Report: Hunter Greene ‘no longer available’

It’s an extremely rare day off for Suzuki, who went 3-for-5 during Friday’s game against the Pirates. He’ll take a seat with Tyrone Taylor getting an opportunity to face Pirates ace Paul Skenes. The 32-year-old is on pace to finish as a top-15 fantasy outfielder, hitting .270/.369/.480 with 91 runs scored, 24 homers, 81 RBI and three steals in 578 plate appearanes.

Hopkins figures to operate in shorter bursts out of Tampa Bay’s bullpen after recently shifting to a full-time relief role. The hard-throwing 24-year-old prospect has posted a strong 3.00 ERA and 16/5 K/BB ratio across nine innings out of the bullpen for Triple-A Durham since August 15. Hopkins is unlikely to offer much from a fantasy perspective in a relatively limited role down the home stretch, but he’s an electric arm with the chance to pitch in big spots for the playoff-bound Rays.

No surprise after Valdez was removed from Friday’s game with hamstring discomfort. It sounds like a potential injured list situation, but the Pirates have the roster flexibility to wait a couple days before making that decision, if that’s how they want to proceed. It’ll be Jake Mangum taking over in right field for the moment.

Lovelady returns to Washington’s relief mix after the club sent down Clayton Beeter, who served as their primary closer for most of the season. The well-traveled 31-year-old has been out with a triceps strain since late June.

Baty remains stapled to New York’s bench for the second straight contest after exiting Wednesday’s game with left knee pain. The 26-year-old former top prospect appears to have avoided serious injury, but it’ll be Jared Young at first base to face Yankees ace Gerrit Cole in this one.

Judge receives a break from playing right field after starting three of four games there since coming back from the injured list earlier this week. The Yankees are going to be extremely cautious with his workload down the home stretch since he skipped a minor league rehab assignment entirely. The 34-year-old franchise icon has gone 3-for-10 at the dish, which is pretty impressive considering he missed nearly three months with a rib fracture.

Rice takes a seat with Paul Goldschmidt getting a chance to face Mets rookie southpaw Zac Thornton. The 27-year-old slugger went 3-for-4 with his 37th home run of the season during Friday’s series-opening win. He’ll continue sitting against the occasional lefty starter, but he’s been a mostly everyday option for New York regardless of opponent.

Sears has been up-and-down for Detroit over the last couple weeks, allowing six runs over 12 1/3 innings since August 23. The 24-year-old rookie southpaw became just the second player from Division III Rhode Island College, where he opened his collegiate career before transferring to Connecticut, to reach the majors since the 1980’s. He draws the starting assignment for Saturday’s showdown against the Rockies. He offers enough strikeout potential to be interesting in extremely deep leagues since Colorado tends to struggle away from Coors Field.

Montero will be away from the Tigers for a couple days on paternity leave. He allowed two runs over four innings during an abbreviated outing against the Twins earlier this week. There’s a decent chance he finishes the year pitching out of Detroit’s bullpen since he’s pitched beyond the fifth inning just one time in his last four starts.

Rodriguez joins the late-season wave of young talent sweeping into Minnesota that also includes Kaelen Culpepper and Walker Jenkins. The 23-year-old top prospect would’ve arrived much sooner if not for a laundry list of injuries that he’s dealt with on the doorstep of the majors the last couple years. Rodriguez’s combination of plate skills and approach are extremely impressive. He rarely chases pitches out of the zone and makes plenty of hard contact. His over-the-fence power should make him an impactful fantasy contributor. However, he’s probably going to need to become more aggressive from an approach standpoint, especially against big-league arms. He’s an interesting talent that is worthy of a speculative roster spot in deeper mixed leagues. He’s more of a wait-and-see type of prospect in extremely shallow fantasy formats.