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Roycroft will get another shot in the Cardinals pen in spite of his 8.49 ERA in 11 2/3 innings in Triple-A and 7.20 ERA in 10 innings in the majors this year.

Strzelecki fortifies Milwaukee’s relief corps heading into Saturday’s game against the Twins. The well-traveled 31-year-old has bounced around between a couple different organizations, making 77 appearances between the Brewers, Diamondbacks and Guardians since 2022. He’ll operate in middle relief situations and can be ignored for fantasy purposes.

Crow returns to the minors after allowing one run over five innings on Friday in a spot start against the Twins. The 25-year-old pitching prospect has allowed just three runs with a 7/1 K/BB ratio over 10 1/3 innings across a pair of starts in the majors this season. He figures to get a more permanent look in Milwaukee’s rotation at some point down the road, but that seems unlikely to happen this summer, barring something unexpected. He’ll continue to be up-and-down as an emergency spot starter moving forward.

Perez was one of the players the Athletics protected from last offseason’s Rule 5 Draft, but ultimately decided to move on a couple months later. The 24-year-old heads to Chicago’s system after hitting .210/.273/.384 across 154 plate appearances for Triple-A Las Vegas.

Nove is the equivalent of a scratch lottery ticket as a 23-year-old with a 1.96 ERA and 41/10 K/BB ratio across 23 innings at Low-A Kannapolis in his professional debut. He went undrafted after pitching in relief in college at Kentucky.

It’s typically the final step before a hitter returns from the injured list or heads out on a rehab assignment. Braves manager Walt Weiss told reporters on Friday they’ll likely wait until Acuña is ready to play the outfield again before activating him from the injured list. It doesn’t sound like he’s too far away from making it back to Atlanta’s lineup, but fantasy managers are probably going to have to wait a couple extra days.

Gerber has been summoned back to the majors to fortify New York’s bullpen for a couple days until the club needs to fill Clay Holmes’ rotation spot. The 29-year-old righty fired two scoreless frames in his lone appearance for the Mets last month before hitting the injured list with a blister.

Holmes suffered a broken leg when he was nailed by a 111-mph line drive from Yankees rookie Spencer Jones during the fourth inning of Friday’s start at Citi Field. Amazingly, he faced seven additional batters prior to exiting the contest when X-rays revealed the fracture in his leg. The unfortunate development is the latest crushing blow to New York’s rotation, and a significant hit for fantasy rotations, since he posted a sparkling 2.39 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 45/18 K/BB ratio across 52 2/3 innings over nine starts to open the year. He’s facing a lengthy absence and figures to miss at least a couple months. There should be a definitive timetable from the Mets at some point soon. Jack Wenninger, Jonah Tong and Tobias Myers are the logical candidates to take his rotation spot. Wenninger, who has posted a 1.08 ERA and 38/18 K/BB ratio over 33 1/3 innings at Triple-A Syracuse this season, and Tong would be the most intriguing fantasy-wise given their strikeout upside.

There was social media speculation about a potential elbow issue for Olson during Friday’s series opener at Truist Park, which makes it notable that his streak of consecutive starts, the longest active in baseball, continues. He’s played 827 straight games since May 2, 2021.

The Mets will have a couple days to decide whether the elevate Jackson to the majors or find another organization willing to do the same. The 34-year-old veteran reliever will head to free agency if there isn’t an opportunity for him at the highest level. He signed a minor league deal with the Mets back in early April and has been hit hard in five appearances for Triple-A Syracuse.

Not great. Priester allowed nine of the dozen batters he faced to reach base safely, including six straight to open the second inning. He struck out two, issued three walks and hit one batter. The 25-year-old has been working his way back from thoracic outlet syndrome and is still weeks away from being an option for Milwaukee in any capacity.