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Congrats to Wilson on his first MLB homer. The 23-year-old was clearly working on driving the baseball in Arizona, and while he’s never going to come close to being an elite power option, it’s nice to see some early results. Wilson is an underrated fantasy option in redraft leagues, and offers considerable — and also underrated — upside in keeper formats.

Jeffers was DHing today for the first time since May 1, as the Twins just couldn’t take his bat out of the lineup. He is slugging .600 with his three homers and four doubles during the month of May and is up to .538 overall.

Although he gave up homers to Garrett Mitchell and Christian Yelich and struck out just one batter today, Ober left with a 4-3 lead and was rewarded with his fifth win. Ober generated only three missed swings, all coming on his changeup. His ERA rose to 3.63 ahead of next weekend’s start in Boston.

García was the only one of five Twins relievers to give up a run today, but he had a two-run cushion, fortunately. He’s allowed 10 runs in 8 2/3 innings in all since joining the Twins late last month. That’s raised his ERA from 7.11 before he was released by the Mets to 9.00 now.

Gasser walked two and plunked three batters, factoring into his early exit. He averaged just 91.3 mph with his fastball, down from 93.0 mph in his six Triple-A starts. The Brewers have Thursday off and are probably getting Brandon Woodruff back after that, so Gasser should return to Triple-A now.

His last at-bat saw him foul off two attempts to bunt for a hit with none on and then swing and miss at a shoulder-level pitch. None of the pitches were in the strike zone. Lewis has two option years remaining, so it’s time for him to head to Triple-A for a spell. Tristan Gray and Ryan Kreidler can play third base if the team isn’t ready to give Kaelen Culpepper a look.

We didn’t know Mitchell had that in him; his previous career-high exit velocity was 112.6 mph from earlier this season. It was just his second homer of the year, though he does have 10 barrels. The Brewers had Andrew Vaughn hit for him against a lefty in the top of the eighth. Vaughn grounded out, and Mitchell’s absence proved costly in the bottom of the inning, when Jackson Chourio, who moved from left to center, couldn’t make a sliding catch on a Luke Keaschall triple that led to a Twins’ run.

Riley’s homer was a three-run blast in the second inning off Brayan Bello, giving Atlanta a lead they wouldn’t surrender. It hasn’t yet been the bounce-back season many fantasy managers were hoping for, but he’s hit better in May, with four of his seven homers coming this month. Riley entered Sunday with a barrel rate below 10% for the first time in his career, but his track record remains worth betting on just like it was back in draft season. The Braves visit the Marlins for a four-game set before returning home to face the Nationals next weekend.

Holmes gave up five hits on the day, lowering his ERA to 3.80 this season. He hasn’t been picking up as many strikeouts as he did a season ago, but his swinging strike rate isn’t as far off as his K% would suggest. The right-hander is lined up to face the Nationals at home next time out.

Bello walked three and only struck out one. He had worked behind an opener in his past two outings, registering his two best performances of the season. Boston elected not to give him an opener in Atlanta, but the poor results could be equally due to the brutally tough matchup. His next outing projects to come at home against the Twins, and it’s worth watching whether he draws an official start.

Yaz, currently in a platoon with José Azocar, drew the start in right field as Atlanta faced Brayan Bello. The veteran outfielder then took advantage of the matchup with a fourth-inning solo homer off Bello, one of two long balls he surrendered. Yastrzemski will shift back to left field once Ronald Acuña Jr. returns from injury, and he’ll continue starting against most right-handers.