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Daniel Espino

CLE Pitcher #66

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Daniel Espino worked a scoreless inning in a start against the Diamondbacks on Sunday.

Espino touched 98 mph while not allowing a baserunner. The 25-year-old is not far removed from being one of the very best pitching prospects in baseball, but essentially missed three full seasons due to injuries. There’s significant risk in Espino’s profile, but Sunday was a reminder of the potential reward.

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Nolan Arenado

AZ 3rd Baseman #28

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Nolan Arenado was scratched Saturday for precautionary reasons.

It’s unclear if it’s because of the groin strain that cost him two games or the elbow bruise he suffered getting plunked as a pinch-hitter last night, but he again appears to be day-to-day. Jose Fernandez started at third base against the Mariners.

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Pete Crow-Armstrong

CHC Center Fielder #4

Pete Crow-Armstrong went 4-for-5 with a homer, a double and two RBI in the Cubs’ 6-1 victory over the Cardinals on Saturday.

The Busch Stadium crowd was chanting “overrated” when Crow-Armstrong silenced them with his seventh homer in the eighth inning tonight. His move to the leadoff spot still figures to prove temporary, but he’s hit .290 with five walks and six runs scored in eight games since the change, which was made mostly out of desperation.

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Ben Brown

CHC Relief Pitcher #32

Ben Brown limited the Cardinals to one run in seven innings and struck out six on Saturday.

It’s impressive just how efficient Brown has been since moving from the pen to the rotation. He got his 21 outs today on just 82 pitches, throwing 11 pitches or fewer in five of his seven innings of work. Brown is 2-2 with a 1.92 ERA in his five starts and 12 relief appearances and ought to be rostered everywhere by this point. He’ll face the Giants next Friday.

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Kyle Leahy

STL Starting Pitcher #62

Kyle Leahy was lifted after allowing one run in 4 1/3 innings Saturday against the Cubs.

Leahy pitched four scoreless innings before giving up a leadoff double and a one-out single to tie the game at 1-1 in the fifth. That was all the Cardinals needed to see from him, as he was facing the top of the order for a third time and has not done well the third time around thus far. Leahy has averaged exactly five innings per start while going 5-3 with a 4.25 ERA to date. He’s lined up to face the Reds on Friday.

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JJ Wetherholt

STL Shortstop #26

JJ Wetherholt collected three of the Cardinals’ five hits Saturday against the Cubs.

Alec Burleson had the other two. It’s Wetherholt’s second three-hit game as a major leaguer. He’s batting just .244, but that comes with 28 walks and 10 HBPs, giving him a .356 OBP,

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Ronald Acuña Jr.

ATL Right Fielder #13

Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two homers, walked and stole two bases in the Braves’ 5-2 defeat of the Reds on Saturday.

The two-homer, two-steal game is a first for Acuña and just the 23rd time it’s happened in major league history. Juan Soto on Aug. 30 and Mickey Moniak on Sept. 7 both did it last year, and Shohei Ohtani accomplished it in his absurd 6-for-6, three-homer, 10-RBI game on Sept. 19, 2024. Chipper Jones in 1999, Rafael Furcal in 2005 and Ender Inciarte in 2017 were the previous Braves to pull off the feat. Acuña has homered in three straight games and is up to .246/.369/.419 on the season.

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Martín Pérez

ATL Starting Pitcher #33

Martín Pérez kept the Reds to two runs through five innings in picking up a win Saturday.

Pérez has made eight starts this season, pitching between five and six innings in all of them. He’s allowed no runs twice, one run twice, two runs twice and four runs twice. Throw in his two runs in 9 1/3 innings out of the pen, and he has a 2.79 ERA. He’ll pitch at home against the Pirates next week.

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Raisel Iglesias

ATL Relief Pitcher #26

Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth with a three-run lead for a save Saturday against the Reds.

Iglesias gave up a hard liner to JJ Bleday to end the game, but it was a fine rebound performance for him after he gave up two runs and four hits in the ninth against the Red Sox on Tuesday. He improved to 10-for-10 saving games this season.

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Brady Singer

CIN Starting Pitcher #51

Brady Singer took a loss to the Braves after giving up three runs in five innings on Saturday.

Singer gave up homers to Ronald Acuña Jr. and Jorge Mateo, walked four and finished with only two strikeouts. He’s 2-5 with a 6.18 ERA, and it’s worth wondering if he might lose his spot if Rhett Lowder can come back in a couple of weeks. Singler will miss his old friends the Royals in the three-game series that starts Monday. Unless things get shuffled around after Thursday’s off day, he’d be slated to start Friday against the Cardinals.

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Jorge Mateo

ATL Shortstop #2

Jorge Mateo took Brady Singer deep for his third homer of the year Saturday against the Reds.

The Braves are going with the hot hand at short and that meant Mateo again tonight. He’s started four games in a row, DHing in the first of those but playing three at shortstop since. He probably won’t keep this up for much longer, but he’s currently at .316/.358/.487 through 81 plate appearances. Mateo hit .216/.261/.350 in 641 plate appearances from 2023-25.

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