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Franklin spent nearly all of this season in the minors. He’s a career .214/.285/.359 hitter over parts of six big league seasons.

The run-provention isn’t great, but Anderson did strike out three of the seven hitters he faced and looked filthy doing so. The 21-year-old was the third-overall pick in 2026, and while he doesn’t have quite the same elite stuff as a Paul Skenes or pitchers of that ilk, there’s just as good of chance Anderson makes an early debut. Fantasy managers should be prepared if he gets the call for Seattle in 2026.

Bibee allowed all three runs in the first, with one coming on a solo homer from Sam Antonacci. He settled down over his final two frames to end the outing on a good note. Bibee will likely get a chance to work up to four frames in his next Cactus League outing.

Smith, 25, allowed two hits, one walk and struck out a pair. The 25-year-old was one of the better rookie starters in 2025 with a 3.81 ERA and 145/58 K/BB ratio over his 146 1/3 innings, and he’s one of the very few White Sox who offer any kind of fantasy upside in 2026.

The first double was an 84-mph grounder down the line, but House clobbered the second one at 111.4 mph, which was just one-tenth of a mph off his high from last year. He’s 5-for-11 with two homers already this spring, so if there was any doubt about him being the Nationals’ Opening Day third baseman, it’s quickly going away.

It’d be rather unfortunate if the arrival of Miles Mikolas cost Irvin his rotation spot, since Irvin is at least as good of an innings eater and might theoretically still have some upside. Then again, Irvin could prove more interesting out of the pen if the Nationals give him a look there. It’s not an easy call; Irvin is probably more valuable to the rebuilding Nats while throwing 180 mediocre innings, but if his stuff took a step forward as a short reliever, that could draw the interest of contenders.

Myers was effective even though his fastball was down 1.5 mph from last year and his splitter was down a whopping 4.3 mph. He’s slated to make the Mets as a middle reliever after being acquired alongside Freddy Peralta from the Brewers, but he does have an option year left if needed.

Kimbrel might have had a one-two-three inning with a quality third baseman, but Bo Bichette just didn’t show much range on an 84-mph groundball double from Brady House to start the inning. Kimbrel got a groundout and a sac fly afterwards, but he then walked two before a popout ended the inning. Kimbrel averaged 92.6 mph with his fastball today, down from 93.5 mph last year. He’ll definitely have to look a little better in order to have a real shot of making the Mets.

Vientos’s three balls in play today were all in the 103-105 mph range, though one was turned into a GIDP. He’s going to need more days like this as he tries to show the Mets he deserves to keep playing against righties. The hit today was his first in 14 plate appearances this spring.

Boone said that Bellinger’s back “went out on him a little bit” and the Yankees aren’t going to take any risks with the 30-year-old outfielder. It sounds like Bellinger could be back in the lineup as early as Tuesday, and fantasy managers have reason to believe he’ll be ready to roll when the season starts.

Walls had been sidelined with an oblique injury, but you certainly couldn’t tell in this one. His home run off Konnor Pilkington was 106 mph off the bat and traveled almost 400 feet. The Rays love Walls’ defense, so he will always be a threat to steal playing time away from your favorite fantasy player.