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Kolarek was jettisoned from the Angels’ 40-man roster back in January and will open the year back at Triple-A Salt Lake as extra organizational relief depth. The 35-year-old veteran southpaw has made 175 appearances in the big leagues dating back to 2017.

Guardians manager Stephen Vogt told reporters that DeLauter was set to receive the day off regardless before he suffered a left foot contusion during Tuesday’s showdown at Dodger Stadium. The positive news for Cleveland and fantasy managers alike is that initial X-rays came back negative for any fractures. The 24-year-old rookie sensation will be re-evaluated prior to Friday’s series opener against the Cubs to determine whether he’ll need some additional time off. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now. It’ll be Angel Martínez taking over in right field on Wednesday night in his absence.

The Nationals were up 5-1 midway through the seventh, but the Phillies scored in four straight innings from there. Crawford’s game-winner was a shot to second that might have been handled with the fielder playing back. As is, Nasim Nuñez was in on the grass with the winning run on third and really had no chance. Crawford is off to a 7-for-17 start to begin his major league career. The RBI today was his first. He’s yet to attempt a steal, but one imagines that will change soon.

Sánchez was a little shaky in walking four today and another team might have been able to capitalize, but the Nationals couldn’t. He threw 33 pitches to work out of a bases-loaded situation after walking two in the second, and he was at 65 pitches through three, but he still pitched into the sixth anyway and finished with seven strikeouts. He’ll take a 0.79 ERA into his third start against the Giants.

Brought into a 5-5 game, Duran struck out Joey Weimer and then got a line drive double play from CJ Abrams, as automatic runner Daylen Lile drifted too far off second base on the shot towards the second baseman. Duran’s eventful start has him with a 1-1 record and two saves through the Phillies’ first six games.

He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out three. The run came right away in the first, as Trea Turner walked, stole second and then scored on a Kyle Schwarber liner to center that Jacob Young dove for but came up short on. It was a bad call from Young to attempt to catch it, but it actually worked out great for the Nationals since Schwarber was thrown out trying to take third after the ball bounced towards the wall. Cavalli went on to pitch his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the second and worked around the leadoff man reaching in the third and fourth before retiring seven batters in a row to finish the outing. It was a fine outing against a strong offense, and the Nationals have to be encouraged by the way he’s throwing. Still, he’s a risky fantasy pickup while pitching on a bad team with an especially poor defense.

The Nationals tried to piece things together in the ninth today. Clayton Beeter stranded two runners after coming in with one out in the eighth. He went on to retire Justin Crawford to start the ninth, but he was pulled in favor of lefty PJ Poulin after Trea Turner singled. Poulin walked Kyle Schwarber, got Bryce Harper to pop out and then walked Alec Bohm before being lifted in favor of Henry, who probably would have pitched to Bohm if not for the three-batter rule. Henry gave up a two-run single to Edmundo Sosa, tying the game at 5-5, before walking Adolis García and retiring Brandon Marsh. Henry then remained in for the 10th after the Nationals failed to score in the top of the inning and took the loss after giving up singles to both batters he faced. Based on today’s results, Beeter’s stock should be up a little in comparison to Henry’s. Still, those two might go back and forth a few times. Plus, Henry wasn’t actually charged with an earned run today, while Beeter was.

Realmuto’s first homer of the year came off Andre Granillo to begin the Phillies’ late-inning rally in the seventh. He probably would have been the hero had he come up with one or two outs in a tie game in the 10th and the automatic runner on the second today, but since there were no outs, Brandon Marsh was held at third on Realmuto’s single to right. Justin Crawford followed with the game-ending single.

Yelich came through with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, poking a seeing eye-single into right field to put Milwaukee ahead for good in a rare low-scoring affair at American Family Field. He finished 2-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts. The 34-year-old veteran is off to a strong start, hitting .381 (8-for-21) with one homer and one steal through six contests this season.

Díaz went deep for the second straight contest, taking Brewers flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski out to right field in the third inning for his second round-tripper of the season. The 34-year-old’s switch back to his approach and swing from a couple seasons ago has translated to a sizzling-hot stretch at the dish to open the season, hitting .429 (12-for-28) with two homers and eight RBI through six games.

Turang got a fastball over the heart of the plate from Rays ace Drew Rasmussen in the third inning and didn’t miss, sending a majestic 392-foot blast to left-center field for his first round-tripper of the year. The 26-year-old is one of the top fantasy options at the keystone, thanks to his increasingly potent power/speed combination. He’s hitting .409 (9-for-22) with one homer and two steals through six games.