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Head, 23, is coming off back-to-back injury-plagued seasons in the minors. He was acquired from the Red Sox in the Josh Reddick deal.

Baty’s second-inning double brought in the only run of the game for New York. Much like a few members of the Mets’ lineup, the 26-year-old has been a massive disappointment at the plate this season with a weak .207/.274/.306 batting line through 36 games. He has just one homer on the season, and that was 22 games ago. He doesn’t belong in most fantasy lineups right now.

Witt got the game started with a big fly off Burch Smith in the bottom of the first inning. It was his fifth home run of the season and 19th RBI. It continues a strong May for Witt, who is 12-for-37 (.324) since May 1st with three home runs, four RBI, and two steals.

Massey seems to have emerged as the starting second baseman for the Royals against right-handed pitching now that Jonathan India (shoulder) is out after surgery for a torn labrum. Massey isn’t having a tremendous season, slashing .233/.256/.452, but he has three home runs and 12 RBI in 27 games and is going to get regular playing time. That could make him an option in deeper formats.

Madden also struck out five and walked two while posting a 29 percent CSW and a 60 percent strike rate overall. Madden was really efficient in two-strike counts, thanks to a slider and cutter combination that each had a 17 percent swinging strike rate to right-handers. Interestingly, his slider was over two mph slower than his last outing, with almost three inches more drop. The pitch was really effective today, so perhaps some tweaks are happening here. All of the damage against Madden came in one inning when he allowed a single, a walk, and a three-run home run. We would still be really cautious with him next week against the Blue Jays.

As is typical, Wacha didn’t have a lot of whiffs in this one, with just a five percent swinging strike rate, but he made the most of the two-strike counts he got into and induced plenty of weak contact on the day. His changeup got tons of called strikes, and the veteran will now take a 2.63 ERA into an appealing matchup against the Cardinals next week

This is very good to see, at least for those still holding on to Bohm. He had just four extra-base hits in 141 plate appearances this season before adding three to the ledger tonight and raising his OPS from .433 to .518. It’s his fifth career two-homer game and first since Apr. 19, 2024. It’s his first ever with three extra-base hits.

Nola was pulled with two on and two outs in the fifth, even though the Phillies had a three-run lead. They just didn’t trust him to retire Troy Johnston in that situation. Nola remains 2-3 with a 5.14 ERA and a 44/15 K/BB in 42 innings. He figures to make his next start Friday in Pittsburgh, but he isn’t really an option outside of NL-only leagues right now.

Freeland surrendered 10 hits with his velocity down about one mph from his season average. It’s the second time in his career that he’s both given up three homers and 10 hits in a contest. He’ll take a 1-4 record and a 6.00 ERA into his next start at home against Colorado.

Turner had as many hits today as he totaled in his previous 32 at-bats this month. The stolen base was also his first since Apr. 21. He’s been quite a disappointment thus far, but it’s not like he’s a stranger to slow starts. His two lowest career OPSs by month are .737 in May and .781 in April. He’s come in at .880 in September and .872 in August.

Carpenter was hurt running into the side wall on Bobby Witt Jr.'s inside-the-park homer and is probably going to be day-to-day. It might be best if he DH’s a little bit, opening up some more starts for Wenceel Pérez.