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Tampa Bay left-hander Shane McClanahan will continue his comeback from two major arm surgeries on Saturday afternoon when the Rays face the Minnesota Twins in the second game of a three-game series in St. Petersburg, Fla. McClanahan (1-2, 5.00 ERA), a two-time All-Star, missed over two seasons with injuries. He was 11-2 with a 3.29 ERA in 21 starts in 2023 before he underwent Tommy John surgery that August. After missing the entire 2024 season while rehabbing, McClanahan suffered a left triceps injury in a 2025 spring training game. He eventually underwent surgery to repair nerves in his triceps area, causing him to miss a second straight season. Saturday will mark McClanahan’s fifth start of 2026. He comes in off

There will need to be a roster move when Athletics slugger Brent Rooker is activated from the injured list, but it’s safe to say that Carlos Cortes isn’t going anywhere. Cortes, 28, has been a pleasant surprise for the Athletics, who will continue their three-game series against the Texas Rangers on Saturday evening in Arlington, Texas. Cortes homered twice and drove in four runs in the Athletics’ 8-1 victory on Friday. He is 10-for-21 with three homers in his last five games and is batting .339 with four homers and 11 RBIs for the season. Nick Kurtz, Cortes and Tyler Soderstrom each hit solo homers in the first inning to set the tone in Friday’s win. Zack Gelof added a

Chicago White Sox rookie left-hander Noah Schultz earned his first major league victory last weekend. As he aims to win successive starts when he faces the visiting Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon, Schultz is confident he gained perspective, too. “Calm myself down with nerves and stuff like that, that hopefully are gone,” he said. “Getting ahead of guys and attacking hitters.” A product of Oswego East High School in suburban Chicago, Schultz (1-1, 3.86 ERA) will pitch at Rate Field for the first time since losing to the Tampa Bay Rays on April 14 in his MLB debut. Schultz, 22, regrouped Sunday in a road start against the Athletics, yielding only a solo home run in five innings while walking

No player better symbolizes the topsy-turvy nature of the New York Mets than Kodai Senga. On Saturday afternoon against the visiting Colorado Rockies, the Mets will need the right-hander to snap his slump to ensure New York doesn’t risk falling into another tailspin. Senga (0-3, 8.83 ERA) is slated to face his former teammate, Rockies left-hander Jose Quintana (0-2, 6.23), in the middle contest of a three-game series. Michael Lorenzen tossed seven strong innings and Troy Johnston had what proved to be the decisive two-run single in the seventh in the Rockies’ 4-3 win on Friday. The loss halted a modest two-game winning streak for the Mets, who snapped a 12-game skid with Wednesday’s 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.