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Dean Kiekhefer

ATH Relief Pitcher #63

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Dean Kiekhefer will serve as the Cardinals’ 26th man for Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Padres.

He’ll be called up ahead of Game 2 and then sent right back to Triple-A Memphis on Thursday. Kiekhefer allowed seven earned runs in 11 innings earlier this season with St. Louis, though the 27-year-old southpaw was pretty stingy against left-handed hitters.
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Willy Adames

SF Shortstop #2

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Willy Adames went 0-for-4 against the Rays on Saturday, dropping his average to .194.

Adames has six RBI in 32 games. He’s sporting a 42/6 K/BB, and he’s been caught stealing both times he’s gone. Adames also dug himself quite a hole last year and climbed his way out of it; he hit .193 with five homers in his first 65 games and .248 with 25 homers in his final 95 games. Hopefully, he doesn’t wait that long to get going this time.

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Rutschman putting up 'star caliber' statistics

May 1, 2026 01:27 PM

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Gleyber Torres

DET 2nd Baseman #25
Gleyber Torres left Saturday’s game because of left side tightness.

It’s not great timing for Torres to get hurt, as the Tigers already have Zach McKinstry and Javier Báez on the IL. McKinstry, though, is almost ready to return. The Tigers can still mix and match Hao-Yu Lee and Jace Jung at second.
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Source: Chris McCosky

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Ronald Acuña Jr.

ATL Right Fielder #13
Ronald Acuña Jr. left Saturday’s game in the second inning with an apparent left hamstring injury.

The Braves are calling it left hamstring tightness, though that doesn’t mean much of anything. Acuña grabbed his hamstring coming out of the box after hitting a groundball. He continued down to first, and it didn’t appear to be a particularly severe injury. Best-case scenario, it might have even been just a cramp. Still, the better bet is that he’s going to miss some time. That would likely mean more shortstop starts for Jorge Mateo, with Mauricio Dubón playing right field.
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Will Wilson

SEA 2nd Baseman #7

Mariners placed INF Will Wilson on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Apr. 30, with a fractured left thumb.

Wilson was likely to head back to Triple-A when Brendan Donovan is activated, but now he’ll get a little extra service time. He was 1-for-6 in two games since being called up on Apr. 20, though that one hit was a homer.

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Jhonny Pereda

SEA Catcher #5

Mariners recalled C Jhonny Pereda from Triple-A Tacoma.

Pereda will help out behind the plate with Cal Raleigh apparently injured. The 30-year-old was hitting .333/.418/.436 in 92 plate appearances for Tacoma.

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Arjun Nimmala

TOR Shortstop #78

2023 first-round pick Arjun Nimmala is being promoted to Double-A by the Blue Jays.

The 20-year-old Nimmala returned to High-A Vancouver to begin this year, but he wasn’t left there long. He hit .241/.360/.382 with four homers and two steals in 22 games. Nimmala probably won’t be ready before 2028, but he could be the Jays’ shortstop of the future.

Source: Jonathan Mayo

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Jackson Chourio

MIL Center Fielder #11

Jackson Chourio left his rehab game in Triple-A on Saturday after fouling a ball off his back foot.

Chourio finished the at-bat, but he didn’t come back out for defense. The Brewers said he was pulled as a precaution. He was playing in his third Triple-A game as he makes his way back from a broken hand.

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Source: Curt Hogg

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Brice Matthews

HOU Left Fielder #0

Brice Matthews went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer and a walk Saturday in the Astros’ 6-3 win over the Red Sox.

Matthews put three on the board and probably kept a couple off it with a fantastic jumping catch against the center field wall to rob Willson Contreras of a double in the fourth. A week ago, it seemed like a given that Matthews would head back to Triple-A once the Astros got healthier. However, he’s gone 9-for-21 with two homers and six RBI in his last five games, raising his OPS from .497 to .725.

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Spencer Arrighetti

HOU Starting Pitcher #41

Despite allowing five hits and five walks, Spencer Arrighetti held the Red Sox to one run in five innings to win Saturday.

The Red Sox left eight men on base in Arrighetti’s final three innings of work, with Arrighetti getting a big assist from Brice Matthews on a jumping catch at the wall in center. Arrighetti, who has won all four of his starts, lowered his ERA to 1.96 today, even as his WHIP jumped to 1.30. He’s a big flyball pitcher who still walks a few too many, so mixed-league fantasy value might not last. He’s slated to face the Reds next weekend.

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Bryan King

HOU Relief Pitcher #74
Bryan King worked a perfect ninth versus the Red Sox for his second save Saturday.

Enyel De Los Santos, the Astros’ most frequent closer of late, came into this one to begin the sixth and was charged with one run in 1 2/3 innings of an inning (the one run came after he departed with in the seventh with two outs and a runner on first). That left Kai-Wei Teng in a setup role and King to close. The lefty needed just six pitches to put together a one-two-three inning.
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