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Yovanny Cruz gets first save for Nationals

Yovanny Cruz

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Yovanny Cruz picked up his first major league save after allowing one run while getting the final four outs against the Tigers on Wednesday.

Cruz entered a 4-1 game with two on and two outs in the eighth and struck out Spencer Torkelson to end the threat. He then allowed one run on three singles before closing out the ninth. Cruz has a 7.45 ERA and an 8/8 K/BB in 9 2/3 innings since arriving from the Yankees in the Luis García Jr. trade. The stuff is there to make him probably the Nationals’ most intriguing internal closer candidate next year. They should really aim for some outside help, though.

- Matthew Pouliot

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Nationals recalled RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Rochester.

Cruz struggled in his first few appearances with the Nationals after coming from the Yankees at the trade deadline, but he has pitched to a 2.57 ERA and a 7/5 K/BB in seven appearances at Triple-A Rochester. The command will be a big key in him becoming a more effective reliever.
Yovanny Cruz

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Nationals optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Rochester.

Cruz earns a ticket back to the minors after allowing five runs over four innings of work since coming over from the Yankees at the trade deadline earlier this month. The 26-year-old has the look and feel of a high-leverage arm, but he’s not quite there yet.
Yovanny Cruz

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Nationals acquired RHP Yovanny Cruz from the Yankees in a five-player trade.

Cruz is going to join the Nationals’ bullpen, with the other four players acquired going to the minors. The 26-year-old right-hander has shown intriguing stuff in his limited time in the majors, with a 1.69 ERA in 5 1/3 innings. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he was immediately a high-leverage option for the Nationals. He’s worth a flyer for anyone looking for saves over the final seven weeks.
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Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that the Nationals have traded Luis García Jr. to the Yankees.

The Yankees will be send the Nationals four pitchers in exchange for Garcia according to Spencer Nusbaum of the Washington Post: right-handers Ben Grable, Yovanny Cruz, Jack Cebert, and Jake Bird. The 26-year-old has had a breakout season in 2026 with 23 homers and an .873 OPS over 374 plate appearances, and gives the Yankees a needed boost to their lineup. He’s played exclusively first base in 2026, but he’s played both second base and shortstop at times with the Nationals. It seems more likely that he’ll be lining up at the cold corner than those positions up the middle with New York.
Yovanny Cruz

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Yankees recalled RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Cruz takes Camilo Doval’s spot on the roster and in the pen. He’s pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings with a 6/0 K/BB during his time with the Yankees this season.
Yovanny Cruz

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Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Cruz returns to the minors after tossing a pair of scoreless innings during Tuesday’s loss to the Tigers. The 26-year-old has put up some impressive numbers at the Triple-A level and has reeled off 4 1/3 shutout frames with the Yankees. He’ll be back in a couple weeks.
Yovanny Cruz

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Yankees recalled RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Cruz was with the Yankees for two games earlier in the season. On the year, he has a 3.18 ERA and nearly 30 percent strikeout rate in 28 1/3 innings pitched at Triple-A.

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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

LAD Starting Pitcher #70
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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

LAD Starting Pitcher #11
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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

SF Starting Pitcher #77
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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

MIA Right Fielder #18
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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.
- Christopher Crawford

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Sandy Alcantara

MIA Starting Pitcher #22
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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

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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.
- Christopher Crawford

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Christian Walker

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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

HOU Starting Pitcher #20
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Peter Lambert got through two scoreless innings on two days’ rest Sunday in his start against the As.

Lambert gave up two singles in the first and then retired the side in order in the second. That proved sufficient for the Astros, who went on to win 9-0 to clinch their postseason berth. Lambert might start one of the three Wild Card games against the White Sox after closing out the regular season 8-10 with a 3.82 ERA in 155 2/3 innings.
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Ethan Pecko

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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.
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