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Fasano served as a manager for several minor league clubs before being hired to the Braves’ major league staff in 2017 as a catching instructor. He joins Yankees third base coach Phil Nevin, Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza, Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames, Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol, Pirates bench coach Don Kelly, Dodgers first base coach George Lombard, Cubs third base coach Will Venable, and Athletics quality control coach Mark Kotsay among the list of known candidates to fill the vacancy in Detroit.

The move was made official prior to Friday’s series opener against the Cubs. Santa receives his first promotion to the majors after compiling a pristine 1.42 ERA, 0.90 WHIP and 24/7 K/BB ratio across 19 innings for Triple-A Sugar Land this season. The hard-throwing 23-year-old should get a chance to pitch in high-leverage spots at some point, but the Astros are probably going to ease him in with some low-leverage work first.

One of the most impactful trade acquisitions in the early stages of the Andrew Friedman era in Los Angeles, Taylor blossomed into a key role player for the Dodgers where he won two World Series titles and spent a decade from 2016-2025. His signature versatility and power/speed combo made him an impactful fantasy contributor as he hangs up his cleats with a .248/.327/.419 slash line with 110 home runs and 91 steals in 1,123 games over 12 seasons between the Mariners, Dodgers and Angels. The 35-year-old was playing for Triple-A Salt Lake after failing to make the Angels season-opening roster out of spring training.

Murakami’s bases-loaded double to left was just his third extra-base hit that wasn’t a homer. He’s now tied for eighth in MLB with 36 RBI to go along with his 17 homers. He’s also fourth with his 40 walks, giving him a .387 OBP in spite of a .246 average.

Although he gave up as many runs tonight as in his previous five starts combined, Martin struck out seven in maybe his easiest win to date, as the White Sox gave him nine runs to work with in the fourth. The team is now 9-1 when Martin starts and 17-23 the rest of the time. Martin will make his next start Wednesday at home against the Twins.

McDonald had his ERA down to 2.04 before giving up seven of the White Sox’s nine runs in the fourth inning took him all of the way up to 4.76. It was more about control than anything else; he hit two batters and walked another while giving up three runs in the frame. If he remains in the rotation, he’ll face the Rockies in Coors next time out. There’s some doubt about whether he’ll stick, as the Giants figure to active Logan Webb next week.

Goodman stole exactly one base in 2023, ’24, ’25 and in 46 games in ’26 coming into the game, so this is obviously his first career two-steal game. His singles tonight came on a grounder and a liner. He had a 101-mph fly that would have been a homer in 17 ballparks, according to Statcast, but it turned into an out at Chase Field.

Sugano left down 2-1 before the Rockies came back to win the game 3-2. He has a 3.86 ERA after 10 starts, which could give him a little trade value in spite of his paltry 13 percent strikeout rate. He’s due to make his next start at home Wednesday versus the Dodgers.

Senzatela came into a tie game in the eighth and recorded the win after the Rockies went ahead in the top of the ninth. With his 1.13 ERA, he’s a leading candidate for saves in the Colorado pen, but he’s also a leading candidate to be one of the first established major leaguers traded this season.

Soroka left with a one-run lead that got blown in the eighth, keeping him at 6-2 with a 3.27 ERA. He has another rather kind matchup coming up against the Giants in San Francisco on Wednesday.

O’Hoppe was run into at home after having to go up the line to retrieve a throw. The Angels can ill afford to lose him again with Travis d’Arnaud also on the IL, but if it happens, Omar Martinez will be recalled to serve as Sebastian Rivero’s backup.