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Martinez Mesa was limited to just two relief appearances this this season due to shoulder problems. The 6-foot-3 right-hander was one of the top pitching prospects in the organization prior to his injury woes, so the Angels are hopeful he can bounce back in 2012.

He didn’t factor into the scoring, stranding a runner on third with nobody out in his one real chance, but Sanchez hit the ball well and took a walk. Luis Rengifo picked up the RBI on a sacrifice fly, and the Brewers would scrounge up their other run with back-to-back-to-back bunts to score a leadoff walk. Sanchez is up to a .273/.429/.758 line in his first 33 plate appearances this season. He’s certainly an interesting short-term catcher candidate with Christian Yelich’s injury opening up DH at-bats.

Giménez is now hitting .292 with an .825 OPS in the early going, and we’re a little surprised he hasn’t been moved up Toronto’s batting order further. He hit seventh today for the second day in a row. Nobody’s rushing out to the waiver wire to claim this is a Giménez renaissance year or anything, but he’s been playable in deeper mixed leagues.

It was as good as you could have expected firing up Corbin against one of baseball’s best offenses, but Corbin got a no-decision for his efforts filling in for Toronto’s injuries in the rotation. He’s slated to face the Angels next week. There’s no reason to recommend starting him, but Corbin’s done a nice job of turning around his career and becoming a reliable low-end starter over the past few seasons.

It’s his best start as a Brewer to date, which is faint praise considering he’s currently sporting a 6.88 ERA, but perhaps this will spark a turnaround for one of the main pieces in the Freddy Peralta trade. Sproat managed 12 whiffs in 41 swings, with three different pitches missing at least three bats. That’ll play. Sproat will face the Tigers next week assuming things stay as scheduled for the Brewers.

Staked to a 2-1 lead, Zerpa allowed a leadoff single to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. before dispatching the middle of the Blue Jays lineup in order on three consecutive groundouts. Presumed closer Abner Uribe had worked two days in a row, and Trevor Megill worked the eighth inning. It’s possible the Brewers dabble with a committee at some point, but this was likely just a save chance earned by not wanting to use Uribe three days in a row.

Foster came over in last year’s Cedric Mullins trade with the Mets. He’s sporting a 10.50 ERA in six appearances with Norfolk this year, and now has a 7.01 ERA in 21 career appearances at the Triple-A level. He’s likely up for low leverage appearances only.

Handley did not appear in a game in his brief major-league stint. It’s Sam Huff’s show behind Samuel Basallo, at least until Adley Rutschman comes off the injured list.

McDermott will report to Triple-A per Jack Harris. The former top prospect allowed 15 runs in 8 2/3 innings in 2025 and was lost in a roster crunch. Perez, 20, had a 5.48 ERA in the Dominican Summer League last year over 23 innings where he struck out 32 batters.

Hayes has not gotten a hit since April 5 and is working on a 26 plate appearance streak where he has two walks to show for it. Terry Francona said ahead of today’s game “Trevino said something about getting a chicken and having it sacrificed. I told him if we need to, we’ll get a human. We’ll find somebody.” It wouldn’t be surprising if Hayes lost some playing time, even though he is a remarkable defensive 3B, as this slump continues.

He did not pitch a scoreless ninth inning -- that was, for some reason, Erik Miller’s road to hoe. Walker has not started a ninth inning in a single game this month, and this feels very much like a closer-by-committee while Walker is used as a true fireman. It’s a disappointing result so far for fantasy managers, as Walker has allowed just three earned runs in seven innings and has only one save to show for it. Walker-reliant managers with clearer save options on the waiver wire have to at least consider a move at this point.