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Ibarra is not contagious, so he’ll remain Ft. Myers, Florida with his Twins teammates and try to get better with rest. The 24-year-old left-hander had a 1.93 ERA in 60 2/3 innings last summer in the minor leagues and was hoping to be considered for a big league bullpen job.

Bruján lost his bid for a bench spot in Spring Training and cleared waivers today. If Bruján accepts his assignment to Triple-A, he’s probably first in line for a bench spot on the Mets if injuries strike.

Assuming he sticks with the team, Rortvedt will be functional catcher depth for the Mets after going unclaimed on waivers.

He’s back. Hudson finished the 2025 season with four appearances for the White Sox in which he allowed three runs in 4.2 IP. The left-hander has a career 2.83 ERA on the back of his magnificent 2024 season. The White Sox will try to coax another year like that out of him in 2026.

If Castro can stick this high in the order all season, it will benefit his run and RBI totals and give him some decent traction in deeper fantasy leagues. The full Rockies lineup against RHP Sandy Alcantara is: LF Jake McCarthy, C Hunter Goodman, Castro, SS Ezequiel Tovar, 1B TJ Rumfield, RF Jordan Beck, CF Brenton Doyle, DH Edouard Julien, and 3B Kyle Karros.

Apparently the Marlins preferred Austin Slater in the leadoff spot against Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland. The (righty-heavy) lineup against Freeland is: Slater, C Agustín Ramírez, Marsee, SS Otto Lopez, 1B Christopher Morel, DH Connor Norby, LF Heriberto Hernández, 2B Xavier Edwards, and 3B Javier Sanoja.

Salazar cleared waivers. The 30-year-old will be a depth piece for the Astros in 2026 assuming he reports to Sugar Land. Christian Vázquez, who signed on just a few weeks ago, won the Astros’ backup catcher job.

He’ll have a bench role while Mickey Moniak is out. Perhaps Hunter Goodman will grab some of Moniak’s DH time and let Fulford catch a game here or there, but he’s not someone who needs to be on the fantasy radar for the time being.

No word yet on how much time Moniak will miss, but there were no reports that we’ve seen that indicated he was dealing with an injury in the first place. The Rockies recalled C Braxton Fulford to replace Moniak on the roster, and since Moniak wasn’t a must-use outfielder for Colorado they could slide any of their bench players into Moniak’s role against right-handers. Troy Johnston and Kyle Karros would seem to be the main options. It goes without saying that neither profiles as a useful fantasy player right now.

He played one game for the Diamondbacks last season and wound up with the Nationals in spring training. Alcántara will probably help fill in for Aidan Miller at shortstop at Triple-A Lehigh Valley while Miller deals with a sore back that has him on the minor league injured list.

He’ll likely report to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Mercado hasn’t been in the big leagues since 2023 and, in his age-31 season, would probably need a rash of outfield injuries to see major league playing time in 2026.