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Velazquez has been one of the biggest first-half breakout prospects in the fantasy landscape as he’s batting .269/.390/.463 with eight homers and five steals in 57 games for Single-A Lynchburg. More impressively, he’s walked 42 times and has just 56 strikeouts over 264 plate appearances. The 19-year-old phenom has transitioned from catcher to first base after being selected 23rd overall in the 2023 MLB Draft, which is going to raise the offensive threshold he’ll need to clear in order to be fantasy-relevant, but he’s been extremely impressive so far at such a young age.

Gallen struck out six against two walks. He gave up a pair of runs in the fourth and another in the sixth in an otherwise solid — if unspectacular —outing for the right-hander. Gallen wasn’t quite as good as his six-inning, two-run effort Monday against the Giants, but there were some positive signs for the 30-year-old for most of the outing. The Mariners next for Gallen in Seattle on Friday.

Vaughn Grissom replaced him at first base against the Rangers. Consider Schanuel to be day-to-day. If this turns out to be something more significant and he needs to go on the IL, the Angels could promote Christian Moore.

Kurtz was responsible for 40 percent of the hits Saturday night for the A’s, but it wasn’t enough to keep the club from being shutout. The 23-year-old has bounced back nicely from his rough start to the season with a very respectable — respectable is probably an understatement — .286/.444/.489 slash.