Messick, 24, has just six big league starts under his belt and is a soft contact guy with a fastball that averages 92.8 mph and four offspeed pitches. That profile doesn't always play in October when strikeouts are key, but he has been fantastic so far and could get the Game 2 start if they want to break up their right-handed starters.

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Hunter Barco was recovering from Tommy John surgery when the Pirates selected him in the second round of the 2022 MLB Draft. In ‘24, the southpaw had a “stress response” that likely would have been a fracture had it not been addressed.

There have been only 47 six-WAR seasons by left-handed pitchers since the start of 2000, according to Baseball-Reference, and Skubal has two of them, as many as David Price or Blake Snell (who also won Cy Young Awards both times he did it).

The Red Sox made some big offseason moves to bolster their roster going into the 2025 season, but one stands out among the rest to Jeff Passan.

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Liam Hendriks' nominee bio for the 2025 Roberto Clemente Award bears a clear difference from his three other most recent bios for the same honor, all of which noted his LGBTQ+ work.

Braves rookie Nacho Alvarez Jr. hit his first career home run against the Tigers as both teams face shifting MLB postseason outlooks.