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Billy Hamilton

TB Center Fielder #0

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Rays signed OF Billy Hamilton to a minor league contract.

Hamilton makes plenty of sense for the Rays as a Terrance Gore-esque pinch-running specialist on their postseason roster. The 32-year-old speedster was released last week by the White Sox and didn’t take long to find a new home. He’ll likely head to Triple-A Durham for a few weeks before being an option at some point in September.

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Rafael Devers

SF Designated Hitter #16

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Rafael Devers is again DHing for the Giants on Friday because of the hamstring issue he dealt with in spring training.

Devers is available to play first base if needed, but the Giants would prefer he be a little closer to 100 percent first. Casey Schmitt is starting at first again Friday.
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Shane Baz

BAL Starting Pitcher #34

ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports the Orioles are finalizing a five-year, $68 million extension with RHP Shane Baz.

It was always the contention of their trade with the Rays that Baltimore was buying in on their ability to make Baz’s pitches play up. Now they’re paying up for the opportunity to keep him in their rotation for the next several years after apparently liking what they saw in Spring Training. Baz was set to be arbitration eligible for the second time next offseason, so the Orioles have bought out two years of free agency in this deal. It’s a reasonable price considering Baz’s talent.

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Jeremy Peña

HOU Shortstop #3

Jeremy Peña is batting leadoff for the Astros against the Angels on Friday night.

He’ll make his season debut after sitting for Opening Day. It’s unclear exactly why the Astros sat him yesterday when they sent him to Triple-A Sugar Land to take live at-bats, but fantasy managers can overlook that as long as Peña is ready to go. Against LHP Yusei Kikuchi, the Astros will use a lineup of: Peña, LF Yordan Alvarez, DH Isaac Paredes, 2B Jose Altuve, 3B Carlos Correa, RF Cam Smith, 1B Christian Walker, C Yainer Diaz and CF Brice Matthews.

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Cole Wilcox

SEA Starting Pitcher #43

Mariners recalled RHP Cole Wilcox from Triple-A Tacoma.

He’ll take over for Carlos Vargas in a bullpen role for the Mariners. Wilcox was acquired from the Rays in November and had a 4.32 ERA in spring training work with Seattle, striking out 11 in 8 1/3 innings pitched. He’ll likely work in low-leverage situations for the time being.

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Carlos Vargas

SEA Relief Pitcher #54

Mariners placed RHP Carlos Vargas on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain.

The move is retroactive to March 24. Vargas was surprisingly unavailable last night, and now we know why. The right-hander had a 3.97 ERA in 70 appearances with the Mariners in 2025 and figures to be a middle innings consideration for the club when healthy again.

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Ozzie Albies

ATL 2nd Baseman #1

Ozzie Albies is batting third for the Braves in their Opening Day matchup against the Royals Friday.

Coming off a .240/.306/.365 batting line in 2025, this is a pretty surprising lineup placement for Albies in the opener. He batted third in just seven of 157 appearances last season. He did hit slightly better against lefties (.277/.296/.412) last year, but we’re still a bit surprised. The full Opening Day lineup against LHP Cole Ragans is: RF Ronald Acuña Jr., C Drake Baldwin, Albies, 1B Matt Olson, 3B Austin Riley, LF Eli White, SS Mauricio Dubón, C Jonah Heim, and CF Michael Harris II.

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Jesús Sánchez

TOR Right Fielder #12
Blue Jays OF Jesús Sánchez is not starting Friday’s opener against RHP Luis Severino.

It never seemed like Sánchez had fully carved out a role with the Jays after coming over in a mid-February deal for Joey Loperfido. Nathan Lukes is starting in left field and batting second for Toronto against a right-hander. Sánchez probably doesn’t need to be dropped in deeper leagues ASAP, but those in 12-team leagues can probably move on while we see how the playing time shakes out.
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Kazuma Okamoto

TOR 3rd Baseman #7

Blue Jays 3B Kazuma Okamoto is batting seventh in Toronto’s Opening Day lineup against the Athletics on Friday.

The Jays have a deep enough lineup that this shouldn’t mess with his run and RBI opportunities too much, but fantasy managers probably were hoping he’d hit higher than this. The full lineup against RHP Luis Severino is: DH George Springer, LF Nathan Lukes, 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr., RF Addison Barger, C Alejandro Kirk, CF Daulton Varsho, Okamoto, 2B Ernie Clement, and SS Andrés Giménez.

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Nick Kurtz

ATH 1st Baseman #16

Athletics 1B Nick Kurtz is batting leadoff against the Blue Jays on Opening Day.

He hit first in 18 games last year, so it’s not a total surprise, but we hope it doesn’t cut into his RBI totals too much. The rest of the Athletics lineup against RHP Kevin Gausman is pretty much as expected: Kurtz, C Shea Langeliers, LF Tyler Soderstrom, DH Brent Rooker, SS Jacob Wilson, RF Lawrence Butler, 3B Max Muncy, 2B Jeff McNeil, and CF Denzel Clarke.

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Vidal Bruján

NYM 3rd Baseman #2

Mets outrighted INF/OF Vidal Bruján to Triple-A Syracuse.

Bruján lost his bid for a bench spot in Spring Training and cleared waivers today. If Bruján accepts his assignment to Triple-A, he’s probably first in line for a bench spot on the Mets if injuries strike.

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