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Stellar. It’s Abbott’s fourth career 10-strikeout game, and he was one off his high of 12 from a start against the Padres last July. He allowed only one hard-hit ball tonight, that being a lineout from Adley Rutschman. The homer he surrendered to Cedric Mullins was 93.3 mph off the bat and traveled 345 feet down the right field line. Abbott has excelled in both starts since returning from shoulder surgery, even though his velocity is down 1-1.5 mph from last year. Give much of the credit to his changeup, which he’s using more frequently and more effectively than ever before. In spite of his success, he still seems like a weak play next week at Coors Field.

Rafaela has started nearly every game this season, so he’ll get a well-deserved rest in this one. Masataka Yoshida will start in left field and bat sixth for the Red Sox while Jarren Duran slides over to cover center.

House started each of the team’s previous three games and hit in the middle of the Nationals’ lineup in each. He’ll get a breather against Roki Sasaki on Sunday afternoon though. Jorbit Vivas will cover third base while Jose Tena functions as the squad’s designated hitter on Sunday.

The switch-hitting outfielder has been basically an everyday player for the Guardians so far this season, but he’ll take a seat in this one in favor of CJ Kayfus who will start in left field and bat ninth. Martinez is off to a 3-for-23 (.167) start with zero RBI and a 5/2 K/BB ratio.

Neto hit a leadoff homer off Emerson Hancock to give the Angels a 1-0 lead. End of scoring. For both teams. Neto has homered three times already in 2026, and he could be on his way to his first 30-homer campaign of his young career.

Romano didn’t give up a hit, but he has Jo Adell to thank for that, as he made a diving leap into the right-field fence to rob J.P. Crawford of a homer. He got the next two hitters out without issue, and he’s up to three saves while not allowing an earned run to begin his time with the Halos.

Hancock threw six no-hit innings against the Guardians in his last outing, and that was immediately off the table with a solo homer allowed to Zach Neto. He was mostly outstanding from that point on, and it’s nice to see that he averaged 95.1 mph with his fastball after it sat 93.5 in his previous outing. Hancock’s rotation spot is far from a lock with Bryce Miller expected back relatively shortly, but he’s done nothing to suggest he doesn’t deserve more turns in the rotation. He’ll get the Astros at home Friday.

Kochanowicz was shelled in his start against the Astros, and there was an awful lot of hard contact allowed in this one, too. Fortunately for him, he was able to see much of it land in the gloves of outfielders, and he did do a decent job of missing bats with the seven strikeouts and 12 swings-and-misses generated. It would be a mistake in process to see if Kochanowicz can do this again versus the Reds on Friday.

Adell has been objectively one of the worst defensive players in the sport since becoming a regular. Don’t tell that to the Mariners. He robbed Cal Raleigh of a homer in the first, Josh Naylor of a roundtripper in the late innings, and in the bottom of the ninth, he dove into the right-field bleachers to rob J.P. Crawford of a solo shot that woulda tied the game. Remarkable. Adell is certainly athletic enough to provide these types of things, but you probably would have guessed several other outfielders before landing on Adell to do it.

Emerson and the Mariners can both breathe a sigh of relief. The 20-year-old looked to be in significant pain after fouling a ball off his foot and not being able to continue after the at-bat. He’ll likely sit a day or two, but it appears that Emerson has avoided a serious injury.

The Marlins scored two runs in the eighth to tie the game before the Yankees scored three in the bottom of the inning to rebuild a three-run cushion. It’s a good thing they did because Bednar had a rough inning. He allowed an infield single to start the inning and then later issued a walk and gave up an RBI single. He gave up yet another single, but it was sandwiched between two strikeouts, including one of Griffin Conine to end the game. It’s Bednar’s fourth save of the season, and while his 4.15 ERA leaves a little to be desired, he should likely be one of the better closers in fantasy this season.