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The Mariners made a mistake last winter in failing to secure starting pitching depth behind their vaunted rotation, but it didn’t wind up hurting them much, as Emerson Hancock and Logan Evans were able to hold their own in their 31 starts. Dunning will add to their alternatives this year after a bumpy 2025 in which he was let go by the Rangers and was limited to 12 relief appearances in the majors. The 31-year-old has a career 4.44 ERA in 102 starts and 34 relief appearances, most of those coming with Texas.

Peraza was the hero with an RBI single to score Adam Frazier to give the Angels the win in the bottom of the 10th. He also doubled and singled in the contest. The former upper-echelon prospect in the Yankees’ system has enjoyed his new surroundings, and is now slashing .295/.361/.489 on the campaign. It’s very plausible — but far from a guarantee — that this is the breakout campaign.

The stolen base is the first of the season for Soto. The 27-year-old swiped 38 of them in 2025, and it seems very unlikely that he’s going to approach that number again; at least not in 2026. The .338/.442/.538 slash certainly helps compensate for the lack of thefts.

McLean struck out six and issued just one walk, but despite throwing just 78 pitches — 51 of them strikes — he was unable to get through five innings for the first time this year. The 24-year-old didn’t exactly full the Los Angeles lineup, as he generated just six swings and misses while allowing four hard-hit balls before exiting. Nobody’s perfect. McLean gets the Diamondbacks in Arizona on Friday.

Detmers limited the Mets to one run over six innings, but he gave up a couple more in the seventh to take away a chance of a win. The southpaw has had several outings look like this in 2026, which is neither a compliment nor an insult. The southpaw takes a 4.28 ERA into a scheduled start over the weekend against the Blue Jays, and similar results shouldn’t surprise anyone. This is just who Detmers is.

Acuña left Saturday’s game with the hamstring injury, and Atlanta will make sure there’s no structural damage. There’s a good chance that the 28-year-old won’t be in the lineup Sunday regardless, but fantasy managers need to be prepared for a potential extended absence.

Burke was outstanding again, this time in a traditional start. The 26-year-old didn’t give up a single extra-base hit, and he threw 66-of-88 pitches for strikes without issuing a walk. Over his last three outings, Burke has given up a total of two runs — none in his last two — and he’s looked the part doing so. There could be something here, even if it’s understandable if fantasy managers are skeptical. He’ll face the Mariners in Chicago on Friday.

King walked three, struck out five and allowed seven hits. It wasn’t an abhorrent start for the right-hander, but considering the opponent and how well he’d been pitching coming into Saturday, a disappointing one. The 30-year-old did did blank Chicago for the first five frames, but things fell apart from that point on, with two runs scoring in the seventh with King not recording an out. He’ll look to rebound — or at least pitch better in the middle innings — against the Cardinals on Thursday.

Domínguez entered in a 4-0 game, but since the bases were loaded and the tying run was at the plate, he gets the save by recording the final two outs. He’s now up to eight of them on the season, and the scoreless outing lowers the ERA to 3.95.

Building on his fine 2025 campaign, Dingler has six homers and 23 RBI in 29 games to open the season. And Statcast still thinks he’s been terribly unlucky at the plate. He entered tonight with a .247 average and a .310 xBA. He had a .464 slugging and a .600 xSLG, with his 13 barrels and 51 percent hard-hit rate.

Although he was going to open up in the minors, Montero looked like a deep sleeper this spring because of a nice velocity boost leading into the WBC. As it turned out, that extra velocity disappeared as soon as the season stated, but Montero has been quite effective anyway, going 2-2 with a 3.48 ERA in six starts. He’ll almost certainly start giving up more homers going forward — he’s allowed one every 11 innings this season, compared to a career rate of one every 5 1/2 innings — but if he can hold on to the improvement in his walk rate, he’s certainly a solid enough fourth or fifth starter for Detroit. He’ll face the Royals next weekend.