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    Nationals released RHP Cole Henry.

    The 27-year-old Henry, who was last in the majors in July, finished the year injured and thus couldn’t be DFA’d to open up his 40-man roster spot. So, he’ll go on release waivers and probably be offered a minor league contract to stick around if he clears. Henry looked like he might turn into a setup man a year ago after shifting to the pen, but he had a 7.90 ERA in 13 2/3 innings for the Nationals this season.
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    Henry was shipped back to the minors after throwing 44 pitches in relief against the Astros on Monday night. The Nationals will make a corresponding move to bring up a fresh bullpen arm prior to Tuesday’s contest.
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    Henry has a 6.00 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, and a 13/6 K/BB ratio over 12 innings in 10 appearances with the Nationals this season. He will be limited to low-leverage innings.
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    Henry threw 36 pitches over two innings on Friday night and may not have been available for multiple innings on Sunday if needed, so the Nationals promoted Riley Cornelio to take his place on Sunday. Henry, 26, holds a disappointing 6.00 ERA, 1.67 WHIP and a 13/6 K/BB ratio over 12 innings in 10 appearances with the Nats this season.
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    Henry provides Washington with some additional bullpen depth heading into Friday’s series opener against the Padres. The 26-year-old reliever is back after missing nearly seven weeks recovering from a rotator cuff strain. He made seven appearances for the Nationals prior to hitting the injured list last month.
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    That unaggressive placement would seem to signal that Henry is a ways from rejoining the club. He should be around at some point in June or July, but there’s not much to speculate on here at the moment and he doesn’t need to be rostered while on IL in the vast majority of leagues.
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    Henry had a rough start to the season, and perhaps this explains it. No word yet on how long the 26-year-old will be out, but a rotator cuff strain is never great news for a pitcher.
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    Clayton Beeter was off today after working the previous two days. Cole Henry seemed like he might be the primary fallback, but he came in mid-batter in the seventh today after a Ken Waldichuk injury and finished off a walk to Brice Turang before walking William Contreras and giving up a homer to Gary Sánchez. So, that won’t help his stock. The interesting thing there is that he was allowed to be removed after the homer, even though he officially faced just two batters; the initial walk was credited to Waldichuk yet still counted as far as the three-batter rule for Henry. PJ Poulin got four outs after replacing Henry, and Varland did a fine job in retiring Joey Ortiz, Turang and Contreras. Varland, who has allowed three runs in five innings, probably will be a factor in the ninth for the Nationals if Beeter struggles or gets hurt.
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    The Nationals tried to piece things together in the ninth today. Clayton Beeter stranded two runners after coming in with one out in the eighth. He went on to retire Justin Crawford to start the ninth, but he was pulled in favor of lefty PJ Poulin after Trea Turner singled. Poulin walked Kyle Schwarber, got Bryce Harper to pop out and then walked Alec Bohm before being lifted in favor of Henry, who probably would have pitched to Bohm if not for the three-batter rule. Henry gave up a two-run single to Edmundo Sosa, tying the game at 5-5, before walking Adolis García and retiring Brandon Marsh. Henry then remained in for the 10th after the Nationals failed to score in the top of the inning and took the loss after giving up singles to both batters he faced. Based on today’s results, Beeter’s stock should be up a little in comparison to Henry’s. Still, those two might go back and forth a few times. Plus, Henry wasn’t actually charged with an earned run today, while Beeter was.
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    Henry ended up not pitching Thursday after the Nationals upped their lead to six runs in the ninth. At this point, the Nationals likely just wanted to get him some work, and he had an easy 11-pitch inning against the Cubs, striking out one. That should keep him available to pitch Sunday, and we’ll again have to wait and see what the Nationals do if they have a late lead.
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    It looks like the Nationals were setting things up for Cole Henry to get the save chance today, though he went unused in the bottom of the ninth after the team upped its lead from four runs to six runs in the top of the inning. It’s just a tiny bit of a surprise, as it looked like Beeter might have the edge over Henry at the end of the spring. Still, this is situation that figures to continue evolving over the course of the season, and because the Nationals still figure to be pretty bad, neither Beeter nor Henry seems like a must-roster guy right now.

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    Andy Pages hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning as the Dodgers beat the Giants 5-1 on Sunday.

