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Tong was hit hard during a brief five-game cameo with the Mets late last season and failed to make the club’s season-opening rotation out of spring training. The 22-year-old top pitching prospect offers enough strikeout potential to be a useful fantasy arm but he’s going to have to wait for his opportunity with New York’s rotation mix overflowing with both talent and depth.

The Cubs have not officially announced a move yet, but this is a pretty good indicator that Ramirez is up with the team this weekend. The switch-hitter slashed .312/.395/.547 with 9 HR and 40 RBI in Triple-A this season. He has spent most of the season playing second base and third base, but has been playing some left field of late. Until we know what the corresponding roster move is, it’s hard to know for sure how much Ramirez will play, but his talent is certainly intriguing.

That’s not ideal for anybody with Lovelady on their team. Now that Clayton Beeter is back, the nationals may no longer be looking at Lovelady as a late inning option. He’ll face a really dangerous top of the Atlanta order on Friday, so we would remove him from your lineups if you can.

Gonzalez will get the call with Tristan Gray going on maternity list. He will serve as a backup outfielder for the weekend and then likely head back to the minors.

Congratulations to Tristan and his growing family. The infielder will miss up to three days, and likely return at the start of next week.

There were previous reports that Anthony was dealing with a torn ligament, which is not the case. However, we now know that it’s not a wrist issue the 22-year-old is battling. He will need to wait for the inflammation in his finger to subside before he picks up a bat again. The good news is that this isn’t a major issue and shouldn’t impact his performance when he returns. The bad news is that the Red Sox are unlikely to rush the former top prospect in baseball, so it’s unclear when Anthony will return. We’d still assume sometime in early June.

Arroyo is now up to 10 home runs and 33 RBI on the season to go along with a .348/.408/.604 slash line and eight steals. He seems ready for his shot at the big leagues. The only issue is that Eugenio Suarez (oblique) is also at Triple-A on a rehab assignment, and Arroyo has stopped playing third base. That could cloud his possible chance at a spot on the big league roster.

Ryan threw 51 of his 84 pitches for strikes and averaged 97.8 mph on his four-seam fastball. He maintained that velocity for much of the game, falling to 96.6 mph by the fifth inning. He also induced 14 whiffs on 35 wings for a 40 percent whiff rate. He did only get one whiff on his slider, which is not ideal, but he had a 69 percent strike rate overall, and his fastball was simply dominant. The Dodgers will give Eric Lauer a start on Monday, but Ryan could push for a rotation spot if that Lauer start doesn’t go well.

Priester threw 34 of his 68 pitches for strikes and induced just four whiffs on 21 swings. His sinker sat 92.2 mph, which is down almost two mph from what we saw last season. The 25-year-old is working hard to return from thoracic outlet syndrome, but he has a 20.25 ERA in 9 1/3 innings across five rehab starts, with a 9/14 K/BB ratio. With how well Logan Henderson and Kyle Harrison are pitching, there is no reason for the Brewers to rush Priester back.

This doesn’t change Crawford’s timeline at all. The 30-year-old is still playing catch and hoping to pitch for the Red Sox in the second half of the season. The team just needed a spot on the 40-man roster for Tayron Guerrero to join the bullpen.

What a great story and moment for Guerrero. The 35-year-old has not pitched in an MLB game since 2019 as a member of the Miami Marlins. After that, he missed a season during the COVID year, played in the minors in the White Sox organization, went to Japan, got another chance in the Reds organization, went to play in Mexico, got a chance in the Angels organization, went back to Japan, and then got a minor league deal with the Red Sox this winter. In 19 2/3 innings at Triple-A this season, Guerrero has a 0.92 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, and a 22/6 K/BB ratio while touching triple digits on the radar gun.