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Emmanuel Clase RP | CLE
Guardians' Emmanuel Clase: Earns win Tuesday
Clase (2-0) got the win over the White Sox on Tuesday after tossing a perfect ninth while recording two strikeouts.
Clase made quick work of the White Sox in the ninth, sending them down in order on nine pitches. He wound up with his second win of the early campaign after the Guardians walked it off in the bottom of the inning. Tuesday was Clase's first appearance in 2025 with multiple strikeouts, though he is still waiting to pick up his first save of the season.
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Ben Lively SP | CLE
Guardians' Ben Lively: Blanks White Sox over five innings
Lively tossed five scoreless innings Tuesday against the White Sox, allowing two hits and three walks while striking out four in the no-decision.
Lively worked around two walks in the first and another jam in the fourth to keep the Sox off the board. It was his second straight start issuing multiple walks, but he was able to keep the ball in the park after allowing a home run in both of his first two outings. With the Guardians playing five games over the next five days, Lively is set to take the bump again versus the Royals this weekend.
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Nolan Jones LF | SEA
Guardians' Nolan Jones: Two walks in win
Jones returned to the starting lineup Tuesday and went 0-for-2 with two walks and an RBI in a win over the White Sox.
Jones literally walked off the White Sox with a bases-loaded walk that pushed in the lone run of the game. He's shared right field with righty-swinging Jhonkensy Noel, who started Sunday against a lefty. Neither player has done much at the dish, which could eventually result in a change. Jones is 3-for-24 (.125) with 10 strikeouts over 24 at-bats, while Noel is batting .059 (1-for-17).
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Spencer Torkelson 1B | DET
Tigers' Spencer Torkelson: Pops homer Tuesday
Torkelson went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Yankees.
Torkelson hit the first of three fourth-inning home runs against Carlos Carrasco to help give the Tigers some breathing room. Torkelson's been enjoying a resurgence early on. It's taken him 11 games to reach three home runs after it took him 44 games in 2024 to reach the same mark, and he's hitting .310/.408/.643 with a 1.051 OPS through 49 plate appearances so far this season.
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Dillon Dingler C | DET
Tigers' Dillon Dingler: Goes yard, should play regularly
Dingler went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Yankees.
With Jake Rogers suffering an oblique strain while warming up prior to the game and landing on the injured list, Dingler stepped into the lineup and should see the bulk of the playing time behind the dish for the foreseeable future. He made the most of his appointment into the starting nine Tuesday, capping a three-run fourth inning with a solo blast off Carlos Carrasco. Despite having been on the shorter end of a timeshare with Rogers through the first 11 games of the season, Dingler ranks second on the team with seven RBI.
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Zach McKinstry RF | DET
Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Goes deep in win
McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a solo homer and two RBI in Tuesday's win over the Yankees.
McKinstry plated the game's first run on a sacrifice fly in the second. He then took part in a three-homer fourth inning for the Tigers with a solo blast to right center field for his first long ball of the year. McKinstry has had a fast start at the dish so far, hitting safely in each of his last six games while owing a .355 average and .447 on-base percentage for the year.
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Brant Hurter RP | DET
Tigers' Brant Hurter: Another three-inning save Tuesday
Hurter picked up the save in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Yankees, tossing three scoreless innings while allowing two hits and a walk. He struck out three.
Hurter entered in the seventh protecting a 5-0 lead and went on to blank the Yankees for another three innings. He now has two three-inning saves in his last two appearances, though those came over a week apart. Hurter owns a 3.68 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 6:1 K:BB in 7.1 innings so far this season.
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Tarik Skubal SP | LAD
Tigers' Tarik Skubal: Returns to ace form in win
Skubal (1-2) got the win Tuesday against the Yankees after tossing six scoreless innings while allowing just four hits. He struck out six without walking a batter.
Skubal secured his first win of 2025 in dominating fashion, silencing a tough Yankees lineup. He allowed two singles to start the game and then went on to retire 16 straight batters. Skubal lowered his ERA from 5.91 to 3.78 after a pair of rough starts by his standards to open up the season. He'll look to keep things moving in the right direction in a road start versus the Brewers next week.
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Carlos Carrasco RP | ATL
Yankees' Carlos Carrasco: Buried by home-run ball
Carrasco (1-1) took the loss Tuesday against the Tigers, allowing four runs on six hits and a walk while striking out three in 4.1 innings.
Most of the damage against Carrasco came in the fourth inning when the Yankees crushed three solo homers against him. He's struggled to a 7.71 ERA and 1.63 WHIP through two starts and one multi-inning relief appearance thus far and might be squeezed from the rotation soon, depending on the timeline of Clarke Schmidt (shoulder) and his return from a rehab assignment.
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Ben Joyce RP | LAA
Angels' Ben Joyce: Velocity down Tuesday
Joyce was charged with a blown save against Tampa Bay on Tuesday, allowing three runs on four hits while retiring just one batter.
Joyce entered the contest in the seventh inning with the Angels ahead 2-0, and by the time he departed the Rays had taken a one-run lead. Joyce served up a Junior Caminero solo homer on his third pitch, and then gave up three more hits -- a single, a double and a triple -- to the next three batters, resulting in two more runs, before finally notching his first out. Notably, Joyce's sinker averaged just 93.5 mph in the outing, while his four-seamer averaged 99.3 mph -- both falling a couple ticks below his season average coming into Tuesday. There's been no indication that the righty is dealing with any sort of injury, but the velocity is worth keeping an eye on in Joyce's next outing.