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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is back for Toronto. ....

The top two hitters in baseball over last 15 days are D'backs...

Dustin May’s .290 opponent average allowed has him in the 11th percentile amongst qualified starters. …

Cristopher Sanchez against Walker Buehler presents a large mismatch in the F5. ...

Gavin Williams 32% strikeout rate against left handed hitters should play today against the Nationals. …

Cristopher Sanchez and the Phillies are looking to sweep the Padres. ...

Gerrit Cole looked like Gerrit Cole in his first outing. ...

Old pitchers like those day games. ...

The Padres are batting an MLB-low .218. ...

The Cardinals have been routed the first two of the series. ...

Jose Soriano has still been picking up whiffs lately. ...

It's hard not to get caught scoreboard watching given what we've seen during the first three games. ...

Caesar’s. Tyler Mahle has allowed 60 hits in 51.2 innings this season, with at least five given up in 7/10 starts. This includes his last start against the Diamondbacks in which he allowed 8 hits. The Diamondbacks offense has been hot in general, with a .275 batting average against righties over the last two weeks, as well as the highest line drive rate (24.6%) and third best hard hit rate (40.2%). Even if Mahle (.294 OBA) regresses to the mean (.250 xBA), this is still a line the D-Backs should hit within the first 22 batters.

It was less than a week ago that Tyler Mahle faced this Diamondbacks team and gave up 6 earned runs through 5 innings and there's very little evidence that he'll have a drastic improvement this time around. Eduardo Rodriguez is due for some regression for Arizona, but the Giants aren't great against lefties and I think he does enough to limit runs. Ultimately, this is a fade of Mahle and a lean on the Dbacks bats that are starting to heat up.

Perhaps a change of scenery will help the Dodgers' Eric Lauer, who was recently acquired from the Blue Jays for cash. Lauer was so good last year for Toronto but has really struggled in 2026 ahead of his L.A. debut. Colorado's Kyle Freeland has a 7.04 ERA on the year and is 0-3 with a 11.21 ERA in four May starts. A fair amount of Dodgers have good career splits off him. One of Colorado's better hitters in TJ Rumfield left Monday's loss injured.