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Zinicola, 24, was fantastic with Double-A Harrisburg in ’09, posting a 1.74 ERA and five saves in 17 appearances, but he really scuffled after reaching Triple-A Syracuse, putting up a 7.56 ERA in 26 appearances. On the bright side, Zinicola managed 31 strikeouts in 33 1/3 innings with the SkyChiefs.

The Rangers scored 13 runs in the third, making it an 18-2 game at that point. Nimmo was 3-for-14 with no homers this spring before the ridiculous showing today. He hit the ball hard every time up, and the homers were projected at 410 and 422 feet.

Eovaldi struck out five and walked none while dealing with some lengthy waits as the Rangers racked up 18 runs over the first three innings. He has a 4.11 ERA through four starts, and his stuff looks much like it did while he was going 11-3 with a 1.73 ERA in 22 starts before hurting his shoulder last season.

Gonzales walked six. Despite missing much of 2023 and ’24 and all of 2025 with arm woes, Gonzales is throwing about as hard as ever this spring, even if that just puts him around 90 mph on average. Still, it’s hard to imagine him being anything close to a league-average starter at this point. Without T-Mobile Park backing him in Seattle, he might never have been one in the first place.

Smith played third base for the second time this spring. His other 12 starts have come at second, which is supposed to be his position this year, but the Rangers do want him to stay fresh at the hot corner in case they need him to take over for Josh Jung.

Pretty much everyone feasted on Padres pitching today, but McCutchen especially needs the hits after his late addition to the competition for a spot on the Rangers bench. He’s opened up 6-for-9 with three doubles and four walks.

The 28-year-old slugger opened the scoring in the first inning with an RBI single off of Mets’ right-hander Freddy Peralta. He then obliterated a Saul Garcia slider for a three-run blast in the sixth that extended that lead to 4-0. The 28-year-old slugger is now hitting .316 (6-for-19) on the spring while Saturday’s home run and RBIs were his first in Grapefruit League play. As long as he can avoid the injured list, he’s going to deliver substantial profit to those that call his name in fantasy drafts.

Weiss struck out one batter on the night. The 29-year-old right-hander got four swings and misses on 53 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 23 percent. He has been nothing short of brilliant this spring, compiling a 0.93 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and a 7/4 K/BB ratio over 9 2/3 innings of work. He has probably earned the right to open up in the Astros’ rotation if they go with a six-man alignment.

Vientos has been ice cold at the plate during his time in Mets’ camp, hitting a woeful .048 (1-for-21) with a 4/0 K/BB ratio. With Brett Baty hitting the ball so well this spring, it’s possible that he pushes Vientos for at-bats if his struggles linger into the start of the regular season.

The 29-year-old right-hander punched out five batters on the evening while issuing only one base on balls. The Astros scratched out a run against him in the opening inning as Taylor Trammell worked a leadoff walk, stole second base and scored on an RBI single by Yordan Alvarez. Peralta then locked in and retired the final 10 hitters that he faced. He got 11 whiffs on 56 pitches on the evening, posting a strong CSW of 36 percent. He has been strong in Grapefruit League play, posting a 2.70 ERA, 0.60 WHIP and a 12/2 K/BB ratio over 10 innings in his three starts.

The homer off Keaton Winn was Amaya’s second this spring. Coming into 2026, Amaya had never homered in 154 major league plate appearances or 104 plate appearances during spring training, though he does surprisingly have 71 homers in 3,103 minor league plate appearances. A defensive-minded utilityman, he’s trying to beat out local favorite Ildemaro Vargas for a spot on Arizona’s bench. It’s probably not going to happen, but he might be the team’s best choice to play short if anything ever happens to Geraldo Perdomo.