MLB 2026 Buzz: Mariners Option SS Colt Emerson To Triple-A Tacoma
Notable news, notes and buzz from MLB's 2026 season.2 DAYS AGO • FOX SPORTS
Tyler Phillips - Falls to Pittsburgh Phillips (3-6) took the loss Thursday against the Pirates, allowing four runs on six hits and a walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out six.
Impact After holding the Pirates scoreless through his first four innings, Phillips ran into trouble in the fifth, where he gave up two runs on a balk and a Jared Triolo homer before he was charged with another two runs in the sixth. Phillips had been pitching well coming into the day, working to a 3.33 ERA across 24.1 innings in his previous six outings. His ERA now sits at 3.65 over 98.2 innings this year with a 1.36 WHIP and 76:40 K:BB. Phillips is tentatively in line to face the Phillies on the road his next time out.
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Braxton Ashcraft - Strikes out 10 in complete game Ashcraft (12-5) earned the win in a complete game Thursday against the Marlins, allowing a run on three hits and a walk. He struck out 10.
Impact Ashcraft was dominant Thursday, as he held Miami scoreless for eight innings before Owen Caissie led off the ninth with a home run. It was an especially encouraging performance for the right-hander, who had stumbled to a 7.88 ERA across 24 innings in his previous five outings. Ashcraft's ERA now sits at 3.88 across 24 starts (141.1 innings) this season with a 1.11 WHIP and 155:33 K:BB. He's tentatively in line to face the Tigers at home his next time out.
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Endy Rodríguez's latest injury raises an increasingly uncomfortable Pirates question Endy Rodríguez has spent much of the 2026 season showing the Pittsburgh Pirates exactly why they remained patient through years of injuries....
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Rafael Flores Jr. - Homers twice, drives in six Flores went 2-for-5 with a pair of home runs and six total RBI in Thursday's 13-1 win over Miami.
Impact Flores, making his second start in Pittsburgh's last five games, extended the Pirates' lead to 8-0 in the eighth inning with a three-run blast off John King before capping the scoring in the ninth with another three-run blast after Marlins' third baseman Javier Sanoja took over on the mound. Coming into the day, Flores had just one homer through his first 12 games this season while going 1-for-15 in his last eight contests. He'll primarily serve as Henry Davis' backup behind the plate while Endy Rodriguez (hip) is sidelined.
2 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE
Marlins Prospect Turns Demotion Into Unexpected Breakout Season On Wednesday, Echedry Vargas drove in four runs during the Hammerheads' 16–8 victory over the St. Lucie Mets. He homered twice, with his sec...
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