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This report is raising eyebrows, but that doesn’t mean it’s done. Far from it, actually. For what it’s worth, sources have told ESPN’s Alden González and Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith (who is as plugged in on the Blue Jays as anyone) that Ohtani has yet to make his decision. Hoornstra, a long-time Dodgers’ beat writer, says an official announcement could come later in the day on Friday. Financial terms are unknown, but most assume Ohtani will clear the $500 million barrier. As always, we’ll provide more updates as events warrant.

Initial X-rays on DeLauter’s left foot came back negative for any fractures, which is a massive relief for the Guardians and fantasy managers alike after he fouled a ball off it in the first inning Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. The 24-year-old rookie isn’t completely out of the woods, but the initial imaging suggests he avoided a serious injury. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day heading into Wednesday’s series finale in Los Angeles.

Pallante allowed all three hits over the first five innings before Gordon Graceffo, Ryne Stanek, JoJo Romero and Riley O’Brien finished things up. Pallante struck out only three, which is pretty much par for the course for him, but he got nine outs on the ground. The Cardinals would take five solid innings every time out from him, at least until they cashed him in before the trade deadline. He’ll next face the Nationals on Monday.

The Cardinals indicated that part of the reason O’Brien opened up in a setup role was that he was behind after his calf injury this spring. The results didn’t really agree with that assessment, but all seems right now anyway. The Cardinals used Ryne Stanek in the seventh and Jojo Romero in the eighth tonight, so they were clearly intending for O’Brien to close. He’s probably not a lock to record all of the team’s save chances, but he is the best bet in their pen and should be picked up wherever he’s available.

The Cardinals went double, single, double to get to Senga in the third, but that was their only successful stretch. Senga averaged 97.4 mph with his fastball tonight, up 2.8 mph from last year, and got six strikeouts with the pitch. The other three came on his ghost forkball. He did finish with three walks, starting just 12 of the 25 hitters he faced with strikes, but with his stuff all of the way back to where it was in 2022, he has the ability to be one of this year’s biggest bargains. Senga is slated to make his next start Sunday against the Giants. If that happens, it’ll be just his fifth time pitching on four days’ rest for the Mets. He did it three times in 2023 and once last year.

Rather surprisingly, Urías has started three of the Cardinals’ first five games, including twice against righties. Meanwhile, Thomas Saggese has played just once, and José Fermín doesn’t even have a plate appearance yet. The homer made Urías 2-for-9 with four strikeouts. There’s a good argument that he’s the Cardinals’ best option at third between Nolan Gorman, Saggese and Fermín, but he’s also the one player in the group with no real possibility of helping the Cardinals in 2027 and beyond.

Vientos got the nod at DH against a righty probably mostly because of Jorge Polanco’s Achillies problem, but the Mets went ahead and had Baty hit for him against another righty in the seventh. Vientos is probably going to play mostly against lefties for now, which means he should be in there again Wednesday with the Mets facing Matthew Liberatore.

Goodman absolutely clobbered a 435-foot homer off Max Scherzer, and it was the only run of the game for the Rockies. The 26-year-old backstop hit 31 roundtrippers in 2025, and he’s a good bet for a similar number again in 2026.