Randy Vasquez

It'll be Michael King and Randy Vasquez taking the ball over the weekend at Camden Yards against the Orioles. It'll most likely be a spot start for Mazur, who has compiled an underwhelming 7.84 ERA, 1.84 WHIP and 21/19 K/BB ratio across 31 innings (seven starts) this season in the big leagues. The 23-year-old was a second-round pick from the 2022 MLB Draft and has a bright future ahead, but he's not exactly a strong fantasy option at this stage of his development.

Vasquez also struck out just one hitter while inducing two whiffs on 34 swings for a six percent whiff rate and 22 percent CSW. The 25-year-old has allowed two runs or fewer in six of his last seven starts, but he continues to do that without really missing bats. Vasquez has now lowered his ERA to 4.17 but it's hard to justify starting him against the Orioles this weekend.

The right-hander piled up five strikeouts on the afternoon while issuing one base on balls. He kept the Braves off the scoreboard completely through his first three innings of work before allowing RBI singles to Matt Olson and Adam Duvall in the fourth and fifth innings respectively. Vasquez generated six whiffs on 73 pitches in the ballgame, posting a CSW of 26 percent. He concludes his first half with a 2-5 record, 4.57 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and a 43/15 K/BB ratio over 63 innings through his first 13 starts.

Albies smacked a one-out double off of Randy Vasquez in the opening inning but wound up getting stranded at third base. He then led off the fourth inning with a single, swiped second base and raced around to score the Braves' first run on an RBI single off the bat of Matt Olson. The 27-year-old second baseman finishes the first half hitting .258/.312/.410 with eight homers, 44 RBI and eight stolen bases (in nine attempts).

It'll be Matt Waldron toeing the slab in his place on Friday night against the Braves. The Padres will still roll out the same three guys that they had scheduled for their weekend series, it's just that the order has now shifted.