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Garrett finished up his rehab with an outing in the Florida Complex League where he stuck out 13 batters across 5 2/3 innings. Even though that was against low-level competition, it looks like Garrett is ready to go to get back in the mix for the Marlins and make his season debut in the coming days.

It’ll likely be a spot start for Poteet initially as he’ll take the ball in place of an injured Clarke Schmidt (lat), but he could wind up getting a longer look in New York’s starting rotation with Schmidt shut down from throwing for at least 4-6 weeks and Gerrit Cole (elbow) still several weeks away. The 29-year-old righty made a spot start back in mid-April, allowing one run over six innings against the Guardians.

Not good. The positive news here, if that’s at all possible, is that his abrupt exit doesn’t appear to be arm-related. Gallen was limping slightly, but was able to walk off with a trainer after facing just one batter during Thursday’s series opener against the Mets. There should be an update on his status shortly.

Volpe can surpass Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte for the longest hitting streak in the majors this season with another knock during Thursday’s series finale in Los Angeles. The 23-year-old shortstop’s offseason overhaul to his swing and offensive approach have resulted in a robust .288 batting average to go along with six homers and 11 stolen bases. He’s recorded at least one hit in 21 straight contests since May 7. He’s a long way from Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game streak, but it’s an interesting wrinkle for fantasy managers to continue monitoring.

Gray appears to be getting close to rejoining Washington’s starting rotation as he continues working his way back from a flexor strain in his right elbow. The big question now is whether he’ll require a minor league rehab assignment or jump right back to the majors. He’ll likely need at least one minor-league tune-up before returning at some point in June.

Bregman broke up a scoreless stalemate with a fourth-inning shot -- his sixth round-tripper of the season -- to left field off Mariners ace Logan Gilbert. He also tripled and scored a run in the sixth inning to cap off a multi-hit performance. The 30-year-old impending free agent has gone deep twice in his last three games since being dropped to the fifth spot in Houston’s lineup.

Crawford also made one of the highlight reel-worthy defensive plays of the entire season in the seventh inning of this one, flipping the ball to double-play partner Dylan Moore to rob Mauricio Dubón of a surefire single up the middle. The 29-year-old shortstop is batting .231 (9-for-39) with one homer and one steal since returning from the injured list back on May 20.

Hader got the call to protect a four-run advantage in a non-save situation and made things interesting by giving up singles to Julio Rodríguez and Ty France before striking out Dominic Canzone and getting Mitch Haniger to ground out to extinguish the threat. The 30-year-old lefty has allowed just two runs with a 20/4 K/BB ratio across 11 appearances since the start of May. Simply put, he remains one of the few elite closers in the fantasy landscape.

Arrighetti put together the strongest performance of his rookie campaign to date, limiting Seattle’s lineup to just a pair of hits and three walks over six nearly-flawless frames. The 24-year-old top pitching prospect generated 14 swinging strikes and finished with a solid 33 percent CSW, out-dueling Mariners ace Logan Gilbert in the process. He’ll bring a 5.98 ERA, 1.65 WHIP and 51/23 K/BB ratio across 43 2/3 innings (nine starts) into a home matchup on Tuesday against the Cardinals.

Gilbert was burned by the long ball in this one as homers by Alex Bregman and Victor Caratini in thr fourth and fifth innings, respectively, accounted for nearly all of the damage against him. He finished with five strikeouts and only issued one walk. It was just the third time in 12 starts this season that he’s surrendered four earned runs or more. He’ll carry a strong 3.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 71/20 K/BB ratio across 76 2/3 innings (12 starts) into a tasty road matchup on Wednesday against the Athletics.

Cerda was cut loose earlier this month by the Reds and has yet to reach the majors. The 24-year-old will presumably head to Double-A Richmond as extra organizational depth.