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There was some excitement earlier in the day when it was reported on social media that Brian Bannister, the White Sox’s senior pitching advisor, said that the team would be stretching Grant Taylor out in his role as opener. However, what Bannister said is that he was open to Taylor becoming a more traditional starter if he was able. However, Bannister also said that, when Taylor was previously working as a starter, his body would not respond well when he pitched more than three innings. Getz seemed to second this idea with his comment. As of now, it seems that the White Sox will look to get Taylor multiple inning appearances whenever he pitches, but those appearances don’t figure to be as a traditional starter. He still has fantasy value as a reliever who could pitch 100 innings this year and rack up a handful of strikeouts, but there should not be an expectation that he will join the rotation this year.

The bigger concern here is that Imai told reporters through an interpreter on Tuesday that he hasn’t been able to adjust to an American lifestyle in terms of baseball and outside of baseball citing travel and team meals as specific aspects of the transition he’s been struggling with. It’s not great. The 27-year-old starter is clearly going to need some extended time away from the club to focus on getting right both physically and mentally. At this point, it’s challenging to envision him making a significant fantasy impact this season based on his comments and on-field performance.

Hader was sitting 91-93 mph during the 20-pitch session as he continues working his way back from biceps tendinitis that put him on the shelf in spring training. The 32-year-old veteran stopper will likely need a couple minor league rehab outings to get back up to speed, but he’s close to making it back to Houston’s bullpen, which has been struggling mightily during his absence. It’s possible he’ll be ready to make his season debut at some point in May.

Kelly, who was supposed to be Arizona’s Opening Day starter this season, will take the ball on Tuesday night against the Orioles for his season debut. His return pushes Brandon Pfaadt to the bullpen until further notice. The 37-year-old veteran right-hander offers some appeal as a back-end rotation stabilizer in deeper fantasy formats after registering a strong pristine 3.52 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 167/48 K/BB ratio across 184 innings last year between the Diamondbacks and Rangers

It turns out Moreno was dealing with an oblique strain when the Diamondbacks said he was dealing with lower back soreness. It’s a bit unclear how much time the 26-year-old backstop is going to miss, but oblique issues can be tricky matters. It’ll be James McCann and Adrian Del Castillo handling the catching duties in his absence.

Strider is expected to throw roughly 40-45 pitches during his rehab debut. The 27-year-old former fantasy ace will need at least a handful of tune-up outings before he’s ready to make his season debut, likely at some point in early May. He’s been on the shelf recovering from an oblique strain since the late stages of spring training.

Ragans managed to avoid serious injury after being struck by a comebacker during last Wednesday’s outing against the Guardians, which led to his early exit in the first inning after throwing just 18 pitches. The 28-year-old fantasy ace is not expected to have any workload limitations during a tough road matchup against the division-rival Tigers at Comerica Park.

It’s a great sign to see Arraez back at second base and hitting second after missing Sunday’s series finale against the Orioles with a wrist contusion. The 29-year-old suffered the injury during a bizarre on-field collision when he was inadvertently kicked by Baltimore rookie Dylan Beavers while making a throw to first base during Saturday’s game.

Giolito is the biggest name that still hasn’t signed on for the 2026 season; a surprise for a hurler that was solid over 26 starts in 2025 with a 3.41 ERA. Both San Diego and Chicago could use an arm like his in their rotation — few couldn’t, to be fair — and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him latch on with either club in the coming weeks. Giolito has reportedly maintained a 75-pitch count this offseason, but still would almost assuredly need a few starts in the minors before making the jump to the bigs.

Reid Detmers doesn’t have extreme splits,, but the Yankees are giving several left-handed hitters the night off against Detmers on Tuesday. Chisholm, Cody Bellinger and Ben Rice will all sit and Paul Goldschmidt, Randal Grichuk and Amed Rosario will get a chance to play.