Here are three things for MLBTR readers to keep an eye on throughout the day today:<\/p>\n
1. Bradish to return:<\/p>\n
Orioles right-hander Kyle Bradish<\/a> is set to make his first MLB start in more than a year today when Baltimore activates him from the 60-day injured list. The club will need to make a corresponding move to create space for Bradish on the 40-man roster before tonight\u2019s game against Lucas Giolito<\/a> (3.72 ERA in 20 starts) and the Red Sox. Bradish hasn\u2019t impressed in six rehab starts this year in the minor leagues, but he looked electric in eight starts last year when he posted a 2.75 ERA (2.50 FIP) and a 32.5% strikeout rate before requiring Tommy John surgery. If he can log anything close to those numbers down the stretch this year, it would go a long way toward stabilizing the Orioles\u2019 rotation ahead of the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n 2. Kikuchi goes for 1000 strikeouts:<\/p>\n Angels southpaw Yusei Kikuchi<\/a> is in his first year with Anaheim, and the two-time All-Star is having a solid season. In 27 starts, he\u2019s pitched to a 3.42 ERA with a 23.6% strikeout rate in 150 innings of work. He\u2019s set to make his 28th start today against the Rangers and veteran lefty Patrick Corbin<\/a>. Notably, Kikuchi is just 10 strikeouts shy of becoming only the fourth Japanese-born pitcher to reach 1000 career strikeouts in MLB, joining Yu Darvish<\/a>, Hideo Nomo<\/a>, and Kenta Maeda<\/a>. While punching out ten hitters in a game is a tall order, it\u2019s hardly from impossible; Kikuchi has two ten-strikeout games this year, and nine total across his MLB career. The Rangers, meanwhile, have MLB\u2019s tenth-highest strikeout rate against southpaws (23.6%).<\/p>\n 3. MLBTR Chat today:<\/p>\n The trade deadline is in the rearview mirror, and the stretch run has officially begun. There\u2019s no shortage of close postseason races, and it\u2019s never too early to look ahead to the offseason and what free agency and the winter trade market might bring. MLBTR\u2019s Steve Adams will be hosting a live chat this afternoon at 12:45pm CT to discuss it all. You can click here<\/a> to ask a question in advance, join in live once the chat begins, or read the transcript once the chat is complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are three things for MLBTR readers to keep an eye on throughout the day today: 1. Bradish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-98503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98503","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=98503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}