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One of the team’s final two roster cuts, Cabrera looked overmatched this spring, compiling a .210/.258/.290 batting line with 14 strikeouts. With major league stints in each of the past three seasons, don’t be surprised if he returns to the big club at some point this year.

Martinez got the Guardians off to a solid start with a solo blast off Matthew Liberatore. He’s homered twice to begin the 2026 season, and he’s slashing .319/.385/.511 over 15 games and 47 at-bats. You can do a lot worse than that, and you could do worse than giving Martinez a spot on a fantasy roster in most formats.

It comes in a losing effort, but it’s another impressive outing for Walker. His eighth homer of the season came in the sixth inning off Gavin Williams, and it would have left every park in baseball according to Baseball Savant with an exit velocity of 107.6 mph. Yes the sample is small, and yes, Walker’s previous struggles can’t completely be ignored, but this is a 23-year-old with some of thes best bat-speed in the sport who has flashes his unreal talent even in his poor campaigns. This has been fun to watch. The question is if he can be a semblance of this player for the rest of 2026/beyond.

Ramírez has now stolen four bases since Saturday. The 33-year-old still is hitting a less-than-desirable .200/.297/.354, but a pair of hits Monday has seen his average increase by nearly 50 points since Friday. Ramírez has gotten off to slow starts before, and he’s still been as good as any infielder in baseball during those campaigns. There’s zero to worry about here.

It’s back-to-back starts where Liberatore has allowed four runs while working only five innings, and that’s not the kind of consistency fantasy managers are looking for. He allowed six hits and three walks, and traffic — and the ability to keep that traffic from scoring — has been an issue over these last two outings. Liberatore has a tough task against a hot-hitting Houston lineup over the weekend. It’s probably best to look elsewhere.

Williams walked two, but had much better command than his start Tuesday against Kansas City when he issued five walks and threw just 55-of-102 pitches for strikes. He was able to land 62-of-93 in this outing, and he generated a respectable 10 swings and misses with four strikeouts. A solid — if unspectacular — effort from Williams, and he’ll look to keep it up with a few more punchouts against the Orioles come Saturday.

Victor Caratini, Ryan Kreidler and Byron Buxton also homered for the Twins in this one. Jeffers’ second three-hit day in three games gave him a .317/.440/.512 line through 51 plate appearances. He’s never maintained that kind of pace for long and probably won’t this year, either, but batting fourth and fifth regularly adds to his value in two-catcher leagues.

With 11 runs of support in two innings, Ober didn’t have much to worry about in this one. He gave up three runs in third, but it was a quiet outing otherwise. Ober averaged 89.4 mph with his fastball, which is an improvement. He was at 89.8 mph in his season opener, but he’d been down to 88.6 mph and 88.1 mph in his last two outings. He’s now 2-0 in spite of a 5.49 ERA in four starts. Last year, he went 6-9 with a 5.10 ERA in 27 starts. He’ll make his next start at home versus the Reds.

Kreidler, who is getting starts versus lefty with Royce Lewis out, had two previous major league homers in 215 plate appearances, one each in 2022 and ’24 with the Tigers. The projected distance on tonight’s blast bested his previous high by 30 feet. His 108.9-mph exit velocity topped his previous high by two mph. It’s probably not a complete fluke; his bat speed is well up to begin the year. Still, it’s doubtful he’ll make enough contact to be much of a contributor.

Duran’s stung the ball 112.2 mph. Let’s see if it’s enough to keep him in the lineup on Tuesday with Alex Cora surely itching to get Masataka Yoshida back in there.

Rutledge was lit up for seven runs over 1 1/3 innings during Monday’s blowout loss to the Pirates, earning a ticket right back to the minors after his season debut. The 27-year-old righty will be back once Washington needs a fresh bullpen arm, but he’s going to spend some time back at the Triple-A level for now.