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The 24-year-old infielder is expected to be sidelined for the next six-to-eight weeks while recovering from the procedure. It shouldn’t impact his availability for the start of spring training, but he won’t be able to participate in his regular offseason program. Garcia slashed an underwhelming .231/.281/.332 during the 2024 season with seven homers, 58 RBI and a career-high 37 stolen bases (in 39 attempts).

Boston’s former top prospect will get his first chance at shortstop later this weekend and figures to get an extended run at the position with Trevor Story on the injured list recovering from sports hernia surgery. Ultimately, it didn’t make a lot of sense for the Red Sox to keep rolling with Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Andruw Monasterio at the position with Story facing an extended absence. The 23-year-old was one of the top shortstop prospects in baseball before moving to third base last year.

Valdez evolved into one of the top prospects in Pittsburgh’s system when he set the Arizona Fall League ablaze last year, launching eight round-trippers in just 19 games. The 22-year-old is an interesting power-oriented prospect for fantasy purposes, but he’ll probably be limited to a lefty-mashing platoon role initially. He’s a streaky hitter and he’ll have some appeal in deeper mixed leagues when he’s in a groove at the plate.

Ramírez was officially called up prior to Friday’s series opener against the Astros with Matt Shaw landing on the injured list. The versatile 22-year-old’s stock has risen more than almost any prospect in baseball this season, transforming from an unheralded contact-oriented hitter with limited power into a potential top-tier prospect with elite bat-to-ball skills and upper-echelon exit velocities, thanks to an unexpected significant power breakout. He’s talented enough that fantasy managers should closely monitor his playing time, but he’s unlikely to play enough for the Cubs to make a significant impact. Still, he’s a fascinating prospect that fantasy managers need to keep on their radar screens until further notice.

The move was made official prior to Friday’s series opener against the Cubs. Santa receives his first promotion to the majors after compiling a pristine 1.42 ERA, 0.90 WHIP and 24/7 K/BB ratio across 19 innings for Triple-A Sugar Land this season. The hard-throwing 23-year-old should get a chance to pitch in high-leverage spots at some point, but the Astros are probably going to ease him in with some low-leverage work first.

One of the most impactful trade acquisitions in the early stages of the Andrew Friedman era in Los Angeles, Taylor blossomed into a key role player for the Dodgers where he won two World Series titles and spent a decade from 2016-2025. His signature versatility and power/speed combo made him an impactful fantasy contributor as he hangs up his cleats with a .248/.327/.419 slash line with 110 home runs and 91 steals in 1,123 games over 12 seasons between the Mariners, Dodgers and Angels. The 35-year-old was playing for Triple-A Salt Lake after failing to make the Angels season-opening roster out of spring training.

Murakami’s bases-loaded double to left was just his third extra-base hit that wasn’t a homer. He’s now tied for eighth in MLB with 36 RBI to go along with his 17 homers. He’s also fourth with his 40 walks, giving him a .387 OBP in spite of a .246 average.

Although he gave up as many runs tonight as in his previous five starts combined, Martin struck out seven in maybe his easiest win to date, as the White Sox gave him nine runs to work with in the fourth. The team is now 9-1 when Martin starts and 17-23 the rest of the time. Martin will make his next start Wednesday at home against the Twins.

McDonald had his ERA down to 2.04 before giving up seven of the White Sox’s nine runs in the fourth inning took him all of the way up to 4.76. It was more about control than anything else; he hit two batters and walked another while giving up three runs in the frame. If he remains in the rotation, he’ll face the Rockies in Coors next time out. There’s some doubt about whether he’ll stick, as the Giants figure to active Logan Webb next week.

Goodman stole exactly one base in 2023, ’24, ’25 and in 46 games in ’26 coming into the game, so this is obviously his first career two-steal game. His singles tonight came on a grounder and a liner. He had a 101-mph fly that would have been a homer in 17 ballparks, according to Statcast, but it turned into an out at Chase Field.

Sugano left down 2-1 before the Rockies came back to win the game 3-2. He has a 3.86 ERA after 10 starts, which could give him a little trade value in spite of his paltry 13 percent strikeout rate. He’s due to make his next start at home Wednesday versus the Dodgers.