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Josh Bell

MIN 1st Baseman #56

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Josh Bell went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored as the Twins fell to the Braves in Grapefruit League play on Friday evening.

Bell worked a two-out walk off of Reynaldo Lopez in the opening inning then scored the game’s first run on an RBI single by Ryan Jeffers. He also singled in ballgame. The 33-year-old slugger is off to a nice start this spring, hitting .333 (6-for-18), though he’s still in search of his first home run. Look for Bell to hit in the middle of the Twins’ lineup in 2026, which should lead to ample RBI opportunities at a bargain basement price in fantasy drafts.

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Brice Matthews

HOU Shortstop #0

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Brice Matthews went 3-for-3 with a walk, a steal and two runs scored as the Astros barely beat their Triple-A Sugar Land affiliate 6-5 on Tuesday.

That’s the good news for Matthews. The bad is that Jeremy Peña came back from his finger injury and homered in the game. If Peña is on the Opening Day roster, that’ll probably take away Matthews’ spot, since even though he might be worth keeping as a speedy option off the bench, the team is going to want him getting regular playing time.

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Rays say Pepiot injury not a cause for concern

March 24, 2026 02:53 PM

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Lance McCullers Jr.

HOU Starting Pitcher #43

Lance McCullers Jr. yielded two runs in 4 2/3 innings and struck out seven against Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday.

McCullers gave up six hits but just three hard-hit balls tonight, albeit against a Triple-A lineup. His upside isn’t nearly what it was and the chances of him making 25-30 starts are pretty slim, but the Astros will be content if he’s just an average starter when he’s able to take the mound. He’s expected to face the Red Sox next week in his first outing.

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Jeremy Peña

HOU Shortstop #3

Jeremy Peña hit a two-run homer against Triple-A Sugar Land in his return to Houston’s lineup on Tuesday.

Pena also had a 361-foot flyout to go along with his 394-foot homer. Expectations were that he’d open up on the IL after suffering a finger injury in the WBC, but he made his case to start at shortstop on Opening Day tonight. If he was successful, that means the Astros will need to play Yordan Alvarez in left if they want to include both Isaac Paredes and Christian Walker in their initial lineup.

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Oswald Peraza

LAA 3rd Baseman #17
Oswald Peraza singled in one of the Angels’ three runs Tuesday in a 3-0 win over the Dodgers.

With Vaughn Grissom on the IL and temporarily out of the mix, the Angels will have Adam Frazier and Peraza split time at second base initially. Although Frazier is a lefty and Peraza is a righty, it won’t be a straight platoon initially, which is good. We don’t know that Peraza will turn out to be a quality option, but we can be pretty well sure that Frazier won’t be.
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Jack Kochanowicz

LAA Starting Pitcher #41

Jack Kochanowicz pitched three perfect frames and struck out four in his start against the Dodgers on Tuesday.

With his velocity up by 1.5 mph and some extra movement on his sinker, Kochanowicz might rank as one of the Cactus League’s most improved players. Still, he was so bad last year that he could take two steps forward and still be below average for the Angels. He’s in line to start in Houston against the Astros on Sunday.

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Ryan Johnson

LAA Starting Pitcher #32

Ryan Johnson tossed four scoreless innings and notched five strikeouts against the Dodgers in a relief outing Tuesday.

The 74th overall pick in the 2024 draft, Johnson is going to make the Angels for the second year in a row, even though he spent the rest of the year in High-A ball after his demotion last May. He ends a nice spring with a 3.05 ERA and a 23/5 K/BB in 20 2/3 innings. We still doubt he’s ready to be an adequate major league starter this year, but he might get there someday.

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Shohei Ohtani

LAD Starting Pitcher #17

Shohei Ohtani fanned 11 while giving up three runs in four-plus innings Tuesday against the Angels.

All of the runs came in the fifth, when he allowed three straight singles to open the inning and then got pulled. None of the singles were hard-hit. Through the first four innings, he’d allowed just one hard-hit ball and struck out more than two-thirds of the batters he faced, even though his velocity was down about two mph from last year. He’ll make his season debut as a pitcher Tuesday against the Guardians.

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Justin Wrobleski

LAD Starting Pitcher #70

Justin Wrobleski fanned five in four perfect innings of relief against the Angels on Tuesday.

Wrobleski had a 39% CSW against Angels backups in finishing off the 3-0 loss tonight. He’ll probably be asked to make a relief appearance of similar length his first time out, most likely after Roki Sasaki exits. He could be a nice source of wins in NL-only leagues while working in long relief.

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Joey Lucchesi

LAA Relief Pitcher #67

Angels signed LHP Joey Lucchesi to a one-year contract.

The deal is now official. Lucchesi will make Los Angeles’ season-opening roster in a long relief role after being released by the Giants earlier this week. The 32-year-old southpaw figures to operate in a swingman-type role for the Angels at the outset of the season. He made a career-high 38 appearances for the Giants last year, finishing with a respectable 3.76 ERA and 31/12 K/BB ratio across 38 1/3 innings.

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Jeimer Candelario

LAA 3rd Baseman #19

Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake.

Candelario has officially made Los Angeles’ season-opening roster after entering camp as a non-roster invitee. The 32-year-old reclamation project showed enough in Cactus League action to convince the Angels to carry him as a backup infielder. He’s no longer a fantasy-relevant option at this point in his career but the fact that he’s back in the big leagues is notable since he looked finished by the end of last year.

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