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It’s the eighth save of the season for Romero, but the first one he’s claimed since September 2. The left-hander threw 13-of-19 pitches for strikes while lowering his ERA to a healthy 2.09 in 2025.

It’s the first time Raleigh has done any baseball-related activities since hitting the injured list for the first time in his career with a right oblique strain back on May 14. The 29-year-old backstop figures to be ready to return in a couple weeks but remains without a definitive timeline.

Slater will test the free agent waters instead of sticking around as organizational depth with the Mets. The 33-year-old bench outfielder hit .250 (5-for-20) with one RBI during a nine-game stint with New York before they decided to move on last week.

Blach went unclaimed on waivers and has opted to explore the open market rather than stick around at Triple-A Iowa. There’s always a chance he’ll return on a new minor league pact. The 35-year-old lefty fired three scoreless frames during his lone appearance for the Cubs earlier this month.

Volpe’s hit was a clean liner to left off Lucas Erceg. He struck out twice and walked once in his three previous plate appearance. Volpe was making his first start in the three games since José Caballero rejoined the Yankees, as manager Aaron Boone picked him over Ryan McMahon and started Caballero at third today. That might well be the team’s best alignment right now, since McMahon has remained a bust offensively while also not playing quite as well as usual defensively this season. Volpe is hitting .231/.412/.308 with five RBI in 34 plate appearances since being recalled.

Warren walked three and gave up a sac fly in the second and later allowed a solo shot from Salvador Perez in the sixth. It wasn’t one of his best performances, but those walks in the second were his only ones of the day, at least. He struck out three. Warren will have a more difficult assignment Sunday against the A’s in Sacramento, and mixed leaguers in daily leagues might have some better options.

It’s Bednar’s second straight scoreless appearance after he gave up runs in three straight outings and five of seven. He’d actually given up runs each of the last four times he’d successfully converted saves. The back-to-back scoreless outings take a little heat off him for now. He’s 12-for-14 in his save chances on the season.

Wacha allowed five hits, walked two and struck out five in his fifth straight quality starts and ninth overall in 11 outings this season. In spite of his success, the Royals dropped to 4-7 in his starts, though Wacha at least has a 4-2 record anyway. He’ll be a fine play in Texas against the Rangers on Sunday.

We assumed Erceg would be down today after throwing 32 pitches and giving up three runs with a five-run lead in Sunday’s game. The Royals had other ideas. To be fair, Erceg didn’t give up one hard-hit ball today, Two of the singles actually left the bat at less than 40 mph, and the lone extra-base hit, a double from Jazz Chisholm Jr., might have been handled by a better first baseman than Salvador Perez (he’d just replaced Vinnie Pasquantino after Pasquantino was removed for a pinch-runner). With any luck, this probably would have been a clean inning for Erceg. Still, Erceg just isn’t a very good reliever at the moment, what with his 18/13 K/BB in 21 1/3 innings. Daniel Lynch IV, who worked a scoreless eighth today, might be asked to take over in the ninth for now.

Chisholm’s double was a big part of the Yankees’ ninth-inning rally, and he scored the go-ahead run one batter later. He was actually checked on by the trainer in between those two events, as he seemed to be bothered by a lower leg issue of some sort. However, it might have been just a cramp, and he was able to finish the contest.

Witt delivered the big hit today before the Royals went on to blow the game in the ninth. He now has eight homers at the season’s one-third point, putting him on pace for 24. However, it should be noted that all eight of those have come in his last 27 games after he went without one in his first 27.