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Monday, September 15


Mickey Moniak	George Springer	Bo Naylor	George Kirby	Adam Mazur

Sep 14, 2025 Top Performers

Batters

Table
Rk	Name	Tm	PA	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SB
1	Mickey Moniak	COL	4	2	4	2	5	0	2
2	George Springer	TOR	5	2	3	1	2	0	0
3	Bo Naylor	CLE	4	1	2	1	3	1	0
4	Cal Raleigh	SEA	5	3	2	1	2	1	0
5	Colby Thomas	ATH	4	2	3	1	1	0	0
6	Salvador Perez	KCR	5	1	2	1	5	0	0
7	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	5	2	2	1	1	0	0
8	James McCann	ARI	4	1	2	1	4	0	0
9	Matt Olson	ATL	5	2	2	1	1	1	0
10	Vinnie Pasquantino	KCR	5	3	3	0	1	0	0

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Pitchers

Table
Rk	Name	Tm	IP	ER	H	BB	SO	GSc
1	George Kirby	SEA	6.1	2	3	0	14	73
2	Adam Mazur	MIA	6.0	0	1	2	4	68
3	Noah Cameron	KCR	7.0	2	4	1	7	67
4	Nolan McLean	NYM	6.0	0	5	2	7	67
5	Keider Montero	DET	5.0	0	3	0	5	66

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Stathead Spotlight: Mariners

Mariners pitchers have struck out 76 batters over their last 5 games, which is the most in franchise history over any 5-game span.

Rk	Team	Span Started	Span Ended	SO
1	SEA	2025-09-10	2025-09-14	76
2	SEA	2025-09-09	2025-09-13	67
3	SEA	2025-09-08	2025-09-12	65
4	SEA	2023-07-17	2023-07-21	64
5	SEA	2023-07-16	2023-07-20	63
6	SEA	2016-06-11	2016-06-16	63

See full results at Stathead Baseball

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WAR Leaders

NL Position Players

Table
Rk	Player	Tm	WAR
1	S. Ohtani	LAD	6.6
2	G. Perdomo	ARI	6.3
3	N. Hoerner	CHC	6.0

NL Pitchers

Table
Rk	Player	Tm	WAR
1	P. Skenes	PIT	7.4
2	C. Sánchez	PHI	7.0
3	N. Pivetta	SDP	5.5

AL Position Players

Table
Rk	Player	Tm	WAR
1	A. Judge	NYY	8.2
2	B. Witt Jr.	KCR	6.4
3	C. Raleigh	SEA	6.3

AL Pitchers

Table
Rk	Player	Tm	WAR
1	T. Skubal	DET	6.2
2	H. Brown	HOU	5.9
3	G. Crochet	BOS	5.7

Yesterday's Scores

max 6 games shown

Chicago White Sox

Cleveland Guardians

WP	M. Festa (5-3)

LP	B. Eisert (3-6)

SV	C. Smith (15)

Detroit Tigers

Miami Marlins

WP	K. Montero (5-3)

LP	A. Mazur (0-4)

SV	W. Vest (21)

New York Yankees

Boston Red Sox

WP	G. Crochet (16-5)

LP	W. Warren (8-7)

SV	A. Chapman (30)

Tampa Bay Rays

Chicago Cubs

WP	J. Assad (3-1)

LP	E. Uceta (9-3)

SV	A. Kittredge (5)

Arizona Diamondbacks

Minnesota Twins

WP	N. Crismatt (3-0)

LP	B. Ober (5-8)

SV	K. Backhus (2)

Kansas City Royals

Philadelphia Phillies

WP	N. Cameron (8-7)

LP	A. Nola (4-9)

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Yesterday's Biggest Play

Batter: Nico Hoerner (CHC)

Pitcher: Edwin Uceta (TBR)

Situation: Bottom 7th, 2 out, 0-0 count, Runners On 1st and 2nd

Score: TBR 3, CHC 2

Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
2 runs scored on the play, and CHC's win probability increased 45% points, to 79%
CHC went on to win the game, 4-3

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Yesterday's Debut

P Carson Ragsdale (BAL)

Born: May 25, 1998 (Age: 27-112d)

Drafted: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 2020 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Florida (Tampa, FL).

