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It’s the first ejection of the season for the Yankees’ skipper. It looked as though he was trying to protect his player, Alex Verdugo, who took objection to several called strikes during the ballgame. Bench coach Brad Ausmus will function as the Yankees’ manager for the remainder of Wednesday’s game.

Quatraro added that Ragans was lifted for precautionary reasons after experiencing triceps and elbow soreness while throwing three scoreless innings on 58 pitches on Wednesday against the Guardians. The 28-year-old southpaw, who dealt with some diminished fastball velocity in this outing, will undergo additional evaluation and imaging to ensure that he’s not dealing with anything serious. It sounds like there’s a chance he avoids the injured list and takes the ball against the White Sox on Tuesday.

Funny enough, the Nationals trailed this game 3-2 entering the bottom of the fifth before unleashing their wrath on the Twins’ bullpen. Abrams was at the center of the onslaught with a double that helped chase Bailey Ober and then a late grand slam when the rout was on. That was already Abrams’ ninth home run of the season and his five RBI brought him to 33 total, which tied him with both Matt Olson and Andy Pages for most in the league. Here’s to hoping that Abrams’ breakout is finally here and he can sustain something near this power production moving forward.

It’s almost shocking to see Mikolas wind up with such a clean final line. He pulled it off though! His often good location was great here, especially with his sinker and slider against the Twins’ right-handed batters. While encouraging, definitely don’t get used to this. He’ll take a still unsightly 7.11 ERA into a two-start week against the Reds – in Cincinnati – and Orioles.

Wallner’s fourth home run of the season briefly gave the Twins a lead in the fifth inning before they allowed 14 unanswered runs by the Nationals. Alas, Wallner obliterated that homer 420 feet and it was nice to see his raw power shine through in what’s otherwise been a disastrous season so far with a .189 batting average and .613 OPS through 30 games.

Ober nearly had his fourth straight quality start in a row before getting chased in the fifth inning. To that point, he’d allowed just four hits and three runs with a pitch count at 77. Then, he gave up back-to-back doubles, was pulled, and the inherited runner he left came home one pitch later. He got a bit fortunate too, leaving far too many of his changeups in the heart of the plate and somehow avoiding more damage. On the season, he has a 32:14 strikeout to walk ratio with a 4.19 ERA across 43 innings and has a two-start week coming up against the Marlins and Brewers.

De los Santos bailed out New York’s bullpen by tossing 3 1/3 shutout innings on 54 pitches after starter Will Warren lasted just four innings during Wednesday’s contest against the Rangers. The Yankees will bring up a fresh bullpen arm for Thursday’s series finale.

Boone added that Caballero is dealing with some swelling and could wind up sitting out Thursday’s series finale. The 29-year-old shortstop was hit by a pitch during Wednesday’s contest but managed to remain in the game. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Weathers has been sick recently and will slot back into the rotation against the Orioles on Monday. The 26-year-old told reporters he lost nearly 10 pounds due to a viral infection that threw off his typical routine between starts. It’ll likely be a bullpen game on Thursday against the Rangers with long reliever Paul Blackburn taking the ball to kick things off.

Tyler Samaniego, Zack Kelly and Greg Weissert finished up for the Red Sox. Gray had just two strikeouts and two swings-and-misses tonight in his return from the injured list, but most of the contact was soft, and when got into big trouble by loading the bases in the second, Wilyer Abreu bailed him out with a terrific sliding catch on a Jace Jung liner to right. Gray moved to 3-1 with a 3.54 ERA in six starts. He’ll get the Phillies next week.

The two runs in the fourth were unearned because of a Colt Keith error. The two runs in the third could have been unearned, too, but no error was given to Spencer Torkelson for botching a foul popup prior to Caleb Durbin’s RBI double. Flaherty wound up dropping to 0-3 with a 5.56 ERA tonight, but it was probably his best performance of the season. He allowed three hits and walked one. The 10-strikeout game was his first since Aug. 2024 and 14th overall. He’ll face the Mets next.