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Gilbert was a Super Two player after 2023, so this is his third of four years in arbitration. The 28-year-old had a 3.44 ERA and a 173/31 K/BB in 131 innings last season, though he did serve his first ever IL stint with an elbow strain in the first half of the year. Despite that, he still tracks as a top-five fantasy SP in 2026.

As there is closer carnage around the league, Domínguez is swimming right along with six saves. Only Mason Miller, David Bednar, Paul Sewald, and Riley O’Brien have more so far. Of course, it hasn’t all been a walk in the park, but Domínguez has converted three consecutive save opportunities and has plenty of job security at this moment.

In a revenge game against his former team, Fedde pitched well over his first few innings before completely losing the strike zone in the fifth inning. He walked three batters in that frame, the last of which forced in a run. Yet, most of the rest of his outing was relatively clean. He just didn’t force many swings-and-misses and doesn’t profile as a particularly intriguing option ahead of his next appearance against the Angels.

In a fun, back-and-forth game, House briefly tied this game back up for his Nationals with an eighth inning home run. It was his third of the season after hitting just four across 73 games all of last year. We’re still waiting on some consistency from the 22-year-old, but the Nationals have shown their faith by regularly hitting him within the top three of their order so far.

This game featured the ever-elusive double-opener as both the Nationals and White Sox made a pitching change before the second inning was over. For Mikolas, he struggled to miss bats or limit hard contact. That’s been his story going on a few years now and will take an ugly 8.49 ERA into his next outing against the Mets.

Naylor led off the fourth inning with a walk, swiped second base and scored on a two-out RBI single by Dominic Canzone. He then tagged Cardinals’ right-hander Andre Pallante for a 418-foot (107.3 mph EV) solo shot that gave the M’s a 3-2 lead they would never relinquish. His bat has started to show signs of life the past two weeks, though he’s still slashing a miserable .198/.278/.313 with three homers, 11 RBI and two stolen bases on the young season.

Muñoz did allow a two-out single to Nathan Church that brought the go-ahead run to the plate, but he battled back to strike out Ramon Urias to end it. The 27-year-old stopper has now converted four of his first five save opportunities on the season while posting a troublesome 7.20 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and a 17/5 K/BB ratio over his first 10 innings.

Kirby struck out two batters on the night while issuing one free pass. All of the damage done against him came on a two-out, two-run single off the bat of Masyn Winn in the fourth inning. The 28-year-old hurler got 11 whiffs on 81 pitches on the night — six of them on his slider — while posting a CSW of 28 percent. He now sports a terrific 2.97 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and a 29/9 K/BB ratio over 39 1/3 innings through his first 39 1/3 innings. He’ll look to keep the good times rolling when he takes on the Twins in Minnesota on Wednesday.

Winn delivered a two-out, two-run single off of George Kirby in the fourth inning that pulled the Cardinals even at 2-2. That would wind up being the extent of their offense in the game. Winn also led off the seventh inning with a single but never advanced past first base. With his two-hit effort, the 24-year-old shortstop is now hitting .270/.360/.405 with one homer, 11 RBI and three stolen bases through his first 86 plate appearances on the season.

The right-hander uncharacteristically piled up eight strikeouts in the contest while walking three opposing batters. The Mariners scratched out single runs against him in the second and fourth innings, then Josh Naylor clubbed a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth that proved to be the difference in the ballgame. Pallante generated 12 swings and misses on 90 pitches on the night, registering an elite CSW of 38 percent. He’ll see if that swing-and-miss stuff can carry over to Wednesday’s matchup against Paul Skenes and the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

Stanton exited after jogging gingerly to third base while running the bases after singling. Given his lengthy injury history and the Yankees propensity to play it safe, it wouldn’t be shocking at all to see Stanton wind up on the injured list here. In that event, Jasson Dominguez could get the call from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and would instantly become an intriguing option for fantasy purposes. Stay tuned.