This article is part of our The Lineup Card series.
Projected Starters - A look at Friday's matchups (all times Eastern)
White Sox (Carlos Rodon – L) at Cubs (Kyle Hendricks – R), 4:05
Cardinals (Lance Lynn – R) at Pirates (Gerrit Cole – R), 7:05
Nationals (Gio Gonzalez – L) at Orioles (Chris Tillman – R), 7:05
Diamondbacks (Chase Anderson – R) at Mets (Noah Syndergaard – R), 7:10
Reds (Mike Leake – R) at Marlins (Jose Urena –R), 7:10
Astros (Collin McHugh – R) at Rays (Erasmo Ramirez – R), 7:10
Yankees (Michael Pineda – R) at Red Sox (Clay Buchholz – R), 7:10
Athletics (Kendall Graveman – R) at Indians (Danny Salazar – R), 7:10
Padres (Ian Kennedy – R) at Rangers (Wandy Rodriguez – L), 8:05
Braves (Shelby Miller – R) at Rockies (David Hale – R), 8:10
Tigers (Justin Verlander – R) at Twins (Ervin Santana – R), 8:10
Blue Jays (Marco Estrada – R) at Royals (Danny Duffy – L), 8:10
Angels (Hector Santiago – L) at Mariners (Mike Montgomery – L), 10:10
Brewers (Jimmy Nelson – R) at Dodgers (Mike Bolsinger – R), 10:10
Phillies (Cole Hamels – L) at Giants (Madison Bumgarner – L), 10:15
Day Game After Night Game: None
Injuries
Day-to-Day
Huston Street, RP, LAA (Groin) – Will not pitch this weekend facing the Mariners.
Austin Jackson, OF, SEA (Back) – Did not play on Thursday.
Jeff Baker, 2B, MIA (Oblique) – Did not play on Thursday.
Kolten Wong, 2B, STL (Concussion) – Cleared concussion tests and will likely return to the lineup on Friday.
Alexei Ramirez, SS, CHW (Foot) – May be available to play on Friday.
Jesse Hahn, SP, OAK (Elbow) – Will not start on Saturday due to tightness.
Starling Marte, OF, PIT (Oblique) – Completed a full workout with the trainer on Thursday and could be available on Friday.
Chase Headley, 3B, NYY (Calf) – Did not play on Thursday.
Scott Kazmir, SP, OAK (Triceps) – Completed a light throwing session on Thursday.
Out
Steven Matz, SP, NYM (Side) – Expected to miss three weeks of play minimally after partially tearing his left lat muscle.
Mike Moustakas, 3B, KC (Personal) – Missed Thursday's game due to bereavement.
Players on the DL
Brandon Beachy, SP, LAD (Elbow) – Scheduled to make another rehab start on Sunday.
Wily Peralta, SP, MIL (Oblique) – Will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday.
Matt Holliday, OF, STL (Quadriceps) – May be activated from the DL on Friday.
Chad Qualls, RP, HOU (Neck) – May join the Astros over the weekend.
Charlie Furbush, RP, SEA (Biceps) – Placed on the DL with bicep tendinitis on Thursday.
Taylor Thompson, RP, OAK (Shoulder) – Threw 20 pitches during batting practice on Thursday.
Corey Dickerson, OF, COL (Foot) – Has resumed running in tennis shoes.
Collin Cowgill, OF, LAA (Wrist) – Has not had any baseball activities over the last week.
Brooks Brown, RP, COL (Shoulder) – Will not return from the DL until likely after the All-Star break.
Alex Gordon, OF, KC (Leg) – Was placed on the 15-day DL on Thursday and will likely miss eight weeks.
Mason Williams, OF, NYY (Shoulder) – Williams is experiencing soreness when throwing the ball.
Transactions - Players who have been demoted, called up, traded, released, you name it. We'll cover it here.
Placed on the DL (15-day DL, unless otherwise noted)
Alex Gordon, OF, KC
Charlie Furbush, RP, SEA
Activated from the DL
Yordano Ventura, SP, KC
Nolan Reimold, OF, BAL – paternity list
David Carpenter, RP, WAS – paternity list
Called Up
Luke Wakamatsu, SS, CLE
Cole Figueroa, 2B, NYY
Brandon Finnegan, RP, KC
Danny Farquhar, RP, SEA
Vidal Nuno, SP, SEA
Jesus Montero, 1B, SEA
Sent Down (to Triple-A, unless otherwise noted)
Taylor Dugas, OF, NYY
Jose Pirela, 2B, NYY
Taylor Hill, RP, WAS
J.A. Happ, SP, SEA
Aaron Brooks, RP, KC
Christian Walker, 1B, BAL
Mayckol Guaipe, RP, SEA
Released
Delmon Young, OF, BAL
Closer Watch
None – In a limited game schedule, there were no games saved on Thursday as of this writing.
