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Dennis Santana was called in to bail out Hunter Barco with the Reds up 6-3 in the eighth and wound up throwing a scoreless inning. That temporarily set up Soto for his first save chance, but that was denied after the Pirates scored twice in the top of the ninth. Soto came in anyway and did make things interesting before pitching around a single, a walk and a HBP. Soto is enough of a threat for saves in Pittsburgh to perhaps warrant a spot in deep leagues, but Santana would seem to be quite a bit more trustworthy in the ninth.

Harris will be away from the club to be with his family on paternity leave for the next couple days. It’ll likely be Eli White and Mauricio Dubón handling center field in his absence.

The procedural move frees up a spot on Atlanta’s 40-man roster. Young is working his way back from last year’s Tommy John surgery and is unlikely to be an option for Atlanta until the late stages of the season.

Hernández will remain on the doorstep of the majors as organizational relief depth after wrapping up a rehab assignment. The 29-year-old opened the season on the injured list recovering from a houlder issue that ended his season last September.

Not good. McTaggart adds that there is usually an injury concern, typically to be evaluated by team doctors, when a player leaves the club on a road trip. Nothing official from the club, but there should be an update shortly. Imai walked four batters, gave up a hit and also hit one batter, before being lifted after needing 37 pitches to record just one out during Friday’s meltdown start against the Mariners. We’ll have updates on the developing situation as they unfold.

The move is now official. Kimbrel was in Mets camp as a non-roster invitee this spring and will return to the Big Apple after spending a couple weeks in the minors. The 37-year-old veteran figures to pitch in middle relief situation considering his days as a flame-throwing closer are long gone. He made 14 appearances between the Braves and Astros last year. His last big-league save, the 440th of his career, came with the Orioles back in 2024.

Lovelady has been removed from New York’s 40-man roster to make room for Craig Kimbrel after allowing five runs over 7 1/3 innings of work this season. The 30-year-old lefty should attract some interest on waivers, but history tells us he eventually winds up back with the Mets down the line.

The gap between the big leagues and upper minors feels like its greater than ever before with Griffin serving as the latest prominent example. The 19-year-old prodigy is one of the most talented teenage prospects to reach the majors in nearly a decade, but he’s going through it a bit at the dish as he adjusts to facing big-league arms, batting .143 (3-for-21) with four RBI through seven contests. The off-the-charts talent is obvious, and he just signed the largest contract in Pirates history. He’s going to be a fantasy superstar someday, possibly even this season, but it might take some time to get there.

It would be an understatement to call Grissom’s last few seasons a colossal disappointment after he was the crown jewel of a trade that sent Chris Sale to Atlanta where he immediately won a Cy Young Award. Meanwhile, Grissom is already on his second organization after playing just 31 games in Boston over the last two years. The 25-year-old figures to split time with Adam Frazier and Oswald Peraza at second base, which extinguishes any sort of fantasy upside he might have in an everyday role. He’s at second base and batting sixth on Saturday against the Reds in his Los Angeles debut. He can be ignored in all fantasy leagues at this point.

Los Angeles has decided to pull the plug on the Candelario reclamation project after he hit .111 (2-for-18) with eight strikeouts in seven games this season. It’s a bit of a small sample, but the 32-year-old veteran was going to have to make the most of his limited chances if he wanted to stick around.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider confirmed Scherzer is ready to take the ball and won’t have any restrictions from a workload standpoint following an abbreviated 36-pitch outing against the Dodgers earlier this week due to forearm tendinitis. It’s tough for fantasy managers to completely trust the 41-year-old veteran’s health at this advanced stage of his career, but it’s a tasty matchup, which makes him worth streaming, even in shallow leagues.