Lowe off to 1.052 OPS start with Guardians

Simpson was an eighth-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. He was primarily used as a reliever in Double-A this season but did make seven starts in Triple-A (11 appearances). It seems that he will operate as a multi-inning reliever with the Nationals. He had a 2.84 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, and 25/10 K/BB ratio in 19 innings at Triple-A this summer.

It had been reported that Wood would have a day off on Monday and then could return to the Nationals on Tuesday. That will clearly not be the case; however, there is still a chance that Wood could return to the Nationals at some point this week.

Brito has allowed two runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings out of the bullpen for the Padres this year, while posting a 4/1 K/BB ratio. He’ll give the team another fresh arm out of the pen for the final month of the season.

This move was reported last night and is now official. Salas hit .296/.374/.448 with 10 homers and 17 steals between Double- and Triple-A this year. That came with an impressive 5.4 percent swinging strike rate, and, in 24 games at Triple-A, he posted a 95 percent zone contact rate and 42 percent hard-hit rate. It’s incredibly impressive for a hitter at his age to control the strike zone and have the feel for contact that he does. MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell reports that, while there is no set role for Salas right now, he is “expected to catch, DH and serve as a bench bat.” That makes it sound like the left-handed-hitting Salas could start a few games a week with the chance to earn more playing time if he produces.

With Xavier Edwards (thumb) on the IL and Javier Sanoja having to play more second base, the Marlins are looking for more depth at the hot corner. It would be nice to have Connor Norby right now, but the Marlins will instead turn to Pauley, who hit .194/.228/.306 in 115 plate appearances for the Marlins this year.

Blalock has spent the entire season in the Triple-A rotation, pitching to a 5.61 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, and 103/46 K/BB ratio in 109 innings. It remains to be seen what his role will be in Miami over the final month. Whatever it is, he likely remains off fantasy radars.

The Reds acquired Brito from the Guardians at this year’s trade deadline. The 24-year-old has hit .232/.300/.341 in 22 games with Louisville since coming to the Reds’ organization.

According to Joe Banneman from Fox19 in Cincinnati, Reds manager Terry Francona said that the plan is for Williamson to work as a piggyback with Chase Burns for the remainder of the season. The team wants to limit Burns’ innings for the remainder of the season so “after that start, the rest of his starts will have Brandon Williamson as a piggyback in the same game.” It seems like we might be getting one more game with Burns as a full-time starter, and then fantasy managers may need to find other options than Burns if you need wins or quality starts.

Just what the Orioles needed after claiming Luis Robert off waivers, another outfielder. Kjerstad deserves the chance. He has hit .289/.337/.462 with 11 home runs and 44 RBI in 79 games at Triple-A this season and has hit .301 since the start of July. That being said, it’s hard to see him getting anything more than the rare spot start and pinch-hit at-bats against righties. The Orioles outfield is a mess to predict right now.

That will be this weekend in San Diego. Fried threw 63 pitches in his start on Saturday, so he should be built up to at least 70 pitches by the weekend, but he has also battled a bone bruise in his elbow that has come from hyperextension while pitching. The Yankees may want to keep his pitch count in check before the postseason. For his part, Warren was great on Sunday against the Red Sox, but it seems that his reward might be a few innings of bulk relief in his next outing. That makes it tough to trust either pitcher this week.