Because the 2025 common season continues, listed below are three issues we’ll be keeping track of across the baseball world all through the day as we speak:
1. Mariners 40-man transfer incoming:
The Mariners are reportedly poised to pick out the contract Luis F. Castillo as we speak, who will begin as we speak’s recreation towards the Giants and Justin Verlander after teammate and veteran righty Luis Castillo began the membership’s final recreation on Wednesday. With the intention to make approach for that quirky little bit of trivia, Seattle might want to clear a 40-man roster spot. With no apparent candidates for the 60-day injured record on the roster, the Mariners will seemingly must designate considered one of their gamers for task, at which level they’ll have one week to both commerce that participant or efficiently cross them via waivers. If the participant the membership DFA’s to make room for Castillo will not be already on the energetic roster, they’ll additionally must make room for his addition to the energetic roster by optioning a participant to the minor leagues or inserting somebody on the injured record.
2. Henderson more likely to be activated:
Gunnar Henderson opened the season on the injured record, however supervisor Brandon Hyde advised reporters (together with Andy Kostka of The Baltimore Banner) that it’s “possible” the star infielder can be activated from the injured record to start out the membership’s sequence opener towards the Royals in Kansas Metropolis, for which Baltimore can be going through veteran right-hander Seth Lugo coming off his dominant 2024 season the place he completed because the runner as much as Tarik Skubal in AL Cy Younger award voting. The Orioles have gotten off to a tough 3-4 begin thus far within the season, however the return of Henderson after a yr the place he broke out to the tune of a .281/.364/.529 slash line and completed fourth in AL MVP voting ought to go a protracted method to enhancing the membership’s offense. The return of Henderson figures to kick Jackson Holliday off shortstop again to second base, with Jordan Westburg returning to 3rd base after protecting the keystone and Ramon Urias heading for the bench.
3. Minor League Opening Day:
Whereas the foremost leagues had their Opening Day final week and Triple-A adopted go well with shortly there after, the remainder of minor league baseball has not but started their seasons. That adjustments as we speak with the arrival of Opening Day for Double-A, Excessive-A, and Single-A associates throughout baseball. The earliest of these video games is a recreation between the Double-A associates of the Orioles and Pirates, the Chesapeake Baysox and the Altoona Curve. That recreation begins at 5pm CT this night, although in fact all three ranges have 15 video games scheduled to run all through the night. Prospect hounds will get their first alternatives to catch glimpses of the 51 of MLB.com’s High 100 prospects who’re at present within the decrease full-season ranges of the minors, together with top-ten skills like Twins outfield prospect Walker Jenkins, Tigers outfield prospect Max Clark, and Guardians second base prospect Travis Bazzana.
