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Ethan Roberts

CHC Relief Pitcher #39

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Cubs optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Triple-A Iowa.

Roberts heads back to the minors after recording just two outs on Sunday in a relief outing against the Red Sox. The 28-year-old righty made just one appearance for the Cubs after being recalled back on July 9.

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Josh Jung

TEX 3rd Baseman #6

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Josh Jung collected three doubles and knocked in a run as the Rangers blanked the Mariners 5-0 on Friday.

Jung’s doubles were hit 102, 99 and 105 mph, and he also had a 99-mph GIDP. Delivering three hits in back-to-back games has taken him from .231/.298/.288 to .290/.343/.452 on the young season. Tonight’s game was his first ever with three extra-base hits.

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Baldwin scorching to start the season for Atlanta

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Jacob deGrom

TEX Starting Pitcher #48

Jacob deGrom’s pitch count got him lifted after four scoreless innings against the Mariners on Friday.

DeGrom threw 32 pitches in the first and 88 through four while allowing four hits, walking two and striking out three. It’s likely that another team would have managed at least a couple of runs off him, as he wasn’t particularly sharp. The best the Mariners could do, though, was deny him a victory. DeGrom figures to face the Pirates on Thursday.

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Jacob Latz

TEX Relief Pitcher #67
Jacob Latz finished off a 5-0 game with a perfect ninth against the Mariners on Friday.

This was a 3-0 game after eighth, but the Rangers scored twice in the ninth to take away the save situation. It didn’t appear that Jakob Junis ever warmed up, so this probably would have been a save chance for Latz if the Rangers hadn’t scored. Cole Winn pitched a hitless eighth for a hold.
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Logan Gilbert

SEA Starting Pitcher #36

Logan Gilbert yielded two runs in 5 1/3 innings Friday in a loss to the Rangers.

Gilbert struck out seven and walked one, but he fell to 1-3 because his team can’t hit right now. The Mariners were shut out for the second time in his five starts this season. They totaled one run in his other loss. He’ll face the A’s next week, which should bode well.

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Jake Burger

TEX 1st Baseman #21

Jake Burger went 3-for-5 with an RBI versus the Mariners on Friday.

Burger has raised his average from .232 to .275 by going 9-for-24 with three homers and 10 RBI in his last six games. We’d still expect him to wind up closer to .232 at season’s end, but even then, he might be enough of a run producer to contribute in mixed leagues.

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Munetaka Murakami

CWS 3rd Baseman #5

Munetaka Murakami went 3-for-5 with a grand slam Friday as the White Sox crushed the A’s 9-2.

Murakami took a middle-middle fastball from Elvis Alvarado and hit it 431 feet to center. It was a bad pitch, but it was a 98-mph bad pitch, and given the questions about Murakami’s ability to hit MLB velocity, it was an encouraging development. Murakami is batting .200/.361/.477 with six homers through 83 plate appearances.

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Davis Martin

CWS Starting Pitcher #65

Davis Martin tossed seven innings of one-run ball in defeating the A’s on Friday.

Martin struck out four and walked two. He allowed just three hits despite giving up nine hard-hit balls. The win makes him 3-1 with a 2.16 ERA and a 19/6 K/BB in 25 innings, but he’s still giving up too much hard contact and too many flyballs to be very interesting in fantasy leagues. He’ll face the Diamondbacks next week.

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Aaron Civale

ATH Starting Pitcher #45

Aaron Civale surrendered five runs and 11 hits over 4 2/3 innings Friday in a loss to the White Sox.

Civale was coming off nice outings against the Yankees (1 R in 5 IP) and Mets (0 R in 5 2/3 IP), but the lowly White Sox got to him. in fact, he allowed more hits tonight than in his first three starts combined (10). Civale was never a good bet in a tough environment in Sacramento, and he should be avoided in fantasy leagues going forward, even though his next start, in Seattle against the Mariners, makes for a pretty good matchup.

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Luisangel Acuña

CWS 2nd Baseman #0

Luisangel Acuña went 2-for-4 with an RBI double, a walk and a steal Friday against the A’s.

The double, which was sent 378 feet to right-center, just missed being his first homer since 2024, when he somehow had three in 14 games for the Mets. He’s gone 112 games without one since. He’s much more prolific when it comes to stealing bases. He got his fifth tonight, making him 21-for-22 there since the beginning of last year.

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Miguel Yajure

HOU Relief Pitcher #89

Astros signed RHP Miguel Yajure to a minor league contract.

The 27-year-old hurler hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since the 2022 season with the Giants and spent the past two seasons pitching in Japan. Given the unbelievable number of injuries that the Astros are dealing with in their starting rotation at the moment, they need to stockpile depth any way that they can, so this move makes sense.

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