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Barrero has some positional versatility which could be intriguing during the season, but he didn’t provide much value with his bat in spring training.

Burke was outstanding again, this time in a traditional start. The 26-year-old didn’t give up a single extra-base hit, and he threw 66-of-88 pitches for strikes without issuing a walk. Over his last three outings, Burke has given up a total of two runs — none in his last two — and he’s looked the part doing so. There could be something here, even if it’s understandable if fantasy managers are skeptical. He’ll face the Mariners in Chicago on Friday.

King walked three, struck out five and allowed seven hits. It wasn’t an abhorrent start for the right-hander, but considering the opponent and how well he’d been pitching coming into Saturday, a disappointing one. The 30-year-old did did blank Chicago for the first five frames, but things fell apart from that point on, with two runs scoring in the seventh with King not recording an out. He’ll look to rebound — or at least pitch better in the middle innings — against the Cardinals on Thursday.

Domínguez entered in a 4-0 game, but since the bases were loaded and the tying run was at the plate, he gets the save by recording the final two outs. He’s now up to eight of them on the season, and the scoreless outing lowers the ERA to 3.95.

Building on his fine 2025 campaign, Dingler has six homers and 23 RBI in 29 games to open the season. And Statcast still thinks he’s been terribly unlucky at the plate. He entered tonight with a .247 average and a .310 xBA. He had a .464 slugging and a .600 xSLG, with his 13 barrels and 51 percent hard-hit rate.

Although he was going to open up in the minors, Montero looked like a deep sleeper this spring because of a nice velocity boost leading into the WBC. As it turned out, that extra velocity disappeared as soon as the season stated, but Montero has been quite effective anyway, going 2-2 with a 3.48 ERA in six starts. He’ll almost certainly start giving up more homers going forward — he’s allowed one every 11 innings this season, compared to a career rate of one every 5 1/2 innings — but if he can hold on to the improvement in his walk rate, he’s certainly a solid enough fourth or fifth starter for Detroit. He’ll face the Royals next weekend.

Just when it seemed like Rocker had found some consistency, he could manage only six outs against Detroit’s lineup. His ERA jumped from 3.38 to 4.71. Rangers relievers went on to throw six scoreless innings the rest of the way, but it didn’t count for much in a 5-1 loss. Rocker should stay in the rotation and face the Cubs next week. If he’s ineffective again then, perhaps the Rangers could consider a switch to Cal Quantrill.

It’s the second career multisteal game for Pérez; he previously had two last July 29 against the D-backs. He’s batting .170/.241/.302 in 58 plate appearances since Parker Meadows’ injury gave him an opportunity, so he needs to take a step forward to ensure that he sticks in Detroit’s plans. Some would already like to see Max Clark get a look in his place.

Carter is all of the way down to .177/.298/.313 on the season, but his exit velocity numbers are a little better than usual and he’s only striking out at his career rate. He doesn’t seem like a great play right now, but he’ll be a mixed-league option at times this year, in part because he’s a quality basestealer. He’s 24-for-26 stealing bases and has 18 homers in 164 career games since debuting in 2023.

It was a garbage-time homer for Olson as it came with Atlanta already leading 8-1. Still counts. The 32-year-old has been outstanding to open the year, as this was already his 11th homer of the season, and he’s now slugging .639 on the campaign.

Riley has been awful to begin the season, but after a two-hit game Friday, the 29-year-old had one of his best games of 2026. He not only hit his third homer, but he also stole his third base, drew a walk and scored a couple of runs. Even with the solid contest, he’s still slashing .205/.287/.346, but fantasy managers know what kind of runs Riley is capable of going on. Perhaps this is the start.