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It was thought that Choo wanted to return to the U.S. a year ago after spending 2021 in South Korea, but the lockout caused him to stay home. There weren’t really any such rumors of a return to MLB this time around for the 40-year-old. Choo last played in MLB with the Rangers in 2020. He hit .259/.382/.430 with 16 homers for the Landers last season.

Peralta did well to wash away a lead-off home run from J.P. Crawford and made sure that would be the only Mariners’ run on the afternoon. Now, he still wasn’t super sharp. There was traffic on the bases in all but his sixth and final frame and he still let his pitch count get too high based on how little damage was being done against him. One huge positive to pull from this start, this was the best Peralta’s slider has looked all season. He’s been oddly reluctant to use it thus far, but leaned on it with a 48% usage rate against right-handed batters and it forced five swings-and-misses while rarely being squared up. Also, as his confidence grew in the pitch, he broke off a nasty front-door one to strike out Randy Arozarena looking as the penultimate batter he’d faced. This is very encouraging for Peralta who has a great 3.38 ERA to go along with an iffy 1.31 WHIP without being able to pitch deeply in many games so far. He’ll have a chance to build on this next week at home against the Cardinals.

Is this it? Is Bichette finally waking up? This felt like a vintage game for him, dunking singles left and right while coming through on multiple occasions with runners in scoring position. Still, he doesn’t have an extra-base hit in more than two weeks – his second drought that long over the last five weeks, somehow – and it will take more to convince us this wretched start is behind him. Even after a four-hit day, his batting average sits at .226 with a lowly .590 OPS.

Crawford got his squad going with a first inning home run, but that would stand as their only run in this loss. After a double and single that followed, he had an at-bat in the seventh needing just a triple for the cycle. Not in the spirit of the moment, he watched three strikes for a backwards K. Yet, that home run was his third in his last seven games and his 10 are only two shy of the 12 he hit all of last season. He’s also hit lead-off in 12 straight games and is a solid deep league asset.

Kirby’s struggles continue. The wheels fell off for him during an ugly fourth inning where he allowed the Mets’ eight and nine hitters to reach base before three hits and a double-steal helped bring home four runs. He wasn’t sharp otherwise either, as the Mets put at least one runner on in all four of his frames. His command on both his sinker and knuckle-curve were way worse than we’re used to seeing and he’s now given up 17 earned runs across 21 innings during his last four starts. He’ll have a chance to get back on track next week against the Orioles.

Woodruff’s next steps should come into focus at some point later this week. He’ll either head out for a minor league rehab start or jump back into Milwaukee’s rotation at some point next week. It’s highly likely he’ll require at least one rehab outing before returning. The 33-year-old has been on the shelf recovering from shoulder inflammation since early May.

Arias has been on the shelf working his way back from a hamstring strain since early April. The 26-year-old middle infielder is going to need at least a handful of rehab contests to get back up to speed following the lengthy layoff. He should make it back to Cleveland by mid-June.

It’s unlikely to be a lengthy outing since Perkins has sparingly worked beyond two innings as a reliever this season. The 26-year-old showed some promise as a rookie last year and holds a respectable 4.73 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 70/25 K/BB ratio across 66 2/3 innings in the majors since 2025. He’s in line for a challenging road matchup at hitter-friendly Daikin Park as he transitions into the rotation. A wait-and-see approach seems preferable for fantasy purposes, but he’s an intriguing arm to monitor in deeper leagues.

Neto remains stapled to Los Angeles’ bench for the third consecutive contest for precautionary reasons after a home-plate collision over the weekend left him with some whiplash symptoms. Oswald Peraza will make another start at shortstop in his absence. The encouraging development here is that Neto passed concussion protocol and there’s been zero indication he’ll require a trip to the injured list. He’s day-to-day heading into Friday’s series opener against the Dodgers.

Lovullo added that Burnes suffered a teres major strain in his shoulder during a recent live batting practice session and is unlikely to return until September following the setback. The 31-year-old former fantasy ace, who was working his way back from last year’s Tommy John surgery, was on track to return to Arizona’s rotation sometime around next month’s All-Star break. It’s an extremely tough development for the Diamondbacks and fantasy managers that were stashing Burnes for a potential second-half impact. There should be a clearer return timetable once he’s cleared to resume throwing.

Marte is also dealing with some hamstring soreness, according to Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo. He added that Marte wasn’t feeling comfortable during Tuesday’s contest and will get some time off to rest. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day heading into Thursday’s series finale. Ildemaro Vargas is at second base in his absence.