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Beltrán, who hit .279/.350/.486 with 435 homers and 312 steals over 20 big-league seasons, most likely would have been a first-ballot HOFer if not for the cheating scandal that arose his world championship season with the Astros in 2017. As is, the nine-time All-Star had to wait until his fourth year of eligibility, receiving 84.2% of the vote. Jones, who topped the 75% threshold with 78.4% of the vote, is getting in on his ninth try after barely clinging to the ballot with 7.3% and 7.5% percent of the vote in his first two years. Jones won 10 straight Gold Gloves with the Braves from 1988-97 and finished his career with a .254/.337/.486 line and 434 homers in 17 seasons. Beltran and Jones will be officially inducted alongside Jeff Kent in Cooperstown on July 26. Among those falling short of the 75% needed for induction this year were Chase Utley (59.1%), Andy Pettitte (48.5%), Felix Hernández (46.1%) and Alex Rodríguez (40.0%). Manny Ramírez got 38.8% in his final year of eligibility. Cole Hamels was the only ballot newcomer who will remain in play next year, having debuted at 23.8%. Next year’s top newcomers will be Buster Posey, Jon Lester, Ryan Zimmerman and Brett Gardner.

Not great news. The Brewers and Priester will likely consider all options going forward, but it appears unlikely he’s going to contribute this year if he’s got to halt his comeback momentum again. Further updates to come when the Brewers have them, but this has all the makings of a lost year for Priester.

Chivilli hadn’t allowed a run in Triple-A before being recalled to the big leagues and getting hurt. The 23-year-old figures to get another look with the Yankees before too long. He managed a 3.86 ERA in two games (2 1/3 innings pitched) before getting hurt.

Valdez did get consistent playing time with the Pirates during his recall in May, hitting two homers in five games. That’s about all he did — they were his only two hits. He’ll probably be hard to trust even with consistent playing time, but the power is worth dreaming on in deeper leagues. Shallow league managers should likely just wait and see.

Brandon Lowe turned out well enough to keep playing after his leg injury, so Wendzel had just four plate appearances in two games with the Pirates this time around. He returns to Triple-A Indianapolis as a depth piece for the Pirates.

He’ll replace Jalen Beeks in the bullpen for the time being. Curvelo has a 4.91 ERA in 7 1/3 innings over seven appearances with the Rangers this season. He’ll likely be riding the Round Rock-Arlington shuttle often this year.

Beeks won’t necessarily have to rehab if he keeps this stint short, the 32-year-old left-hander has a 3.81 ERA in 26 innings out of the Rangers bullpen this year, striking out 21 and walking eight while allowing six home runs.

Not good. Isbel was already placed on the 10-day injured list, but it sounds likely he will miss more than just the minimum amount of time. Kameron Misner and Lane Thomas could form a platoon in center field in Isbel’s absence.

Fantasy managers should anticipate the possibility that Lugo misses a start or is pushed back a few days after he left yesterday’s game, where he was hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Brandon Nimmo. He also mentioned that his left elbow is sore from falling. All and all, this is a positive update considering how scary the injury looked in the moment.

It’s cost him two days now. Sterlin Thompson is starting in left field against RHP Edward Cabrera and the Cubs in McCarthy’s place today.

The ironman sat out both games over the weekend with a minor thumb injury and will get a blow on Thursday after catching last night. It appears he’s still being handled cautiously. Carter Jensen is playing catcher and Lane Thomas has taken over in the 5-hole for Perez in a rare start against a right-hander in Rangers starter Kumar Rocker.