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Jordan did not use cocaine, but was “lured into selling the cocaine” to make up for the income he was no longer receiving while playing baseball, his lawyer Grey Tesh said. The journeyman reliever also has been ordered to pay fines totaling $150,000.

White would likely be in the lineup with Michael Harris II not available on the paternity list, but the injury will keep him on the sidelines. Consider White day-to-day, and don’t consider White for a fantasy roster anyway.

It will be the first time that Tatis starts at second base. The 27-year-old is a former shortstop and plenty athletic, so it shouldn’t be too difficult a transition; even if there are some growing pains. Nick Castellanos will be the right fielder, Jake Cronenworth will handle shortstop and Xander Bogaerts is on the bench to begin Saturday’s game.

Springer, who was DHing today, fouled a ball off his foot in his second at-bat and then didn’t come back out for his third. The Jays quickly announced that his toe was fractured, so he’ll likely miss at least a few weeks. This could get Eloy Jiménez back to the majors; after a nice spring, he’s hit .281/.368/.406 through 10 games in Triple-A. If the Jays don’t want to make room on their 40-man roster, their only option would be to call up Jonatan Clase. In that case, Davis Schneider and Myler Straw could share Springer’s at-bats. Straw replaced him today.

Schwarber’s homer was a three-run shot off Brandon Pfaadt. It was his fourth of the year and 344th of his career, moving him into a tie with Jose Bautista and Curtis Granderson on the all-time list. He’ll move into the top 100 once he gets to 354. Harper is already there; his 366th today tied Lance Berkman for 89th place.

This seemed a very unlikely outcome for Walker after Ketel Marte homered to start the game and Corbin Carroll came around to score after a walk. Walker, though, allowed only two hits and one walk over the remaining four innings and finished with six strikeouts. He’s now 1-2 with a 7.36 ERA. It’s unclear if he’ll get any additional starts in the near future, as the Phillies won’t need him before Thursday’s off day and then could get Zack Wheeler back afterwards.

He struck out one in protecting a one-run lead. Duran is 5-for-5 in save chances, and he’ll be available again Sunday after throwing 12 pitches today.

All of the runs came in the third on back-to-back homers from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. One was unearned because Alec Bohm started the inning with a grounder that ate up Geraldo Perdomo (based on the current standards, we were a little surprised it was ruled an error). Pfaadt’s velocity today was down about one mph from his season average. The cutter he added last year and his increased ability to generate grounders have kept him viable for the Diamondbacks, but his rotation spot is in jeopardy now with Merrill Kelly coming back. There’s a decent chance he’ll be sent down.

The double was a 190-foot popup in no man’s land down the left-field line, but good things are happening when Crawford puts the ball into play; he has a .452 BABIP that’s led to a .316 average in 42 plate appearances. The Phillies have kept him locked into the ninth spot in their lineup so far, but they might want to try something different soon. Just bumping him up to sixth or seventh might be a good call, since he could do more running in front of the likes of J.T. Realmuto and Bryson Stott than he’s been comfortable with when Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber are up.

Just an all-around tough day for Realmuto. He took a foul tip off his sore right foot, which he originally injured in similar fashion Tuesday before missing Wednesday’s game. He also had a throwing error on a steal, and his one ball in play was a weak grounder. We assume he’ll be back out there Sunday anyway, but if not, it’s probably because his foot remains an issue.

No exact word on the results of the MRI on Moreno’s back, but Lovullo said it’s a muscular issue and that it probably won’t result in a lengthy absence. James McCann will be the starting catcher in his place, with Adrian Del Castillo perhaps serving as his backup. Alternatively, the D-backs could add another catcher, probably Aramis Garcia. They don’t have any minor league position players currently on the 40-man roster as callup possibilities.