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Derek Law

WSH Relief Pitcher #58

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Derek Law (forearm) is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Saturday and if all goes well the expectation is that he’ll be cleared to begin a minor league rehab assignment.

Law, 34, has been sidelined since spring training due to inflammation in his forearm. He has made slow and steady progress in his recovery though and is finally getting to the point where he’s ready to test things out against minor league competition. The Nationals are going to continue to take a cautious approach here, but if all goes according to plan he could be ready to help out the Nationals’ bullpen before the end of June.

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Gage Workman

DET 3rd Baseman #41

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Gage Workman went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer as the Tigers fell to the Mets on Thursday.

He added another double in this game, though he was stranded, and now has four extra-base hits in his first four games this year, including two homers. The Tigers batted him fifth today. We don’t recommend a shallow-league preemptive pickup, but deep league managers should definitely circle around to make sure nobody left him on the waiver wire with this hot start.

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Raleigh worth keeping on rosters while on IL

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Juan Soto

NYM Left Fielder #22

Juan Soto went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an RBI single in New York’s win over the Tigers on Thursday.

Sounds like his ankle’s going to be okay. It hasn’t been the best start for Soto in fantasy leagues between the IL stint, the end of last year’s stolen base reign, and a ton of groundball outs. Still, he’s hitting .269/.358/.471 with five homers. As long as he stays healthy, fantasy managers should be pleased this summer.

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Keider Montero

DET Starting Pitcher #54

Keider Montero gave up four earned runs in 4 2/3 innings against the Mets on Thursday.

Montero was pulled with a man on and two out in the fifth, so he had a front row seat as Tyler Holton allowed a go-ahead single to Juan Soto and a two-run bomb to Mark Vientos to put him on the hook for a loss. Montero’s just not missing enough bats -- he got only one whiff on 31 swings from the Mets today. He’ll be lined up with another streamable-in-theory start against the Guardians next week, but nothing we’ve seen has us itching to start him in shallow leagues.

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Nolan McLean

NYM Starting Pitcher #26

Nolan McLean pitched seven innings against the Tigers on Thursday, allowing three earned runs and striking out seven.

All three of the runs scored in the first courtesy of a Gage Workman homer that barely scraped past the left-field wall at Citi Field. McLean did allow eight hard-hit balls -- six off his main fastballs -- and his velocity was down a bit. It speaks well of him and his arsenal that he was able to go seven and strike out seven despite that. He’ll continue to be a must-start as he takes on the Nationals next week.

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Konnor Griffin

PIT Shortstop #85

Konnor Griffin went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Pittsburgh’s win over the Rockies on Thursday.

Griffin’s now hitting .304/.365/.500 in 51 plate appearances in May, with one homer and three stolen bases. It’s not quite as spicy of a line as we’d hoped just yet, but he’s definitely getting adjusted to big-league pitching. He’s raised his average from .231 to .254 in the process. Fantasy managers banking on him have to be thrilled that he’s quickly adjusting; hopefully the ceiling results can come over the rest of the summer.

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Troy Johnston

COL 1st Baseman #20

Troy Johnston went 1-for-3 with a two-RBI double against the Pirates on Thursday.

It was the only scoring the Rockies could muster against a pair of openers and Carmen Mlodzinski. Johnston managed to misplay a Spencer Horowitz fly ball that he thought would carom off the wall but instead landed on the track after he’d already stopped. So it goes. Johnston still qualifies as a success story for the Rockies, he’s up to a .326/.387/.465 seasonal line with two homers.

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Ryan O'Hearn

PIT Right Fielder #29

Ryan O’Hearn went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI in Pittsburgh’s 7-2 win over the Rockies.

That’s eight hits in five games for O’Hearn, who took a Chase Dollander fastball over the plate deep to dead center. The Pirates have gotten what they’ve paid for so far, as O’Hearn has been a respectable middle-of-the-order hitter and has even managed an empty .295 average against left-handed pitching coming into today’s game.

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Carmen Mlodzinski

PIT Starting Pitcher #50

Carmen Mlodzinski pitched five innings against the Rockies to pick up a win on Thursday, allowing two earned runs.

The strikeout total was low (two), the walk total was high (three), but the Rockies on the road were able to help Mlodzinski coast after he followed Mason Montgomery and Evan Sisk. The 1.44 seasonal WHIP tells the tale -- Mlodzinski streams are terrifying events, and he needed a pair of double plays to keep the run total this low. He’ll get the Cardinals next time out.

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Luis García Jr.

WSH 1st Baseman #2

Luis García Jr. went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks in Thursday’s loss to the Reds.

He was the only Nats hitter to reach multiple times against Chase Burns and the bullpen. García isn’t exactly underperforming at the plate -- .276/.306/.441 in 127 at-bats was well within the range of reasonable expectations -- but his stolen base attempts have declined precipitously and that’s made him a harder roster in fantasy leagues this year.

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Matt McLain

CIN 2nd Baseman #9

Matt McLain went 2-for-3 with a home run and three runs scored against the Nationals on Thursday.

McLain badly needed a game like this -- even after it he’s hitting just .189/.250/.297 in May. It’s his second homer of the month and he hasn’t stolen a single base in that timespan. Maybe this can get him going, but he’s definitely not playing like someone the Reds are going to be penciling in for the majority of the season if he doesn’t get it going.

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