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Justin Lawrence

COL Relief Pitcher #61

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Rockies and RHP Justin Lawrence avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $975,000 contract.

The 30-year-old right-hander briefly held the Rockies’ closer role in 2024 but ultimately registered a putrid 6.49 ERA, 1.78 WHIP and a 45/33 K/BB ratio over 59 2/3 innings with just two saves on the season. Fantasy managers would be wise to avoid the Rockies’ bullpen altogether in 2025.

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Craig Kimbrel

NYM Relief Pitcher #46

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The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports the Tampa Bay Rays and Craig Kimbrel are in agreement on a major-league contract.

Kimbrel reportedly will be available to pitch tonight for the Rays. Kimbrel allowed 12 runs in 15 innings of the work with the Mets, walking six in 15 innings. The well-traveled Kimbrel has pitched for eight teams since the start of the 2021 season, and when he dons a Rays jersey, that’ll make it nine.
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Source: Ken Rosenthal

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HLs: Angels walk off Rangers after Detmers dazzles

May 24, 2026 11:32 PM

The Angels used Reid Detmers' masterclass, some well-timed offense and a few good breaks to complete their first sweep of the 2026 season in a 2-1 win over their AL West-rival Texas Rangers.

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Spencer Turnbull

INT Starting Pitcher #12

Spencer Turnbull signed a contract with Mexican League’s Cerveceros de Tecate.

The former big-leaguer was with the Blue Jays briefly last year after pitching to a 2.65 ERA in 2024 with the Phillies. Turnbull, still only 33, probably has a non-zero chance to make it back to the majors in some capacity if he pitches well and catches the right eyes.

Source: Evan Woodberry

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Adolis García

PHI Right Fielder #53

The Athletic’s Matt Gelb believes it is “fair to wonder” if Adolis García will be Philadelphia’s starting right fielder by the end of the season.

García is in a 2-for-43 slump with 24 strikeouts, carrying a .598 OPS on the season. The only thing saving García at this point is the fact that the Phillies don’t really have a better option, as Gelb quotes interim manager Don Mattingly as saying “I don’t really feel like we have a true alternative.” García is an obvious candidate to be replaced as we near the trade deadline, even if he does turn it around a bit from this current skid.

Source: The Athletic

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TJ Rumfield

COL 1st Baseman

X-rays on TJ Rumfield’s right hand came back negative for any fractures.

It’s a massive relief for the rebuilding Rockies and fantasy managers after Rumfield was drilled on the right hand by a 97-mph fastball from Dodgers Starter Emmet Sheehan in the first inning of Monday’s series opener. The 26-year-old rookie figures to miss a couple games until the pain and swelling subside, but appears to have avoided serious injury. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day.

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Source: Patrick Saunders

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Nicky Lopez

CHC 2nd Baseman #12

Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa.

Lopez will presumably stick around with the Cubs as organizational depth after being removed from the club’s active roster last weekend. The 31-year-old defensive wizard makes sense as an emergency stopgap but he doesn’t offer enough offensive impact to be anything close to an everyday option at this stage of his career.

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Brycen Mautz

STL Starting Pitcher #52

Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis.

Mautz returns to the minors after allowing two runs over three innings in relief against the Brewers on Monday in his major-league debut. The 24-year-old lefty figures to be an up-and-down swingman for the Cardinals over the rest of the season.

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Gage Jump

ATH Starting Pitcher

With Aaron Civale likely IL bound, the A’s will call up top prospect Gage Jump, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

Jump, the 73rd overall pick in the 2024 draft, will presumably go right into the rotation. He had a 4.50 ERA in nine starts in Triple-A, but he had struck out 56 while also walking 20 in 38 innings. It seems unlikely that he’ll be a mixed-league solution right away in a tough situation for pitchers in Sacramento, but he has a chance to be a No. 2 or 3 starter for the A’s in the long run.

Source: Jeff Passan

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Aaron Civale

ATH Starting Pitcher #45
Aaron Civale will undergo tests on Tuesday and is likely to land on the IL after giving up three homers in a second straight start Monday against the Mariners.

A’s manager Mark Kotsay couldn’t report what was wrong with Civale, saying after the game: “Let’s just call it either... I can’t even comment on it right now.” The IL stint would obviously open up a spot for Jack Perkins if the A’s want to put him into the rotation after he threw 4 2/3 innings in relief on Monday.
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Randy Arozarena

SEA Left Fielder #56

Randy Arozarena went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and an RBI double in the Mariners’ 9-2 rout of the A’s on Monday.

Arozarena collected his sixth homer of the year off Jack Perkins to make it a 9-1 game in the ninth. He’ll have to pick up the pace ever so slightly there in order to pull off a sixth straight 20/20 season. It doesn’t look like steals will be a problem, as he already has 14 of those. Of course, Arozarena does like to take it down to the wire more years. In his previous five 20/20 seasons, he’s finished with exactly 20 homers three times and exactly 20 steals twice.

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Luis Castillo

SEA Starting Pitcher #58

Luis Castillo tossed four scoreless innings and struck out six before being lifted Monday against the A’s.

Castillo had thrown just 68 pitches and was one inning away from a win in 7-0 game, so he was none too happy about being lifted. Still, this is the arrangement the Mariners are using, with Castillo and Bryce Miller piggybacking. Something will give eventually, but at least both pitched well in a 9-2 win tonight. Castillo’s ERA dropped from 6.41 to 5.90. He’ll likely pitch again Sunday against the D-backs.

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