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Gómez averaged 95.1 mph with his 13 fastballs today and was at 95.5 mph during his four spring appearances with the Rays. Both are nice gains from the 93.8 mph he came in at last year. The Rays figure to carry Gómez as a middle reliever after picking him up from the White Sox in November.

“I heard it was electric,” manager Torey Lovullo said. Martinez might rejoin the mix for saves in the D-backs bullpen in in July. However, A.J. Puk, another contender for ninth-inning duties, is expected to beat him back.

Mateo was limited to bench work for a couple of days due to a jammed thumb. He’s getting the nod over Jim Jarvis tonight.

Heliot Ramos is up to third. Chapman had hit sixth once and somewhere between second and fifth the rest of the time this year. Chapman is batting just .227/.301/.305 this year, with a 32 percent hard-hit rate way off his career mark of 48 percent. Plus, he’s never been a particularly good RBI guy even in his better seasons. Still, he’ll warm up and resume hitting higher at some point. Unless Rafael Devers is back, there just isn’t much difference in quality among the top seven hitters in San Francisco’s lineup.

King of interesting. Lefties have been far better than righties against Harrison this season, but it’s Trent Grisham that Jones is starting over here, not a righty like Amed Rosario or Paul Goldschmidt. If the Yankees actually believed in Harrison’s reverse splits, Grisham and Ryan McMahon wouldn’t be on the bench to begin the game.

Webb was expected to make his next start Monday after dealing with the knee last time out, but given his struggles this season, a two-start break seems like a better idea. Trevor McDonald will fill in for him Monday against the Dodgers.

McDonald made his 2026 debut last week, allowing one run over seven innings against the Padres. He was sent down afterwards, but Logan Webb’s IL placement allows him to rejoin the roster, and he’ll start in Webb’s place Monday against the Dodgers.

Porter, who played in five games for the Giants last season, will serve another brief MLB stint with Patrick Bailey traded and Daniel Susac not ready to come off the IL just yet. The 30-year-old Porter is 7-for-38 with one homer in 47 plate appearances since making his major league debut with the Royals in 2023.

Rasmussen will be pitching in Toronto, rather than in Boston. but that probably doesn’t make much of a difference. The Red Sox currently rank 24th in MLB in runs per game, while the Blue Jays are 26th. Shane McClanahan should follow Rasmussen on Tuesday.

He’s batting right in between Jackson Merrill and Manny Machado, as the Padres are again making changes after losing in a one-hit shutout Friday. Tatis, who had hit fifth the last three times the Padres faced righties, is 3-for-23 with no RBI in his last six games. He has one RBI in his last 16 games.

Dingler was due for a break after catching four games in a row, but it’ll only be a partial one. The Tigers have Kerry Carpenter at DH and Wenceel Pérez on the bench tonight.