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It qualified as a major surprise when Imanaga accepted a qualifying offer from the Cubs at the outset of the offseason since he figured to have plenty of suitors on the open market. The 32-year-old southpaw has settled in as a consistent top-50 range starting pitcher for fantasy purposes, even if his velocity and strikeout rate are trending in the wrong direction. It’s notable that his fastball velocity was up to 93 mph in this early-spring outing, which is an encouraging sign.

Canzone ripped a two-run single to give Seattle a 3-0 lead. The 28-year-old singled twice and also doubled for the three-hit night. Canzone hasn’t shown much power since that two-homer game on Opening Day, but the balls should start travelling over the fence as the weather warms.

Raley continues to rake, and absolutely clobbered a homer off Nathan Eovaldi that would have been a homer in all 30 parks with an expected batting average of .830. The 31-year-old has run hot-and-cold throughout his career, but obviously this is a hot streak. Fantasy managers could do worse than Raley as one of their final outfielders, but have to keep in mind he’s not going to play against lefties.

It was Robert Suarez who came in to pitch during Saturday’s save chance against the Phillies, with Suarez doing the job with a pair of strikeouts. The good news is that this was related to Iglesias sleeping on the shoulder wrong rather than something he picked up throwing, according to Atlanta manager Walt Weiss. The 36-year-old should be considered day-to-day for now, but fantasy managers need to pay close attention to this going forward. If Suarez is still available, he’s essentially a must-add.

Loperfido was held out Saturday with his quad injury, and the 26-year-old will likely need to miss a week-plus due to the injury. A corresponding move will be announced Sunday before the game against St. Louis.

The Astros initially said that Allen was available to play. The Astros say a lot of things. Allen should be considered day-to-day.

Eovaldi gave up eight hits and one walk, and he only struck out three. That being said, two of the runs were unearned because of some shoddy defensive play, and outside of a long homer allowed to Luke Raley, he did a decent job of avoiding hard contact. Eovaldi hasn’t been nearly as good as he was in 2025, but it’s too early to be too worried. He’ll get the A’s at home Friday.

It’s the first win for Seattle over Texas in their five games, and the third win of the season for Kirby. He did allow 10 balls in play that registered as hard hits, but he was able to strike out five while generating a strong 14 swings and misses before exiting in the sixth. Kirby’s command still isn’t at the level we’ve grown accustomed to seeing, but it’s nice to see some whiffs. He’ll gets the Cardinals in St. Louis on Friday.

Sale was in total control tonight, throwing 73 of his 101 pitches for strikes. He allowed five hits, but only four hard-hit balls, none of which checked in at over 99 mph. Even the homer against him was just a 348-footer. The win makes him 4-1 with a 2.79 ERA. He’s due to face the Nationals on Thursday.

Sánchez retired the first two batters in the third before a single, an error, a walk and two more singles did him in. The first run-scoring single was a tapper to the right of the mound that Sánchez fielded before losing his footing. It would have been a tough play anyway for the left-hander. The last hit was a fly to shallow center that Brandon Marsh had no play on. Those were all the runs the Braves needed today. Sánchez was fantastic in striking out eight, and that walk to Matt Olson was the only one he issued on the day. Still, he’s now 2-2 in spite of a 1.59 ERA. He’ll face the Cubs on Thursday.