Debut: 3.0 IP, 8 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

Today's Matchups to Watch

Patrick Bailey (SFG) vs. Zac Gallen (ARI): 12 PA, .364/.417/1.000, 2 HR
Luis García Jr. (WSN) vs. Spencer Strider (ATL): 15 PA, .400/.400/.867, 2 HR
Jared Triolo (PIT) vs. Jameson Taillon (CHC): 10 PA, .444/.500/.667, 0 HR
Freddie Freeman (LAD) vs. Ranger Suárez (PHI): 16 PA, .385/.500/.538, 0 HR
Tommy Pham (PIT) vs. Jameson Taillon (CHC): 28 PA, .346/.393/.538, 0 HR

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Today's Games (and Probable Pitchers)

max 4 games shown

SFG (75‑74)	Kai-Wei Teng (RHP, 2-4, 7.54)
ARI (75‑75)	Zac Gallen (RHP, 11-14, 4.84)
9:40 pm

PHI (89‑61)	Ranger Suárez (LHP, 12-6, 2.77)
LAD (84‑65)	Emmet Sheehan (RHP, 6-3, 3.32)
10:10 pm

TEX (79‑71)	Jack Leiter (RHP, 9-8, 3.81)
HOU (81‑69)	Jason Alexander (RHP, 4-1, 4.19)
8:10 pm

TOR (87‑62)	Trey Yesavage (RHP, MLB Debut)
TBR (73‑76)	TBD
7:35 pm

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AL Standings

Table
Rk	Tm	W	L	GB	W-L%
East
1	Toronto Blue Jays	87	62	--	.584
2	New York Yankees	83	66	4.0	.557
3	Boston Red Sox	82	68	5.5	.547
4	Tampa Bay Rays	73	76	14.0	.490
5	Baltimore Orioles	69	80	18.0	.463
Central
1	Detroit Tigers	85	65	--	.567
2	Cleveland Guardians	78	71	6.5	.523
3	Kansas City Royals	75	75	10.0	.500
4	Minnesota Twins	65	84	19.5	.436
5	Chicago White Sox	57	93	28.0	.380
West
1	Seattle Mariners	82	68	--	.547
2	Houston Astros	81	69	1.0	.540
3	Texas Rangers	79	71	3.0	.527
4	Athletics	70	80	12.0	.467
5	Los Angeles Angels	69	81	13.0	.460

Full Standings

Most Likely Playoff Scenario
BYE: TOR, DET
SEA vs. HOU
NYY vs. BOS
See Full Playoff Odds

NL Standings

Table
Rk	Tm	W	L	GB	W-L%
East
1	Philadelphia Phillies	89	61	--	.593
2	New York Mets	77	73	12.0	.513
3	Miami Marlins	70	80	19.0	.467
4	Atlanta Braves	66	83	22.5	.443
5	Washington Nationals	62	87	26.5	.416
Central
1	Milwaukee Brewers	91	59	--	.607
2	Chicago Cubs	85	64	5.5	.570
3	Cincinnati Reds	74	75	16.5	.497
4	St. Louis Cardinals	73	77	18.0	.487
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	65	85	26.0	.433
West
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	84	65	--	.564
2	San Diego Padres	82	68	2.5	.547
3	San Francisco Giants	75	74	9.0	.503
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	75	75	9.5	.500
5	Colorado Rockies	41	109	43.5	.273

Full Standings

Most Likely Playoff Scenario
BYE: MIL, PHI
LAD vs. NYM
CHC vs. SDP
See Full Playoff Odds

Postseason Races

Table
Rk	Tm	W	L	GB
1	Toronto Blue Jays	87	62	+6.5
2	Detroit Tigers	85	65	+4.0
3	New York Yankees	83	66	+2.5
4	Seattle Mariners	82	68	+1.0
5	Boston Red Sox	82	68	+1.0
6	Houston Astros	81	69	--
7	Texas Rangers	79	71	2.0
8	Cleveland Guardians	78	71	2.5
9	Kansas City Royals	75	75	6.0
10	Tampa Bay Rays	73	76	7.5

Most Likely Playoff Scenario
Division Winners: TOR, DET, SEA
Wild Cards: NYY, BOS, HOU

Table
Rk	Tm	W	L	GB
1	Milwaukee Brewers	91	59	+14.0
2	Philadelphia Phillies	89	61	+12.0
3	Chicago Cubs	85	64	+8.5
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	84	65	+7.5
5	San Diego Padres	82	68	+5.0
6	New York Mets	77	73	--
7	San Francisco Giants	75	74	1.5
8	Arizona Diamondbacks	75	75	2.0
9	Cincinnati Reds	74	75	2.5
10	St. Louis Cardinals	73	77	4.0
11	Miami Marlins	70	80	7.0

Most Likely Playoff Scenario
Division Winners: MIL, PHI, LAD
Wild Cards: CHC, SDP, NYM

Division leaders in bold, Full Standings

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