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You’d be excused for not knowing any of these players were even on Tampa Bay’s 40-man roster; the five pitchers combined to throw 6 1/3 innings for the Rays last season and Fairchild was hurt one day after being acquired from the Braves in July. Faedo, who was acquired from the Tigers in February, ended up missing the entire season with shoulder problems after a rehab assignment in July went badly.

There’s no path for Tong to pitch in New York at the moment with a full starting rotation and Sean Manaea languishing in the bullpen. The 22-year-old boasts some big-time strikeout upside and could be an impactful fantasy contributor once he gets a real shot.

The third-overall selection in the 2024 MLB Draft suffered hand and wrist injuries that impacted his development, but really started to show some progress late last year when he mashed 11 homers in 55 games at Double-A Hartford. The 22-year-old power-hitter projects as a potential middle-of-the-order threat and an impact fantasy contributor, especially in Colorado, if he can make enough contact. He’s off to an excellent start this season, hitting .357 (10-for-28) with three homers in seven games in the extremely hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. He has a real shot to reach the big leagues at some point later this year.

Freeman was back at DH for Wednesday afternoon’s matinee at Coors Field following a three-game absence due to lower back tightness. The 26-year-old corner outfielder has started just two of seven games since coming off the injured list back on April 1.

Bohm was back at third base and batting cleanup for Wednesday afternoon’s matinee following a one-game absence due to groin tightness.

Sandoval struck out three, issued three walks and threw 63 pitches (35 strikes) in his first game action since undergoing Tommy John surgery back in 2024. The 29-year-old southpaw will require an extensive ramp-up process over the next few weeks, but should be an option for Boston’s rotation mix at some point in May.

That’s a rare sweep for Colorado after the Rockies won 9-7 and 5-1 the previous two days. Lorenzen, who allowed seven hits and struck out four, got his first win for his new franchise after entering with a 14.73 ERA in two starts. He’ll face the Astros again next week in Houston.

Agnos had four saves as a rookie last year, all of the one-inning variety. His career-long outing as a major leaguer had been two innings, so it was surprising seeing him get 10 outs today. The Astros, though, never showed any sign of caring to do damage. Not a single one of the nine balls in play against him were hit hard. Agnos had allowed five runs and 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings coming into today.

Troy Johnston singled in a run after the two walks. Abreu’s velocity remains down 1-1.5 mph from last year, but his lack of command seems like the bigger problem at this point. He’s allowed a run in all five of his appearances, and he’s far from assured of getting the ninth next time the Astros need a closer.

Filling up that box score. Julien had been seemingly unlucky coming into today; he had a .263 slugging percentage but a .435 xSLG through 20 plate appearances. He’s led off three straight games now, which is a great sign for his NL-only value. He’s not going to play against lefties, but in the Rockies’ first eight games against righties, he rode the pine four times and hit eighth or ninth in his four starts.

This comes after he got his first day off of the season on Tuesday. Goodman is batting .257/.327/.409, but it’s kind of disturbing that he’s struck out 17 times already. Today’s game was his first without a strikeout since Opening Day.