This article is part of our The Lineup Card series.
Projected Starters - A look at Tuesday's matchups (all times Eastern)
Red Sox (Eduardo Rodriguez – L) at Orioles (Miguel Gonzalez – R), 7:05
Nationals (Max Scherzer – R) at Yankees (Masahiro Tanaka – R), 7:05
Brewers (Taylor Jungmann – R) at Pirates (Francisco Liriano – L), 7:05
Marlins (Dan Haren – R) at Blue Jays (Mark Buehrle – L), 7:07
Cubs (Jon Lester – L) at Tigers (Anibal Sanchez – R), 7:08
Mariners (Roenis Elias – L) at Indians (Corey Kluber – R), 7:10
Giants (Chris Heston – R) at Mets (Noah Syndergaard – R), 7:10
Padres (James Shields – R) at Braves (Mike Foltynewicz – R), 7:10
Phillies (Aaron Harang – R) at Reds (Anthony DeSclafani – R), 7:10
Angels (Matt Shoemaker – R) at Rays (Nate Karns – R), 7:10
Astros (Dallas Keuchel – L) at White Sox (Carlos Rodon – L), 8:10
Royals (Chris Young – R) at Twins (Trevor May – R), 8:10
Cardinals (Michael Wacha – R) at Rockies (Jorge De La Rosa – L), 8:40
Rangers (Nick Martinez – R) at Athletics (Sonny Gray – R), 10:05
Diamondbacks (Robbie Ray – L) at Dodgers (Carlos Frias – R), 10:10
Day Game After Night Game: None
Injuries
Day-to-Day
Edwin Encarnacion, 1B, TOR (shoulder) – Out of the lineup again Monday
Matt Holliday, OF, STL (quad) – Strained quad in the field Monday
Evan Longoria, 3B, TB (wrist) – Used as a pinch-runner Sunday
Lance Lynn, SP, STL (forearm) – Pulled after five innings Sunday due to tightness
Justin Turner, 3B, LAD (knee) – Fouled pitch off self Monday, but X-rays negative
Hector Gomez, SS, MIL (head) – Out of the lineup again Monday
Players on the DL
Wil Myers, OF, SD (wrist) – Two hits Sunday, homer Monday in rehab games
Victor Martinez, 1B, DET (knee) – Will be evaluated Tuesday for potential rehab assignment
Travis d'Arnaud, C, NYM (hand) – Expected to be activated Wednesday
Dilson Herrera, 2B, NYM (finger) – Also expected to be activated Wednesday
Brandon Morrow, SP, SD (shoulder) – Had an MRI on Monday
Derek Holland, SP, TEX (shoulder) – Throwing from 90 feet, but MRI still not totally clean
Brandon League, RP, LAD (shoulder) – Another rehab appearance Wednesday or Thursday
Rafael Betancourt, RP, COL (head) – Having vertigo symptoms
Transactions - Players who have been called up, sent down, traded, released, you name it. We'll cover it here.
Called Up
Carlos Correa, SS, HOU
Kennys Vargas, 1B, MIN
David Hale, SP, COL
Adam Conley, RP, MIA
Sent Down (to Triple-A unless otherwise noted)
Abraham Almonte, OF, SD
Jose Ramirez, SS, CLE
Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B, CLE
Jake Buchanan, RP, HOU
Severino Gonzalez, RP, PHI
Danny Santana, SS, MIN
Placed on the DL (15-day, unless otherwise noted)
Rafael Betancourt, RP, COL (head)
Bryan Morris, RP, MIA (back)
Activated from the DL (15-day, unless otherwise noted)
Melvin Upton Jr., OF, SD
Designated For Assignment
Matt Dominguez, 3B, HOU
Closer Watch
Braves -- Jason Grilli was charged with a blown save Monday after an error put Melvin Upton Jr. on third base, then a Cory Spangenberg sacrifice fly brought him home. Hard to overly fault Grilli for the unearned run, and it's just his second blown save of the season. Grilli's been giving up a few hits too many, but otherwise has been quite a decent closing option and isn't in any danger of losing his job.
Padres -- Slow closer news night, so this is a good time to note that Craig Kimbrel picked up his 200th save Monday, finishing off his old team in the 11th inning. He's successfully converted those 200 saves in just 318 career appearances – 41 fewer than it took Jonathan Papelbon, who was previously the quickest to reach that mark. Kimbrel's only blown 20 saves in his career, and he's struck out 508 batters in 311 career innings. One word: Yowsa.
