Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal allowed seven hits and five earned runs over 6 1/3 innings in his team's 6-5 win over the Boston Red Sox. He walked one and struck out 11, but did not factor into the decision. The 28-year-old was mostly superb, tossing 67 of 95 pitches for strikes and inducing 21 whiffs for an elite 38% CSW. He was initially in line for a quality start, but Boston strung together a few hits in the seventh and plated three runs that Skubal was on the hook for (two after he was pulled). Fortunately, he wasn't in danger of being saddled with a loss, but it's an outing he'll want to forget. Even with the sizable run total let up, the California native still holds an exceptional 2.67 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, and 71:6 K:BB ratio through his first nine starts (54 innings). He'll carry a 4-2 record into his next outing, which projects to come on the road against the St. Louis Cardinals early next week.

Colorado Rockies left-handed pitching prospect Sean Sullivan logged five shutout innings during his Double-A season debut on Wednesday evening. Sullivan was sidelined during the start of the season after recovering from hip surgery. He made one start in the Arizona Complex League and with Low-A before getting the call to return to Double-A. On Wednesday, Sullivan allowed just two hits and no walks against Binghamton. He struck out three batters. This was a strong season debut for Sullivan. Last season, the southpaw logged 32 innings with Double-A Hartford and held a strong 1.97 ERA with a 1.09 WHIP. If he continues to find success, he should be in the mix to make his Triple-A debut early in the 2025 season.

Athletics first baseman/outfielder Tyler Soderstrom hit his first home run since mid-April on Wednesday night in a loss to the Dodgers. He had nine home runs in his first 19 games of the season, but then he didn't have a home run for 23 straight games. On Wednesday, he went 2-for-4 with home run No. 10 coming in the third inning off Yoshinobu Yamamoto to tie the game at that point. He later added a double to boost his batting average to .285 on the season with a .372 wOBA and .230 ISO. Soderstrom's breakout campaign took a bit of a break, but hopefully Wednesday's big game gets him back on track. The Athletics have one more game in Los Angeles against the Dodgers before heading to San Francisco for their rivalry weekend series against the Giants by the Bay. Soderstrom has been playing more in the outfield since the A's called up Nick Kurtz, but both young hitters have high power upside going forward as core pieces in the team's young lineup.

Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy broke open Wednesday night's win over the Athletics with a three-run home run in the eighth inning off Tyler Ferguson. Muncy's homer was his only hit of the night, as he went 1-for-5 with a strikeout and three RBI. It was just his second home run of the season, and he is still hitting only .191 with a .285 wOBA on the year. He also has a 29 percent strikeout rate, which would be a career worst. The 34-year-old lefty veteran still has time to turn things around, especially if his homer on Wednesday is the start of a power surge. He'll need to find more consistency, though, before he becomes a regular fantasy option even in his regular role in the Dodgers' high-powered offense.

Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood went 2-for-4 with a single, a double, and an RBI in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves. The Maryland native singled off Braves pitcher Bryce Elder in the top of the first, but was kept off base until late in the game when he came up clutch with a go-ahead RBI. He stepped to the plate to square off against Braves' reliever Enyel De Los Santos in the top of the eighth and laced a double into the right-field corner that scored teammate Nasim Nunez and would prove to be the winning run. Wood obliterated that pitch, but it wasn't even his hardest-hit ball of the outing. That was his single, which registered at 113.5 MPH and would qualify for the hardest-hit ball of the contest. The 22-year-old is still striking out at an elevated clip (25.8%), but fantasy managers likely don't mind considering he's otherwise been a strong five-category producer. He's up to an excellent .274/.371/.536 triple slash with 11 homers, 11 doubles, 24 runs scored, 25 RBI, and five steals.