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They may have been able to get this one in had it been the regular season, but there’s no need to play through the rain in an early spring contest.

This move was announced on Wednesday and is now official. Jones intrigues people because he’s a huge man with impressive power and a .258/.366/.592 slash line with 11 homers, 41 RBI, and seven stolen bases in his first 142 plate appearances at Triple-A. However, Jones also has an astonishingly low 59 percent contact rate overall at Triple-A with a 32 percent strikeout rate. It’s incredibly difficult to be a starter at the MLB level if you make that little contact. Jones is 6'6", but he’s not Aaron Judge, despite what comparisons you might see. We would not pick up Jones unless you’re in a five-outfielder league or an OPS format. In addition to his contact issues, Giancarlo Stanton (calf) is not expected to be sidelined too much longer and would most likely take Jones’ spot on the roster.

The Yankees announced on Wednesday that Domínguez would miss “a few weeks” with the injury, so this comes as no surprise. The other issue for Domínguez is that, by the time he’s healthy, Giancarlo Stanton should also be back with the Yankees. Fantasy managers in redraft leagues don’t need to hold onto Domínguez.

The 2023 first-round pick seems to be coming into his own this season. Gonzalez has a .292/.408/.585 slash line with 10 home runs, 35 RBI, and five steals in 34 games at Triple-A. The 23-year-old had just eight home runs in 134 minor league games last season. He has played mainly shortstop this season, but has also started games at first base, second base, and third base, so the White Sox might be looking to find ways to bring him closer to his big league debut.

Crochet has been sidelined with shoulder inflammation since the end of April. His MRI showed no structural damage, so the left-hander will continue to ramp back up, and the Red Sox will determine next steps as they see how he feels once he’s back on the mound.

The Twins’ top offensive prospect has now homered three times in his last four games, which gives him eight home runs on the year to go along with seven steals. In six games in May, he’s hitting .333/.481/.857 with three home runs, nine RBI, two steals, and a 1/5 K/BB ratio. Culpper has mainly played shortstop this season, but has also started five games at third base and two games at second base, so there are plenty of ways the Twins could get him up into their big league infield.

With Sonny Gray (hamstring) back, the Red Sox didn’t need another starting pitcher up with the big league team, so Jake Bennett was sent back to the minors and Anderson will occupy a multi-inning relief role in Boston’s bullpen.

Arroyo gets forgotten about a bit in Cincinnati, but he was a top 50 prospect in baseball, according to Baseball America, when he was traded, along with Noelvi Marte and Levi Stoudt, as part of the Luis Castillo trade in 2022. Arroyo, who is only 22 years old, is slashing .322/.398/.524 this season in 35 games at Triple-A with five home runs, 23 RBI, and five steals. What’s potentially more interesting is that the shortstop has recently played two games at third base, a position he has never played in the minors before. This could be a bit of a sign that the Reds are looking to find another option besides Ke’Bryan Hayes.

Beck threw three innings as a bulk reliever on Thursday, so the Yankees will shuffle him back to the minors to get a fresh arm up for the bullpen.

Michael King matched Liberatore through six, but Liberatore still got the win due to a Masyn Winn RBI triple in the top of the seventh that every MLB right fielder besides Nick Castellanos and Joc Pederson would have caught. It makes Liberatore 2-1 with a 4.07 ERA in eight starts. That’s solid, but given that he’s well below average in terms of generating strikeouts and groundouts, he still seems like a weak bet going forward. He’ll face the A’s next week.

O’Brien has been a little shaky of late, but that wasn’t the case tonight in a 10-pitch inning. He struck out one of the three batters he faced, and he’s now 11-for-13 closing out games.