BD Baseball: A’s Still on Top, Tigers Gut Punch, Rockies Hang 13

I’m a little late getting this one out, but we’re talking baseball for Thursday, April 30. The A’s wake up alone on top of the AL West, the Tigers get their guts ripped out in Atlanta, and the Rockies hang a big crooked 13 on the Reds. I go game‑by‑game through Wednesday’s MLB scoreboard straight off mlb.com — Guardians over the Rays behind Gavin Williams and a two‑run knock from Chase DeLauter, Angels getting walked off by Colson Montgomery and the White Sox in the 10th, Mariners beating the Twins even though Minnesota piles up 12 hits, Rangers blanking the Yankees behind Nathan Eovaldi, and the Blue Jays smacking the Red Sox 8–1 with bombs from Ernie Clement and Brandon Valenzuela. Then we get into the homer stuff. My A’s take care of the Royals 5–2 behind seven innings and eight punchouts from Luis Severino, a three‑run shot from Lawrence Butler, and clean work late from Joel Kuhnel and Mark Leiter Jr. I run through the A’s injury and roster notes: Max Muncy’s busted hand, Brett Harris coming up, Brent Rooker back off the IL, and Denzel Clarke and Colby Thomas in the mix. For the Tigers, I talk about Tarek Skubal going out and doing Tarek Skubal things before Matt Olson — the Atlanta kid — walks it off, and what that does to a club that’s sitting just behind Cleveland in an AL Central that might be “balanced” or might just be bad. On the Rockies side, I break down Hunter Goodman’s three‑for‑four, two‑homer night (he’s up to eight and leading NL catchers in homers), Tomoyuki Sugano’s work on the mound, and where the Rockies sit in a stacked NL West. I also hit the Rockies’ injury/roster moves: Kyle Freeland’s IL trip, McCade Brown to the 60‑day, Zac Veen and Mickey Moniak coming back. I wrap it up with a lap around the standings — NL Central with everybody over .500, Braves already seven games clear in the NL East, Yankees and Rays at the top of the AL East, and the West Sacramento A’s leading the AL West — plus a look at today’s lighter travel‑day slate and some live score updates while the Tigers, Rockies, Giants, Astros and Orioles are all going. Move your ass. We’re burnin’ daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices