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Ben Joyce

LAA Relief Pitcher #44

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Ben Joyce (shoulder) threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday.

Joyce only threw eight pitches in the inning, all four-seamers, and allowed one hit. He sat 101.9 mph on his four-seamer and touched 103.2 mph. He got two whiffs on seven swings. We’ll need to see him mix in some other pitches, and the Angels likely will wait until after the trade deadline to call him up, but he could be the primary closer for them for the final month or so of the season.
AJ Smith-Shawver

ATL Starting Pitcher #32

AJ Smith-Shawver allowed one run (none earned) on two hits in four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday.

Smith-Shawver struck out five and walked one while throwing 54 of his 86 pitches for strikes. The 23-year-old averaged 97.5 mph on his four-seam fastball, which is up two mph from what we’re used to seeing. His slider was also up four mph, so there may have been a hot gun at the stadium, but he posted a 22 percent whiff rate overall in what was a solid outing. He should be up in the Braves rotation next week and is probably worth a stash in all 15-team leagues. You can wait and see in 12-team leagues if you wanted.
Franklin Arias

BOS Shortstop #95

The Red Sox are promoting Franklin Arias to Triple-A Worcester.

Arias passed every test in three months in Double-A, hitting .319/.407/.581 with 18 homers and just 46 strikeouts in 327 plate appearances. There still isn’t much reason to think he’ll reach the majors this year, but he’s not too far away from taking over as Boston’s shortstop. Trevor Story and Marcelo Mayer might wind up battling it out for second base next year.
Clay Holmes

NYM Starting Pitcher #35

Clay Holmes yielded two runs in 2 1/3 innings Thursday in his rehab start for Triple-A Syracuse.

Holmes’ velocity was pretty close to normal in his first start back from a fractured fibula, but he walked two and gave up five hard-hit balls to Yankees prospects while throwing 51 pitches and getting seven outs. He’ll almost definitely make at least one more rehab start. Whether he’ll still be a Met when he’s ready to return in early August is currently up in the air.
Ketel Marte

AZ 2nd Baseman #4

Ketel Marte was scratched from Thursday’s Diamondbacks lineup because of back stiffness.

Tyler Locklear moved into the lineup in his place, with Tim Tawa and Ildemaro Vargas switching positions. Consider Marte to be day-to-day.
Gavin Williams

CLE Starting Pitcher #32

Gavin Williams threw seven shutout innings against the Twins on Thursday, striking out 11 in a no-decision.

He allowed just a pair of singles in the process and recorded an immaculate inning in the fourth, striking out Byron Buxton, Ryan Jeffers and Josh Bell on nine pitches. Williams’ secondaries were downright nasty today, as he generated 18 whiffs on 39 swings between his sweeper and curveball. It was a good bounceback from a five-earned run clunker against the Pirates in his last start that was fueled by three homers, and Williams moved his ERA on the season back under 4 with the effort. He’ll take his talents to Great American Ballpark next week.
Dennis Santana

PIT Relief Pitcher #60

Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment.

The move makes room for fellow reliever Ron Marinaccio, who was acquired from the Padres. How much better off would the Pirates be right now if they had kept David Bednar, instead of taking a poor return from the Yankees, and traded Santana last summer? Santana was great last season, but with his strikeout rate down to 20 percent, he’d posted a 6.05 ERA in 41 2/3 innings this year. He’s a free agent at season’s end and any team that claims him would owe him about $1.5 million over the rest of the year, so there’s a good chance he’ll clear waivers.
Emerson Hancock

SEA Starting Pitcher #26

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon report the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock.

The assumption had been if the Mariners made a move in their rotation, it would likely be jettisoning Luis Castillo. Hancock would have more value to other teams as a controllable starter who is not making $22.75 million a season. Hancock has had a breakout year, with a 3.16 ERA in his first 19 starts, with 97 strikeouts in 105 1/3 innings pitched. The Athletic’s pair of reporters believe the Cubs and Mariners could match up well in a trade, though stop short of reporting that the Cubs have engaged with the Mariners on Hancock.
Jac Caglianone

KC Right Fielder #14

Jac Caglianone (shoulder) is not in Kansas City’s starting lineup for Thursday’s game against the Tigers.

It’s the second game in a row he’s missed since leaving Tuesday’s game with shoulder soreness. Nick Loftin is getting some run in right field for the Royals on Thursday after Starling Marte played there yesterday.
Ronald Acuña Jr.

ATL Right Fielder #13

Braves manager Walt Weiss said Ronald Acuña Jr. (hamstring) could be activated from the 10-day injured list on Friday.

Acuña will play in Triple-A Gwinnett tonight and looks likely to return at some point this weekend against the Orioles. Weiss added that if he wasn’t activated Friday, “almost certainly” he’d be activated this weekend. Acuña has been rehabbing his hamstring since July 13 in the FCL league and then at Gwinnett. The fantasy superstar should be safe to plug in to lineups immediately upon his return.

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