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It looks to be just a routine night off for the 33-year-old slugger, who should play in the remaining two games over the weekend. Oswaldo Cabrera will start in his place in right field and will bat eighth against Jordan Lyles and the Royals on Friday evening.

On a night where the Royals were stifled by Chris Sale and the Braves’ bullpen, Witt was responsible for two of the team’s five hits. Despite the two-hit performance, Witt also hit into a double play in his first at-bat of the season and struck out in his following at-bat with a runner on first.

Goodman was the only player on the Rockies to tally more than one hit in Friday’s loss to the Marlins. The 2025 All-Star was robbed of his first RBI on the season when a single to right field that nearly scored Jake McCarthy from second resulted in McCarthy being thrown out by Austin Slater. Goodman broke out for 31 homers and 91 RBI last season while slashing .278/.323/.520 and is among the top fantasy catchers this season playing in the hitter-friendly confines of Coors Field.

Giménez put the Blue Jays up 2-1 in the fifth inning when he floated a ball into left center that was misplayed by two defenders and rolled to the back of the wall for a triple. After a game-tying homer by Shea Langeliers in the ninth inning, Giménez again came up clutch for the Jays, when he squeezed snuck a grounder past second base to drive in Kazuma Okamoto from third for the walk-off win. Not often known for his bat, we’ll need to see a few more outings like this from Giménez before we consider him a fantasy viable option this season.

Langeliers ended a scoreless tie in the fourth when he connected on a Kevin Gausman splitter that sailed 388 feet into the left field stands. It was the first homer of the season for Langeliers, who came up clutch again in the ninth inning when he took Jays closer Jeff Hoffman deep to tie the game at 2-2. Langeliers hit second for the A’s on Friday and is coming off a season in which he belted a career-high 31 homers.

Gausman held the Athletics scoreless through 3 1/3 innings until Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers took him deep on a solo homer to put the A’s up 1-0. It was the only hit and baserunner Gausman would allow all game, as the veteran righty was nails all night. Gausman threw 60 of his 83 pitches for strikes and relied almost exclusively on his fastball and splitter to get the job done. It was a strong first start of the season for Gausman, who will make his next start on Wednesday against the Rockies.

Severino was solid through the first 4 1/3 innings, but things turned disastrous in the fifth inning when a walk to Kazuma Okamoto and a double allowed to Ernie Clement put runners on second and third with one out. A misplayed ball by outfielders Denzel Clarke and Tyler Soderstrom resulted in a two-RBI triple for Andrés Giménez, which gave the Jays a 2-1 lead. Severino would make it out of the inning, but did not return in the sixth. It was an unfortunate ending for Severino, who allowed just three hits on the night. His next start is scheduled for Wednesday against the Braves, where he will oppose Chris Sale.

The 2025 NL Rookie of the Year got on the board in the third inning when he took Royals starter Cole Ragans deep for his first homer of the season. Baldwin DH’d on Friday and also fell victim to three ground ball outs, and is coming off a spring in which he slashed .349/.391/.674. Despite serving as DH on Friday, we would expect him to see a few starts at catcher with Sean Murphy (hip) on the 10-day IL.

Albies wasted little time getting on the board for the first time this season. The switch-hitting second baseman took an 83 MPH changeup from Cole Ragans into the left field seat in the bottom of the first to give the Braves an early 1-0 lead. Albies was surprisingly listed third in Thursday’s lineup, but the decision paid early dividends for manager Walt Weiss who made his managerial debut for the Braves. Albies would single to right in the third inning for his second hit on the night, but was caught stealing a few pitches later. Albies is looking to rebound from a disappointing .240/.306/.365 line in 2025 and is off to a strong start after hitting .188 this spring.

Sale had an up-and-down start to this one, striking out four batters through the first three innings while also walking three and allowing two hits. The veteran lefty would settle in for the final three frames, however, allowing just one hit the rest of the way while striking out an additional two batters to end the day with six punchouts. Sale got plenty of run support in this one, as three Braves homers gave them an early 4-0 lead, which proved to be more than enough to give Sale his first win of the 2026 campaign. Sale’s next start is scheduled to come on Wednesday at home against the Athletics.

Ragans retired the first two batters he faced to start this one, but gave up a solo homer to Ozzie Albies with two outs, and followed that by allowing a single to Matt Olson and a walk to Austin Riley. An Eli White groundout ended the early threat, but Ragans would fall victim to the homer again in the third inning when Drake Baldwin took him deep to extend the Braves’ lead to 2-0. Ragans would allow two more runs in the fourth inning courtesy of a two-run homer by Michael Harris, and did not return to start the fifth inning. It was an uncharacteristic outing for Ragans, who allowed just seven homers in 13 games last season. He’ll look to get back on track in his next start, which is scheduled for Thursday at home against the Twins.