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Kimbrel pitched the seventh inning on Friday against the Diamondbacks and it certainly appears that the Orioles are set on giving him some lower-leverage situations to get back on track before they consider putting him back in the ninth inning role. For now, it seems like Yennier Cano will handle any save chances that arise, while Danny Coulombe and Jacob Webb could also be in the mix.

Ramos was one of the few hitters who had any offensive success against Merrill Kelly in a game where the GIants were held to just one run by Kelly and the D-Backs’ bullpen. The three knocks ups his average to .290, and he’s been on fire in the month of May with a .400/.472/,800 slash over his 30 at-bats in that timeframe.

Carroll also drew a walk. He was literally the D-Backs’ offense Monday night — at least when it comes to scoring plays — and both homers came off an otherwise-effective Justin Verlander. Carroll now has 13 homers, and the fears about the former Rookie of the Year’s power being sapped at this point last year seem so long ago. Carroll has been as good as any fantasy outfielder this season not named Aaron Judge, and everything he’s shown for the bulk of his career suggests he’ll finish the year ranking near the top.

Miller was handed just a one-run cushion, but handled it without issue. He threw 7-of-9 pitches for strikes, and was able to pick up a punchout while lowering his ERA to a shiny 1.02 mark. Miller now has two saves on the season, and it seems very plausible that he’s going to get more looks to end games based on the results over the first six weeks.

Verlander pitched solidly, but still remains without his first win as a member of the Giants. The only two runs allowed came on solo homers by Corbin Carroll, and he was able to strike out five while allowing just one walk. Verlander has lowered his ERA from 6.75 to 4.31 over his last four starts, and he’ll get a chance to lower it again when he faces the Athletics over the weekend.

Kelly was able to work seven innings for the first time in 2025, and they were seven excellent innings. He allowed eight hits, but all were singles sans a double from Willy Adames, and the only run came in the fifth on a single by Christian Koss. He threw 68-of-103 pitches for strikes, and he was able to generate a solid 12 swings-and-misses in the outing. Kelly will look to continue lowering his 3.71 ERA when he faces off against the dreadful Rockies on Sunday.

Wells broke the game open with a three-run homer in the fifth off Emerson Hancock to extend the Yankees’ lead to 7-2. He drove in another run seventh to make it an 8-2 cushion. Wells has gone deep eight times in 2025, and his .479 slugging percentage helps negate a less-than-desirable .215 average to go with it.

Raleigh drew within a homer of Aaron Judge for the MLB lead with his 13th homer of the season; a two-run shot off Tim Hill. He’s also driven in 27 runs, putting him on pace for his second straight 100-RBI campaign. Raleigh strikes out too much to ever hit for a high average, but this kind of power production is well worth the hit in that category.

Is this getting boring yet? Judge doubled and singled while drawing a pair of free passes to up his slash to .414/.500/.783. The double was his 12th of the year and he now has 28 extra-base hits on the season. There are really, really good fantasy players who will never have a week with an OPS of 1.283. Aaron Judge has done it over a quarter of a season.

Grisham also added a single. Both homers were to center field; just out of the reach of Julio Rodriguez, and it gives Grisham a remarkable 12 homers on the year and .663 slugging percentage. This comes a year after the 28-year-old hit nine homers total, and he’s never hit more than 17 in a single campaign. At some point the power production is going to subside, but it’s more than possible that this is the breakout season fantasy managers have been waiting for.

Schmidt gave up a long homer to Julio Rodriguez in the first, and gave up another roundtripper two innings later to Jorge Polanco. After that he settled down quite nicely before giving up another run after he had exited the game in the seventh. He walked a pair while allowing just three hits, and he was able to strike out six. Schmidt has looked good as of late, and he’ll be on the mound Sunday for the Subway Series against the Mets.