    Pages had a sac fly that accounted for the Dodgers’ only run over the first nine innings. He had a chance to break the game open with two on in the eighth, but he instead grounded into an inning-ending double play. He got another chance in the 10th after an Alex Call double gave the Dodgers the lead and essentially put the game away with his 23rd homer of the year. It was his second in six games since he returned from a fractured hand. He ends up at .274/.343/.468 with 85 RBI in 134 games.
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    Justin Wrobleski pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts against the Giants on Sunday.

    Wrobleski has allowed one run in 8 2/3 innings in his last five appearances. He’ll probably stick on the Dodgers roster as a middle relief option in the NLDS. An All-Star as a starter before spending some time on the IL and finishing the season in the pen, he’ll enter October 12-5 with a 3.66 ERA in 140 innings.
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    Roki Sasaki struck out two in a perfect inning versus the Giants on Sunday.

    Sasaki has struck out six over three scoreless innings since coming off the IL prior to Tuesday’s game. He averaged 99.2 mph and topped out at 100.4 mph with his seven fastballs today. Based on Evan Phllips’ improvement and the very recent results from Sasaki and Edwin Díaz, things seem to be looking up for the Dodgers pen.
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    Carson Seymour opened with a scoreless inning before being lifted Sunday against the Dodgers.

    Seymour, who got moved from the rotation to the bullpen in Triple-A in June, ended up with a 4.55 ERA and a 23/16 K/BB in 31 2/3 innings over 25 appearances in the majors this year. It’s surprising that he hasn’t been able to miss more bats with his 95-99 mph fastball, cutter and slider, and he might be in some danger of landing on the waiver wire with the Giants needing to make room for a bunch of injured players returning from the 60-day IL.
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    Griffin Conine hit a solo homer to help the Marlins to a win over Atlanta on Sunday.

    Conine connected on his 19th homer of the season. The 29-year-old appeared in only 94 games, but he made the most of them with an .846 OPS and 43 RBI. It seems likely that Conine did enough to earn a larger role with Miami to open the 2027 season, and his power makes him someone to monitor in deeper formats.
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    Sandy Alcantara worked a scoreless ninth to pick up save for the Marlins in a 5-3 victory over Atlanta.

    In his final appearance of the season — and possibly, but far from assuredly, his final appearance with the Marlins — Alcantara locked down his third save of the season. Raise your hand if you predicted that figure. You liar. Alcantara went 13-11 in 2026 with a 153/59 K/BB over 214 innings. The right-hander showed he’s still a strong option, and be it for Miami or a new club, there will be fantasy-relevance, even if he doesn’t miss bats with the best of them.
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    JR Ritchie allowed four runs over 5 2/3 innings in a loss to the Marlins on Sunday.

    Ritchie’s final start of the season saw him allow seven hits and walks, and he struck out just two. The right-hander went 1-5 on the year with a 4.91 ERA, but there were positives moments for the 23-year-old, and assuming there aren’t drastic changes, there’s a decent chance he’ll be a rotation option for Atlanta in 2027. He’s more dynasty play than redraft next year, but the stuff is good enough that it could lead to a breakout next summer.
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    Christian Walker went 2-for-3 with a homer, two walks and three runs scored as the Astros trounced the A’s 9-0 on Sunday to clinch the AL West.

    The Astros will host the White Sox in the Wild Card. Walker has been pretty bad for five months, but he did come through really nicely in the end, homering in four of his final six games. He ends up with a .226/.299/.427 line, 29 homers and 87 RBI. Three years in a row now, he’s finished with 26-29 homers, 84-88 RBI and 72-73 runs scored.
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    Peter Lambert got through two scoreless innings on two days’ rest Sunday in his start against the As.

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    Ethan Pecko shut out the A’s for three innings to pick up a win in relief Sunday.

    Pecko, who started and lost to the Mariners on Wednesday, came out of the pen in the third today and retired nine of the 10 batters he faced, throwing only 34 pitches in the process. That’ll keep him in the mix to pitch in some capacity during the Wild Card series. After debuting in August, he wound up 2-0 with a 3.93 ERA and a 23/14 K/BB over 34 1/3 innings in his five starts and three relief appearances for the Astros.