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Yuniesky Betancourt

MIL Third Base Coach

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Royals manager Ned Yost estimates that Yuniesky Betancourt will start “three or four times a week” this season.

Betancourt signed with the Royals this winter to serve as a utility player, but it sounds like he could be thrown into the mix pretty often. Three or four times per week is probably a stretch unless there’s an injury, but he should still see a decent amount of playing time as a backup at shortstop, second base and the hot corner. We would ignore him outside of AL-only fantasy formats, though.
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DJ Herz

WSH Starting Pitcher #77

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DJ Herz (elbow) threw to live hitters for the first time since Tommy John surgery on Friday.

Herz missed all of the 2025 season and is trying to find his way back to the mound late in the 2026 season after undergoing a traditional Tommy John surgery in April 2025. We’ll follow his rehab, but it would be surprising if he came into fantasy relevance in 2026.

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Source: Mark Zuckerman

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What has made Bleday so successful lately?

May 15, 2026 01:07 PM

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TJ Friedl

CIN Center Fielder #29

TJ Friedl isn’t in Cincinnati’s starting lineup on Friday against the Guardians.

That’s three of Cincinnati’s last five games that Friedl has sat in as the Reds are riding hot hand JJ Bleday, including two games against right-handed starters. If you were holding on to hope in medium-sized leagues that he could turn around a .184/.268/.270 start in his first 39 games, the Reds aren’t going to make it easy for you to hold him.

Source: MLB Lineups

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Jesse Scholtens

TB Starting Pitcher #65

Jesse Scholtens will pitch behind an opener again on Friday against the Marlins.

LHP Ian Seymour will begin the game for the Rays. Scholtens will have a better chance of snagging a win with the move, since he’s proved unable to cover five innings, and he’s best approached as a deep-league streamer for the occasion.

Source: Marc Topkin

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Yohendrick Pinango

TOR Left Fielder #46

Yohendrick Piñango is batting second and playing left field for the Blue Jays on Friday.

Piñango has batted second in all three of his starts so far since returning from Triple-A Buffalo, and while it looks like he’ll be platooned early on, he is hitting .361/.410/.417 in the early going. With the combination of hitting high in the Jays order and a good batting average, Piñango could be a deep-league thought for the desperate in the outfield.

Source: MLB Lineups

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Christian Roa

BAL Relief Pitcher #82

Orioles designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment.

This is the third team so far this year to DFA Roa, who had a 5.19 ERA with the Astros in a small sample before being jettisoned to the Twins and then Orioles. The league seems to have a lot of interest in fixing him, so perhaps he’ll be claimed or acquired yet again.

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Eduarniel Núñez

BAL Relief Pitcher #54
Orioles acquired RHP Eduarniel Núñez from the Athletics for cash considerations.

Núñez, who had been DFA’d, was an up-down reliever for the Athletics and Padres last year, compiling a 7.11 ERA in 10 appearances over 12 2/3 innings while walking 11. He had a 5.56 ERA in nine appearances at Triple-A Las Vegas so far this year, and the 26-year-old will likely report to Triple-A Norfolk for the Orioles.
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Jordan Westburg

BAL 3rd Baseman #11

Baltimore Banner’s Andy Kostka reports Jordan Westburg (elbow) will have surgery and miss the rest of the season.

While it’s not explicitly said in the report, it’s likely that Westburg is undergoing Tommy John or an internal brace surgery as those were among the options presented earlier in May after he was shut down. Westburg will enter his age-28 season in 2027 looking to re-establish himself as a cornerstone for the Orioles. His absence means there is no playing time threat to Jeremiah Jackson and Blaze Alexander at second and third base for the remainder of the season.

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Source: Andy Kostka

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Andrew Alvarez

WSH Starting Pitcher #54

Nationals recalled LHP Andrew Alvarez from Triple-A Rochester.

Alvarez worked 4 1/3 innings of shutout baseball in relief of Miles Mikolas in his brief stint in the majors during April. It wouldn’t be surprising if he was again asked to go a distance at some point over the weekend, though he’s not currently slated as a bulk pitcher in any of those contests.

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Aaron Brooks

TB Relief Pitcher #56

Rays designated RHP Aaron Brooks for assignment.

Brooks managed an 81.00 ERA in one appearance in which he got one out while allowing four runs (three earned) and took a loss. Assuming he clears waivers, the 36-year-old will be able to opt out of an outright assignment to Durham should he so desire.

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Trevor Martin

TB Middle Reliever

Rays recalled RHP Trevor Martin from Triple-A Durham.

Martin has a 6.23 ERA in three appearances for the Rays this year, as well as a 2.40 ERA in 12 appearances for Durham. He’ll remain part of the low-leverage shuffle in Tampa Bay.

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