Starting pitcher rankings March update: Where do George Kirby, Grayson Rodriguez fall?
Eric Samulski updates his top 150 starting pitchers for the 2025 fantasy baseball season.
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Blue Jays put 3-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer on IL because of right thumb inflammation
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays put right-hander Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list Sunday because of inflammation in his right thumb.
Sat, Mar 29
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Scherzer allows two HRs, leaves Blue Jays debut after three innings because of right lat soreness
Facing Baltimore, Scherzer allowed two runs and three hits, including two solo home runs.
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Rays put OF Josh Lowe on 10-day IL with strained right oblique, a year after he had similar injury
Lowe was hurt in Tampa Bay’s opener on Friday, a year after he missed 46 games with a similar injury.
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Aaron Judge homers three times, Yankees go deep on first three pitches vs. Brewers
Aaron Judge homered three times, also combining with Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger to go deep on the first three pitches from Milwaukee’s Nestor Cortes, and the Yankees tied a team record with eight home runs in taking a 16-4 lead over the Brewers on Saturday.
Teams:Yankees
Brewers
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Rays’ Kameron Misner becomes first player to hit first big league homer as walk-off on opening day
Kameron Misner became the first player in major league history to hit his first big league home run for a walk-off on opening day, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Fri, Mar 28
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Fantasy baseball two-start pitchers: Corbin Burnes leads strong group of options for week of March 31
Corbin Burnes, Cristopher Sánchez, and Drew Rasmussen are among the projected two-start pitchers for the first full week of the 2025 MLB season.
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Right-hander Brandon Pfaadt agrees to five-year, $45 million deal with Arizona Diamondbacks
The 26-year-old Pfaadt was one of the team’s most consistent pitchers last season, finishing with an 11-10 record and a 4.71 ERA while setting career highs in wins, starts (32), innings pitched (181 2/3) and strikeouts (185).
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Cuba had record 26 players on opening-day MLB rosters and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012
There were 265 players from 18 nations and territories outside of the 50 states among 954 players on opening day active rosters and injured, restricted and inactive lists, the commissioner’s office said.
