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Shaffer was selected 25th overall out of Clemson in last month’s MLB Amateur Draft. The 21-year-old corner infielder has major power potential and should rise swiftly through the Rays’ minor league system. The deadline to get deals struck is Friday at 5 p.m. ET.

It’s not often we get a 1-0 pitching duel in Colorado. Tuesday was one of those rare days when offense was scarce. Machado drove in the only run of the game with a bases-loaded walk in the sixth inning. The 33-year-old third baseman has struggled to start the season, slashing .178/.326/.288 with two home runs, 10 runs scored, and 11 RBI across 92 plate appearances.

It’s Turang’s sixth career four-RBI game, though it’s the first in which he drove in four baserunners (as opposed to himself on a home run). He’s actually the first player this year to have a four-RBI game without the benefit of an extra-base hit. That’s not a particularly rare thing, though; it happened 11 times last year. Turang is batting .307/.430/.560 with four homers and 18 RBI in 20 games. With Turang, Nick Hoerner and Brandon Lowe off to great starts, it’s already setting up for a fun battle as to who will start at second base for the NL All-Stars. We can’t forget about Ketel Marte and a fun rookie in JJ Wetherholt, either.

Harrison gave up four hits, walked three and hit a batter, but it only amounted to one run. That came after he left with the bases loaded and none out in the fourth. Fortunately, Grant Anderson did a terrific job in stranding two of the runners then. Harrison struck out three, and his stuff seemed normal enough in spite of the multiple minor injuries. He’ll likely face the Pirates on Sunday.

It likely would have been Abner Uribe closing for Milwaukee tonight, but he wasn’t needed after the Brewers scored twice in the top of the seventh and seven times in the eighth to make it a 12-1 game. Megill averaged a season-low 96.3 mph with his fastball tonight. That’s 1.2 mph lower than his season average and 2.9 mph under his 2025 average. He was effective anyway, but that’s just not great.

All of the runs came in the second, which got started when Garrett Mitchell’s groundout was overturned into a single. A walk and three more singles, one of which was a bunt, followed. Montero caught a break on the last one, as David Hamilton was thrown out at home after Brice Turang found himself caught in a rundown between first and second. Montero allowed just one other hit and no walks outside of the second inning. His spring velocity boost failed to stick around, but he has a 3.68 ERA and an 18/3 K/BB over 22 innings in four starts. He’ll face the Reds on Sunday.

Four hits and no stolen bases. Hamilton would have some fantasy value if he were running as much as usual, but he’s swiped just five bags this year, four of which came in his first four games. Tonight, though, he really had only one chance to run. Twice he had a runner ahead of him on base after his singles, and his final hit came with the Brewers up 12-1 in the ninth.

Mason Miller had pitched in three of the last four games. He got an extra day of rest with the off day on Monday, as Morejon was summoned to close out the game with a one-run lead in the ninth. He struck out two in a clean frame to shut the door on the Rockies for his first save of the season. Expect Miller back in the ninth for the next save chance.

Vásquez was incredible on Tuesday, holding the Rockies scoreless over seven frames in Colorado. He scattered only three hits and did not walk a batter, tossing an efficient 56 of 84 pitches for strikes. He collected five strikeouts on 12 whiffs in the dominant outing. The 27-year-old right-hander is off to an excellent start to the season, posting a 1.88 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, and a 30/8 K/BB ratio across 28 2/3 innings. Vásquez will look to keep it going against the Cubs in San Diego on Monday.

Jimmy Herget opened the game by striking out the side in the first inning. Dollander then took over in the second and was cruising, allowing just one baserunner over four scoreless innings. He finally ran into some trouble in the sixth, issuing a bases-loaded walk before escaping the jam. Dollander returned for the seventh and tossed a scoreless frame to end an excellent day on the mound. He threw 67 of 102 pitches for strikes and generated 15 whiffs to strike out nine. The 24-year-old right-hander will take a 2.88 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, and a 32/7 K/BB ratio across 25 innings into a matchup against a struggling Mets team in New York on Sunday.

Church’s homer off Chris Paddack was his second of the year. He’s batting .231/.281/.365, and he doesn’t project to get a whole lot better than that. The Cardinals are treating him as their best option in left field against right-handers, but they still might send down Thomas Saggese and give Bryan Torres or Cesar Prieto a look there before Lars Nootbaar returns.