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Kopech has looked re-energized since arriving in Los Angeles at last month’s trade deadline, reeling off five consecutive scoreless appearances in his Dodgers debut. He’s struck out eight batters and allowed just one baserunner over 5 1/3 nearly-flawless frames so far. The 28-year-old righty is probably in the mix for high-leverage opportunities with the Dodgers until further notice.

The Orioles would prefer to time Holliday’s off days against lefties, but they’re in the midst of a long string of games against righties at the moment. Liván Soto is getting the start at second. He’s served two stints with the Orioles, but it only now about to get his first at-bat with the team.

The Mets are facing a right-handed opener in Ryan Burr tonight, but they’re expecting to see a lot of Ryan Yarbrough afterwards and thus are using the kind of lineup they’d typically use versus a lefty. As a resume, Winker is out, and Mark Vientos and Brandon Nimmo have been flipped in the second and third spots in the order. Harrison Bader is starting in Winker’s absence.

Friedl was given Sunday off after the scary incident, though he was already feeling back to normal. He’s hitting cleanup tonight.

The Athletic’s Dan Hayes said Correa was so excited about his progress that he approached reporters to provide the update. Correa is going to need to some at-bats after missing two months with plantar fasciitis, but it seems like he might finally be over the hump.

The 34-year-old Alvarez, acquired from the Red Sox earlier today, is joining the major league team after all, though it’ll likely be in a bit role. It’ll be the utilityman’s first major league action since 2022. He’s hit .183/.262/.262 in 142 career major league plate appearances.

Reyes, a Sept. 1 callup, got into just one game in eight days with the Mets and didn’t receive an at-bat.

The move makes room for Austin Kitchen on the 40-man. Vosler has been excellent in Triple-A this year, hitting .299/.368/.566 with 28 homers in 111 games. It might make sense for the Royals to put in a claim and give themselves another first base option with Vinnie Pasquantonio out.

The 27-year-old Kitchen had a 14.14 ERA and a 4/3 K/BB in seven innings for the Marlins. He throws strikes and gets grounders, so there’s some potential usefulness here as a middle reliever. He also has all of his option years, which teams just love.

Suarez returns to the majors after posting a 6.54 ERA for Triple-A Salt Lake. He did have a fine 62/17 K/BB in 52 1/3 innings, and there’s a good reason why the Angels like to promote their pitching prospects straight from Double-A. Suarez will apparently be available out of the pen tonight. The Angels already have a six-man rotation, and there’s no word yet of anyone being scratched.

Crouse was just called up yesterday, but since he threw 27 pitches then, he’s getting swapped out for a fresh arm. He has a 2.84 ERA in 25 1/3 innings for the Angels this season.