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Carlson, who made the announcement himself on social media, was a second-round pick of the Mariners back in 2017 and has yet to reach the majors. The 24-year-old righty converted to relief full-time this past season, posting a lackluster 5.25 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 61/20 K/BB ratio across 48 innings (39 appearances) for High-A Everett.

Misiorowski gave up a leadoff homer to Chase Meidroth, but the White Sox couldn’t get to him after that. He got 19 whiffs on his fastball alone and ended up with a 41% CSW. It’s Misiorowski’s third 10-strikeout game in 15 career starts. His high was 12 against the Dodgers last July. Misiorowski is due make his next start Wednesday against the Brewers.

That’s more runs than he allowed in any of his first eight starts as one of the league’s most pleasant surprises early last year. Smith was able to pitch around a leadoff double in the first, but he couldn’t find his way out of the second. After Jake Bauers struck out to start the frame, batters reached on a walk, a catcher interference, another walk and a blooper just over the second baseman’s head. Smith rebounded to strike out Brice Turang, who had the double in the first, but William Contreras followed with a three-run double in a grounder down the third base line, ending Smith’s day. Smith, who doesn’t come recommended in mixed leagues, will likely face the Marlins on Wednesday.

Hamilton getting the third base nod over Luis Rengifo in Milwaukee, at least against righties, could quickly prove significant in fantasy leagues. He’s typically good for a steal every other start or so, and he might be a streaming option next week with the Brewers due to face in righties five out of their six games.

The Brewers scored the next 14 runs afterwards, so the excitement didn’t last long. Meidroth did reach twice more, though, both on walks. His homer had an EV of 107.7 mph and was projected at 417 feet, so that’s really encouraging. Last year, he topped out at 107.1 mph and never hit a ball farther than 395 feet. Meidroth has a terrific approach, and a little extra pop could make him a decent MI option in mixed leagues.

The homer came off Jake Woodford with the White Sox down 14-1 in the ninth, but that’s still pretty cool. Murakami got a cutter right down the pipe and pulled it 384 feet for a no-doubter to right. It’s his first MLB homer after 246 over eight seasons in NPB. He also had one this spring and one in his five WBC games.

Montgomery certainly belongs in the White Sox lineup after his stellar debut last year, but the second spot probably isn’t going to work out in the short term. He’s coming off a spring in which he hit just .182/.224/.345 with 20 strikeouts in 58 plate appearances. Last year, he had a .295 OBP in the minors and his modest .318 mark in the majors was better than anyone should have expected.

The 26-year-old hurler gets a spot on the Rockies’ 40-man roster with RJ Petit shifting to the 60-day injured list, but he’ll open the season at the Triple-A level where he’ll continue to function as extra rotation depth. Bellozo should get an opportunity to pitch for the Rockies at some point during the 2026 campaign.

The Rule 5 pick is set to miss the entire 2026 season after undergoing Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery, so this move was a mere formality. It cleared a spot on the Rockies’ 40-man roster to add Valente Bellozo on Thursday.

It was a three-true-outcome day for Benge, as he struck out in his other two at-bats. The homer to right-center came off Justin Lawrence in the sixth. Benge was able to make the Mets this spring without ever homering, finishing up at .366/.435/.439 in 46 plate appearances in Grapefruit League action. Especially with him being due to sit against a lot of lefties, it’s hard to say if the homers and steals will be there to make Benge a viable mixed-league outfielder as a rookie. However, he should be a solid major league contributor with his OBP skills.

Despite getting five runs to work with in the first, Peralta nearly went without a win today. He took a 6-3 lead into the fifth, when he gave up a single and an RBI double to open the inning. One more batter reaching probably would have gotten him lifted, but he retired Oneil Cruz, Brandon Lowe (who had homered off him twice) and Bryan Reynolds in order to escape. Peralta finished up with a 34% CSW. His velocity was down a bit early on, but it got better as the outing went along. Peralta will make his next start Wednesday against the Cardinals.