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Fraser Ellard

CWS Relief Pitcher #55

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Fraser Ellard will be the White Sox’s 27th man for Friday’s doubleheader against the Guardians.

Despite allowing just one hit, Ellard has given up five runs in 6 2/3 innings for the White Sox this season. He’s struck out 10 and walked six.

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Reiver Sanmartin

SF Relief Pitcher #48

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Reiver Sanmartin (hip) left Colombia’s exhibition against the Pirates and is expected to miss the World Baseball Classic.

Sanmartin was covering first base on a grounder when the injury occurred. He’s expected to see an orthopedist on Wednesday. Sanmartin was competing for a spot in the Giants bullpen, but it now seems likely he’ll be behind enough to be questionable for Opening Day.

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Will Acuna challenge Ohtani for 2026 NL MVP?

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Shay Whitcomb

HOU Left Fielder #10

Shay Whitcomb homered twice as Korea defeated Czechia 11-4 in their WBC opener.

Whitcomb, fighting for a roster spot that doesn’t appear to be there on a suddenly-deep Astros infield, made the most of his WBC experience with a pair of homers off Jeff Barto and Filip Capka. Korea moves to 1-0 in Pool C and will take on Japan on Saturday.

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Andrew McCutchen

TEX Center Fielder #22

Rangers signed DH Andrew McCutchen to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Perhaps it’s as simple as giving the Rangers a more-threatening right-handed platoon option for Joc Pederson. McCutchen hit .284/.366/.433 in 36 starts against left-handers last year, but just .239/.333/.367 overall. Entering his age-39 season, McCutchen doesn’t have any real fantasy value outside of playing him in daily transaction leagues against a left-handed starter. He also is by no means guaranteed to make the Rangers based on the date of his signing and the minor-league deal.

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Source: Evan Grant

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Colton Gordon

HOU Starting Pitcher #61
Astros reassigned LHP Colton Gordon and RHP Miguel Ullola to minor league camp.

Gordon should operate as a spot starter at some point this season for the Astros. Ullola’s control issues — 78 walks in 113.2 innings last year in AAA Sugar Land, then six more in 5.1 innings in Spring Training — make it hard to believe he’ll resurface without adjustments.
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Source: Brian McTaggart

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Josh Hader

HOU Relief Pitcher #71

Astros manager Joe Espada said Josh Hader (biceps) will return to the mound early next week.

The progression continues. Hader will have gone from playing catch to a bullpen session to hitting the mound next week. It seems like he’s still well behind schedule to be ready for Opening Day, but this remains a very fluid situation. Bryan Abreu is who you should be targeting in fantasy leagues if you’re not convinced Hader will be ready to go.

Injury

Source: Brian McTaggart

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Jeremy Peña

HOU Shortstop #3

Astros manager Joe Espada said Jeremy Peña (finger) will see a hand specialist today to determine the extent of his finger injury.

Peña didn’t think it was too bad after a grounder left his nail injured and bloody yesterday, but apparently the Astros are either operating out of a sense of precaution or this is worse than the original update indicated. Stay tuned for further updates from the Astros, but any kind of injury would likely force Peña out of the World Baseball Classic.

Injury

Source: Matt Kawahara

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Gavin Lux

TB Left Fielder #11

Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux (undisclosed upper body issue) will likely play in his first Spring Training game next week.

Lux had been hit with the vague “overall spring training soreness,” so we guess a slightly less vague “undisclosed upper body issue” is a general upgrade on us trying to understand where he’s at. This qualifies as a positive update for Lux, who still figures to be the team’s regular at second base assuming this hasn’t set him back too far to be ready for Opening Day.

Injury

Source: Marc Topkin

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Cedric Mullins

TB Center Fielder #31

Rays manager Kevin Cash said Cedric Mullins (back) is better but “he’s probably not going to play for a little bit.”

Reading between the lines, we’re probably not going to see a real absence from Mullins that would threaten his regular season. Still, you never know with backs. Mullins should be regarded as day-to-day until we get a new update.

Injury

Source: Marc Topkin

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Parker Meadows

DET Center Fielder #22
Detroit Free Press’ Evan Petzold believes Parker Meadows could start the year in the minors if Kevin McGonigle makes the Opening Day roster.

If McGoningle secures a spot on the Opening Day roster, Petzold speculates that they’ll have to move on from one of Matt Vierling, Wenceel Pérez, Jahmai Jones, or Meadows. Meadows simply doesn’t give them the value off the bench that they’d like compared to Pérez and Jones. And, to boot, Meadows is hitting .059 with one walk and five strikeouts in six spring training games.
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Source: Detroit Free Press

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Blaze Alexander

BAL Shortstop #23

MASN’s Roch Kubatko believes that Blaze Alexander appears to be the frontrunner to replace Jackson Holliday at second base in April.

AL-only leaguers, take notice. Alexander hit .230/.323/.383 in 266 plate appearances with the Diamondbacks last year, but provided little homer power or stolen-base upside. Still, if he’s able to hold off Jeremiah Jackson in camp — the Orioles reportedly don’t trust Jackson’s fielding yet — Alexander could provide some short-term counting stats in deeper leagues.

Source: MASN

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