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    Landen Roupp shut down for rest of season

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    Landen Roupp has been shut down for the remainder of the season.

    There’s no reason for San Francisco to have Roupp, who is healthy, take the ball again after throwing a career-high 155 innings this season. The 28-year-old was slated to start Saturday’s contest against the Dodgers. He’ll finish with a pedestrian 4.01 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 143/75 K/BB ratio in 29 starts.
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    Roupp gave up five hits, walked three and struck out four. He fell to 9-14 with the loss. Roupp wasn’t as sharp as his three previous starts where he had a combined 1.13 ERA. He has a 4.01 ERA on the season. Roupp is lined up to face the Dodgers on the road on Sunday.
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    Roupp was excellent against the Cardinals at Oracle Park on Tuesday, holding them scoreless over six frames. He was able to strand four walks by giving up only two hits. He also collected two strikeouts. The 27-year-old right-hander ends the day with a respectable 4.00 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and a 139/72 K/BB ratio across 150 2/3 innings. He’ll take on the Cardinals again in a rematch in St. Louis next Tuesday.
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    Roupp allowed just two hits and two walks in the game. Unfortunately for him, they all came in the fourth, with the second walk forcing in a run. Still, he cruised otherwise — he allowed only one hard-hit ball on the night — and the Pirates had to be feeling good to see him get lifted after just 75 pitches. The quick hook suggests the Giants are going to be watching his workload the rest of the way. Because of injuries, he had never thrown more than last year’s 109 2/3 innings coming into this season. He’s at 144 2/3 right now. Roupp is due to face the Cardinals next time out. It should be a two-start week, with a second home outing versus the Padres to follow, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see the Giants decide to give him some additional time between starts.
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    Roupp was too inefficient to pull off a quality start, but he did get his first win since July 17. This does make six straight outings in which he’s failed to complete six innings. He’ll take an 8-13 record and a 4.25 ERA into his next start against the Pirates.
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    With the Giants hoping for their first sweep of the season, they will turn to their ace on Wednesday. That means he will be flipped with Landen Roupp, who will now start on Thursday against the Diamondbacks. Webb last pitched on Friday against the Red Sox, so he will be on just four days’ rest, but he also only threw 2 2/3 innings in that outing.
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    The right-hander also issued four walks in the contest while striking out a pair of opposing hitters. The Guardians got to him early in this one, stringing together a walk, three singles and a sacrifice fly to push three runs across in the opening inning. He settled in nicely afterwards, but the damage had already been done. Roupp got seven whiffs on 90 pitches on the day, posting a CSW of 24 percent. Now 7-13 on the season, he’ll carry a 4.34 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and a 130/64 K/BB ratio (134 2/3 innings) into Tuesday’s matchup against the Reds.
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    According to Statcast, Roupp would have given up three homers in 29 ballparks tonight. However, at Oracle Park, those three batted balls, all in the 410-foot range, produced one homer, one triple and one double. Roupp has lost four straight starts, yielding 14 earned runs in 19 1/3 innings in the process, and the Giants are an incredible 2-16 in his last 18 turns. He’s slated to pitch in Cleveland next time out.
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    Roupp gave up two hits, walked five and struck out three. He fell to 7-11 with the loss. With the game scoreless after five innings, the drama started in the sixth inning. Roupp’s control abandoned him as he walked three of the first four hitters to start the inning. He was removed, but was clearly unhappy about it as he unleashed some words at manager Tony Vitello on the mound. The camera found Roupp tilting in the dugout as reliever Keaton Winn walked in a run with the bases-loaded. Winn was able to get out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts, though. Roupp has a 4.22 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Rockies at home next weekend.
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    Roupp stranded two runners in the first, tossed a clean second, then gave up one run on a walk and a hit in the third inning. Things got away from him with two outs in the fourth as he walked a batter, hit another, then gave up a run on a base hit. He’d walk one more before he was relieved on the mound, failing to get out of the fourth inning. The 27-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 4.12 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, and a 114/48 K/BB ratio across 113 2/3 innings. He’ll take on the Padres in San Diego on Sunday.
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    Roupp got through six scoreless, but the Giants opted to stick with him with a 3-0 lead entering the bottom of the seventh. He gave up a double and a homer to start the inning, and after he was lifted, the Royals went on to score three more runs to take control of the game. It went as Roupp’s fifth no-decision of the year. In all five of those, he allowed one or two runs and recorded 17 or 18 outs, amounting to a 2.73 ERA. He’ll face the Brewers next.

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    Rangers declined RHP Jakob Junis’ $5 million mutual option for 2027.

    This one comes as a mild surprise, as they’ll have to pay him a $1.25 million buyout anyways and Junis did a nice job out of the Rangers’ bullpen in 2026 — registering a 3.64 ERA, 1.27 WHIP and a 38/18 K/BB ratio over 54 1/3 innings while notching six saves. Perhaps they had already been informed that Junis planned to decline his side of the option. Either way, it shouldn’t be hard for the 34-year-old right-hander to find a new gig on the open market.
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    Rangers declined C Kyle Higashioka’s $7 million option for 2027.

    The 36-year-old backstop will receive a $1 million buyout on his way to the free agent market. Higashioka provided a major offensive boost once he took over the backup catcher role for the Rangers in 2025, but he wasn’t able to recapture that magic in 2026 — slashing an anemic .218/.306/.370 with seven homers and 18 RBI in 186 plate appearances. He’ll likely have to settle for a minor league deal with an invitation to big league camp.
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    The Astros announced that they have hired Randy Flores to be their next general manager.

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    Diamondbacks RHP Michael Soroka declined his $10 million mutual option for 2027.

    This one seemed like a no-brainer given Soroka’s success in 2026. He’ll receive a $1 million buyout and will hit free agency where he should be able to land a highly lucrative multi-year deal. The 29-year-old hurler made 21 starts for the Diamondbacks in 2026, posting a strong 3.41 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and a 114/29 K/BB ratio across 116 innings. He’ll have no shortage of teams vying for his services on the open market.
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    Angels selected the contract of LHP Nicolò Pinazzi from Triple-A Salt Lake.

    The 27-year-old southpaw is now safe from being plucked in the Rule 5 draft. Pinazzi had a breakout 2026 season where he registered a scintillating 0.84 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and a 103/33 K/BB ratio over 64 innings across four minor league levels. He should get an opportunity to pitch out of the Angels’ bullpen at some point in 2027.
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    Giants sent C Andrew Knizner outright to Triple-A Sacramento.

    The expectation is that the 31-year-old backstop will refuse the assignment and elect free agency, though that hasn’t happened yet. Knizner appeared in 29 games for the Giants in 2026, slashing .219/.288/.356 with a pair of home runs and four RBI in 80 plate appearances. He’ll have no problem latching on somewhere as extra catching depth if he decides to hit the open market.
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    Guardians declined RHP Shawn Armstrong’s $8 million mutual option for 2027.

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    Guardians declined RHP Trevor Stephan’s $7.25 million club option for 2027.

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    Guardians selected the contract of INF Milan Tolentino from Triple-A Columbus.

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    Rays declined their $10 million mutual option on OF Cedric Mullins for 2027.

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