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Ramirez passed through waivers unclaimed and might opt to stick around with Los Angeles as extra relief depth. The 35-year-old southpaw has made seven relief appearances this season for the Dodgers.

Rodriguez was much more effective than his previous start against the Rockies when he worked 5 1/3 innings and gave up three runs. He scattered four hits allowed — just one of them for extra bases — and he whiffed four against one walk. What a comeback season it has been for Rodriguez; a pitcher that was borderline unusable over the last two seasons now has a 2.24 ERA over 60 1/3 innings in his first 10 starts. Unfortunately, this one comes with no win because the D-backs were blanked while was in the game. His next scheduled start comes Tuesday versus the Giants in San Francisco.

With Jose Caballero set to return from the injured list on Friday, someone needed to get the boot from the Yankees’ active roster to make room. Jones has struggled to make consistent contact during his brief time with the Yankees, striking out 12 times in just 27 plate appearances while hitting .167 (4-for-24). He’ll return to an everyday role at the Triple-A level until another opportunity arises with the Bombers.

The Yankees needed to free up a spot on their active roster for the return of Gerrit Cole on Friday and it appears as though Cruz was the low man on the totem pole this time. The 26-year-old hurler pitched very well in his two outings for the Yankees, posting a 0.43 WHIP and a 3/0 K/BB ratio over 2 1/3 innings of shutout baseball. It shouldn’t be long before he earned another opportunity with the big league club.

Springer tagged right-hander Camilo Doval for a 359-foot (96.0 mph EV) solo shot in the seventh inning, providing the Jays with a valuable insurance run. Springer also walked in the contest, finishing the night 1-for-4. The 36-year-old has experienced a major dropoff from his outstanding 2025 campaign, slashing a woeful .200/.278/.342 with four homers, 10 RBI and two stolen bases through his first 134 plate appearances on the year.

The 27-year-old slugger worked Carlos Rodon for a one-out walk in the opening inning then proceeded to steal second base. He then raced around to score the game’s first run on an RBI double off the bat of Daulton Varsho. For the season, Guerrero is now slashing .283/.374/.372 with just three homers, 22 RBI and four stolen bases through his first 211 plate appearances.

With Louis Varland unavailable after pitching in the previous two games, Hoffman slid back into the ninth inning role and performed flawlessly. He got Cody Bellinger on a line drive to first base and then punched out Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Paul Goldschmidt in succession to end it. It’s going to take an injury or a series of implosions from Varland for Hoffman to reclaim his closer’s gig, but it was nice to see him have success in the role once again on Thursday.