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Still just 24 years old, the former first-round pick hit a meager .230/.320/.315 over six minor league seasons as a shortstop. He’s said to have a plus arm, but the right-hander is incredibly raw and unlikely to make an impact at the major league level in the near future.

Volpe has progressed to taking live at-bats in extended spring training at the Yankees facility in Florida. It’ll be a lengthy rehab assignment since he hasn’t played since last postseason before undergoing offseason shoulder surgery. The 24-year-old shortstop figures to be ready to make his season debut at some point in May. His fantasy stock has tumbled over the past two seasons, but he’s still young enough to turn things around.

McMahon gets a shot at shortstop for the first time this season with speedster José Caballero drawing his first off day. The 31-year-old has been mired in an extended slump at the dish, hitting .087 (2-for-23) through 10 games.

Curet was removed from Philadelphia’s 40-man roster to make room for outfielder Steward Berroa. The 23-year-old righty came over from the Rays in an offseason trade and projects as a long relief option at the highest level.

Gore has 25 strikeouts in 16 1/3 innings to start the year. When the Mariners were able to make contact against him today, they hit the ball pretty hard, with four of their six balls in play exceeding 104 mph off the bat. Still, it resulted in just one hit, a line drive single from Mitch Garver. That and a Cole Young single in the ninth were the Mariners’ only hits of the day. Gore is 2-0 with a 2.76 ERA. He’s due to pitch in Sacramento against the A’s next time out.

Winn gave up a leadoff single to Cole Young, but he then retired Luke Raley, Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez in order. Winn has thrown 6 1/3 scoreless innings to begin the year, and his velocity, which has been down about two mph from last year, came back up some today; he averaged 95.8 mph with his fastball, compared to 94.1 mph in his first six outings and 96.2 mph in his 33 appearances last year. Though we do have to note that Jakob Junis, who earned saves the last two days, wasn’t available in this one, Winn seems like a threat for more saves in Texas.

Woo threw 42 pitches through four scoreless innings and then 41 in the fifth alone. With one out, he gave up three straight singles and then went without an out on a routine grounder to first with the bases loaded because Connor Joe threw wide of home, allowing two runs to score. After a walk and a sac fly, he finally retired Jake Burger to end the frame. The Mariners, though, didn’t bring him back out after the marathon inning. Woo took the loss for his first decision in three starts this season. He has a 1.50 ERA and a 17/4 K/BB in 18 innings, but that hasn’t been enough with the way the Mariners are hitting. Woo will likely face the Padres on Tuesday.

Smith’s cold start has gotten him dropped from sixth to eighth in the Rangers lineup, but it’s partly been bad luck; he entered the day 3-for-32 with no extra-base hits in spite of having collected 10 hard-hit balls. That bad luck continued initially today, as he was robbed of a homer by Rob Refsnyder in the second inning. However, he did get two line drive singles afterwards, raising his average to .143.

No word yet on the reason for the move. Leo Jiménez takes over at shortstop in his place to face Reds starter Brady Singer.

The five-game ban, which was reduced from seven originally, goes into effect immediately. The 32-year-old righty won’t be eligible to start again until next week’s series against the Marlins after being involved in a wild on-field brawl with former teammate Jorge Soler where the two traded punches before being separated during the fifth inning of Tuesday’s game in Los Angeles.

Carpenter is back in right field and batting cleanup on Wednesday night at Target Field following a two-game absence due to a stomach bug. The 28-year-old slugger is off to a slow start at the plate, hitting .188 (6-for-32) with two homers and six RBI through 10 games this season.