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The 33-year-old slugger was released by the Pirates early last week to give him the chance to explore opportunities elsewhere. Lamb surveyed the open market and ultimately decided that his best opportunity was to remain with the Pirates. He has hit .289/.380/.416 with four homers and 31 RBI in 234 plate appearances at Triple-A Indianapolis this season.

Alcantara allowed five hits in the outing, lowering his ERA to 4.33 this season. He isn’t getting the same number of strikeouts or grounders as he did in the past, yet he remains effective in his age-30 campaign. Alcantara’s 89 1/3 innings lead the majors, but he has a tough road matchup next time out against the Pirates.

Jax had only thrown 62 pitches through five, but manager Kevin Cash decided to pull him anyway. His season high was 72 in his last start, a disastrous 6 ER performance against the Tigers. Perhaps that factored into Tampa Bay’s quick hook, but it backfired as reliever Garrett Cleavinger immediately gave up the lead in the sixth. Jax will remain on the streaming radar for his next start, which lines up on the road against the Angels.

The save was the 16th of his career as the Marlins defeated the Rays 4-1. Pete Fairbanks imploded in a 39-pitch appearance on Saturday, so he was unavailable for the series finale. Bender got the job done and could see additional ninth-inning opportunities depending on how Fairbanks pitches from here. Some of Fairbanks’ underlying metrics are promising, but teams can only stick with a closer carrying a 7.41 ERA for so long.

Edwards secured one of the four thefts Miami picked up on the bases. The Marlins became the first team to have four players with 10 or more stolen bases this season. Edwards, Otto Lopez, Jakob Marsee, and Esteury Ruiz make up the quartet. The story of Edwards’ season, however, has been what he’s done as a hitter. He has career highs in bat speed, barrel rate, strikeout rate, walk rate, and nearly all of his quality-of-contact metrics.

Lopez stuffed the stat sheet while continuing his breakout campaign at the plate. The 27-year-old shortstop has a .336 average and a .365 OBP, but a .382 BABIP suggests those numbers might not be sustainable. Lopez’s 3.6% walk rate also doesn’t align with such a high OBP. That doesn’t mean he’s about to crater, but mild regression is likely in the months ahead.

Kelly had a 5.14 ERA and a 22/19 K/BB in 21 innings out of the pen for Triple-A Oklahoma City this season. Unfortunately, that’s a pretty common walk rate for Kelly, which is why he’s yet to pitch in the majors despite being added to the Rangers’ 40-man roster after the 2023 season and getting claimed off waivers by the Rockies in July 2024. He figures to remain in Triple-A with the Cubs.

Prielipp gave up four hits, walked one and struck out seven. He fell to 2-4 with the loss. Prielipp had a quick hook after only 77 pitches as he was pulled with one out in the fifth inning. The move backfired on Twins manager Derek Shelton as his chosen reliever Andrew Morris allowed three runs. Prielipp has a 5.15 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Cardinals at home next weekend.

McGonigle got the Tigers on the board and tied the score at a run apiece in the fourth inning as he clobbered a Luis Castillo slider for a 420-foot (109.4-mph EV) solo shot to right field. He couldn’t come through when the Tigers needed him in the seventh though, as he flew out to shallow left field with the potential tying run on third base with only one out. He quickly atoned for that in the ninth as he smacked a two-out, two-run single into right field off of Mariners’ closer Andrés Muñoz to deliver a walk-off victory. The rookie infielder is now slashing .291/.394/.426 with four homers, 24 RBI and nine stolen bases on the season.

Cameron gave up three hits, walked none and struck out seven. He improved to 3-4 with the win. Cameron now has a 1.80 ERA over his last five starts with 31 strikeouts and three walks. Cameron had a 2.99 ERA in 24 starts in his rookie season last year, so he’s capable of stringing together some dominant starts. He’s lined up to face the Astros at home next weekend.