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With the Cardinals in a full rebuild, moving Romero for anything they can get before he enters his final arbitration season makes plenty of sense. The Mariners have also checked in on Romero at some point this offseason. The 29-year-old southpaw posted a 2.07 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and a 55/29 K/BB ratio over 61 innings while notching eight saves for the Cardinals in 2025.

Adell clobbered a tape-measure blast in the fourth innings, which traveled a staggering 468 feet, per Statcast. He also added a run-scoring single in the sixth inning to close out a multi-hit performance. The 26-year-old former top prospect finally put it all together at the highest-level last year, authoring a stellar 37-homer breakout campaign that saw him finish as a top-25 fantasy outfielder. He’ll come off the board right around that range as one of the stronger OF3 options in drafts this spring.

Hays kicked off the scoring by taking Angels starter Alek Manoah deep in the opening frame, hooking a 387-foot blast down the left-field line. The 30-year-old doesn’t offer too much power/speed combo upside at this stage of his career but he’s a strong bet to reach 15 homers with a respectable batting average and a handful of stolen bases for a rebuilding White Sox squad.

Manoah tallied four strikeouts and handed out a pair of free passes. He was burned by the lone ball in this outing as Austin Hays tagged him for a three-run shot in the opening frame before Colson Montgomery added a solo blast a couple frames later. The 28-year-old righty’s bid for a spot in Los Angeles’ season-opening rotation presently includes a bloated 7.15 ERA across 11 1/3 innings this spring. His fastball velocity remains trapped in the low-90’s, which is problematic to say the least. He’ll be left on the waiver wire in most fantasy leagues, even if he makes the Opening Day roster.

Soderstrom took Arizona prospect Zane Russell deep in the third inning for his third round-tripper of the spring. The 24-year-old middle-of-the-order masher is currently a top-10 option at first base in fantasy drafts this spring following last year’s 25-homer, eight-steal breakthrough campaign.

“Obviously it’s not going to feel perfect, but manageable and just trying to work through it as best I can,” Carroll told reporters following his first game action since undergoing hamate surgery on his wrist back in early February. He didn’t record a hit in this one, but he put a pair of hard-hit balls in play with exit velocities of 113.6 mph and 96.1 mph. The 25-year-old franchise cornerstone is expected to be a full-go by Opening Day and remains locked in as a first-round pick in fantasy drafts this spring.

Morales rocketed to the big leagues last year after just 23 career appearances in the upper minors and posted a respectable 3.14 ERA (4.42 xERA), 1.15 WHIP and 43/18 K/BB ratio across 48 2/3 innings over 10 appearances (nine starts). The hard-throwing 23-year-old has been an afterthought in shallow fantasy leagues this spring, mostly because of Sutter Health Park’s hitter-friendly tendencies. He’s talented enough to be a viable streaming option in favorable road matchups.

Nelson piled up four strikeouts, issued one walk and threw 37 of 56 pitches for strikes in his latest spring outing. He surrendered only two hits, but both wound up leaving the ballpark courtesy of Andy Ibáñez and Max Muncy in the second and fourth innings. The 28-year-old righty has quietly morphed into an impactful fantasy contributor over the past two seasons but the lack of significant strikeout upside limits his appeal to late-round territory in drafts.

Encarnacion’s homer was hit 109 mph off Bailey Falter. It was his first in 34 at-bats as he works to secure a spot on the Giants’ bench as a platoon guy against lefties.