESPN
June 19, 2025
Toronto Blue Jays catcher
Alejandro Kirk put on a fantastic performance in a 9-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. The 26-year-old launched a pair of solo home runs as part of a 3-for-4, three-RBI day. Kirk entered the contest on the heels of four consecutive hitless games, during which he combined to go 0-for-16. Despite that slide, this has been a June to remember for Kirk. He's hitting a red-hot .355 (22-of-62) with four homers, four doubles, and 12 RBI in 15 games. Overall, this is the best Kirk has performed offensively since his lone All-Star and Silver Slugger campaign in 2022. He's slashing .313/.354/.442 with seven long balls, 34 RBI, and a paltry 10.7% strikeout rate in 243 trips to the plate. Kirk is easily on pace to surpass his career-high totals in HRs (14) and RBI (63).
--Connor ByrneSource: ESPN
June 19, 2025
Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman
Eugenio Suarez was the club's top performer in a 9-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. Suarez homered and doubled as part of a 3-for-5, four-RBI afternoon in Toronto. The 33-year-old slugger has gone deep seven times and knocked in 20 runs in just 16 games this month. With 22 HRs and 62 RBI this season, Suarez easily leads all third basemen in both categories. Not surprisingly, his .237/.313/.533 line over 304 plate appearances also checks in well above the league-average mark. In further good news for fantasy managers, Suarez will start a three-game series at hitter-friendly Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies on Friday.
--Connor ByrneSource: ESPN
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19,
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The
Los
Angeles
Dodgers
announced
on
Thursday
that
they
optioned
right-hander
Emmet
Sheehan
to
Triple-A
Oklahoma
City
and
selected
the
contract
of
right-hander
Jack
Little
from
the
minors
in
a
corresponding
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New
York
Mets
infielder
Brett
Baty
(groin)
remains
out
of
the
starting
lineup
for
Thursday's
series
finale
against
the
division-rival
Atlanta
Braves,
but
he
said
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injured
groin
is
feeling
better.
Baty
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able
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June 19, 2025
Chicago Cubs outfielder
Pete Crow-Armstrong continued his strong campaign during Thursday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers. He got the scoring going early with a two-run home run off right-hander
Freddy Peralta in the first inning. It was his 20th home run of the season as Crow-Armstrong became the first player to reach 20 steals and 20 homers this season. He didn't do much else in this game as he finished 1-for-3 with a homer, two RBI, and two runs scored. Crow-Armstrong has slowed down a bit since his unbelievable start, but still remains one the best fantasy players in the league.
--Andy WebbSource: mlb.com
June 19, 2025
St. Louis Cardinals catcher
Willson Contreras put together a nice day at the plate during the first game of the doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. Contreras would kick off the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the opening frame. He was fairly quiet for the rest of the game until blasting a two-run home run in the eighth inning. That two-run blast would tie the game as the Cardinals would eventually win this game 5-4. Contreras went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and a walk in the win. The veteran catcher has really picked up his play over the last few weeks.
--Andy WebbSource: mlb.com
June 19, 2025
Kansas City Royals first baseman/outfielder
Jac Caglianone achieved a big milestone during Thursday's game against the Texas Rangers. Caglianone took left-hander
Jacob Latz deep in the second inning for his first career big league homer. He wasn't done as he took
Robert Garcia deep in the ninth inning for his second home run of the game. He would finish this game 2-for-4 with two homers and two RBI in the 4-1 win. It was an impressive performance from Caglianone who has struggled since being called up to the MLB earlier this month.
--Andy WebbSource: mlb.com
June 19, 2025
Washington Nationals outfielder
James Wood helped his team break a long losing streak on Thursday. Wood put his team on the board first with a two-run home run off right-hander
Chase Dollander in the fourth inning. After that, Wood was pretty quiet with the bat until coming up in extra innings. Wood came up and blasted a walk-off two-run home run off right-hander
Seth Halvorsen in the 11th inning. It marked his third multi-homer game of his young career. Wood finished this game 2-for-5 with two homers and four RBI in the 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. The young slugger is already up to 20 homers on the season.
