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De Vries put together an extremely impressive showing in Cactus League play, hitting .409 (18-for-44) with three homers and 11 RBI in 17 contests. The switch-hitting 19-year-old prodigy was the centerpiece of the Mason Miller blockbuster at the trade deadline last July and will open the minor league season at Double-A Midland. It wouldn’t be shocking at all if he reached the big leagues as a teenager in the second half. He’s one of the top 10 prospects in the entire fantasy landscape entering 2026.

García has been excellent in 2026 with an .873 OPS and 23 homers over his 374 plate appearances. He’ll be in the lineup everyday against right-handers, and the short porch in Yankees Stadium should play well for the 26-year-old. Just keep in mind that he likely won’t play much against southpaws, with Paul Goldschmidt getting those starts against lefties.

The game, already halted for two hours in the third, was delayed for a second time as the bottom of the sixth was about to start and never resumed. De La Cruz’s homer off Kyle Bradish accounted for the only scoring prior to the first delay. He’s 9-for-20 with two homers in eight appearances since being summoned from Triple-A on July 21, which should ensure that he sticks around in the likely event that the Phillies add an outfielder before the deadline. That could result in Gabriel Rincones Jr. returning to Triple-A.

Wheeler was looking sharp today after his unusually short outing against the Marlins on Monday, but there was no way the Phillies could bring him back out after a delay that exceeded two hours. Wheeler fanned three and threw 24 of his 32 pitches for strikes before departing. His next turn is due to come Friday against the Blue Jays, but the Phillies could consider moving him up if he feels good Monday They currently have Andrew Painter lined up for Wednesday’s game against the Nationals.

Bradish surrendered a double to Justin Crawford and then a homer to Bryan De La Cruz in the third before a two-hour delay brought his day to an end. It was enough to get him tagged with his 10th loss of the year. He’ll probably make his next start Friday in Texas.

Sale won’t start at all against Miami, and instead is being pushed back to the weekend series against the Yankees. Atlanta will instead push up the other arms in the rotation, so Grant Holmes, Bryce Elder and Martin Perez will be the arms who go instead. It’s disappointing Sale won’t get a two-start week this late in the fantasy season, but understandable.

After Patrick Bailey got the scoring going with a solo home run in the third inning, DeLauter plated Cleveland’s second run with an RBI single. He later delivered an RBI double in the fifth inning and also stole his seventh base of the season. After homering on Saturday, DeLauter is now hitting .278/.347/.444 with 12 home runs, seven steals, and 55 RBI. Not a bad rookie season.