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Abbott gave up two singles in each of the first two innings, but he also generated double-play balls both frames. He ended up striking out four batters, and he retired the final five guys he faced in the fifth and sixth innings. He didn’t surrender anything even close to a homer today after giving up six in 17 2/3 innings this spring. Abbott is slated to take on the Pirates next time out, and he’ll likely face off against a rather ticked off Paul Skenes.

Hoerner served as Chicago’s primary catalyst during Wednesday evening’s series finale at Tropicana Field, taking Rays starter Joe Boyle deep to left field to open the contest. It was his first big fly of the year. The 28-year-old speedster also added an RBI double in the fifth inning as part of a three-hit effort. He’s recorded three multi-hit efforts over his last seven games and is batting .333 (14-for-42) with six doubles, one homer and nine RBI through 12 games. He’s also taken eight walks and only struck out six times during that span.

Aranda was one of the few bright spots for Tampa Bay in another one-sided loss to Chicago as he was responsible for two of their five total hits on the night. He delivered a game-tying sacrifice fly in the third inning before adding a single and a run scored in the eighth inning. He’s off to a nice start at the dish this season, batting .271 (13-for-48) with three homers and 11 RBI through 12 games.

Rea provided Chicago with everything they could’ve hoped for while helping fill the void created by injuries to Matthew Boyd (biceps) and Cade Horton (elbow). He gave up only two hits with an RBI double from Jonathan Aranda representing the lone tally against him. He struck out two and only handed out a pair of free passes. He’ll square off against the Phillies in a road tilt on Tuesday. It’s a tough matchup but there’s some low-upside streaming appeal in deeper mixed leagues.

Boyle was all over the place, serving up a leadoff homer to Nico Hoerner, in addition to handing out three free passes and throwing just 46 of 84 pitches for strikes. The bigger concern is that he generated only three punchouts. Fantasy managers in deeper formats would be willing to stomach some of the volatility in exchange for big-time strikeout upside, but it hasn’t really been there his last few outings at the highest level. He’s not a recommended streaming option despite an extremely favorable matchup against the White Sox on Wednesday.

Hamate bones be darned, Carroll has come out of the gate scalding hot. Apart from his three extra-base hits, he had four hard-hit balls on the day. All four came against Mets’ left-handed pitchers David Peterson and Sean Manaea too. His eight extra-base hits in total are tied for the fourth-most among all players and Carroll could be well on his way to a special season.

Nelson tore through the Mets over the first few innings of this one. He didn’t allow a hit or walk over the first three innings and the only reason someone reached scoring position before the sixth was due to an error. He leaned on his electric fastball even more than usual in this one, throwing it 76% of the time. Part of the reason for that could have been intense wind in Citi Field that may have had a hand in giving that pitch an extra two inches of induced vertical break. That was all he needed to put the Mets away though. He’s lined up for a two-start week against the Orioles and Blue Jays next.

Deep breaths, Bichette is starting to find his swing a bit. Two hits in this game give him 10 across his last seven games and his batting average thankfully no longer starts with a one. There still hasn’t been much power, but he’s beginning to get his sea legs under him with his new ball club.

At first, this looked like it would be a catastrophic outing by Peterson. The Diamondbacks put up five runs over the first two innings and scorched seven hard-hit balls on their way to doing so. Yet, Peterson wound up settling in and retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced. A bit of an oddity for Peterson, he opted for his four-seam fastball rather than his sinker as the game wore on and that yielded better results. He’ll take an ugly 6.14 ERA into a date with the Dodgers next Monday.

Fuentes handed out four free passes while scattering a pair of hits, needing just 86 pitches (51 strikes) to navigate six frames. He averaged 96.9 mph on his fastball and generated 13 swinging strikes. The hard-throwing 20-year-old has fired 9 2/3 scoreless innings over two starts at the Triple-A level and appears close to being ready to join Atlanta’s injury-ravaged rotation. He offers enough strikeout upside to be worthy of a speculative roster spot in deeper mixed leagues.

Schultz authored a masterful performance, generating 14 swinging strikes and finishing with a ridiculous 44 percent CSW. The towering 22-year-old southpaw was one of the top pitching prospects in baseball before knee issues last year re-routed his trajectory in the wrong direction. His velocity remains up across the board as he’s sitting back in the mid-to-upper 90’s with his fastball and continues getting whiffs on his curveball. He holds a microscopic 1.29 ERA with a 19/2 K/BB ratio across 14 innings through three starts this season. It feels like only a matter of time before the White Sox are forced to give him a shot at the highest level.