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Stephenson helped to stake the Reds to that early advantage — socking a 395-foot solo shot off of Pirates’ left-hander Bailey Falter in the first inning that made it a 3-0 ballgame. The hard-hitting backstop added a two-run double the following frame that extended the Reds’ lead to 8-0. With his two-hit night, Stephenson is now hitting .248/.324/.379 with 12 homers and 53 RBI on the season.

Wells has been on the bench for the last two days amidst his immense struggles at the plate, but he’s back in the lineup on Tuesday. The 26-year-old is hitting .173/.292/.264 with three home runs on the season. He does have a solid 32/19 K/BB ratio in 36 games, and his hard-hit rate is at a career-high 46.8 percent, while his swinging strike rate is actually the same as last year. Wells doesn’t need to be on fantasy rosters right now, but it wouldn’t surprise us if he starts to figure things out at the plate. He might just be being a little too passive right now.

Reyzelman was tremendous in Double-A for the Yankees in 2024 and even appeared in big league spring training, but struggled in 2025 and then underwent a microdiscectomy following the season. The Yankees started him at Double-A this year, coming off the surgery, and he has posted a 3.12 ERA and a 48.5 percent strikeout rate over 17.1 innings. He can hit triple digits with his fastball and could push for his MLB debut over the summer.

Severino has posted a 1.04 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, and 18/8 K/BB ratio in 17 1/3 innings at Triple-A this season for the Mets. Rather than lose him to another team, the Mets decided to add him to the 40-man roster and then send him back to Triple-A. To free up space on the 40-man roster, the Mets transferred Clay Holmes to the 60-day IL.

Slater was signed to the team at the end of April but only appeared in nine games for the Mets. On the season, he’s slashing .209/.286/.233 with a 31 percent strikeout rate in 49 plate appearances between the Mets and Marlins.

It makes some sense. Rocker has allowed 18 runs this season, and 10 of them have come in the first inning. That’s an 11.25 ERA in the first frame. Perhaps giving him an easier start to the game will help to curtail his ratio struggles. It will also make it easier for him to pick up a win, so we do like this move for fantasy purposes.

Foster came on in relief of Trevor Rogers on Monday night and allowed four runs on five hits in 1 1/3 innings of work. He’ll head back to the minors but will likely be shuttled back to Baltimore at some point this summer.

The Orioles bullpen has been taxed by some short starts of late, so they’re calling up Suárez to give them more length out of the pen. The 36-year-old has a 3.45 ERA in 15 2/3 innings for Baltimore this season in six relief appearances.

Handley was optioned to Triple-A on Monday and is now designated for assignment, so Baltimore could add relievers to their 40-man roster. He will likely clear waivers and could sign back with the Orioles.

Adams has allowed three runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings for the Twins this season. He’ll operate in bulk relief.

Jackson was hitting .239/.295/.511 in 95 plate appearances at Triple-A with seven home runs and 15 RBI. He will likely back up Victor Caratini, who now becomes a must-roster catcher in two-catcher leagues.