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Gil progressed to facing hitters for the first time since suffering a lat strain back in late February. MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch adds that the 27-year-old righty’s fastball was in the mid-90’s during the session. He’ll presumably be ready to kick off an extended rehab assignment at some point in the coming weeks, which gives him a chance to make it back to New York’s rotation by the end of July.

Rutschman will sit out his second consecutive contest due to left abdominal tightness with Gary Sánchez handling the catching duties on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium against his former club. The 27-year-old backstop was scratched from Friday’s lineup out of an abundance of caution with Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino telling reporters that he’ll undergo an MRI this weekend to determine the severity of the issue. Mansolino added that top prospect Samuel Basallo, who has been tearing the cover off the ball for Triple-A Norfolk recently, has not been discussed as a potential replacement if Rutschman misses time. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day heading into Sunday’s series finale while preparing for the possibility that he’ll require a trip to the injured list.

Devers was unable to find success in his first game against his former club. The 28-year-old has gone 3-for-16 since being acquired by the Giants in the blockbuster deal with Boston with one double and five strikeouts. Those results should turn around quickly.

Witt Jr. opened the scoring with a solo blast off Nick Pivetta to left field in the first inning. It’s the 10th homer of the season for the 25-year-old superstar, and the fourth he’s hit since the calendar turned to June. The numbers aren’t quite where they were in 2024, but a .284/.342/.490 slash is nothing to sneeze at.

Rojas hit his third homer of the season in the sixth inning off MacKenzie Gore to extend the Dodgers’ lead to 6-2. He also doubled — his fourth of the season — and scored another run. Rojas is now slashing .240/.276/.340, and wouldn’t be a good fantasy option even if he received more consistent playing time.

This makes three straight games that Kurtz has homered, and he’s gone deep in five of his last six. This one came in the first inning off Tanner Bibee, and it upped his total to 10 roundtrippers along with 25 RBI since being promoted in the latter part of April. There are not too many young hitters who offer more power upside than Kurtz, and to say that he’s applying it early in his career is quite the understatement.

Suárez led off the fifth inning with a 405-foot (98.8 mph EV) solo shot off of Austin Gomber that tied the game at seven runs apiece. Suárez then victimized Ryan Rolison his next time up, that time for a 389-foot (96.2 mph EV) two-run blast that increased the Diamondbacks’ advantage to 11-7. He also led off the eighth inning with a single and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Randal Grichuk. With his four-hit attack, the 33-year-old slugger is now hitting .246/.319/.558 with 24 long balls and 65 RBI on the season.

The eighth RBI came off Jonah Bride in the ninth, but it counts. Yelich, whose second three-run double barely missed leaving the park, is just the third player since at least 1901 to knock in eight runs without homering, joining Bill Keister in 1901 and Gave Cravath in 1915. He’s the only one to do it without scoring a run. Yelich’s previous career high for RBI was seven from his three-homer game in 2019.

He struck out six. It was unclear whether Misiorowski would come back out for the seventh at 80 pitches, particularly after a long top of the inning in which the Brewers scored five runs. He did return, but not for long. Misiorowski walked Byron Buxton on four pitches to start the frame and then gave up a homer to Matt Wallner. In spite of the sour ending, it was a remarkable outing for Misiorowski, who had pitched 11 hitless innings as a big leaguer before the homer. He hit 100 mph on 29 of his 41 fastballs, topping out at 102.1 mph. If left on four days’ rest, he’ll make his next start Wednesday against the Pirates. However, it seems more likely that he’ll face the Rockies at home on Friday.

What a week it’s been for Castellanos. After being benched by manager Rob Thompson on Tuesday to snap his consecutive games played streak, he made a great catch in right field to secure their win on Wednesday then led their late inning charge against the Mets here to reclaim first place in the division. After this game was tied 2-2 in the seventh, Castellanos hit a run-scoring single to extend their rally in that inning and dropped the hammer with a two-run homer in the following frame. As usual, he’s been an incredibly reliable run producer in the middle of this Phillies lineup.