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The 34-year-old southpaw wasn’t very effective before exiting, surrendering four runs on five hits and a pair of walks while recording zero strikeouts in his three innings of work. He’ll presumably head for imaging to see exactly what’s going on there and it wouldn’t be surprising if a trip to the injured list is in his future.

Henriquez is still in the process of recovering from a fractured left foot. Nothing has changed in his prognosis, this was merely done as a procedural move to free up a spot on the team’s 40-man roster for Eddie Rosario on Friday.

The Angels needed to clear a spot on their active roster for the return of Zach Neto on Friday and Lopez was unfortunately the odd man out this time around. There’s a chance that the veteran infielder could generate some interest on waivers from a team in need of quality infield depth.

The dynamic 24-year-old shortstop will make his highly-anticipated 2025 season debut on Friday night against the Giants where he’ll start at shortstop and bat seventh against right-hander Logan Webb, Fantasy managers who have been anxiously awaiting his return now get an unexpected boost for the weekend’s slate of games.

With Shohei Ohtani heading to the paternity list, Rosario will have an opportunity to show what he can do at the big league level for at least a couple of days. The 33-year-old had been hitting a blistering .339/.406/.542 with two homers, 12 RBI and three stolen bases through his first 14 games at Triple-A Oklahoma City.

The 30-year-old two-way superstar will be away from the Dodgers for a couple of days as he and his wife prepare to welcome their first child into the world. Eddie Rosario was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City in a corresponding move and will help carry the load in Ohtani’s absence.

The game was anything but wild for 6 1/2 innings, but after Corbin Burnes exited, the Cubs scored five times in the bottom of the seventh, giving them a 7-1 lead. The Diamondbacks responded with 10 in the top of the eighth, which included a grand slam from Eugenio Suárez and a three-run shot from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. However, the Diamondbacks were trying to avoid most of their top relievers today, and they let Bryce Jarvis and Joe Mantiply combine to give up six runs in the bottom of the eighth. Kelly, Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki all homered in the frame. Ryan Pressly then calmly set Arizona down in the top of the ninth. Kelly is currently hitting an absurd .419/.578/1.097 in 45 plate appearances. Even though he debuted nine years ago in 2016, just these 11 games along have taken his career OPS from .681 to .701.

Rea, still getting stretched back out after opening up as a reliever, fanned five in the 69-pitch outing. The Cubs have Monday and Thursday off next week, and they might have Javier Assad ready to return by the time they would need a fifth starter again. However, there’s also the possibility they could also keep Rea in the rotation and send Ben Brown to the pen or the minors to make room for Assad.

Craig Counsell is glad the Cubs’ comeback will lead to fewer questions about his managing today. Hodge thought he was going to pitch the eighth in a close game, but then he sat back down after the Cubs scored five runs to take a 7-1 lead in the bottom of the seventh. Jordan Wicks, who was just called up today and has next-to-no relief experience, was brought in instead, but he gave up three straight singles and was pulled. Hodge entered, immediately gave up a grand slam and then got himself into another jam afterwards. He eventually surrendered a two-run double, and after he was lifted, Ethan Roberts gave up a three-run homer to Lourdes Gurriel Jr., producing a 10-run inning. Hodge’s ERA jumped from 2.00 to 7.45.

Ethan Roberts, who finished the eighth but retired just one batter and gave up a homer beforehand, was in line for the win after the Cubs went ahead in the bottom of the inning, but the official scorer had the leeway to award it to a more effective pitcher. The scorer still has some time to change his mind, but for now, Pressly has two wins and four saves on the season.