The 11th overall pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft, Scherzer became a three-time Cy Young Award winner and 2019 World Series champion. In his age-40 season, he's hoping to add another ring with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Jovani Moran also struggled in last night’s game, and it’ll be his last Red Sox appearance for a while. The reliever was demoted to Worcester after the game, with Brennan Bernardino getting the call back up to the show. Bernardino threw four innings in his brief stint down the pike, allowing one run. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)

In his first season with the Red Sox, Crochet has the most wins and strikeouts in the AL, and is 2.43 ERA is just behind Skubal's at 2.42.

Skenes' won-loss record isn't a reflection of his performance -- he leads the majors in ERA (2.16) and is in the top six in innings, strikeouts and batting average against -- but his team's offensive ineptitude.

Cristopher Sánchez has pitched like an ace all season. It's been an added luxury for a Phillies team that has had Zack Wheeler cemented in that role for the past half-decade. But with Wheeler's status for the rest of the season now up in the air,

Sale, the reigning 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner, is on the Braves’ 60-day injured list as he recovers from a fractured left ribcage. His start in Columbus will be his third rehab appearance, following two outings with Class AAA Gwinnett last week.

Leader trend: Judge has come back to the pack a little but in terms of the AXE standings, the only thing he has relinquished is the top overall spot across the majors -- and baseball doesn't give out a Platinum MVP trophy. (Though maybe it should?)

Right-hander Bryan Woo gave the Mariners everything they wanted against the Mets on Saturday at Citi Field. Woo gave them length, throwing at least six innings and walking two or fewer for the 24th consecutive outing to start the season.

San Francisco Giants pitcher and three-time Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander recorded his 3,500th career strikeout on Sunday, becoming one of 10 players in MLB history to reach that milestone.

Back in June when he was really hitting his stride, Lopez made six starts and went a total of 30 2/3 innings. In that span, he struck out a total of 39 batters. On the season, he holds a 26.3% strikeout rate as a starting pitcher, which ranks him No. 22 among starters with at least 60 innings of work.

Freddy Peralta has been as hot as the weather in the Midwest as of late. Peralta continued his Cy Young efforts with another strong outing on Monday. Peralta went six strong innings, allowing just a single hit and no runs. He struck out six batters and walked three in the game.