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Kelly wagered $99.71 on games according to Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal. The right-hander had been a big part of the Oakland bullpen, but now won’t be able to pitch in games until the summer of 2025.

Jung took George Kirby to get the Rangers on the board with a solo homer. The 28-year-old has homered twice with seven RBI, and after an ugly start to the season, he’s now slashing .303/.361/.500. That’ll work.

Canzone ripped a two-run single to give Seattle a 3-0 lead. The 28-year-old singled twice and also doubled for the three-hit night. Canzone hasn’t shown much power since that two-homer game on Opening Day, but the balls should start travelling over the fence as the weather warms.

Raley continues to rake, and absolutely clobbered a homer off Nathan Eovaldi that would have been a homer in all 30 parks with an expected batting average of .830. The 31-year-old has run hot-and-cold throughout his career, but obviously this is a hot streak. Fantasy managers could do worse than Raley as one of their final outfielders, but have to keep in mind he’s not going to play against lefties.

It was Robert Suarez who came in to pitch during Saturday’s save chance against the Phillies, with Suarez doing the job with a pair of strikeouts. The good news is that this was related to Iglesias sleeping on the shoulder wrong rather than something he picked up throwing, according to Atlanta manager Walt Weiss. The 36-year-old should be considered day-to-day for now, but fantasy managers need to pay close attention to this going forward. If Suarez is still available, he’s essentially a must-add.

Loperfido was held out Saturday with his quad injury, and the 26-year-old will likely need to miss a week-plus due to the injury. A corresponding move will be announced Sunday before the game against St. Louis.

The Astros initially said that Allen was available to play. The Astros say a lot of things. Allen should be considered day-to-day.

Muñoz came in to to clean up a bases-loaded mess, and he struck out Brandon Nimmo as the tying runner to get the save. The 27-year-old has had some shaky outings — although his five-run disaster Wednesday was much more about bad luck than bad pitching — but offers as much upside as any closer in baseball. It would be foolish to consider moving on from him at this point.

Eovaldi gave up eight hits and one walk, and he only struck out three. That being said, two of the runs were unearned because of some shoddy defensive play, and outside of a long homer allowed to Luke Raley, he did a decent job of avoiding hard contact. Eovaldi hasn’t been nearly as good as he was in 2025, but it’s too early to be too worried. He’ll get the A’s at home Friday.

It’s the first win for Seattle over Texas in their five games, and the third win of the season for Kirby. He did allow 10 balls in play that registered as hard hits, but he was able to strike out five while generating a strong 14 swings and misses before exiting in the sixth. Kirby’s command still isn’t at the level we’ve grown accustomed to seeing, but it’s nice to see some whiffs. He’ll gets the Cardinals in St. Louis on Friday.