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  • INT 1st Baseman #46
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    Justin Smoak went 0-for-5 and stranded three runners in the Mariners’ Opening Day victory Wednesday against the Athletics.
    While the top of Seattle’s lineup shone brightly on day one of the regular season, the middle of the batting order did not fare as well. Newcomer Jesus Montero also went 0-for-4 with three runners left on base, while Matt Carp went 0-for-4 while stranding only one runner. Averaging 24 years of age, these young big hitters are important ingredients to Seattle’s hopes for playoff contention in 2012.
  • MIL 2nd Baseman #21
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    Caleb Durbin went 2-for-4 with a walkoff homer as the Brewers edged the Padres 4-3 on Saturday.
    The Padres decided against using Robert Suarez in a tie game in the ninth, and Durbin immediately walked it off with a homer off David Morgan, who was making his fifth big-league appearance. It was Durbin’s second career homer. He’s batting .302 with seven doubles and eight RBI in his last 14 games.
    Fantasy impact of Mets SS Lindor breaking his toe
    James Schiano shares the latest news regarding star shortstop Francisco Lindor, who is day-to-day after breaking his toe, also explaining how the injury will affect Luisangel Acuña, Ronny Mauricio and fantasy managers.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #62
    Jose Quintana surrendered one run over five innings Saturday against the Padres.
    Quintana won his first four starts for the Brewers, but he’s had no luck since, even though he’s struggled just once in giving up six runs to the Cubs. He’s allowed four earned runs over 15 1/3 innings in his last three starts, all of which turned into no-decisions. He’ll make his next start Thursday against the Cardinals.
  • MIL Relief Pitcher #29
    Trevor Megill gave up two runs to take a blown save in the ninth Saturday against the Padres.
    The Brewers scored in the bottom of the ninth afterwards, giving Megill a victory, so this won’t do too much harm to his standing. Working with a two-run lead, Megill gave up a single and a walk before Luis Arraez dropped a game-tying double down the left-field line. He then got Manny Machado out to keep it tied. It’s his second blown save in 14 chances.
  • SD Relief Pitcher #32
    Stephen Kolek shut out the Brewers for 5 2/3 innings in a no-decision Saturday.
    Kolek walked four tonight, but all three hits he allowed were soft singles. While he did give up seven hard-hit balls, none turned into hits and two actually became double plays. Kolek now has a 3.00 ERA through seven big-league starts. Still, between the 17% strikeout rate and the 49% hard-hit rate, we’re not big fans, even if he does get plenty of groundballs. He’ll pitch in Arizona next.
  • BOS Shortstop #10
    Trevor Story went 3-for-5 with a double and five RBI as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 10-7 on Saturday.
    It’s his seventh career five-RBI game. All three knocks left the bat at over 103 mph, which is nice. But Story’s issue hasn’t been exit velocity nearly so much as a lack of contact and an unusual amount of his contact coming on the ground. Maybe the worst of his slump is over, but we’re still not sure a big turnaround is on the way.
  • BOS Starting Pitcher #35
    Garrett Crochet yielded five runs in six innings and struck out nine in a win over the Yankees on Saturday.
    Crochet gave up three runs in the second, two of which came on an Austin Wells homer that would have left only three ballparks. The other two came in the fourth. Crochet faced the minimum after that, with the only batter reaching against him doing so on catcher interference. That runner was erased on a double play. Crochet is expected face the Yankees again next time out, probably on on Friday.
  • BOS Relief Pitcher #44
    Aroldis Chapman closed out the Yankees with a perfect ninth inning for his 10th save Saturday.
    It’s Chapman’s fourth career save against his former team; he previously had one in 2012 with the Reds and two last year with the Pirates. Tonight, he got two groundouts and a strikeout in the 11-pitch outing. He’s thrown 19 pitches in six days, so he’ll definitely be fine if needed again Sunday.
  • NYY Starting Pitcher #33
    Ryan Yarbrough surrendered eight runs in four innings to take his first loss of the year Saturday against the Red Sox.
    Yarbrough came into the night 3-0 with a 2.83 ERA in five starts and eight relief appearances, but his ERA sits at 4.17 after he gave up nine hits, including a homer, and two walks. He’s slated to face the Red Sox again next time out, but the Yankees might want to try something else then. Perhaps they could just use Yarbrough once around the order and then go to the pen.
  • BOS 2nd Baseman #23
    Romy Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, a double and three runs scored Saturday against the Yankees.
    The homer off Ryan Yarbrough was his first in 22 games this season. Gonzalez is 7-for-18 with six RBI in five games (three starts) since coming off the injured list Monday. He’d seem to us to be the better first base option than Abraham Toro, not that either would make for a good long-term choice.
  • NYY Catcher #28
    Austin Wells homered, doubled and knocked in four runs Saturday against the Red Sox.
    Wells matched his RBI total from his previous 17 games tonight. He now has 10 doubles and 10 homers on the season, and while he’s not really about hitting for average, his current .222 mark is his highest at a game’s finish since Apr. 2.