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The 31-year-old southpaw scattered five hits and three walks on the evening. The Pirates scratched out single runs in the third and fifth innings against him — both driven in by Oneil Cruz — but aside from that they were completely stifled. Valdez got a whopping 23 swings and misses on 99 pitches on the night — 18 of them on his curveball — while posting an elite CSW of 38 percent. He’ll look to carry over this fine performance as he does battle against the White Sox at home on Wednesday.

Garcia also doubled while also drawing a pair of walks. The steal gives the 25-year-old 13 in 2025, and his first-inning homer ups his total to six and gave the Royals a 2-0 lead. Garcia has been excellent in 2025, and now is the proud owner of a .311/.375/.477 slash.

With two outs, Walls was able to single home a pair in the bottom of the ninth to give the Rays the walk-off win. It was the second hit of the game for Walls, but he’s still hitting a less-than-spectacular .193/.277/230 in his 2025 action. It doesn’t take away from the fun he had today, but Wells will remain a no-go in fantasy leagues.

The 31-year-old southpaw piled up seven strikeouts on the evening, needing 103 pitches (62 strikes) to navigate his six scoreless frames. The biggest threat against him came in the opening inning as an infield single and a walk put two men on with two outs but Fried rallied to get Carlos Santana to pop out to first base to end the threat. He generated 17 swings and misses on the night — nine of those on his fastball — while posting a CSW of 34 percent. Fried has been absolutely dominant through his first 13 starts for the Yankees, going 8-1 with a 1.78 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and a 77/18 K/BB ratio across 81 innings. He’ll do battle against the Royals in Kansas City his next time out on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old budding superstar opened the scoring with a mammoth 412-foot (104.5 mph EV) two-run blast to center off of Jake Irvin, giving the Cubs an early lead that they would never relinquish. The dynamic 23-year-old outfielder went hitless the remainder of the evening, finishing the night 1-for-5. On the season, he’s now slashing .275/.312/.557 with 16 homers, 53 RBI, 49 runs scored and 21 stolen bases in what has been an unbelievable breakout campaign.

Doval allowed a leadoff single to Manny Machado and then a one-out single to Gavin Sheets before getting Jose Iglesias and Jake Cronenworth to end the threat and snag his eighth save of the season. Doval is now the closer in San Francisco, but his strikeout rate is down significantly, and it’s hard to feel secure with him in the ninth-inning role. Fantasy managers who have Doval should also scoop up Randy Rodriguez, who pitched a scoreless eighth inning and has a 0.64 ERA with a far better strikeout rate than Doval on the year.

The 25-year-old hurler had allowed six runs on eight hits and a walk in his four-plus frames before departing with a trainer in the fifth inning. His velocity and spin rate were both down on Thursday, which may have sparked concern and been part of the reason for his removal. Look for the Cardinals to provide an update on his status as soon as more information becomes available.

The left-hander struck out nine and walked one while posting a 40 percent whiff rate and 40 percent CSW on the day. He dominated the Padres with his changeup and showed great command of the four-seamer in this one. It was another in a long line of great starts for Ray, who will now carry a 2.44 ERA into a start in Coors Field. He’s been too good to bench for that one.

Alonso sent a 110.3 mph blast 408 feet for his 15th home run of the season. He also added a 112.6 mph single and is seeing the ball incredibly well of late, with four home runs in his last four games. He’s in the middle of a career-best season.