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Neither had a real shot to win a roster spot. A waiver claim from the Blue Jays earlier this offseason, McDade will be the first baseman at Buffalo.

Lugo looked like he was going to be an interesting reserve outfielder for a hot minute last summer when he homered three times in eight games to start his Angels career. The 25-year-old scuffled over the final few months to finish hitting .232/.243/.464 with four homers and nine RBI in 70 plate appearances over 31 games. He was hitting .257/.388/.389 with three homers and 11 steals in 47 games for Triple-A Salt Lake this season.

VanWey provides Houston’s bullpen with some additional depth heading into the final two games of a series against the division-rival Rangers. The 27-year-old has tossed a pair of scoreless frames in two appearances for the Astros this season. He’ll operate in middle relief situations.

This outcome was inevitable after Alexander surrendered nine runs over six innings during Tuesday’s contest against the Rangers. Amazingly, he managed to complete six frames, sparing Houston’s bullpen in the process, after an eight-run meltdown in the opening frame.

Lopez makes sense as a versatile reserve infielder for the Rangers, who are currently without starting shortstop Corey Seager in addition to utility specialist Josh Smith. The 31-year-old defensive wizard got into four games for the Cubs over a one-month span earlier this season. He can be safely ignored for fantasy purposes.

McCutchen’s time with the Rangers is over after hitting just .192 (14-for-73) with one homer and five RBI over 37 games. The 39-year-old veteran is pretty much limited to DH as a short-side platoon option at this advanced stage of his legendary career. There might be an opportunity for him on a contending team as an invaluable clubhouse presence, but his run as an impactful fantasy contributor ended years ago.

After getting no-hit for seven innings by Dustin May, the Brewers picked up all three of their hits in a five-batter span in the eighth. Yelich made it a 1-1 game, and the Brewers went ahead afterwards on Masyn Winn’s error on a grounder from Jackson Chrourio. Yelich led off today for the second game in a row after batting cleanup in his first seven games back from the IL. He’s hitting .280/.337/.484 with 16 runs scored and 16 RBI through 25 games on the season.

Patrick’s last five appearances have seen him pitch one inning for a hold, four innings for a save, one-third of an inning for a hold, 1 1/3 innings for a save and now this four-inning start. He’ll probably head back to the pen this weekend, but he seems to get the job done however he’s used. he has a 2.60 ERA in 45 innings on the season.

Abner Uribe went unused today after his controversial gestures at the conclusion of Tuesday’s game. Aaron Ashby ended up with the win after working scoreless seventh and eighth innings, and Megill closed things out despite a one-out single and a steal from Masyn Winn. Since giving up seven runs in a two-appearance span in mid-April, Megill has a 1.29 ERA and an 18/2 K/BB in his last 14 innings of work. Still, Uribe likely remains the favorite for saves in Milwaukee.

May struck out nine in seven brilliant innings, but the eighth started with a Garrett Mitchell liner for a double with the Cardinals up by just one. A better left fielder than Bryan Torres might have caught the ball, but Torres had it go over his head. Luis Rengifo then put down a bunt and neither May nor third baseman Nolan Gorman attempted to make a play on it, turning the sacrifice into a hit. That ended May’s day, and the Brewers went on to score both runners with Jojo Romero on the mound. May fell to 3-6 despite having his most impressive outing since 2023. He’ll next face the Rangers on Tuesday.

Reaching on catcher’s interference is half of Frelick’s game at this point. He’s done it five times this year, effectively giving him a .307 OBP instead of his actual .289 mark. Frelick hasn’t lost any playing time since Christian Yelich’s return has crowded the Brewers’ first base/outfield/DH situations, but that might become a possibility at some point. His OPS is sitting at .590, and his defensive metrics have also taken a hit this year. Both versions of WAR have him as slightly below replacement level to date.