Making his 2024 debut, Quinn Priester surrendered five runs — four earned — in 4 1/3 innings Friday in a loss to the Red Sox.

Advice: Priester had more homers surrendered (three) than strikeouts (two), which is never good. It really should have been worse and would have been if not for Masataka Yoshida getting thrown out at home with no outs in the second. Priester was slated to remain in the rotation with Marco Gonzales and get another start next week, but the Pirates could send him down for a fresh arm if needed. Rotoworld 4 minutes ago

Clay Holmes walked the tightrope in the ninth inning on Friday night, but managed to slam the door on the Rays to protect a two-run lead and earn his eighth save of the season.

Advice: Holmes started his frame by allowing back-to-back singles to Ben Rortvedt and Yandy Diaz to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. He then got Randy Arozarena to hit into a strange fielder’s choice where the umpire had ruled that Aaron Judge caught his pop fly in the outfield, which led Rortvedt to head back to second base — and he was ultimately thrown out at third as the ball dropped in. Holmes then got Richie Palacios to line into a game-ending double play to escape with the lead intact. He has been terrific so far this season, compiling a 1.29 WHIP and 6/1 K/BB ratio over 9 1/3 innings of shutout baseball to go along with a win and eight saves. Rotoworld 16 minutes ago