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Goldschmidt continues to start for Yankees

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Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

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Paul Goldschmidt will hit leadoff and play first base against the Cubs on Friday.

With the Cubs starting left-hander Shota Imanaga, the Yankees will have Goldschmidt and Amed Rosario in the lineup. Goldschmidt has remained a consistent starter in the lineup of late due to the Yankees’ myriad injuries, but he’s slashing .190/.248/.324 with four home runs, seven RBI, and a 32.7 percent strikeout rate over his last 30 games. The Yankees have also had the worst batting average in baseball since Aaron Judge got hurt. This is a lineup that needs help at the trade deadline.

- Eric Samulski

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NYY 1st Baseman #48

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Paul Goldschmidt is in the leadoff spot for Tuesday’s contest against the White Sox.

Goldschmidt has shown some signs of life at the dish since the All-Star break after struggling through an extended cold spell at the start of July. The 38-year-old veteran will continue to receive looks atop New York’s lineup against left-handed starters since they don’t really have any alternatives at the moment. That could change after next week’s trade deadline.
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Max Schuemann is hitting leadoff on Monday against the White Sox.

Sure, why not. Schuemann has posted a respectable .378 on-base percentage through 36 games this season, which earns him the opportunity to face White Sox starter Noah Schultz with Trent Grisham on the bench and Paul Goldschmidt hitting third. It’s unclear whether this is a one-game outlier or the start of a larger trend for Yankees manager Aaron Boone. We’ll see.
Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 with with a homer and an RBI in Friday’s win over the Phillies.

In a game that featured six combined hits between the two teams, Goldschmidt’s was the only one that put a run on the board. He smashed a solo homer in the fourth inning off Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo to put the Yankees up 1-0, which was all they would need to pick up the win, as Cam Schlittler blanked the Phils for 7 1/3 innings. Goldschmidt has struggled mightily this month and entered the day slashing .140/.178/.233. Hopefully this homer can help him turn a corner.
Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

Paul Goldschmidt went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts on Tuesday in a loss to the Rays.

Goldschmidt has gone 0-for-30 over his last nine games dating back to June 26. The 38-year-old veteran was an unexpected revelation for the Yankees in the early portion of the year, but he’s really scuffling heading into the All-Star break.
Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

Paul Goldschmidt is not in the Yankees’ starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Twins.

The Yankees haven’t said that Goldschmidt is dealing with any sort of physical issue, but this is the third time that he has been held out of the lineup in the last four games, so it’s possible that there’s something minor going on there. It’s also possible that they wanted to give him a couple days to clear his head after scuffling a bit at the plate over the last few weeks. Jasson Dominguez will serve as the team’s designated hitter on Sunday with Max Schuemann drawing a start in right field and batting seventh against Twins’ right-hander Joe Ryan.
Paul Goldschmidt

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Paul Goldschmidt is not in the lineup on Wednesday against the Tigers

It seems like a routine day off for Goldschmidt, but the veteran is just 11-for-51 (.216) in his last 14 games. Of course, four of those hits have been home runs, but he is sporting a 14/2 K/BB ratio over that stretch as well. He was never going to keep swinging as hot a bat as he had been at the beginning of the month, but we’re not ready to say the fun is completely over.
Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in a 4-2 win over the Tigers on Wednesday.

We might nickname Goldschmidt the ‘Skubal Slayer’ after this performance. He led off the game with a solo shot off Skubal and then one-upped himself with a 427 foot blast in his next at-bat. This was just a continuation of Goldschmidt’s red-hot month with eight home runs already in June to go along with a .346 batting average and 1.024 OPS. Of all players with at least 200 plate appearances, his .923 OPS is ninth-highest in what’s been a shocking, resurgent season for the 38-year-old legend.
Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

Paul Goldschmidt is out of the lineup for Sunday’s showdown against the Reds.

Goldschmidt takes a seat with Ben Rice at first base and Cody Bellinger getting the nod at DH to face emerging Reds ace Chase Burns during Sunday afternoon’s matinee at Yankee Stadium. The 38-year-old veteran, who launched his 12th round-tripper of the season during Saturday’s contest, has been tearing the cover off the ball recently, hitting .338 (23-for-68) with six homers in 16 games since the start of June.
Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

Paul Goldschmidt continued his home run barrage during Saturday’s loss to the Reds, going 1-for-4 with a solo blast.

