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Bostick recently completed a 50-game suspension following a second positive test for a drug of abuse. The 27-year-old left-hander hasn’t appeared in a game this season.

Keaschall broke a 3-3 tie by hitting a 101.8 mph home run off Casey Mize. It was Keaschall’s first home run of the season, and the 23-year-old now has five RBI as well. He’s gotten off to a slow start to the season, but his price was always a bit too high in fantasy leagues. His .302 average last season came with a .263 xBA, and he has never had over 15 home runs in a minor league season. Keaschall will run if he gets on base, but he’s also likely to hit something closer to .250-.260 this year

The Dodgers gave Rushing a second straight start with Will Smith due to catch the next two days, and Rushing came through with his best game as a major leaguer. He’s now 6-for-9 with three homers to start the year. There currently wouldn’t seem to be any way for the Dodgers to get him extra at-bats at another position. but he is deserving of being more than just the backup to one of the league’s best catchers.

Wrobleski’s first start produced his first win of the year. He mostly just stuck with the fastball and slider tonight, throwing one of the other 69 times in the 78-pitch outing. He had a poor 19-percent CSW, but just four of 15 balls in play against him were hard-hit and only two produced hits. Wrobleski will probably get another start next week against the Mets, assuming that he isn’t needed in long relief this weekend. The Dodgers will probably want him available behind Roki Sasaki on Sunday just in case.

That’s two more RBI than he had against the Jays in 33 at-bats in the World Series last year. Hernández is hitting .353/.389/.559 with two homers through nine games. There isn’t much behind those numbers to suggest he’s swinging any better than he did during his disappointing 2025, but we’ll wait another couple of weeks at least to pass judgment there.

Ryan struck out seven and walked three while posting a 33 percent whiff rate. He also threw just 60 percent of his pitches for strikes and had just a 59 percent first-pitch strike rate. Ryan was incredibly fastball-dependent in this one, throwing it 55 percent of the time; however, he did get six whiffs on the splitter and sweeper combined. He’ll need those secondaries to continue to be reliable for him in a tough start against the Blue Jays over the weekend.

It’s just the second save of the year for Junis, and it’s worth noting that he was facing the heart of Seattle’s lineup. He got Cal Raleigh to ground out, and while he did plunk Julio Rodríguez, he was able to get Josh Naylor to hit in a game-ending double play and needed just four pitches to get out of the inning. Robert Garcia worked the eighth inning against the bottom of the Mariners’ lineup, so this is a situation to monitor for those who roster Garcia. It’s a situation to avoid if at all possible for those who don’t.

Gilbert allowed a run-scoring single in the first and an RBI double over the head of Randy Arozarena in the sixth. Outside of that, it was the best Gilbert has looked in 2026, and he struck out five while picking up 13 swings-and-misses while not issuing a walk. That’s more like it. Gilbert will look to keep this going — but with some run support — against the Astros on Sunday in Seattle.

It seemed like a good spot for Mize, but his lack of whiffs caught up with him in this one. He struck out four and walked three while posting a 19 percent whiff rate and just a 64 percent strike rate. His fastball velocity also started at 92.8 mph but was down to 89.3 mph by the fifth inning, which is a bit concerning. Both his splitter and slider were also four mph slower by the end of the game. Perhaps it was weather-related, as it got a bit colder later in the night, but this is something to monitor in his next start.

The only hit deGrom allowed was on a solo homer from Cal Raleigh, and that came after a 12-pitch at-bat. The 37-year-old dominated Seattle from that point on with six strikeouts, 14 swings-and-misses generated, and a fastball that touched 99.1 mph. Health is always going to be an issue for deGrom, but Monday is a reminder that his stuff and command are still as good as virtually anyone. He has a marquee matchup against the Dodgers on Sunday.

After being robbed of his first homer of the season by Jo Adell on Saturday — one of three Adell took away in the game — Raleigh hit a no-doubter off Jacob deGrom in the first inning after a 12 pitch at-bat. The strikeouts have been an issue, but it’s far too early to panic from a player that has as much power as any hitter at the catching position. Don’t be surprised if Raleigh goes on a run over the coming weeks.