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Salvador Perez

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Salvador Perez (elbow) is not in the starting lineup for Saturday’s game against the Phillies.

Perez will miss another game due to soreness in his right elbow, or at least won’t draw the start. He’ll recover from the bench with Starling Marte the designated hitter and Carter Jensen behind the plate against Jesús Luzardo and the Philadelphia staff.
Cade Cavalli

WSH Starting Pitcher #24

Cade Cavalli’s next start has been moved up to Sunday against the Pirates.

It sounds like the Nationals are going to take a chance that the appeal on Cavalli’s seven-game suspension for his actions against the Red Sox earlier this week won’t be heard until after the holiday weekend, which is why he’s being moved up to take the ball against the Pirates. They’re ostensibly going to have Cavalli take the ball on regular rest and skip Miles Mikolas, who is also facing a suspension. There’s always the possibility that the league decides to jump in at the last minute, but it appears that Cavalli is going to start later this weekend. He struck out a career-high 13 and allowed one run over seven innings against Boston earlier this week.
Logan Gilbert

SEA Starting Pitcher #36

Logan Gilbert and Emerson Hancock are no longer piggybacking during Saturday’s game against the Blue Jays.

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the Mariners are abandoning their ill-fated piggyback experiment with Gilbert making his usual start before Emerson Hancock takes the ball against Toronto on Sunday. It doesn’t sound like the organization has any plans to continue the unorthodox arrangement beyond the All-Star break, especially with the trade deadline looming and top prospects like Kade Anderson and Ryan Sloan looking like they could pitch in the majors down the home stretch. Hopefully this is the last time fantasy managers need to incorporate the phrase piggyback into our vocabulary.
Konnor Griffin

PIT Shortstop #85

Konnor Griffin singled and stole two bases on Saturday, propelling the Pirates to a 7-1 victory over the Nationals.

Griffin singled and stole second base to lead off the contest before swiping home on a designed double-steal with veteran Bryan Reynolds later in the frame. The 20-year-old rookie sensation is up to 19 thefts through 58 games in his first taste of the majors. He finished 1-for-5 out of the leadoff spot in this one. He’s going to be a fantasy force for years to come with sky-hight five-category superstar potential.
James Wood

WSH Right Fielder #29

James Wood went 1-for-2 with a leadoff homer on Saturday in a loss to the Pirates.

Wood clobbered his seventh leadoff blast of the season into the upper deck at Nationals Park, providing some fireworks during Washington’s annual Fourth of July matinee. The gargantuan 428-foot moonshot off Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft carried a stratospheric 113.1 mph exit velocity. It was his 23rd round-tripper of the season. He also walked twice in the contest as the Nationals were shut out over the final eight innings by Ashcraft and a quartet of Pirates relievers.
Hunter Greene

CIN Starting Pitcher #21

Reds activated RHP Hunter Greene from the 60-day injured list.

Greene returns to Cincinnati’s rotation after missing the first three months of the season recovering from surgery to remove bone chips and loose bodies from his pitching elbow. The hard-throwing 26-year-old fantasy ace shouldn’t have any workload restrictions in his long-awaited season debut after throwing 82 pitches over 6 1/3 innings during his final rehab start for Triple-A Louisville last weekend. He’s struggled to stay healthy since arriving in the majors a couple years ago, but delivered a phenomenal 2.76 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 132/26 K/BB ratio across 107 2/3 innings last year, making him one of the more impactful arms in the fantasy landscape on a per-inning basis.
Brandon Nimmo

TEX Right Fielder #24

Brandon Nimmo (shoulder) is back in the lineup for Saturday’s showdown against the Tigers.

Nimmo returns to right field and is hitting cleanup following a four-game absence after suffering a sprained AC joint in his left shoulder last weekend. The 33-year-old corner outfielder somehow managed to avoid a trip to the injured list and only wound up missing a couple games. He’s hitting .262/.333/.420 with eight homers, 29 RBI and three steals in 354 plate appearances in his Rangers debut this season.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried (elbow) is close to making a minor league rehab start.

Fried is slated to throw roughly 35 pitches during a live batting practice session later this weekend with Boone adding that he’ll do so again next week before potentially heading out for a minor league rehab start. The 32-year-old fantasy ace has been out with a bone bruise in his elbow since mid-May. It looks like he has a strong chance of returning to New York’s rotation sometime after the All-Star break.
Kumar Rocker

TEX Starting Pitcher #80

Kumar Rocker will have his next start pushed back to Sunday against the Tigers.

Rocker will receive an extra day of rest with Cal Quantrill being moved up to take the ball on Saturday afternoon against Detroit. The 26-year-old has strung together back-to-back strong outings, striking out 14 batters and allowing just two runs over 11 innings against the Blue Jays and Marlins in his last two starts. There’s some definite streaming appeal for fantasy managers in deeper mixed leagues based on his recent efforts.
Tomoyuki Sugano

COL Starting Pitcher #11

Tomoyuki Sugano was scratched from Saturday’s scheduled start against the Giants with back spasms.

It’ll be rookie Sean Sullivan drawing the starting assignment at Coors Field in his place. The 36-year-old veteran has been dealing with a finger issue since his previous outing against the Twins last week, but it’s a back-related issue that will keep him from taking the ball this weekend. It sounds like this could become an injured list situation if he’s not ready to pitch in a couple days.