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Ryan Tepera

MLB Relief Pitcher #38

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Rangers signed RHP Ryan Tepera to a minor league contract.

Tepera was released by the Angels a couple weeks ago and has managed to latch on with the division-rival Rangers. The 35-year-old veteran right-hander will head to Triple-A Round Rock as extra organizational relief depth and could make his way to Texas’ bullpen rather quickly. He compiled a lackluster 7.27 ERA, 2.08 WHIP and 10/3 K/BB ratio across 8 2/3 innings (10 appearances) this season for Los Angeles.

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Brendan White

SEA Relief Pitcher #52

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Mariners signed RHP Brendan White to a minor league contract.

White spent last season pitching for the Lancaster Stormers of the independent Atlantic League after being cut loose by the Tigers in July. The 27-year-old made 33 relief appearances for the Tigers back in 2023, registering a serviceable 5.09 ERA — 4.43 xERA — and 44/15 K/BB ratio across 40 2/3 innings. He’ll open the year at Triple-A Tacoma as extra relief depth for the Mariners.

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Navigate Sale carefully in fantasy amid extension

February 24, 2026 02:08 PM

Eric Samulski and James Schiano discuss Chris Sale's new $27 million extension and how it relates to his underperformance in fantasy, spotlighting Hunter Green as someone with higher upside.

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Eli Villalobos

SD Relief Pitcher #68

Padres signed RHP Eli Villalobos to a minor league contract.

Villalobos made three relief appearances for the Marlins back in 2024 and didn’t pitch at all last year. The 28-year-old represents a zero-risk lottery ticket for the Padres as organizational depth at Triple-A El Paso.

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Paul Skenes

PIT Starting Pitcher #30

Paul Skenes is expected to make two starts for Team USA during the upcoming World Baseball Classic, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal.

Skenes will take the ball in next month’s international showcase after authoring one of the most dominant seasons in recent memory — a microscopic 1.97 ERA paired with a 216/42 K/BB ratio across 187 2/3 innings that culminated in his first Cy Young Award. The numbers weren’t just impressive; they felt disproportionate, like the statistical profile of someone operating on a slightly different axis than the rest of the league. Now he carries that gravity onto a global stage.

Source: The Athletic

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Cade Cavalli

WSH Starting Pitcher #24

Cade Cavalli fired two scoreless innings on Tuesday in his Grapefruit League debut against the Cardinals.

Cavalli finished with one strikeout and allowed just one baserunner, requiring an efficient 24 pitches (16 strikes) to complete two frames in his spring debut. The 27-year-old former top pitching prospect returned for 10 starts late last season in the big leagues and appears to have a spot locked up in Washington’s rotation.

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Josue De Paula

LAD Right Fielder #90

Josue De Paula went 3-for-3 with an RBI double and two runs scored in the Dodgers’ 10-3 drubbing of the Guardians on Tuesday.

The double was a 110-mph line drive. De Paula, one of the game’s best prospects, is 5-for-9 this spring. Still just 20, he’s coming off a season in which he hit .263/.406/.421 with 12 homers and 32 steals in 98 games in High-A ball. He made a four-game cameo in Double-A at season’s end, and he’ll likely spend most of 2026 at that level.

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Gavin Stone

LAD Pitcher #35

Gavin Stone, who missed all of last season after shoulder surgery, struck out two in a perfect inning against the Guardians on Tuesday.

Stone’s secondary pitches were all down in the velocity department, but his six fastballs averaged 94.9 mph, which is right where he was when he went 11-5 with a 3.53 ERA in 25 starts as a rookie in 2024. It’d be great for the Dodgers’ pitching depth if he returns to that form.

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Gavin Williams

CLE Pitcher #32

Gavin Williams surrendered two runs — one earned — in 1 1/3 innings Tuesday against the Dodgers.

Williams was pulled 20 pitches into the first after a single, a walk, a Juan Brito error and a popout. He then came back out for the second and had an easy time against the bottom of the Dodgers order. That makes for an acceptable first spring outing for the 26-year-old. His fastball velocity was within one mph of his 2025 average.

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Travis Bazzana

CLE 2nd Baseman #87

Travis Bazzana went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer that plated all of Cleveland’s runs Tuesday against the Dodgers.

The homer was hit 107.8 mph and 423 feet off a 98.5-mph fastball from Edgardo Henríquez. Bazzana will soon head off to play for Australia in the World Baseball Classic, which probably won’t help his slim chances of pulling off a long shot bid for the second base gig in Cleveland. The 2024 first overall pick probably needs some more time in Triple-A anyway, but the Guardians don’t have much standing in his way.

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Cal Raleigh

SEA Catcher #29

Cal Raleigh went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer on Tuesday as the Mariners fell to the White Sox 12-10 in Cactus League action.

Raleigh took White Sox reliever Wikelman González deep to left-center field in the third inning for his first big fly of the spring. The 29-year-old slugging backstop is due for some obvious regression after delivering a historic 60-homer campaign last year that shattered just about every offensive record for a full-time catcher. He’ll come off the board in the second round of every fantasy draft this spring as a true difference-maker at one of the weaker positions in the landscape.

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Colt Emerson

SEA Shortstop #85

Colt Emerson went 2-for-3 with a two-run single on Tuesday in Cactus League play against the White Sox.

Emerson ripped an impressive 108.7 mph single that brought home a pair of runs in the fifth inning. The 20-year-old top prospect boasts an above-average hit tool and made a serious jump in the power department last year, smashing 16 homers in 130 games across three levels to finish the year in Triple-A. It’s dangerous to feel certain about any prospect, but Emerson is one of the rare exceptions where his sustained fantasy relevance feels almost inevitable.

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