Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Casey Mize picked up his fourth straight victory in Thursday's 10-2 win over the Colorado Rockies. The former first-overall pick logged six innings, allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out eight to improve to 6-1 on the year (four straight wins). Mize fired 63 of 86 pitches for strikes, picking up 16 swings-and-misses en route to a strong 38% CSW. He's let up one or fewer runs in five of seven starts in 2025 -- and four runs in the other two. Additionally, the Auburn product has been good about issuing free passes of late, with Thursday marking the third time in five appearances that he had not. He'll square off against the Boston Red Sox early next week, sporting a stellar 2.53 ERA and 1.01 WHIP across 42 2/3 innings (35:9 K:BB ratio).

Cleveland Guardians infield prospect Travis Bazzana went 3-for-5 with a doubleand three runs scored on Thursday for Double-A Akron, and is currently riding a six-game hit streak that has boosted his batting average to a respectable .257. Last year's first-overall draft pick has three home runs, 16 RBI, 25 runs scored, and six stolen bases for Akron, who should see Triple-A before the season is out. MLB.com projects a 2025 debut for the 6-foot slugger, but he'll surely need to keep hittingfor that to come to fruition. The Australian is seen as a hitter with decent power and good speed, so he has the makings of a solid fantasy asset in the future, but he is not a stash candidate atthis time.

Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Bryson Stott went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in his team's 7-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Stott scored twice, doubled, and added a sacrifice hit (bunt) that would eventually push across the game-winning run in the top of the tenth inning. The UNLV product was clutch late in the game for the Phillies, blasting a three-run bomb in the top of the eighth to bring the team within one run. It was his third of the season, and only hard-hit ball of the contest. Though he did register two others at 93.7 and 94.2 MPH. Thursday marks back-to-back multi-hit efforts for the 27-year-old, but it's worth noting that he's out-performing his .249 xBA (.277). He's done that before -- as recently as 2023 when he hit .280 -- but his batted ball metrics are worse off this season. He's striking out more, too (20.7%).

Cincinnati Reds pitching prospect Chase Burns is fitting in well at Double-A Chattanooga, tossing five innings of two-run ball (one earned) on Thursday, allowing four hits and one walk while striking out eight batters in his secondstart at that level. The 2024 second-overall draft pick owns a 1.93 ERA on the season between six starts at High-A and Double-A, along with 41 strikeoutsin 25 2/3 IP. A few more starts like that and we may see him in Triple-A before you know it, or even in the majors, for that matter. MLB.com has a 2025 ETA for the Wake Forest product, so dynasty and redraft managers alike should be keeping tabs on his progression.

Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 5-for-9 throughout Thursday's doubleheader in two lopsided wins. The 25-year-old doubled twice, singled thrice, scored two runs, and drove in four, with the Tigers outscoring Colorado 21-3 across the twin bill. Torkelson has cooled off a bit from his power binge a few weeks ago and slumped slightly to end April. However, he's turned it on since the calendar flipped to May with at least one run scored in seven straight appearances. It's been an excellent start to 2025 for him, and his batted ball metrics look much closer to his 31-homer 2023 campaign than the lackluster 2024. Torkelson has tied the home run total he bolstered a season ago (ten) in 204 fewer at-bats.