Key Matchups
Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
M. Wieters | C | BAL vs WAS 7:05PM | G. Gonzalez | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .571 | .611 | .857 | 1.468 |
S. Marte | OF | PIT vs STL 7:05PM | L. Lynn | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .381 | .519 | .571 | 1.090 |
J. Mercer | SS | PIT vs STL 7:05PM | L. Lynn | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .385 | .429 | .538 | .967 |
N. Walker | 2B | PIT vs STL 7:05PM | L. Lynn | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | .294 | .390 | .618 | 1.008 |
M. Carpenter | 3B | STL @ PIT 7:05PM | G. Cole | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .600 | .964 |
K. Wong | 2B | STL @ PIT 7:05PM | G. Cole | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .636 | .909 |
S. Drew | SS | NYY @ BOS 7:10PM | C. Buchholz | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 1.091 |
A. Rodriguez | 3B | NYY @ BOS 7:10PM | C. Buchholz | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .407 | .433 | .667 | 1.100 |
B. Butler | 1B | OAK @ CLE 7:10PM | D. Salazar | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .583 | .643 | .917 | 1.560 |
C. Barmes | SS | SD @ TEX 8:05PM | W. Rodriguez | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .467 | .583 | 1.050 |
Y. Cespedes | OF | DET @ MIN 8:10PM | E. Santana | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .250 | .727 | .977 |
I. Kinsler | 2B | DET @ MIN 8:10PM | E. Santana | 57 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .351 | .413 | .544 | .957 |
V. Martinez | 1B | DET @ MIN 8:10PM | E. Santana | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .417 | .500 | .917 |
J. Mauer | 1B | MIN vs DET 8:10PM | J. Verlander | 65 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | .369 | .468 | .585 | 1.052 |
B. Revere | OF | PHI @ SF 10:15PM | M. Bumgarner | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .417 | .417 | .500 | .917 |
J. Maxwell | OF | SF vs PHI 10:15PM | C. Hamels | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 |
B. Posey | C | SF vs PHI 10:15PM | C. Hamels | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .500 | .526 | .889 | 1.415 |
Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Matchup Info | Career Stats Allowed To Batters On Opposing Team | |||||||||||
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Pitcher | Game | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Mike Leake | CIN @ MIA 7:10PM | 63 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | .206 | .261 | .380 | .641 |
Hector Santiago | LAA @ SEA 10:10PM | 94 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 24 | .191 | .276 | .283 | .559 |
Matchup Info | Career Stats Allowed To Batters On Opposing Team | |||||||||||
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Pitcher | Game | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
A. Jones | OF | BAL vs WAS 7:05PM | G. Gonzalez | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .227 | .227 | .318 | .545 |
P. Alvarez | 3B | PIT vs STL 7:05PM | L. Lynn | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | .182 | .263 | .333 | .596 |
A. McCutchen | OF | PIT vs STL 7:05PM | L. Lynn | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .132 | .132 | .211 | .342 |
J. Peralta | SS | STL @ PIT 7:05PM | G. Cole | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .273 | .523 |
Y. Escobar | SS | WAS @ BAL 7:05PM | C. Tillman | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .188 | .350 | .188 | .538 |
A. De Aza | OF | BOS vs NYY 7:10PM | M. Pineda | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 |
A. Hechavarria | SS | MIA vs CIN 7:10PM | M. Leake | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .091 | .167 | .182 | .348 |
J. Valdespin | OF | MIA vs CIN 7:10PM | M. Leake | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 |
M. Teixeira | 1B | NYY @ BOS 7:10PM | C. Buchholz | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | .154 | .226 | .385 | .610 |
J. Upton | OF | SD @ TEX 8:05PM | W. Rodriguez | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .154 | .214 | .385 | .599 |
R. Davis | OF | DET @ MIN 8:10PM | E. Santana | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .238 | .250 | .488 |
E. Escobar | SS | MIN vs DET 8:10PM | J. Verlander | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 |
T. Plouffe | 3B | MIN vs DET 8:10PM | J. Verlander | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .226 | .226 | .323 | .548 |
D. Ackley | OF | SEA vs LAA 10:10PM | H. Santiago | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 |
R. Cano | 2B | SEA vs LAA 10:10PM | H. Santiago | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .154 | .353 | .154 | .507 |
C. Ruiz | C | PHI @ SF 10:15PM | M. Bumgarner | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .200 | .286 | .486 |
Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Matchup Info | Career Stats Allowed To Batters On Opposing Team | |||||||||||
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Pitcher | Game | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Clay Buchholz | BOS vs NYY 7:10PM | 122 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 26 | .303 | .344 | .497 | .841 |
Ervin Santana | MIN vs DET 8:10PM | 126 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 19 | .294 | .349 | .501 | .850 |
Cole Hamels | PHI @ SF 10:15PM | 136 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 | .324 | .359 | .475 | .834 |
Madison Bumgarner | SF vs PHI 10:15PM | 72 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 21 | .250 | .258 | .417 | .674 |
Matchup Info | Career Stats Allowed To Batters On Opposing Team | |||||||||||
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Pitcher | Game | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Nick Castellanos, 3B, Detroit Tigers – Castellanos was a once heralded prospect in the Tigers organization. While he's shown some signs of living up to the hype in seasons past, Castellanos has struggled mightily in 2015; however, there's been some positive production out of the youngster as he's hit a recent power surge, with two home runs and eight RBI over his last four contests. There's a good chance that Castellanos is available even in shallow leagues, since he's been so abysmal to this point.
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