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Graham is seeking another opinion after the first doctor he saw offered no definitive diagnosis. The righty exited a start for Double-A Mississippi Monday after feeling soreness while warming up before the third inning.

Lewis started each of the first two games of the week following a return from the injured list, so he’ll get a breather on Thursday as the Twins attempt to ease him back into action. Tristan Gray will start in his place at the hot corner and will bat ninth for the Twins against Mets’ rookie right-hander Christian Scott.

Bellinger will take a seat with left-hander Payton Tolle toeing the slab for the Red Sox. Trent Grisham will start in center field and bat leadoff for the Bombers while Randal Grichuk draws a start in left and will bat fifth.

He hit it off of the right-centerfield second deck, a majestic 426-foot shot off of JR Ritchie in the fourth inning. Abrams is hitting a robust .292/.413/.562 in his first 25 games and is on pace to shatter his career high of 20 homers. He’s been a steal considering he wasn’t one of the first five shortstops off the board in most leagues and he’s played as well as any non-Elly De La Cruz keystone player so far.

Olson is off to a terrific start, hitting .282/.359/.592 with seven homers in his first 26 games. This was more of a table-setting performance for Olson, but fantasy managers will absolutely take it. It’s his first multi-hit game in 10 days.

Albies roped a double into the right field corner after a wild pitch staked the Braves to a 3-2 lead to make it 5-2, then tacked on a solo shot in the ninth inning to conclude the game’s scoring. Now hitting .297/.342/.475 in what can only be called a bounceback season to this point, Albies has five homers in his first 101 plate appearances. If you drafted him as a low-end starter in a shallow league, you’re feeling pretty good about how things have gone so far.

He walked away with a win in his first start. Ritchie allowed solo shots to James Wood and C.J. Abrams and little else, though he was bailed out in the second inning by Daylen Lile being caught stealing after Drake Baldwin threw to second with runners on the corners and Lile drifted too far off third base. Ritchie averaged 94.7 mph with his fastball, but wound up leading with his curveball against a lefty-heavy Nationals lineup and generated a 27 percent whiff rate overall with a trio of secondaries. This start probably isn’t worth throwing out a huge chunk of the FAAB for, but Ritchie could get some runway in this rotation if the Braves start to believe in him. He’d look to be in line to start against the Tigers next week.

He was brought out for the top of the sixth but quickly chased after a leadoff single. The Braves were able to string together four hits against him in the top of the fourth, including two doubles, but he allowed just four hard-hit balls. Cavalli was averaging 97.1 mph with the heater today and his knuckle curve had a 50 percent CSW rate. The game got away from the Nats late, leaving Cavalli with no shot at a win. He has now struck out 15 in his last nine innings and, though he’s mostly a streamer, the strikeout upside could play against the Mets next week.

Not good. Harris was pulled in the top of the eighth after going 3-for-4 with two RBIs against the Nationals bullpen. We expect to hear more about this in the next 24 hours, but we wouldn’t be surprised if this led to a stint on the injured list. Harris was hitting .318/.356/.565 in what has been a major bounceback season for both him and the Braves, with six homers and two stolen bases in his first 24 games.

Load this one up on the clipboard and save it for late. The 30-year-old reliever had a 5.40 ERA in two appearances with the Mets this year and will head back to Syracuse again to make room for Christian Scott’s call-up.

He’ll get the start today against the Twins. Scott managed a 5.27 ERA and a 17/2 K/BB ratio in 13 2/3 innings for the Syracuse Mets in the early going. The strikeout rate is worth getting excited about, but with Francisco Lindor now on the shelf, run support may be hard to come by in Queens. He’ll be a worthwhile stream in deeper leagues against the Twins tonight.