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Solano has taken a seat against righties since Xander Bogaerts returned, but he’s still getting starts versus lefties and he picked up four RBI for the fourth time in this career tonight. He’s batting .314/.366/.427 in 202 plate appearances, and it remains ridiculous how unseriously he’s been taken as a free agent the last two offseasons.

The Red Sox had Houck slated to pitch on eight days’ rest to give him time to overcome his dead arm, but it wasn’t enough. Richard Fitts will start on four days’ rest in Houck’s place.

The Twins currently seem to prefer Edouard Julien at second base and Royce Lewis at third after trying Lewis at second base last week. Neither Miranda nor Julien is hitting much at all at the moment. Kyle Farmer, on the other hand, just went 4-for-9 with two homers against the Angels earlier this week. However, he’s also out of the lineup for a second straight game.

Herget, 31, has a 3.30 ERA in 30 innings in the minors and a 4.38 ERA in 12 1/3 innings in the majors for the Braves this season. The Cubs declined to add to their roster right away, but he can eat innings if someone gets hurt.

Davis, who was viewed as one of the game’s very best prospects after 2021, has been limited to 179 games the last three years, but unlike 2022 and ’23, he was fairly productive when he played this season, hitting .220/.369/.451 in 217 plate appearances. He hasn’t been written off just yet, but he’s definitely fallen behind other outfield prospects ion the Cubs’ depth chart.

He also didn’t start Wednesday before the off day Thursday. O’Hoppe is third in the majors in inning caught this season, which might have something to do with his decline in productivity in recent weeks. Matt Thaiss is catching tonight.

Filling in for Luis Castillo, Hancock will make his 10th major league start of the year tonight against the Rangers. He was 3-4 with a 4.76 ERA in the previous nine. Expectations are that he’ll remain up and start again versus the Yankees next week.

Zavala didn’t play this time around in his three days with the Mariners. He’s hit .154/.214/.282 in 18 games for Seattle this season.

They could have at least made something up to sound more like a minor injury. Kwan will return Saturday, we assume.

McLain was originally expected to miss about four months after shoulder surgery, but a stress reaction in his rib ruined that timetable. He’ll still likely be penciled into the Reds’ 2025 lineup, probably at second base.

Even if it’s a minor setback, this is going to make it very difficult for Glasnow to return during the regular season. He last pitched on Aug. 11 before going on the IL with elbow tendinitis. The Dodgers declared that there was no structural damage at the time.