Messick great option on Monday

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: There are only eight games on this lightly scheduled Monday. First pitch comes at 6:10pm ET with the Guardians hosting the Rays. Rain has a chance of impacting the SEA@MIN and LAA@CHW games. 

 

Notable Starts:

Parker Messick is off to a nice start in 2026 with three of his five starts resulting in a PQS-DOM. Across those five starts he has allowed a total of six ER, all while putting up impressive metrics (48% GB%, 18% K-BB%, 65% FpK%). In six career home starts he is 3-1 with a 2.75 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, and 36 K in 36 IP. He will make his third career start versus the Rays today, going 2-0 with one ER allowed and a 10/0 K/BB in 13 IP in the previous two. 

Matthew Boyd returned five days ago with a decent...

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