Here are three things for MLBTR readers to keep an eye on throughout the day today:<\/p>\n
1. Red Sox, Brewers face off amid tense series:<\/p>\n
The Red Sox and Brewers played last night, and right-hander Brandon Woodruff<\/a> hit veteran first baseman Willson Contreras<\/a> with a pitch. Contreras, who had spent the entirety of his career prior to this season in the NL Central, has been plunked by the Brewers 24 times in his career, including six by Woodruff specifically. That was enough to raise tensions on the field, and after the game both Contreras and a handful Brewers players commented on the situation (as relayed by Tim Healey of The Boston Globe<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cThe 24th time, it\u2019s not [a] coincidence,\u201d Contreras said, as relayed by Healey. \u201cThey\u2019re going there with a purpose. And that\u2019s fine, that\u2019s pitching. But next time you hit me, the message is clear: I\u2019m going to take one of them out.\u201d<\/p>\n Brewers veteran Christian Yelich<\/a> was nonplussed by Contreras\u2019s comments. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen that skit for the last 10 years. It\u2019s nothing new. Not surprising. You just keep it rolling. You got a game to win and lock the boys in, rally the troops.\u201d<\/p>\n All of this sets up an interesting game between the clubs later today. At 6:45pm local time in Boston this evening, Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet<\/a> will take the mound opposite hard-throwing righty Jacob Misiorowski<\/a>. Crochet fell just shy of the AL Cy Young award last year and has a 3.27 ERA through two starts. Misiorowski, for his part, received an All-Star nod in his rookie season last year and has now posted a 2.45 ERA in his own first two starts of the year.<\/p>\n 2. A\u2019s 40-man roster move incoming:<\/p>\n The A\u2019s are expected<\/a> to select the contract of right-hander Joel Kuhnel<\/a> later today. Before they can do that, however, they\u2019ll need to create a spot on the 40-man roster for him. Right-hander Gunnar Hoglund<\/a> is the only player on the club\u2019s injured list at the moment. It\u2019s unclear when exactly the right-hander will return from his current back injury, but he isn\u2019t a known candidate for the 60-day injured list at this point. Barring a surprise transfer for Hoglund or a surprise trade that clears 40-man roster space, the A\u2019s will have to designate a player for assignment today. That move can be expected sometime this afternoon, given that the club is slated to play their next game at 7:05pm local time in New York against the Yankees.<\/p>\n 3. MLBTR Chat Today:<\/p>\n The regular season is in full swing at this point, with some clubs (like the 6-5 Angels) exceeding expectations in the early going while others (like the 2-8 Red Sox) have struggled unexpectedly out of the gate. Whether you\u2019re wondering what to expect from your team this year or just trying to separate the contenders from the pretenders, MLBTR\u2019s Anthony Franco has you covered with a live chat at 11:00am CT this morning. You can click here<\/a> to leave a question in advance. That same link will also allow you to follow along with the chat live when things get underway and view a transcript of the chat after it concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are three things for MLBTR readers to keep an eye on throughout the day today: 1. Red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-588294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}