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Wick spent the last two years with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, posting a 1.75 ERA in 87 2/3 innings out of the bullpen. He is currently recovering from Tommy John surgery and will likely not pitch until 2027. The 33-year-old has a 3.82 ERA in 146 MLB innings, mostly with the Cubs.

Hernández has pitched to a 4.54 ERA in 81 1/3 innings for Triple-A Gwinnett this year. He has made 11 starts out of his 23 appearances and will provide depth for the Braves out of the bullpen.

This is now the second time Crochet has thrown off a mound as he inches closer to a return. The Red Sox have already said that he will not return to a starting role by the end of the regular season, given how much time he would need to ramp up. That also means Crochet could need less time on a rehab assignment because Boston may just want him to throw 2-3 innings at a time before the end of September. We still would be shocked to see him before the final week or two of the regular season.

Salas, who is 20 years old, is now officially the youngest player in MLB and, when the game begins today, will be the youngest player to appear at catcher in a game since Iván Rodríguez did back in October of 1991. There’s a pathway to playing time here for Salas if he can adapt quickly to MLB pitching.

Nimmo has spent much of his career as a leadoff man, so this is just his third five-RBI game and the first in which he didn’t drive himself in. He doubled in one in the first, singled in one in the third, singled in two in the fifth and singled in one in the sixth tonight. The Rangers were up 8-1 at that point and held on to with 8-5 after the A’s scored in each of the final three innings.

Gore wasn’t at his best in allowing five hits, walking four and striking out four, but he didn’t need to be against this A’s lineup. He improved to 8-10 with a 4.31 ERA. Barring a change, he’ll make his next start at home against the Rays on Sunday.

The Rangers led 8-3 entering the bottom of the ninth, but after Trevor Williams faltered in his Texas debut, Latz was called on to earn the save and notched No. 28 on the year. He’s earned saves in seven of his last eight appearances.

McNeil opened the year as a platoon guy hitting low in the A’s order against righties, but since he’s nearly an everyday guy now and hitting in the top third versus righties, he should be rostered in mixed leagues. He’s batting .346 with four homers, 23 RBI and six steals in 37 games during the second half.

Yelich is batting .333 with two homers and nine RBI in his last 12 games. He’ll need to turn in quite the September to avoid finishing with the worst OPS of his career, but we wouldn’t rule it out. He’s hitting .238/.319/.388 right now, putting him at .707. His current low is .736 from 2021.

If Gasser had played better defense, he might have pitched five scoreless innings and gotten a win tonight. As is, he missed out on two potential outs in a three-run fourth and left with the Brewers down 3-1. He’ll still be a decent play in another start against the Cubs, this one at home, next week.

Boyd allowed one run through five, but he gave up a single and a double in the sixth and both runners came around to score after he was lifted. The result upped Boyd’s ERA to 4.05, but he was perfectly fine. Maybe he’ll get more support Sunday against the Marlins.