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Michael Lorenzen

KC Starting Pitcher #24

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Michael Lorenzen has been scratched from Saturday’s start against the Mets due to illness.

It’ll be Angel Zerpa taking the ball on Saturday to kick off a bullpen game instead. The 33-year-old veteran is coming off one of his best outings of the season last Sunday when he fired seven scoreless frames to defeat the Diamondbacks. It’s unclear whether they’ll consider giving him the ball for Sunday’s first-half finale over rookie Noah Cameron, assuming he’s feeling well enough. There should be an update on his status at some point later this weekend.
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Source: Kansas City Royals

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Sam Antonacci

CWS 2nd Baseman

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Sam Antonacci is not in the White Sox’ starting lineup for Thursday’s matchup against the Royals.

Like fellow left-handed hitters Colson Montgomery and Tristan Peters, Antonacci will take a seat with left-handed Kris Bubic toeing the slab for the Royals. Randal Grichuk will start in his place in left field and bat cleanup for the White Sox on Thursday evening.
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Raleigh worth keeping on rosters while on IL

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Matt Brash

SEA Relief Pitcher #47

Matt Brash (lat) will begin a minor league rehab assignment at Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday.

Brash is only expected to require one or two tune-ups at the Triple-A level before he’s cleared to rejoin the Mariners’ bullpen. Expect to see him back with the big league club before the weekend is through.

Source: Daniel Kramer

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Zak Kent

WSH Starting Pitcher #57

Nationals optioned RHP Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester.

The right-hander made four appearances during his brief stay with the Nationals, posting a 6.35 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and a 5/0 K/BB ratio across 5 2/3 innings. He threw 42 pitches during Thursday afternoon’s blowout loss to the Reds and wasn’t going to be available for a few days, so they’ll swap him out for a fresh arm. Expect that corresponding move to be announced on Friday.

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Chase Dollander

COL Starting Pitcher #32

Rockies’ manager Warren Schaeffer told reporters after Thursday’s game that Chase Dollander was removed due to general arm tightness.

When asked whether or not he thought that Dollander experienced a drop in velocity during the outing, he simply said, “maybe”. Expect Dollander to undergo a full MRI to determine exactly what’s going on there. It would be surprising if he didn’t wind up on the injured list before the weekend is through.

Source: Patrick Saunders

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Packy Naughton

STL Relief Pitcher #70

Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week.

It’s a tough break for those of us in fantasy leagues where everyone’s name must sound like a 1920s street gangster. Naughton had been attempting a comeback after forearm surgery — obviously that’s in some question at this point as the 30-year-old had a 3.86 ERA in three games with Triple-A Memphis.

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Source: Derrick Goold

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A.J. Ewing

NYM Center Fielder

A.J. Ewing went 2-for-4 with his first career homer as the Mets came back to beat the Tigers 9-4 on Thursday.

Ewing lined the solo shot into the right field bullpen at Citi Field, and he’s off to a .333/.538/.889 start with four walks in his first 13 plate appearances and a stolen base. So that’s not bad. We wouldn’t bet on Ewing being a major power source for the Mets given his size and minor league track record, but he certainly gave them a jolt as they swept the Tigers. Snap him up if he wasn’t already picked up in your league.

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Gage Workman

DET 3rd Baseman #41

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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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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