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Zach McCambley

PHI Starting Pitcher #91

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Phillies selected RHP Zack McCambley from the Marlins with the 12th selection in the Rule 5 draft.

McCambley, 26, had a 2.90 ERA and an 83/22 K/BB in 62 innings out of the pen between Double- and Triple-A last season. He throws in the mid-90s, but he uses his cutter more than his fastball and also attacks hitters with a slider. It’s package that could make him adequate in middle relief.
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Nelson Velazquez

STL Left Fielder #17

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Making his 2026 debut, Nelson Velásquez went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer against his former team as the Cardinals edged the Cubs 6-5 on Friday.

Velásquez took Shota Imanaga deep in his very first major league at-bat this season and later added a single. He was promoted primarily to play against lefties after hitting a modest .232/.344/.420 for Triple-A Memphis, but perhaps the strong showing tonight will keep him in the lineup against Ben Brown on Saturday.

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Andre Pallante

STL Starting Pitcher #53

Andre Pallante lasted just three innings and gave up four runs and eight hits Friday in a no-decision versus the Cubs.

Pallante had some of his best velocity of the season tonight and allowed only five hard-hit balls, but luck was not on his side. It’s the first time in 11 starts that he’s failed to complete five innings, but since the St. Louis offense picked him up, he remains 5-4 with a 4.19 ERA. He’ll next face the Rangers on Wednesday.

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Riley O'Brien

STL Relief Pitcher #61

Riley O’Brien picked up his 14th save despite giving up a run in the ninth Friday versus the Cubs.

Pete Crow-Armstrong started the ninth with a double in a two-run game, advanced to third on a comebacker that bounced off O’Brien but was still turned into an out and then scored on a groundout. Another groundout followed, ending the game at 6-5. It’s O’Brien’s 14th save in 18 chances. He’s been shaky all month, but there isn’t anyone else in the St. Louis pen who rates as a better bet going forward.

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Shota Imanaga

CHC Starting Pitcher #18

Shota Imanaga surrendered five runs in 5 1/3 innings Friday in a loss to the Cardinals.

Imanaga gave up three more homers tonight, so that’s eight in his last three starts. His ERA has jumped from 2.32 to 4.37 during the span. However, he’s still throwing harder and missing more bats than he did last year, so he’s probably going to remain useful in mixed leagues going forward. He’s due to face the A’s at home next time out.

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Thomas Saggese

STL Left Fielder #25

Thomas Saggese hit his first homer of the year before being removed for a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning Friday against the Cubs.

Saggese got the nod over Nolan Gorman against Shota Imanaga, but he was replaced by Gorman as soon as the lefty exited so that Gorman could strike out and pop out in two at-bats. The Cardinals really ought to give Saggese a look over Gorman at this point. After all, they were just willing to bench Pedro Pages, who, despite his offensive decencies, has easily been a more valuable player than Gorman as a major leaguer.

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Ian Happ

CHC Left Fielder #8

Ian Happ went 2-for-4 and hit a three-run homer Friday against the Cardinals.

Happ has seven hits, three homers and 10 RBI in his last three games, so it seems safe to declare his slump over. Given that Happ has 13 homers through 54 games this year, it seems like a good bet that he’ll eclipse his career high of 25. He had that many in both 2021 and ’24. He also hit 24 in 115 games as a rookie in 2017 and 23 last year.

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Aaron Judge

NYY Right Fielder #99

Aaron Judge went 1-for-4 and drove in two runs in win Friday over the Athletics.

Judge singled in the first run of the game in the first inning. The 34-year-old drove in his second run of the contest and the 36th of the season on a fielder’s choice in the fourth. The only complaint about Judge’s first two months is his .252 average. Everything else has been at the MVP level fantasy managers are accustomed to.

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Paul Goldschmidt

NYY 1st Baseman #48

Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run home run in a win for the Yankees on Friday over the Athletics.

Goldschmidt turned a 1-0 lead into a 4-0 cushion in the first inning with a three-run blast off Luis Severino. The former star first baseman is nowhere close to the player he was when he was consistently challenging for MVP votes, but he has homered six times in the first two months with a very solid slash of .262/.356/.515 to go with them.

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Nick Kurtz

ATH 1st Baseman #16

Nick Kurtz connected on a solo homer in a loss to the Yankees on Friday.

Kurtz did make a throwing error that made all four of the runs Luis Severino allowed prior to leaving with an injury unearned. The 23-year-old swatted a solo shot off Carlos Rodón in the bottom of the first, and it was the only run Rodón would allow. Kurtz has more than made up for his first couple of weeks being not up to snuff, and he’s up to nine homers and an OPS of .900 over the first two months.

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Ben Rice

NYY 1st Baseman #22

Ben Rice homered while going 4-for-5 to lead the Yankees to an 8-2 win over the Athletics on Friday.

Two of the four hits for Rice were doubles. The other extra-base hit was his 17th homer of the season, and a pair of RBI bring his season total to 39 in 57 games; putting him on pace to drive in triple digits for the first time in his young career. Rice had a bit of a scuffle earlier in May, but to say he’s been one of the breakout hitters of 2026 is certainly an understatement. There’s an awful lot to like about what Rice has done over the first two months of the year.

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