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Grosz heads to Arizona just a few months after arriving in Colorado from the Yankees as part of the Ryan McMahon deal at the trade deadline. The 23-year-old righty was an 11th-round pick back in 2023 and spent all of last season at the High-A level where he fanned 135 batters over 125 1/3 innings of work. He’s an interesting pitching prospect for the Diamondbacks’ front office to sink their teeth into considering McCarthy was out of options and likely to be on the move at the end of spring training.

Eovaldi absolutely has the Yankees’ number. Coming off a seven inning, seven strikeout, zero run gem against the last time out he managed to one up himself here. They barely ever threatened with just three hits and he didn’t walk a batter either. The only run he allowed came via an Aaron Judge solo homer and it was the first time he’s completed eight innings since… last August against the Yankees. That’s almost too crazy to be true. Nevertheless, Eovaldi’s splitter was dancing here and he’s finally been able to corrail it over these last two starts when his command of it was spotty over the first month of the season. His curveball was sharp here too, forcing eight of his 19 total swings-and-misses. Also, a new wrinkle he’s shown so far this year, he’s begun to lean more into his cutter against left-handed batters. It’s all been working and he’ll look to ride this positive momentum into a two-start week against Diamondbacks and Astros coming up.

Seager but great bookends on a strong night for the Rangers’ lineup. He hit a solo shot in the first inning to open the scoring then effectively ended Will Warren’s night early in the fourth with a two-out, run-scoring single. He’s begun to string some better games together with an active seven-game on base streak as he desperately tries to shake loose from the funk he’s opened the season with.

It was a rare quiet night for the Yankees’ offense as Nathan Eovaldi completely shut them down. Well, almost completely. He couldn’t stop Judge from launching a homer beyond the center field wall that would account for their only run on the night. That long ball was Judge’s 15th of the season, which pushed him ahead of Munetaka Murakami for most in the league. Those 15 home runs go along with a 1.066 OPS, yet it still feels like business as usual for Judge.

Sadly, a lot of the good will that Warren had earned thus far this season came undone in this one. Warren’s Achilles heel had always been left-handed batters. So far this season, he’s kept them at bay in a bit of an unsustainable way by leaning more into his sweeper and sinker, two pitches that don’t often perform well for right-handed pitchers against lefty bats. He gave up two home runs to lefties here, and one came on a sweeper that he just couldn’t bury on their back foot. This was a solid reminder that he can be a very good pitcher, just probably not an ace like he seemed. He has a two-start week coming up against the Orioles and Mets, both on the road.

Quatraro added that Ragans was lifted for precautionary reasons after experiencing triceps and elbow soreness while throwing three scoreless innings on 58 pitches on Wednesday against the Guardians. The 28-year-old southpaw, who dealt with some diminished fastball velocity in this outing, will undergo additional evaluation and imaging to ensure that he’s not dealing with anything serious. It sounds like there’s a chance he avoids the injured list and takes the ball against the White Sox on Tuesday.

Funny enough, the Nationals trailed this game 3-2 entering the bottom of the fifth before unleashing their wrath on the Twins’ bullpen. Abrams was at the center of the onslaught with a double that helped chase Bailey Ober and then a late grand slam when the rout was on. That was already Abrams’ ninth home run of the season and his five RBI brought him to 33 total, which tied him with both Matt Olson and Andy Pages for most in the league. Here’s to hoping that Abrams’ breakout is finally here and he can sustain something near this power production moving forward.

It’s almost shocking to see Mikolas wind up with such a clean final line. He pulled it off though! His often good location was great here, especially with his sinker and slider against the Twins’ right-handed batters. While encouraging, definitely don’t get used to this. He’ll take a still unsightly 7.11 ERA into a two-start week against the Reds – in Cincinnati – and Orioles.

Wallner’s fourth home run of the season briefly gave the Twins a lead in the fifth inning before they allowed 14 unanswered runs by the Nationals. Alas, Wallner obliterated that homer 420 feet and it was nice to see his raw power shine through in what’s otherwise been a disastrous season so far with a .189 batting average and .613 OPS through 30 games.

Ober nearly had his fourth straight quality start in a row before getting chased in the fifth inning. To that point, he’d allowed just four hits and three runs with a pitch count at 77. Then, he gave up back-to-back doubles, was pulled, and the inherited runner he left came home one pitch later. He got a bit fortunate too, leaving far too many of his changeups in the heart of the plate and somehow avoiding more damage. On the season, he has a 32:14 strikeout to walk ratio with a 4.19 ERA across 43 innings and has a two-start week coming up against the Marlins and Brewers.

De los Santos bailed out New York’s bullpen by tossing 3 1/3 shutout innings on 54 pitches after starter Will Warren lasted just four innings during Wednesday’s contest against the Rangers. The Yankees will bring up a fresh bullpen arm for Thursday’s series finale.