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It’s time. Chandler lowered his ERA to a microscopic 1.91 mark with five shutout frames as he continues to look like the best pitching prospect in baseball. The hard-throwing 22-year-old righty is up to 49 punchouts over 33 innings (eight starts) this season at the Triple-A level. It’s time to see how Chandler fares in the big leagues since he seemingly has very little left to prove in the minors. He’s one of the few prospects left in the minors that fantasy managers should be stashing, even in shallow mixed leagues.

Marte absolutely obliterated a two-run homer off Michael Lorenzen that traveled 424 feet with an exit velocity that measured at 112.4 mph. The 32-year-old also also singled twice and drew a walk. Marte has started to pick it up after a slow start to the campaign, and his .251/.308/.440 slash seems awfully like to be improved upon over the summer.

Gallen struck out six against two walks. He gave up a pair of runs in the fourth and another in the sixth in an otherwise solid — if unspectacular —outing for the right-hander. Gallen wasn’t quite as good as his six-inning, two-run effort Monday against the Giants, but there were some positive signs for the 30-year-old for most of the outing. The Mariners next for Gallen in Seattle on Friday.

Vaughn Grissom replaced him at first base against the Rangers. Consider Schanuel to be day-to-day. If this turns out to be something more significant and he needs to go on the IL, the Angels could promote Christian Moore.