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Chinese Taipei scored its automatic runner with two bunts in the top of the 10th. Korea advanced its to third with one sac bunt, but the runner was thrown out at home on Hyeseong Kim’s non-bunt grounder to first, and Do Yeong Kim flew out to end the game afterwards. Chinese Taipei, which also got homers from Yu Chang and Tsung-Che Cheng, finishes 2-2 in Pool C play to keep itself alive for now. It needs to hope that Korea and Japan both beat Australia, which would result in three 2-2 teams behind Japan in the standings. One of Chinese Taipei, Korea and Australia would then advance by claiming the tiebreaker.

Bader extended Israel’s lead with a run-scoring single in the fifth inning as part of a four-run frame. The 31-year-old outfielder posted his highest barrel rate in a half-decade during a 17-homer campaign split between the Twins and Phillies last year. The move to Oracle Park doesn’t exactly raise his power ceiling but he’s a strong bet to reach 15 homers with at least double-digit steals as well. His realistic upside is limited based on his track record but he’s a solid fifth outfielder in deeper mixed leagues for fantasy purposes this spring.

Kremer struck out four and only allowed three baserunners. He got some help from reliever Josh Mallitz, who came on to wriggle out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth inning. The 30-year-old righty will likely go undrafted in most fantasy leagues this spring and will operate at the back end of Baltimore’s new-look rotation.

Rodriguez struck out four and issued two walks. The 24-year-old righty made four relief appearances for the Brewers last season and is likely ticketed for Triple-A Nashville to open the regular season. Milwaukee has one of the deepest pitching staffs in the game which means his most likely path would be in a swingman type role at the highest level.

The 19-year-old De Vries hit a two-run homer off Kyle Hurt in the fourth and a grand slam off Carson Hobbs an inning later. He’s a threat to make his major league debut before his 20th birthday, though there’s no way it’s happening on Opening Day. It’ll be interesting to see if the A’s start moving him around the infield if he hits in Double-A, since while he does project as a better shortstop than Jacob Wilson, the A’s might not be willing to have Wilson change positions midseason.

Lopez, whose 2025 ended in late August due to a flexor strain, was down about one mph on the whole today, though he was actually throwing his slider 1.2-mph harder than last season. His performance last season should make him a lock for the rotation if healthy, and it seems for now that he is.

Wrobleski has pitched six scoreless innings in three appearances. He’ll probably make the Dodgers as a swingman, and it’s possible he’ll prove more trustworthy than Roki Sasaki in the rotation in the long run.

Call is 7-for-14 with three walks and no strikeouts. He isn’t slated to have much to do as a bench player for the Dodgers; he was picked up from the Nationals to platoon with Michael Conforto last summer, but he’s not going to start over Kyle Tucker against left-handers. He might log time late in games as a defensive replacement for Teoscar Hernández.

Tiedemann was widely regarded as one of baseball’s premier pitching prospects just a few years ago before a cascade of significant arm injuries stalled his career. The 23-year-old southpaw was shut down from throwing earlier this spring after experiencing renewed elbow soreness. At this point it’s impossible to forecast whether he’ll be able to stay healthy long enough to make a sustained impact at the highest level.

The Reds probably wouldn’t have brought in JJ Bleday if they didn’t think he was better than Benson, but Benson, who has a 1.050 OPS through 24 plate appearances, seems like the more interesting of the two from here. Both seem likely to make the team out of spring training, and one could start against most right-handers, assuming that the Reds don’t make Spencer Steer their primary left fielder. Given that Steer has started just once in the outfield thus far, it wouldn’t seem to be the plan.

He struck out three today, even though his CSW was a poor 17%. Singer gave up five runs in his first spring outing Monday against the Cubs, so this leaves him with a 9.00 ERA after two starts.