With the calendar now flipped to July, listed here are three issues we’ll be maintaining a tally of across the baseball world all through the day in the present day:

1. Uncertainty surrounding Kershaw:

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been coping with elbow irritation since his most up-to-date begin final week. The Dodgers have but to determine whether or not the veteran lefty would require an IL stint, however along with his subsequent begin scheduled for in the present day, they’ll have to make a name inside the subsequent few hours. As famous by Invoice Plunkett of the Orange County Register, right-hander Michael Grove is poised to take the ball towards the Pirates this night if Kershaw isn’t able to go.

Kershaw has been the Dodgers’ most dependable beginning choice this season, posting a 2.55 ERA and three.54 FIP in 95 1/3 innings of labor — together with a sterling 1.09 ERA in 5 June begins. The membership has gotten a worrisome 5.26 ERA from the remainder of its starters this season because of tough first halves from Grove, Julio Urias, and Noah Syndergaard, a stat that highlights Kershaw’s significance to the workforce within the long-term. What’s extra, Urias and right-hander Tony Gonsolin mixed for simply 6 2/3 innings of labor when beginning the membership’s previous two video games, leaving the Dodgers with a taxed bullpen that will be unlikely to select up the slack if Kershaw required an early exit.

2. Whitlock to bear MRI:

Crimson Sox right-hander Garrett Whitlock is predicted to bear an MRI in the present day on the heels of his exit from yesterday’s begin towards the Blue Jays after only one inning with elbow tightness. Within the occasion Whitlock misses time, Boston will probably be left in a pickle relating to their rotation; the membership sports activities simply three energetic starters apart from Whitlock in James Paxton, Brayan Bello, and Kutter Crawford. Chris Sale and Tanner Houck are on the injured checklist and don’t seem near a return, right-hander Nick Pivetta was just lately demoted to the bullpen, and each aforementioned points apply to veteran hurler Corey Kluber.

Whereas the membership might place Pivetta again within the rotation going ahead, Chad Jennings of The Athletic notes that Cora has expressed hesitance on the concept of transferring him out of his present function. After two appearances the place he struggled to regulate to his new function, Pivetta has dominated out of the bullpen with a 1.93 ERA and three.23 FIP in his previous 11 appearances.

3. Collection Preview: Orioles @ Yankees

The Orioles head to Yankees Stadium for a four-game set in New York in the present day. The collection kicks off with right-hander Tyler Wells taking up Domingo German, who will probably be making his first begin since throwing the primary good sport in additional than a decade. Each golf equipment  scuffled in June. The Yankees posted an 11-14 file since June 1, and whereas the Orioles have fared higher with a 14-12 file, Baltimore has received simply one among its final 5 collection. In a extremely aggressive AL East, a high quality exhibiting on this collection will probably be key for each golf equipment. The third-place Yankees might tie the Orioles within the standings with a sweep, whereas the Orioles will want a powerful exhibiting to maintain tempo with the division-leading Rays, who lead Baltimore by 5.5 video games within the division.