--Andy WebbSource: mlb.com
June 19, 2025
Minnesota Twins outfielder
Byron Buxton continued showing off his power during Thursday's game against the Cincinnati Reds. Buxton started off the scoring quickly with a leadoff home run off right-hander
Nick Martinez to begin the game. The 31-year-old came up again in the second inning and took Martinez deep for the second time in two innings. Buxton now has four homers over his last three games as the veteran outfielder is finally coming around with the bat. He finished this game 3-for-6 with two homers, two RBI, and a double in the win. When healthy, Buxton is a stud, but keeping him healthy has been a problem.
--Andy WebbSource: mlb
June 19, 2025
Washington Nationals right-handed reliever
Derek Law (forearm) is starting a minor-league rehab assignment with Double-A Harrisburg on Thursday. Law will make the start for the Senators and will require additional rehab outings since inflammation in his right forearm has held him out for the entire 2025 season to this point. But when the 34-year-old veteran is ready to rejoin Washington's bullpen, he should have a key late-inning setup role in front of closer
Kyle Finnegan. Law had a nice 2.60 ERA and 1.18 WHIP with seven wins, 17 holds and a save in 90 innings pitched in D.C. a year ago. While Law probably won't be in line for many save situations the rest of the year, he could be pretty valuable for fantasy managers in leagues that count holds.
--Keith HernandezSource: Harrisburg Senators
June 19, 2025
Cincinnati Reds outfielder
Austin Hays (foot) was scheduled to do some running before the team's series finale on Thursday against the visiting Minnesota Twins at Great American Ballpark, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer's Charlie Goldsmith. The Reds are going to play it safe and take the process slower with Hays this time after he was shut down last week with lingering soreness in his left foot. The 29-year-old outfielder has been out with a bruised foot since late May and probably won't be able to make it back before the All-Star break in mid-July. If Hays doesn't have another setback once he's able to run full speed, he's likely going to need to go on a minor-league rehab assignment before coming off the 10-day injured list. Hays was hitting .303 (36-for-119) with six homers in 31 games in an everyday role in left field before his injury, but he's already been on the IL twice with separate injuries.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Cincinnati Enquirer - Charlie Goldsmith
June 19, 2025
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona said that third baseman
Noelvi Marte (oblique) will start a minor-league rehab assignment on Friday. Marte has been sidelined since the middle of May due to a left-oblique injury, but the 23-year-old Dominican infielder could be ready to rejoin the major-league roster by next week if he avoids setbacks while playing in minor-league games this weekend. Fantasy managers in deeper leagues may want to consider snagging him off the waiver wire now, as he could step back in as Cincy's primary third baseman when he's activated from the 10-day injured list. That would be bad news for
Santiago Espinal. Marte got a late start to the 2025 season due to injury, which is why he's played in only 19 games, but he was sporting a strong .294/.342/.515 slash line with three homers, 17 RBI, 10 runs and four steals in 73 plate appearances before his oblique injury.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Cincinnati Enquirer - Charlie Goldsmith
June 19, 2025
Detroit Tigers infielder/outfielder
Javier Baez is out of the starting lineup for Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates at Comerica Park.
Trey Sweeney will make the start at the 6 and will hit ninth against Pirates right-hander
Paul Skenes. Baez stayed hot in the Game 1 win on Thursday by going 2-for-4. He entered the day hitting a cool .340 (17-for-50) with three home runs, two doubles, six RBI and nine runs scored in 14 games in the month of June to raise his season slash line to a healthy .289/.324/.474 with a .798 OPS, nine home runs, 35 RBI and 32 runs scored in 211 at-bats. Baez's .252 xBA, two percentile chase rate and 49th percentile strikeout rate mean his current form isn't really sustainable the rest of the year, but fantasy managers should continue to ride him while he's hot. Sweeney will be a low-upside, long-shot sleeper for DFS lineups against Skenes.
--Keith HernandezSource: MLB.com
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