{"id":669040,"date":"2026-04-07T20:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669040\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:32:21","slug":"what-happened-to-drew-rasmussen-lineup-updates-for-rays-vs-cubs-4-7-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669040\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Drew Rasmussen? Lineup updates for Rays vs. Cubs 4\/7\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading151976_e554f3-7c\">Check out the latest injury updates for Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen ahead of Tuesday\u2019s game against the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>First pitch of today\u2019s Tampa Bay Rays game is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. ET. However, they\u2019ll now pivot to a new starting pitcher with Drew Rasmussen scratched from the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen has been scratched for today\u2019s scheduled start due to personal reasons. Per reporting, his wife is expected to deliver the couple\u2019s second child today.<\/p>\n<p>Mason Englert is on deck to open today\u2019s game in his place.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Rays<\/a> Drew Rasmussen has been scratched from today\u2019s start with his wife, Stevie, expecting their second child. Mason Englert will open today\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Bass (@Ry_Bass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ry_Bass\/status\/2041587410207707625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen is on fire to start the new season, recording a 1.80 ERA over his two starts. He\u2019s allowed only six hits and one walk with two earned runs across his 10.0 IP, also striking out 10 batters.<\/p>\n<p>The Rays are 5-5 through their first 10 games of 2026, winning three straight. That streak includes the opening game of this series over the Cubs last night, which ended 6-4 in the first game at Tropicana Field since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to DK Network for more updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out the latest injury updates for Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen ahead of Tuesday\u2019s game against the Cubs.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,4,297,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-669040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-rays","11":"tag-tampa-bay","12":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","13":"tag-tampabay","14":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116365331571726728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}