Key Matchups
Hot Batter Matchups – June 9, 2015Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| R. Braun | OF | MIL @ PIT 7:05PM | F. Liriano | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | .333 | .478 | .500 | .978 |
| C. Gomez | OF | MIL @ PIT 7:05PM | F. Liriano | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | .571 | 1.000 | 1.571 |
| A. Ramirez | 3B | MIL @ PIT 7:05PM | F. Liriano | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .364 | .700 | 1.064 |
| J. Baker | 2B | MIA @ TOR 7:07PM | M. Buehrle | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .714 | 1.143 |
| M. Prado | 3B | MIA @ TOR 7:07PM | M. Buehrle | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .278 | .333 | .556 | .889 |
| I. Suzuki | OF | MIA @ TOR 7:07PM | M. Buehrle | 57 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .456 | .475 | .561 | 1.037 |
| J. Bautista | OF | TOR vs MIA 7:07PM | D. Haren | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .333 | .750 | 1.083 |
| E. Encarnacion | 1B | TOR vs MIA 7:07PM | D. Haren | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .391 | .636 | 1.028 |
| M. Cabrera | 1B | DET vs CHC 7:08PM | J. Lester | 23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .522 | .633 | .826 | 1.459 |
| M. Holliday | OF | STL @ COL 8:40PM | J. De La Rosa | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .412 | .474 | .647 | 1.121 |
| Y. Molina | C | STL @ COL 8:40PM | J. De La Rosa | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .357 | .400 | .571 | .971 |
Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Hot Pitcher Matchups – June 9, 2015Matchup 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 |
| Max Scherzer | WAS @ NYY 7:05PM | 88 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | .193 | .323 | .273 | .595 |
| Dan Haren | MIA @ TOR 7:07PM | 166 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 33 | .223 | .268 | .362 | .629 |
| Anibal Sanchez | DET vs CHC 7:08PM | 61 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | .197 | .311 | .305 | .616 |
| Corey Kluber | CLE vs SEA 7:10PM | 85 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 27 | .224 | .268 | .385 | .653 |
| Dallas Keuchel | HOU @ CWS 8:10PM | 86 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 23 | .244 | .272 | .322 | .594 |
| Nick Martinez | TEX @ OAK 10:05PM | 64 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .266 | .288 | .354 | .642 |
| Sonny Gray | OAK vs TEX 10:05PM | 110 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 23 | .155 | .262 | .161 | .423 |
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 |
Cold Batter Matchups – June 9, 2015Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| X. Bogaerts | SS | BOS @ BAL 7:05PM | M. Gonzalez | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 |
| M. Napoli | 1B | BOS @ BAL 7:05PM | M. Gonzalez | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 |
| D. Ortiz | DH | BOS @ BAL 7:05PM | M. Gonzalez | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .385 | .500 | .885 |
| J. Lucroy | C | MIL @ PIT 7:05PM | F. Liriano | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .273 | .250 | .523 |
| J. Segura | SS | MIL @ PIT 7:05PM | F. Liriano | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 |
| S. Drew | SS | NYY vs WAS 7:05PM | M. Scherzer | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .200 | .214 | .414 |
| B. Gardner | OF | NYY vs WAS 7:05PM | M. Scherzer | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 |
| A. Rodriguez | 3B | NYY vs WAS 7:05PM | M. Scherzer | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 |
| R. Martin | C | TOR vs MIA 7:07PM | D. Haren | 45 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | .200 | .280 | .311 | .591 |
| D. Navarro | C | TOR vs MIA 7:07PM | D. Haren | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 |
| J. Reyes | SS | TOR vs MIA 7:07PM | D. Haren | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .278 | .200 | .478 |
| J. Smoak | 1B | TOR vs MIA 7:07PM | D. Haren | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .238 | .250 | .488 |
| M. Montero | C | CHC @ DET 7:08PM | A. Sanchez | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .222 | .412 | .634 |
| D. Ross | C | CHC @ DET 7:08PM | A. Sanchez | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .455 | .705 |
| Y. Cespedes | OF | DET vs CHC 7:08PM | J. Lester | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 |
| J. Wilson | SS | DET vs CHC 7:08PM | J. Lester | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 |
| A. Pierzynski | C | ATL vs SD 7:10PM | J. Shields | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .205 | .225 | .256 | .481 |
| J. Bruce | OF | CIN vs PHI 7:10PM | A. Harang | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 |
| G. Soto | C | CWS vs HOU 8:10PM | D. Keuchel | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .294 | .267 | .561 |
| J. Mauer | 1B | MIN vs KC 8:10PM | C. Young | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .273 | .523 |
| J. Peralta | SS | STL @ COL 8:40PM | J. De La Rosa | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .190 | .292 | .429 | .720 |
| M. Reynolds | 1B | STL @ COL 8:40PM | J. De La Rosa | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .158 | .407 | .316 | .723 |
| R. Chirinos | C | TEX @ OAK 10:05PM | S. Gray | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 |
| P. Fielder | 1B | TEX @ OAK 10:05PM | S. Gray | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 |
| L. Martin | OF | TEX @ OAK 10:05PM | S. Gray | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .083 | .185 | .083 | .269 |
Matchup Info | Career Matchup Stats | |||||||||||||
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Batter | Pos | Game | Pitcher | AB | H | XBH | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Cold Pitcher Matchups – June 9, 2015Matchup 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 |
| Francisco Liriano | PIT vs MIL 7:05PM | 86 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 20 | .314 | .398 | .517 | .915 |
| Mark Buehrle | TOR vs MIA 7:07PM | 91 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .407 | .435 | .565 | 1.000 |
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 |
Recommended Pickup
Carlos Correa, SS, HOU – Well, who else? The 20-year-old Correa sparkled in the field and beat out an infield single for his first major-league hit and RBI in his Astros debut Monday, and he's likely to be a fixture in their lineup going forward. The 2012 No. 1 overall pick raked in Double-A, hitting .385/.459/.726 in 29 games with Corpus Christi, but it took him some time after being promoted to adjust to Triple-A pitching before heating up last week, and we should expect a similar adjustment period in the majors. Still, he's got both pop and speed at a position where plenty of fantasy owners are in need, so Correa's got plenty of value in redraft leagues as well as sky-high value in keeper formats. Bid aggressively -- even if he doesn't fit your team's needs, he can surely help someone in your league.
Other Recent Recommendations:Carson Smith, Cameron Maybin, Joe Ross, Joey Butler, Lance McCullers
DraftKings Value Picks
SP: Trevor May, MIN ($7,000)
C: Brayan Pena, CIN ($2,700)
1B: Pedro Alvarez, PIT ($3,500)
2B: Logan Forsythe, TB ($3,100)
3B: Jung-Ho Kang, PIT ($3,700)
SS: Starlin Castro, CHC ($3,600)
OF: Billy Burns, OAK ($3,600)
