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Now, not only is he not progressing in his recovery from a torn ACL, now he’s not able to do the few baseball activities that he had already been doing. At this point, it’s hard to expect Mondesi to contribute anything to the Red Sox this season.

This is now the second straight game that Hoskins has started on the bench. The veteran is hitting .214/.353/.357 with a 28 percent strikeout rate and just one home run. Hoskins still has an 11 percent barrel rate, but he’s not pulling the ball as often as before. Perhaps he just needs to warm up. Jose Ramirez will DH on Wednesday with Daniel Schneemann at third base and Juan Brito at second base.

This seems like a routine day off for Stowers, who has played in all three games since coming off the injured list with a hamstring strain. Heriberto Hernandez will play left field and bat sixth.

Obviously, we are dealing with levels of rumor and speculation here, but it does make sense, especially after Nick Pivetta’s elbow injury. We know the Padres have interest in the 31-year-old starter, and Giolito has said that he’s maintained a pitch count around 75 while working out on his own this offseason, so he shouldn’t take too long to ramp up. In 26 starts last season, Giolito had a 3.41 ERA and would be on the streaming radar in 12-team leagues if/when he gets back to the big leagues.

Harvey has been on the injured list with triceps inflammation since April 12th. He still faces a bit of a ramp-up process, but the Cubs could certainly use him with Daniel Palencia (lat) on the injured list.

Manoah had been on the injured list with a right finger contusion for the last month, but this has also given the Angels a chance to continue to work with him and build up his arm strength. Manager Kurt Suzuki said that Manoah was “nearing a rehab assignment,” which could begin as soon as next week.

Hamilton has allowed three runs on two hits in one inning this season. His fastball velocity is down a bit, but he has a 3.75 career ERA in 151 1/3 MLB innings, so somebody is likely to give him another shot.

Fuentes is getting called up and, according to Barrett Sallee of the Atlanta Braves Radio Network. will also start Wednesday’s game against the Nationals. Martín Pérez had originally been slated to start this game, so he will most likely have his start pushed back to later in the weekend. There’s no word yet on whether this is a spot start for Fuentes or if the Braves will move to a six-man rotation or move somebody else out of the rotation. Fuentes has been tremendous in Triple-A with a 2.16 ERA, 0.84 WHIP, and 20/6 K/BB ratio in 16 2/3 innings, so he is a great streamer for today.

McNeil led off the second inning with a single, then took Luis Castillo deep for a solo homer in the fourth. The 34-year-old second baseman gets on the board with his first home run of the season while hitting a solid .278/.361/.389 with seven runs scored and five RBI across 83 plate appearances.

Raleigh knocked a base hit in the third inning, then took Jacob Lopez deep for a solo homer in the fifth. It was the fourth home run of the season for the 29-year-old slugger. He’s gotten off to a slow start, slashing .177/.266/.333 with the four homers and 13 RBI across 109 plate appearances.

With Joel Kuhnel, Hogan Harris, and Mark Leiter Jr. all pitching in two of the last three days, Perkins got the call in the eighth inning with a two-run lead and closed out the game with a pair of perfect frames with two strikeouts for his first save. The 26-year-old right-hander has some of the best strikeout stuff in the A’s bullpen, but has been used in a multi-inning role through five appearances and likely won’t factor into regular save chances just yet.