The brighter the light, the darker the shadow

@LVTruck

Couple of uneventful days in Major League Baseball, but we’ll see if we can grab some traction today and finish strong these next couple weeks before the All-Star break.

I definitely underestimated Freeland’s awesomeness

Either way, we’re moving on today

FISH

Liam Hicks (L) DH
Otto Lopez (R) SS
Kyle Stowers (L) 1B
Xavier Edwards (S) 2B
Heriberto Hernández (R) LF
Owen Caissie (L) RF
Jakob Marsee (L) CF
Joe Mack (L) C
Leo Jiménez (R) 3B

SF

Luis Arraez (L) 2B
Bryce Eldridge (L) DH
Matt Chapman (R) 3B
Rafael Devers (L) 1B
Jung Hoo Lee (L) RF
Willy Adames (R) SS
Casey Schmitt (R) LF
Drew Gilbert (L) CF
Eric Haase (R) C

Both lineups are confirmed, and there don’t appear to be any major surprises or lineup-based red flags on either side

Meyer has been lights out at home

Lefties hitting .314 vs McDonald, righties .169...good to see all the lefties in the lineup for the Fish for those who want to back them...

Small sample sure, but Meyer's day starts also much better than at night

I saw this he is unbeatable so far 

The biggest Miami concern i

Miami’s offense won’t create enough separation, and their bullpen was taxed last night.

I played Fish in race to 3 runs...hoping Stowers runs into one with a couple guys on

Max already had a solid outing against this Giants team once this season.

Back on April 26 in San Francisco, he went 5 innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 earned run, walked 1, and struck out 5. Miami was leading 3-1 when he was pulled at 77 pitches.

From Baseball Savant’s 2026 splits for Trevor McDonald

Vs left-handed hitters

20.2 IP, 27 hits, 7 BB, 20 K, 1.65 WHIP

Vs right-handed hitters

22.0 IP, 13 hits, 8 BB, 21 K, 0.95 WHIP

Miami is rolling out 5 true left-handed bats plus Xavier Edwards as a switch-hitter, so they have 6 lefty looks total against McDonald

McDonald is coming off a rough start against the Cubs, lasting just 3+ innings  allowing four runs, walks three, and 93 pitches

@wantwinners

 Thanks bro. I love that. I don’t wanna think I just wanna win.

kind of where my head is at right now. If I play Miami F5 -1/2, I’m iso  Meyer/McDonald matchup and avoiding the Miami bullpen

Slow down, bro  I’m still buried in the Miami game. How are you multitasking like that?

So if our theory is right and Meyer keeps San Francisco quiet long enough for Miami to punch in a couple early runs, the F5 -1/2 is solid 

If the scirpt plays out the way we think Meyer gives them control, Miami gets a lead, and the Giants bullpen has to cover innings that +147 run line could definitely be live too. 

Also 

Yamamoto > Trevor Rogers by a mile

Pre-Lineups just saying