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Brody Hopkins

TB Starting Pitcher

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Brody Hopkins allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one in a scoreless inning against the Orioles on Wednesday.

The Rays’ top pitching prospect sat at 96.4 mph on his four-seam fastball while getting two whiffs on five combined swings on his cutter and changeup. The 24-year-old figures to begin the year in Triple-A after posting a 2.72 ERA and 141/60 K/BB ratio across 116 innings at Double-A last year. He has a solid five-pitch mix, led by some impressive breaking balls, including a platoon-neutral slider. There’s a chance we see him in Tampa Bay in the second half of the season, if not sooner.

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Codi Heuer

CLE Relief Pitcher #50

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Guardians optioned RHP Codi Heuer to Triple-A Columbus.

Heuer pitched two innings for the Guardians while he was up. He should get another chance for innings this summer.

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Temper power expectations for Guerrero Jr.

May 18, 2026 01:32 PM

After finally hitting his first home run of May, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s power outage to start the season could actually be a sign of things to come for the remainder of year, where he could finish with 20-25 home runs.

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Shawn Armstrong

CLE Relief Pitcher #43

Guardians activated RHP Shawn Armstrong (groin) from the 15- day injured list.

Armstrong been sidelined for almost a month with the injury. He should settle right back into a regular role in the middle innings for the Guardians.

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Caleb Durbin

BOS 3rd Baseman #5
Caleb Durbin is not in the starting lineup for the Red Sox on Monday against the Royals.

Nick Sogard is playing third base and batting ninth on Monday. Despite Durbin’s struggles at the plate this season, he has been tremendous defensively for a Red Sox team that spent the off season adding ground ball pitchers to its rotation. As a result, we imagine this will be more of a mini reset for Durbin, rather than the Red Sox making a change at third base.
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Yovanny Cruz

NYY Relief Pitcher

Yankees selected the contract of RHP Yovanny Cruz from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Cruz can hit 102 mph on his fastball and does have a 3.00 ERA and 29 percent strikeout rate this season. However, he has struggled in May, allowing five runs on nine hits in seven innings while walking six and striking out six.

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Elmer Rodríguez

NYY Starting Pitcher #71

Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Rodríguez can’t be recalled in the next 15 days unless he replaces an injured player, so that appears to take him out of the running to start this weekend. What the Yankees will do in that spot remains to be seen since they have said Gerrit Cole (elbow) will make one more rehab start.

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Cole Sulser

TB Relief Pitcher #71

Rays placed RHP Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list with a low back strain.

Sulser has a 3.68 ERA, 1.36 ERA, and 16/9 K/BB ratio in 22 innings out of the Rays’ bullpen. He will likely be sidelined for a few weeks.

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Chase Solesky

TB Starting Pitcher

Rays recalled RHP Chase Solesky from Triple-A Durham.

Solesky was recalled by the Rays back on May 5th and then was sent back down just three days later without pitching. He’ll get another chance out of the Rays bullpen this week.

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Joe Boyle

TB Starting Pitcher #36

Rays activated RHP Joe Boyle (elbow) from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham.

Boyle has been rehabbing at Triple-A while recovering from an elbow strain. In three starts, he has allowed five runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings with an 8/7 K/BB ratio. He’ll continue to stretch out and work on his command at Triple-A.

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Kyle Schwarber

PHI Designated Hitter #12

Kyle Schwarber is not in the starting lineup against the Reds on Monday.

It’s Schwarber’s first day off of the season, so there’s not much to see here. Bryce Harper will DH, Alec Bohm will play first base, and Edmundo Sosa will get the start at third base.

Source: Todd Zolecki

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Colt Keith

DET 3rd Baseman #33

Colt Keith is leading off and starting at designated hitter against the Guardians on Monday.

Keith is hitting .295/.336/.357 on the season, but that’s about all we can say. His bat speed is up one mph, but it’s not where he showcased it in the first month of the season. He has a lower barrel rate and hard-hit rate than last season, and has hit no home runs with just six RBI despite hitting mostly third this season. He doesn’t need to be on many fantasy rosters.

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