Coby Mayo hits inside-the-park home run vs. Mets

This was rumored to be close on Thursday and it gets done on Friday. This extension buys out one year of free agency as well as his arbitration seasons before considering the team option. Cavalli, starting tonight’s game for the Nationals, has posted a 3.12 ERA in 31 starts while striking out 194 batters over 164 2/3 innings. He’s been even better than that as of late, with a 2.83 ERA since the start of June. The 28-year-old will be a part of the Nationals rotation plans going forward and has made the leap to extremely useful fantasy pitcher this season. It’s a success for the Nationals to get him locked up for the long-term.

That makes two of the last three games on the bench for Caglianone, who may not be completely over getting beaned in the forearm on Tuesday (or his elbow injury that kept him out for much of last week) at this point. John Rave will be in there against RHP Paul Skenes.

It appears to be a routine day off against Rays LHP Ian Seymour. Connor Wong will get the start at catcher after Rutschman played the last six games in a row.

Gordon has a 4.67 ERA in 54 innings (over 10 starts) with Triple-A Nashville since coming over in the Lance McCullers Jr. trade. He’ll be an option to start or go bulk in a game down the stretch for the Brewers as they finish off a sterling regular season.

He threw three innings yesterday and was exchanged for a fresh arm in LHP Colton Gordon. Stallings has thrown 14 shutout innings in the bigs so far this year, with 17 strikeouts and just four hits allowed.

He was hit by a pitch on a swing and left the game on Thursday. X-rays came back negative, but he will likely remain day-to-day for most of the weekend. Nick Sogard is handling first base tonight while Isiah Kiner-Falefa squeezes into the lineup at second base.

One Julian replaces another as Julian Garcia heads to the injured list. Aguiar holds a cringe-inducing 6.27 ERA in 12 starts for Triple-A Louisville this season, having walked 31 in 58 innings after missing 2025 to Tommy John surgery. However, he was already on the 40-man roster, so here he is, likely to handle low-leverage work in the bigs.

Elbow issues for a pitcher is never what you want to hear. This ends Garcia’s season. He had a 3.33 ERA in 46 innings with the Reds, notching two saves and striking out 41. The 31-year-old is set to be a free agent after the season. Assuming this isn’t a long-term issue, he’ll likely get a shot to compete for a bullpen spot somewhere next year.

Steer was unlikely to play again this season either way, and this should just about end his ability to return since he was originally placed on the injured list on July 27. It’s a procedural move to free up a 40-man roster spot for new Reds infielder Oswaldo Cabrera.

He had sat out Tuesday and Wednesday’s games. DeLauter has been quite dinged up down the stretch; he’s played in just 10 September games so far. But he has hit .243/.333/.432 when able to play, with a homer and two stolen bases. He’s safe to activate in daily transaction leagues against A’s starter Mason Barnett.