From Last Night:

• Felix out duels Phelps, but the Yanks score on the M’s pen to win 2-1
• Puig has 3 hits, but the Braves pound the Dodgers 8-1
• EJax is strong as the Cubs beat the Bucs
• Lohse goes 8 strong as the Brewers beat the Phils
• The O’s gets 6 HR to outslug the Rays
• Zimmermann goes 7 as the Nats blank the Twins

What I’m Watching Today:

• Silent ace Alex Cobb faces the Red Sox (7p Eastern)
• Kershaw goes against the Dbacks (10p Eastern)
• Iwakuma gets the Astros at Safeco (10p Eastern)

The Big Question:

• How’s everyone enjoying Yasiel Puig?

I haven’t written much about Puig because he’s been playing on the coast and I usually write this post before games end out west. So far, he’s hitting .464/.483/.964, good for 307 wRC+. That’s pretty good by any measure, even if it is just 29 PA. Puig certainly won’t hit like this for the whole season, but he’s impressing early and fans are loving him. It’s almost as if the Dodgers shouldn’t have traded for Crawford and/or extended Andre Ethier into their declines. It will be interesting to see what they do once everyone gets healthy, but such a scenario doesn’t look good for Ethier who has been worth 0.1 WAR in 228 PA. For perspective, that’s less than Zach Greinke has in 16 PA. Zach Greinke, the pitcher.