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A split contract is an agreement in which the player will earn two different salaries depending on whether they are on the Major League Baseball roster or the Minor League Baseball roster. Young’s MLB salary would be for $925K in 2026. The left-hander pitched just 8 1/3 innings for the Mets in 2025 and had previously pitched for the Braves in 2023. In 60 2/3 MLB innings, he has a 4.01 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, and 78/25 K/BB ratio.

Alonso, who just went 1-for-13 in the weekend series against the Red Sox, took Ryan Weiss deep in the fifth for his fourth homer of the year. He’s still batting just .198 for the season, but his hard-hit rate is considerably better than usual, and his 25 percent strikeout rate isn’t much of a problem. Even with the slow start, he’ll still probably get his 30 homers and 100 RBI this year.

Baz gave up six hits, but Brice Matthews’ homer was the only one that did any damage. He struck out six and walked one. Through six starts, Baz has a 4.50 ERA and a 29/11 K/BB in 34 innings. He’d be a better bet in fantasy leagues if the Rays hadn’t traded him, but he still probably has some mixed-league value anyway.

Helsley has walked seven in 10 2/3 innings to start the year, but he’s also struck out 15 and he’s a perfect 7-for-7 in save chances. He retired Yordan Alvarez, Isaac Paredes and Jose Altuve in this one.

Knowing he’d be going a little longer than he typically has of late, Teng dialed it back some tonight, with his average fastball checking in at just 92.2 mph. It was 94.9 mph in his relief appearances this season. That seems like a bad sign for him being useful as a starter. It’s easy to understand why the Astros wanted to give this a try, as he’s mostly been a starter in his career and he’d been quite effective in middle relief to start the year. Still, if this is all Teng has as a starter, he’s probably going to be more useful throwing 95 mph out of the pen.

The Astros were down by two with none on and two outs in the ninth, so the bunt actually a bad play. He just hit it too hard and failed to catch Blaze Alexander by surprise. Altuve has gone hitless in five of six games, dropping his average from .298 to .248. He already has four 0-for-5s this year. That’s one more than he had in 155 games last season.

Crow-Armstrong drew a walk in the sixth inning and scored on a double, then took Wandy Peralta deep for a three-run blast to extend the Chicago lead in the seventh. It was just the second home run of the season for the 24-year-old outfielder. He’s slashing .241/.309/.339 with 18 runs scored, 10 RBI, and six steals across 124 plate appearances.

Bogaerts put the Padres on the board with a solo homer off of Edward Cabrera to lead off the second inning. It was a 108.3 mph blast for his fifth homer of the season. He later drew a walk in the fourth, stole second, then scored on a base hit. The 33-year-old shortstop is having a solid season at the dish so far, hitting .286/.364/.448 with 14 runs scored, 17 RBI, and three steals across 118 plate appearances.

Cabrera struck out two in a clean first inning, then surrendered a solo homer to Xander Bogaerts to lead off the second. The Padres added another run in the fourth on a walk and a base hit. Cabrera recorded the first two outs in the sixth, then allowed a third run to score on a hit batter and two singles. That would end his day at 99 pitches, 66 for strikes. He generated an impressive 20 whiffs to strike out seven. The 28-year-old right-hander will take a 3.06 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and a 29/12 K/BB ratio across 35 1/3 innings into a start against the Reds in Chicago on Monday.

Buehler tossed a clean first inning, then got himself into some trouble with two walks to start the second. Dansby Swanson made him pay with a two-run double. Buehler would pitch into the fifth, letting two runners on with a single and a hit batter. That would end his day at 92 pitches with four strikeouts. The 31-year-old right-hander will carry a 5.40 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, and a 24/12 K/BB ratio across 25 innings into a start against the Giants in San Francisco on Monday.

He’s probably day-to-day. If he can’t go Wednesday, then the Royals could use Salvador Perez at first base and Starling Marte at DH against lefty Jeffrey Springs.