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Following his outstanding run with the Rays, there’s a good chance Stephenson will land the second biggest contract given to a reliever this winter, trailing only Josh Hader’s eventual deal.

Despite going 0-for-17 in March, Jung is currently hitting .299 on the season. He’s at .371/.430/.671 with four homers in April alone. Statcast thinks the slugging percentage is mostly a mirage, but it is really encouraging that he’s striking out just 17.5 percent of the time this year. His career rate coming into the season was 27.9 percent.

Gore struck out seven, but this was a mediocre, inefficient outing in which he needed 106 pitches to get his 15 outs. Still, at least now that he’s working in front of a quality defense and throwing to a solid catcher, his weaker outings look more like this instead of the three-inning, six-run affairs during his Nationals career. Gore will make his next start in Detroit.

Latz has seemed like a candidate for saves in the Texas bullpen for weeks now, but this is his first save of the year. He joins Jakob Junis (three), Tyler Alexander (two) and Cole Winn (one) in having earned saves for the Rangers. Junis set him up with a scoreless eighth tonight, while Winn wound up with the win for pitching a scoreless sixth. It’s difficult to recommend any one Texas reliever right now, but Latz is probably the best bet of the bunch from an ERA standpoint.

Things could have gone better for Springs, who allowed just three hard-hit balls on the night. The big blow was Josh Jung’s two-run to right-center, and that would have left only 11 of the 30 ballparks. Besides that, Springs gave up four singles and two walks. He dropped to 3-2 with a 3.79 ERA ahead of a start against Cleveland next week.

Carlos Cortes doubled in his place. Muncy was a nice surprise for two weeks, but he’s 4-for-36 with one extra-base hit (a triple) and 16 strikeouts in his last 12 games, leaving him with a .239/.308/.402 line on the season. He’s not assured of remaining a regular at third base.

Griffin went the other way on a Jacob Misiorowski offering to single home a run. The steal already gives him six on the season, and he’s driven home 12 runs since the promotion. There have been some less-than-spectacular results — understandable especially for a player who turned 20 on Thursday — but a big game Friday and a solid one Saturday now has him slashing .230/.284/.324.

Ramirez didn’t allow a hit and kept the zombie runner at second to pick up his first save of the season. He’s now the owner of a 2.04 ERA and has been Pittsburgh’s most consistent reliever, so more save chances are possible, but not guaranteed.

Misiorowski threw a whopping 39 pitches over 100 mph while picking up 20 swings-and-misses on 91 overall offerings. He also issued only one walk, and while he did allow six hits, it’s worth noting that only four balls put into play registered as hard hits. Misiorowski looked the part Saturday, and it’s pretty easy to imagine double-digit strikeouts versus the Nationals on Friday.

Keller struck out six against two walks, and he allowed five total hits in the contest. He blanked the Brew Crew over the first three innings, but gave up a pair in the fourth and another in the sixth was charged to the right-hander after he left. Keller was outstanding Sunday against the rays, but this effort would accurately be described as so-so or “meh” from a fantasy perspective, even with a decent number of punchouts. He still possesses a strong 3.18 ERA and will look to lower it against the Cardinals on Thursday.