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The 36-year-old right-hander also issued three walks on the evening and didn’t record a strikeout. Even on a night where he didn’t have his best stuff, Gibson was still able to keep his team in the ballgame — only for the Cardinals bullpen to completely implode in the sixth inning. He generated eight swings and misses on 97 pitches on the night, posting an underwhelming CSW of just 15 percent. Gibson will look to bounce back as he carries a 3.97 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and a 102/46 K/BB ratio (113 1/3 innings) into Thursday’s matchup against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

He also singled and doubled. Albies now has five homers and five stolen bases on the season. His blast came in the fourth inning off Roki Sasaki, and Atlanta still trailed 7-2 after the homer. Albies should continue to see his .248/.302/.395 slash improve through the month of May.

Freeman drove in his first run with a single in the fourth off Spencer Schwellenbach, but the next three came on a homer with two men on off Scott Blewett that blew the game open for the Dodgers. Pun sort of intended. Freeman has been outstanding even while missing some time in April in 2025, and a three-hit effort now has him slashing .338/.422/.662. That’ll work.

Ohtani’s eighth homer of the season comes in game 33, just over a fifth of the way through the 2025 campaign. Our analytical experts note that puts him on pace for around 40 in 2025; a number that he’s reached in his last two seasons and three times in his career. The only complaint fantasy managers can have with Ohtani’s start is that the RBI haven’t come at a rate one would hope for, as this was just his 11th of the season. That number should rise considerably in the coming weeks — if not days — even while hitting in the leadoff spot.

Schwellenbach gave up one in the second, four in the third, and another two in the fourth in a lackluster effort. At least the first inning was ok. Schwellenbach needed a whopping 92 pitches to get his 11 outs, and saw his ERA jump up to 3.92 from the 2.87 mark he had before the start. The Dodgers are going to do this to a lot of good pitchers. The 24-year-old will get a chance to rebound at home against the Reds next week.

Sasaki threw 98 pitches, which are now a career MLB high for the right-hander. He picked up four strikeouts on those offerings, but generated only six swings-and-misses before leaving. He gave up two runs in the fourth, but outside of that inning, he was mostly solid. We’re still waiting for the breakout game for Sasaki, but the 23-year-old has more than held his own in his first month-plus of MLB action. He’s set to face the Diamondbacks next weekend if the Dodgers’ rotation stays the same.

Torkelson got the Tigers on the board in the eighth inning with a solo blast off an otherwise excellent Kyle Hendricks. Torkelson has now gone deep twice in the four-game series, and 10 times over the first 33 games of the season. The .233 average leaves a bit to be desired, but just seeing Torkelson drive the baseball is a relief for those who invested heavily in him in dynasty/keeper leagues.

Schanuel was due for a game like this, as he was hitless in his first two games of May and had seen his average plummet from to .282 to .231 over the last two weeks. Schanuel has long-term upside at the first base position, but there are certainly better options at the position for 2025. Likely 2026, too.

Hey, remember Kyren Paris? After his red-hot start to begin the season — red-hot doesn’t even begin to describe it — Paris has scuffled mightily, but he was able to get a two-run single to extend the Angels’ lead to 5-1. It was the only hit of the game, but maybe the 23-year-old can start another scorching run. Fantasy managers shouldn’t even consider betting on it, but weirder things have happened.

Hendricks took a shutout into the eighth before allowing a solo homer to Spencer Torkelson. It’s a nice bounceback for the right-hander after he was shelled for seven runs in just three innings against the Twins in his previous affair. He didn’t walk anyone while fanning three over 104 pitches. When you throw 7 2/3 innings of one-run baseball and still have an ERA of 5.28, you know things have gone pretty bad; especially this early in the season. Hendricks gets the Orioles next weekend.

Flaherty allowed just an unearned run over the first five innings, but imploded in the sixth. He allowed a pair of two-run singles to Luis Rengifo and Kyren Paris before exiting. He did only walk one, but what looked like a dominant outing turned into a disappointing one relatively quickly. He’ll be back on the bump against the struggling Texas offense next weekend.