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Johnson was last seen in the majors striking out five in two scoreless innings on Aug. 4. The Phillies then sent him down the next day and never brought him back. The 27-year-old averaged 98.2 mph with his fastball today, which was up one mph from his 10 major league outings last season. He should have a chance at winning a spot in the Phillies pen, but that he has an option year left works against him.

There were previous reports that Anthony was dealing with a torn ligament, which is not the case. However, we now know that it’s not a wrist issue the 22-year-old is battling. He will need to wait for the inflammation in his finger to subside before he picks up a bat again. The good news is that this isn’t a major issue and shouldn’t impact his performance when he returns. The bad news is that the Red Sox are unlikely to rush the former top prospect in baseball, so it’s unclear when Anthony will return. We’d still assume sometime in early June.

Arroyo is now up to 10 home runs and 33 RBI on the season to go along with a .348/.408/.604 slash line and eight steals. He seems ready for his shot at the big leagues. The only issue is that Eugenio Suarez (oblique) is also at Triple-A on a rehab assignment, and Arroyo has stopped playing third base. That could cloud his possible chance at a spot on the big league roster.

Ryan threw 51 of his 84 pitches for strikes and averaged 97.8 mph on his four-seam fastball. He maintained that velocity for much of the game, falling to 96.6 mph by the fifth inning. He also induced 14 whiffs on 35 wings for a 40 percent whiff rate. He did only get one whiff on his slider, which is not ideal, but he had a 69 percent strike rate overall, and his fastball was simply dominant. The Dodgers will give Eric Lauer a start on Monday, but Ryan could push for a rotation spot if that Lauer start doesn’t go well.

Priester threw 34 of his 68 pitches for strikes and induced just four whiffs on 21 swings. His sinker sat 92.2 mph, which is down almost two mph from what we saw last season. The 25-year-old is working hard to return from thoracic outlet syndrome, but he has a 20.25 ERA in 9 1/3 innings across five rehab starts, with a 9/14 K/BB ratio. With how well Logan Henderson and Kyle Harrison are pitching, there is no reason for the Brewers to rush Priester back.

This doesn’t change Crawford’s timeline at all. The 30-year-old is still playing catch and hoping to pitch for the Red Sox in the second half of the season. The team just needed a spot on the 40-man roster for Tayron Guerrero to join the bullpen.

What a great story and moment for Guerrero. The 35-year-old has not pitched in an MLB game since 2019 as a member of the Miami Marlins. After that, he missed a season during the COVID year, played in the minors in the White Sox organization, went to Japan, got another chance in the Reds organization, went to play in Mexico, got a chance in the Angels organization, went back to Japan, and then got a minor league deal with the Red Sox this winter. In 19 2/3 innings at Triple-A this season, Guerrero has a 0.92 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, and a 22/6 K/BB ratio while touching triple digits on the radar gun.

Leiter came in to pitch the bottom of the 10th and had to deal with the free runner at second in a one-run game. He gave up a single to Jo Adell that moved that runner to third, but he was able to strikeout Josh Lowe, and Jorge Soler bounced into a double play to end the threat and the game. Leiter has four saves on the season with a 6.23 ERA over 24 appearances.

Schanuel was responsible for the only two runs of the games for the Angels, who have now lost three straight games and nine of their last ten contests. The 24-year-old first baseman has homered four times and driven in 22 runs with a slash of .251/.305/.377. There are worst first base options than Schanuel in redraft leagues. There are certainly many better, too.

After struggling to find the strike zone — that’s a bit of an understatement — and walking six against the Dodgers on Saturday, Soriano was much more effective in that regard Thursday with just one free pass and 68-of-103 pitches landing in the zone. He whiffed seven, and he was able to cause the A’s to swing-and-miss 17 times on 56 attempts. The right-hander has alternated clunkers with solid outings since his impossibly hot start to the season, and now owns a 2.44 ERA for his trouble. He’ll try and repeat this effort against the Tigers on Wednesday in Detroit.

Severino was outstanding, and the only real blight was a two-run homer allowed to Nolan Schanuel. The 32-year-old generated an impressive 18 swings and misses, and only four balls registered as hard hits for the Halos while Severino was in the game. Severino hasn’t exactly dominated for most of 2026 as seen in his 4.23 ERA, but this was encouraging. He’ll face Seattle on Tuesday in Sacramento.