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Goldschmidt is back at first base and leading off Saturday’s Grapefruit Contest, as expected. The 37-year-old veteran missed a handful of spring contests earlier this week due to back soreness. Barring an unexpected development, he should be a full-go for Thursday’s season opener against the Brewers.

Bauers’ home run was his eighth of the season. He hit a solo shot off Michael McGreevy in the fourth inning. Bauers continues to produce, hitting .290 with an .858 OPS. He’ll continue to be a fixture in the lineup against right-handed pitching.

Both RBI came on a double to the left-center gap in the first. Suárez hit that one 103 mph, reached 104 mph on the single and also had a 97-mph groundout. That’s nice progress for a slugger who had just a 20 percent hard-hit rate in 108 plate appearances coming into the night. He’s usually around 40 percent and came in a career-best 48 percent last year.

Burns had a shutout going into the sixth, when Bo Bichette singled with one out and Juan Soto hit a two-run homer. A.J. Ewing followed with another single, ending Burns’ night. Still, Burns was good enough to improve to 7-1 with a 1.96 ERA. He’s turned in six straight quality starts and it’d be eight in a row if he’d gotten one more out on Apr. 21 against the Rays. He’ll likely make his next start Monday against the Royals.

The Mets have Jack Wenninger pitching quite well in Triple-A and might want to give him a chance in Peterson’s spot after this. Peterson is 3-5 with a 5.57 ERA, even though he’s allowed just two homers in 53 1/3 innings. His main problem is a ridiculous .376 BABIP. It was .579 tonight, even though he allowed just six hard-hit balls and had an average exit velocity of 85 mph. If he stays in the rotation, he’ll face the Mariners next. That Seattle has struggled mightily against lefties this year will probably buy Peterson a little more time.

Soto homered as a DH in his third at-bat back from an illness that cost him two games. It’s his fifth homer in his last six games and seventh in his last 11. He had totaled four in 27 games through May 13.

Faedo heads to Los Angeles as a zero-risk depth addition after being limited to just six appearances in the minors in Tampa Bay’s system last year. The 30-year-old posted a serviceable 4.51 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 157/73 K/BB ratio across 175 2/3 innings for the Tigers from 2022-2024.

McGreevy gave up seven hits, walked three and struck out six. He fell to 3-4 with the loss. McGreevy’s ERA is up to 2.98 while his xFIP is 3.77, showing he’s still not as good as his ERA. Fantasy managers should tread lightly with McGreevy. He’s lined up to face the Rangers next week.

Harrison gave up four hits, walked none and struck out two. He improved to 6-1 with the win. Harrison lowered his ERA to 1.57 while he has a 2.93 xFIP. Harrison has been a fantasy ace in his first season with the Brewers. He’s lined up to face the Giants at home next week.

Sánchez’ home run was his sixth of the year. He hit a grand slam off Sandy Alcantara in the sixth inning. Sánchez got some revenge on his former team with the big game. He’s hitting .285 with a .786 OPS and 27 RBI.