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    Max Fried (elbow) threw 28 pitches during a successful bullpen session on Friday.

    Yankees’ pitching coach Matt Blake told reporters on Friday that Fried will face live hitters at some point within the next couple of weeks as he continues his progression. After that, he’s likely to require at least one minor league tune-up before he’s ready to rejoin the Yankees’ rotation. Fantasy managers should expect the 32-year-old southpaw back at some point around the All-Star break.
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    Yankees manager Aaron Boone said last weekend that Fried would be cleared for a rehab start after facing hitters one final time. The 32-year-old fantasy ace is working his way back from a bone bruise in his elbow that put him on the injured list back in mid-May. It seems reasonable to anticipate Fried rejoining New York’s rotation mix sometime before the end of July.
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    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.
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    Fried progressed to facing hitters in a 30-pitch, two-inning session on Tuesday for the first time since hitting the injured list with a bone bruise in his elbow back in mid-May. The 32-year-old is trending towards being ready for rehab starts in early July and should make it back to New York’s rotation sometime after the All-Star break.
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    Fried is aiming for roughly 30 pitches over two innings during his latest throwing session. It’ll be his first time facing hitters since landing on the shelf with a bone bruise in his elbow back in mid-May. The 32-year-old figures to be ready to progress to a minor league rehab assignment at some point in early July with a return to New York’s rotation possible after the All-Star break.
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    Fried appears on track to progress to facing hitters at some point in the near future, which gives him a chance to make it back to New York’s rotation sometime around next month’s All-Star break. The 32-year-old fantasy ace has been out with a bone bruise in his elbow since mid-May.
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    Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters the session went well, which is encouraging. The 32-year-old fantasy ace has been on the shelf with a bone bruise in his left elbow since mid-May. It’ll take a few weeks to ramp-up his throwing progression before he’s ready to return to New York’s rotation. It seems safe to assume that he won’t be back until around next month’s All-Star break since he’ll need at least a couple minor league rehab starts to knock off the rust.
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    Yankees’ skipper Aaron Boone told reporters on Friday that Fried had recent imaging done that showed increased healing in his balky pitching elbow. It’s still going to be a slow progression for the 32-year-old southpaw as he ramps back up, but the fact that he’s getting on the mound again is obviously an encouraging sign.
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    This is noteworthy because Fried was expected to get the follow-up imaging on Tuesday, but it apparently did not happen. The left-hander has been throwing from flat ground, but he will need more imaging before he can be cleared to ramp up his progression. Until that happens, there’s no way to put a timeline on his return from a left elbow bone bruise that he suffered on May 13th.
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    Fried remains limited to flat-ground throwing, but has been given the green light to start stretching out from a distance standpoint and should progress to a bullpen session in the near future. The 32-year-old fantasy ace remains without a definitive return timeline, but he’s probably going to be out through next month’s All-Star break given his current trajectory. He’s been on the injured list with a bone bruise in his left elbow since mid-May.
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    The good news is that Fried was able to throw. The bad news is that Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters prior to the game that Fried’s elbow underwent further imaging, and that nothing from those results suggested that Fried was ready to “ramp up” the program. It’ll likely be a good while before we see the 32-year-old southpaw back on the mound for the Bronx Bombers.

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    White Sox activated RHP Trevor Richards from the bereavement list.

    Richards is back on the roster after four days away from the White Sox, but he’ll obviously get a few more days with his family with the All-Star break here.
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    White Sox optioned RHP Tyler Davis to Triple-A Charlotte.

    Davis pitched three scoreless innings in his latest stint with the White Sox. He has a 4.10 ERA despite a 22/15 K/BB in 26 1/3 innings this season.
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    Pirates optioned RHP Antwone Kelly to Triple-A Indianapolis.

    Kelly, who was called up Friday, gave up three runs while pitching two innings in the rout of the Brewers on Sunday. He’s allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings in two appearances for the Pirates this year.
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    Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester.

    Ortiz’s major league stint lasted just a few hours, but at least he did get to start and go 1-for-2 against the Yankees. The Nationals will add a pitcher in his place after the break.
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    Ildemaro Vargas went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI as the Diamondbacks topped the Dodgers 5-3 on Sunday.

    Vargas doubled and scored in the fifth. In the sixth, he hit what should have been another double on a drive into the right field corner, but either because he thought it was a homer or that it was going foul, he didn’t run out of the box and then was thrown out at first base after a wide turn towards second. It still drove in the go-ahead run in what had been a 3-3 tie, and it gave him just his second multihit game since May 19.
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    Mitch Bratt gave up three runs in three innings in his emergency start Sunday against the Dodgers.

    Bratt was called up after it was revealed Saturday that Zac Gallen was being scratched. He struck out none and walked three today, throwing just 29 of his 58 pitches for strikes. The Diamondbacks, though, wound up winning 5-3 anyway, as six relievers all pitched scoreless innings behind him. It’s unclear if Bratt will stick around and start the second half in the rotation or return to Triple-A.
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    Paul Sewald recorded his 22nd save with a perfect ninth Sunday against the Dodgers.

    Even with his 4.24 ERA, Sewald has saved the Diamondbacks’ bacon by going 22-for-23 in save chances this year. The team will likely be a buyer at the deadline, but it’s highly unlikely that it’ll be targeting a closer upgrade. Starting pitching, on the other hand, seems like a big need.
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    Emmet Sheehan surrendered three runs — one earned — in 5 1/3 innings Sunday in a loss to the Diamondbacks.

    After four scoreless frames, Sheehan was let down by his defense while giving up two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth. The Dodgers probably would have used a quicker hook with Sheehan today if not for the bullpen game Friday. As per usual, his velocity waned as the game went on; he averaged 95.6 mph with his fastball in the first but was down to 93.8 mph in the fifth and 92.8 mph in the sixth. There’s going to be a good argument for putting him in the pen once Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow return, but he should stay in the rotation for now.
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    Shohei Ohtani homered and doubled for the Dodgers’ only extra-base hits in Sunday’s loss to the Diamondbacks.

    The homer came on the first pitch of the bottom of the first, giving him nine leadoff homers this season. Ohtani was scheduled to have his left knee drained after the game. He’ll sit out the All-Star Game, but he’ll probably be in the lineup when play resumes Friday.
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    Teoscar Hernández struck out three times and walked once Sunday against the Diamondbacks.

    It’s Hernández’s fourth straight hitless game. He was swinging the bat really well in the couple of weeks leading up his hamstring injury at the end of May, but since returning, he’s 4-for-41 with one homer and no other extra-base hits. Given the quality of his defense, he needs to do considerably better than his current .243/.319/.387 line to justify regular playing time on a team as strong as the Dodgers are.