Greetings, friends. We’re back for another baseball season. More importantly, we have a fun new series this year.

Welcome to the Daily Opener.

Every morning, I’ll be with you to recap the previous day of baseball and talk about what stood out to me. We’ll find fun stats. We’ll lament some injuries. We’ll take a peek at the day ahead. And we’ll have a few laughs.

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Top Stories

We’re short on time today, so we’re going with a rapid-fire abbreviated version of the Daily Opener.

• SF: Joc Pederson goes nuts w/ three homers, eight RBI
• NYM: Edwin Diaz completes wild night for Mets w/ blown save
• NYM: Francisco Lindor homers, drives in six in loss to Giants
• LAA: Noah Syndergaard handles Rangers for vintage victory
• TOR: Danny Jansen homers twice, plates four runs
• TOR: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. goes deep in Blue Jays’ win
• NYY: Gleyber Torres clubs two homers versus Orioles
• CHC: Frank Schwindel pops two homers in Cincinnati

Fun!

Trevor Story has driven in 17 runs over his last five games – the most by any hitter over a five-game stretch since 2013, when Alfonso Soriano had 18 over a five-game burst.

— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) May 25, 2022

Rub Some Dirt On It (Injuries)

• NYY: Giancarlo Stanton to get MRI on tight right calf
• NYY: MRI turns up clean on DJ LeMahieu‘s left wrist

Studs and Duds

Here are some of the best and worst performances from yesterday.

Studs (Pitchers)

• Sonny Gray – 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 10 K
• Noah Syndergaard – 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 5 K
• Shane McClanahan – 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 9 K
• Kevin Gausman – 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 8 K
• Roansy Contreras – 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 5 K

Studs (Hitters)

• Joc Pederson – 4-6, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 3 R
• Mookie Betts – 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
• Frank Schwindel – 3-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
• Francisco Lindor – 2-4, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 2 R
• Danny Jansen – 2-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
• Gleyber Torres – 2-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R
• Bryce Harper – 3-5, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 R
• Jose Trevino – 3-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R
• Christian Vazquez – 3-5, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 R
• J.D. Martinez – 4-5, 1 RBI, 3 R
• Trevor Story – 2-for-6, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, 4 K

Duds (Pitchers)

• Chris Bassitt – 4.1 IP, 8 ER, 8 H, 3 BB, 4 K, 3 HR allowed
• Tyler Mahle – 4 IP, 8 ER, 9 H, 3 BB, 6 K
• Josiah Gray – 3 IP, 7 Er, 5 H, 3 BB, 5 K, 3 HR allowed
• Dylan Cease – 3 IP, 7 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 4 K
• Zach Plesac – 4.2 IP, 7 Er, 9 H, 1 BB, 5 K
• Tyler Rogers – 0.1 IP, 7 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 0 K
• Zac Gallen – 5.1 IP, 6 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 4 K

Duds (Hitters)

• Nolan Gorman – 0-for-4, 3 K
• Brett Phillips – 0-for-4, 3 K
• Yasmani Grandal – 0-for-4, 3 K
• Trent Grisham – 0-for-4, 3 K
  • Batting .152 with 1 HR and 0 SB.
• Robbie Grossman – 0-for-4, 3 K
• Jorge Soler – 0-for-4, 3 K
• C.J. Cron – 0-for-5, 3 K
• Juan Yepez – 0-for-4, 3 K

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