Goldschmidt victimized Reds’ left-hander Andrew Abbott for his 396-foot (104.3-mph EV) solo shot in the opening inning that gave the Yankees an early 1-0 advantage. It would be short lived. The blast was Goldschmidt’s fourth in his last seven games and brings him to 12 on the season to go with 37 RBI and a .292/.355/.551 slash line.
Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

Paul Goldschmidt launched a go-ahead two-run homer on Saturday, lifting the Yankees to a 3-1 win over the Blue Jays.

Goldschmidt became the first hitter to take Toronto stopper Louis Varland deep this season, launching a majestic 400-foot blast to left field in the ninth inning. It was his ninth round-tripper of the season and third time he’s left the yard in 10 games since the start of June. The 38-year-old has seen a huge uptick in playing time with Giancarlo Stanton (calf) on the shelf. That trend should continue with Stanton suffering a setback in his recovery.

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Xzavion Curry

NYM Relief Pitcher #49
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Mets recalled RHP Xzavion Curry from Triple-A Syracuse.

With Freddy Peralta scratched tonight, the Mets are stacking the bullpen for a game of Oops! All Bulk Relievers. Curry allowed two runs in six inning with the Mets earlier this year.
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Jonathan Pintaro

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Mets recalled RHP Jonathan Pintaro from Triple-A Syracuse.

“Oh yeah, that guy,” they thought. Pintaro holds a 5.11 ERA and has mostly been used as a multi-inning reliever for the Mets this year — he did give up six earned runs in his last two MLB appearances and had been doing better before that.
- Rivers McCown

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Cionel Perez

NYM Relief Pitcher #58
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Mets placed LHP Cionel Pérez on the 15-day injured list with a left forearm strain.

The well-traveled lefty was 2-0 with a 4.21 ERA in 25 2/3 innings with the Mets, striking out 32 over that timespan. Pérez will be out of commission for at least the next two weeks and possibly longer.
- Rivers McCown

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Alex Cook

TB Relief Pitcher #54
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Rays recalled RHP Alex Cook from Triple-A Durham.

Cook is 1-2 with a 3.78 ERA in 33 1/3 innings for the Bulls and figures to be part of the bullpen mix in the short term as the Rays try to figure out how their rotation will go forward without Shane McClanahan.
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Shane McClanahan

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Rays placed LHP Shane McClanahan on the 15-day injured list with mid-back tightness.

He will miss at least two starts per POBO Erik Neander. Obviously, don’t go dropping him in any leagues at this point as this is supposedly a short-term issue. McClanahan is 9-6 with a 3.09 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 99 innings after missing all of 2024 and 2025.
- Rivers McCown

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CLE Relief Pitcher #47
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Guardians signed LHP Ryan Borucki to a minor league contract.

They’re all-in. Borucki had a 4.94 ERA in 23 2/3 innings for the Giants earlier this year, but was let go on June 6. He’ll be a lower-leverage reliever if he makes it up to the Guardians bullpen at some point.
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Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander said Shane McClanahan (back) will be placed on the injured list.

He added that the team is “hoping” he only misses two starts and that the club considers it “pretty minor.” McClanahan left Thursday’s start with mid-back tightness after three innings and change with diminished velocity.
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Freddy Peralta

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The New York Post’s Joel Sherman reports the Mets are scratching Freddy Peralta from Friday’s start.

The Athletic’s Will Sammon and Ken Rosenthal reported earlier today that the Mets are asking teams for a top-100 prospect “and more” in their early conversations with teams about Freddy Peralta. It appears they’re close enough on terms with a team to consider scratching Peralta to make sure he can turn up to a new team injury-free. It would seem likely that a rested Kodai Senga will shoulder most of the load in a bullpen game tonight.
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Blake Dunn

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Reds manager Terry Francona said Blake Dunn (elbow) will have season-ending surgery.

The good news for Dunn is that it was a career year — he hit .282/.335/.387 with two homers and six stolen bases in 155 plate appearances. The bad news is that we have no idea how long this elbow surgery will keep him out just yet. He’ll get another chance in Cincy’s outfield mix in 2027 if healthy.
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Shohei Ohtani

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The Athletic’s Katie Woo and Fabian Ardaya report Shohei Ohtani (knee) “did not sound certain this week that his knee will be at 100 percent the rest of the way.”

They point to the idea that Ohtani already needed a day off after recently getting one on Monday as a “red flag,” but note that it is “unlikely” the Dodgers will put Ohtani on the injured list. Still, this is an injury that sounds like it has a chance to linger and cause further interruptions to Ohtani down the stretch. Fantasy managers should be prepared for that possibility. Manager Dave Roberts has already said he’s “very confident” that Ohtani would start on Friday.
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