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Higgins is merely emergency organizational catching depth for the Reds entering his age 32 campaign. The well-traveled backstop has spent the past two seasons at Triple-A Louisville and hasn’t appeared in the majors since the 2022 campaign when he got into 74 games for the Cubs. He adds some additional insurance behind Tyler Stephenson and Jose Trevino.

It’s his second day off in a row against a right-hander and third day off in four games, perhaps portending that we shouldn’t consider Johnston a full-time starter against righties anymore. Sterlin Thompson is DHing while Tyler Freeman plays right field.

It’s his third DFA of the season, not counting his early opt-out with the Tigers in March. The veteran lefty-masher should continue to find work as a fringe roster platoon bat if he clears waivers and elects free agency.

He’ll resume his role as a platoon outfielder for the Rays. DeLuca has enough speed to be an interesting fantasy play in leagues with daily transactions, but won’t garner enough playing time to be valuable in most leagues.

Sent down after a horrific 24.55 ERA in his first five outings in the bigs in 2026, Little holds a 2.31 ERA in 23 1/3 innings for the Bisons and has struck out 32 while walking 19. The Jays will give him a chance to prove he’s worked through his issues.

He didn’t pitch in his abbreviated two-day stint with the team. Dallas will likely shuttle up when the Blue Jays need some innings later this summer.

He’ll sit against RHP Ben Brown in what appears to just be a routine day off. Clement had started all 15 games the Jays have played in June and is hitting a robust .294/.313/.443 on the season. Davis Schneider will start at second base in Clement’s absence.

Blanco underwent an internal brace procedure last June and, if everything goes right in his rehab, could be available to the Astros at some point in August or September. The 32-year-old is just beginning pitching in games so it will likely take quite a bit of runway before he’s fully stretched out and ready to contribute at the big-league level again.

Taylor was placed on IL on May 26 and was expected to miss about three weeks, so this is a little later than the original expectation. Once healthy he’ll probably push Eric Wagaman or Zack Short off the MLB roster and go back to a platoon role for the Mets.

It’s important to note that fellow outfielder Kevin Alcantara was not available to be called up after C/DH Moises Ballesteros was optioned because Alcantara has to spend 10 days in Triple-A before he can be recalled to the big league roster. With Seiya Suzuki (knee) also limited to DH at-bats in the near future, the Cubs called up a better defensive outfielder in Dean. The 29-year-old is hitting .238/.369/.354 with three home runs and 14 steals in Triple-A this season.

Bloss is making his way back from Tommy John surgery, so he also walked two and struck out three in his four innings. He threw 39 of 65 pitches for strikes, and all of his damage came on a two-run home run from Dustin Harris. This was Bloss’ first start at Triple-A after making three starts in Single-A and one start in Double-A. With Max Scherzer (back) continuing to battle injuries, Bloss could be an option for the Blue Jays over the summer.