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Jeffress didn’t pitch in 2021 after being released by the Nationals early in spring training due to what the club referred to only as “personnel reasons.” The 34-year-old wants to play again in 2022, though, and was clocked at 96 mph recently, per Murray. There’s sure to be interest in Jeffress, although he’ll probably have to take a minor league deal.

Jeffers broke his bat the first pitch of an at-bat, took two balls and then basically just walked off the field. The best guess here is that it’s a hand problem, but we’ll find out soon.

Baty’s home run was his third of the year. He hit a solo shot off Jake Irvin in the fourth inning. Baty is quietly 13-for-41 (.317) with seven runs, two home runs and eight RBI over his last 12 games. With a hot bat and eligibility at multiple positions, he’s worth rostering in mixed leagues.

John King, Calvin Faucher and Lake Bachar finished up. Meyer struck out six, generating 13 whiffs. All three hits against him were singles. Meyer is now 4-0 with a 2.85 ERA. His peripherals aren’t quite as good as his ERA, but they are much improved. The big thing is that he’s given up homers on just 7.4 percent of his flyballs allowed. He was at 20.9 percent in his career coming into the season, compared to a league average of 11-12 percent. He’s slated to make his next start Saturday against the Mets.

Five of the runs came in the fourth, which included four hits, a walk and a HBP. The big hit was a 98-mph smash from Joe Mack that Ozzie Albies couldn’t handle at second base. If Albies had picked it, it likely would have been an inning-ending double play without a run scoring. He didn’t, and Ritchie just couldn’t recover. Ritchie is 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA and a 21/16 K/BB in 25 2/3 innings through five starts. He needs to have a better afternoon Sunday against the Nationals.

Sanoja had six homers in 342 plate appearances as a rookie last season, but he was without one in 102 plate appearances this year until taking Aaron Bummer deep in the fifth. Sanoja has started 25 of the Marlins’ 48 games this season and is batting .260/.317/.354 as a utilityman, though he’s mostly playing third base of late.

Edwards has five homers in 203 plate appearances this season after entering the year with four in 1,006 career plate appearances. It doesn’t seem like a fluke, either, as he has 10 barrels and a solid 37 percent hard-hit rate. It’s just too bad he’s cut back on the steal attempts. He’s currently 6-for-8 there. In 2024, he was 31-for-35 in 70 games, and he was 27-for-34 in 139 games last season.

Mack tripled his career RBI total in the rout tonight. He’s hitting .225/.262/.300 with 15 strikeouts through 42 plate appearances. He’ll start contributing with the occasional homer soon, but the average and OBP probably aren’t going to improve by a whole lot.

Irvin gave up five hits, walked one and struck out six. He has a 5.59 ERA on the season now. Irvin allowed an unearned run in the second thanks to an error by James Wood, which allowed Tyrone Taylor to advance to third before a two-out double by Luis Torrens. Another unearned run scored in the fifth inning after Torrens reached on an error and Irvin was removed from the ballgame. He’ll face the Braves on the road this weekend.