Bailey Falter

It was two runs through four, but then the fifth started double, single, homer, walk, single before Falter was finally, mercifully pulled. It was horrible managing that it didn't happen at least two batters earlier after the homer and before Falter started facing Yankees for the third time. Falter's next start will come against the ice-cold Reds, though maybe they'll start warming before then. He'll make for a weak streaming play.

Grisham had a solo homer in the third and then a three-run shot in the fifth. It only seems like he already has more hits this season than over the entire 2024 season; his 8-for-17 start still leaves him 26 short of last year's total. The Yankees should keep penciling him in while he remains hot -- he is the team's best defensive center fielder, after all -- but it's not like they have anyone who at all deserves to take a seat.

Falter got through four scoreless frames before the Marlins brought a run in to score on a double and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. A pair of doubles tied the game in the sixth to saddle Falter with a no-decision despite the quality start. He struck out four, tossing 56-of-87 pitches for strikes and generating nine whiffs. The 27-year-old left-hander lines up for a start against the Yankees in Pittsburgh on Friday.

Keller, Bailey Falter and Andrew Heaney will close out the remainder of a four-game series against the Marlins after ace Paul Skenes takes the ball for his first-career Opening Day start. We're assuming fifth starter Carmen Mlodzinski will make his season debut on Monday against the Rays, but that hasn't been finalized.

Falter dealt with a little fatigue earlier this month, but things seem back to normal now. He ends the spring with a 5.25 ERA in four starts. If all goes well, he'll be something close to a league-average starter for the Pirates.