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Revenge is best served at high altitude. Moniak was the first-overall pick by the Phillies all the way back in 2016, and to say he didn’t live up to expectations is quite an understatement. He’s found success in Colorado, however, and he launched a pair of 430-foot blasts off Taijuan Walker for his first two homers of the campaign. Moniak isn’t going to do anything against southpaws, but playing in Coors Field makes him worthy of fantasy consideration in a variety of formats.

It sounded like it was just a day off when he sat Tuesday, but the Astros had to come clean upon holding him out for a second straight game. Correa’s absence keeps Yordan Alvarez in the DH spot, opening up left field for Joey Loperfido.

Not initially, though. Even though Ragans, who struck out both batters he faced before taking a José Ramírez liner off both his glove and pitching hands, missed badly on his warmup pitches after the injury, he convinced the Royals to leave him in. He then walked David Fry on four pitches and gave up a long two-run double to Chase DeLauter before exiting. He’ll probably be fine for his next start, but whether he had a bruise or just some numbness, he clearly had to be lifted today.

Rojas was scratched from the lineup on Tuesday and then later posted on Instagram that his father had suddenly passed away. He will be back in the lineup on Wednesday, in what is sure to be an emotional game for him.

Realmuto fouled a ball off his foot on Tuesday and was forced to leave the game. X-rays were negative, but he will miss at least one game with an off day on Thursday. Rafael Marchan will start behind the dish and bat eighth on Wednesday.

With Victor Robles (pec) landing on the injured list, Joe will come up to play against left-handed pitchers when Dominic Canzone sits. The 33-year-old slashed just .186/.263/.243 in 80 MLB plate appearances last season.

Robles has been limited to just 13 plate appearances this season as a short-side platoon outfielder. He doesn’t have much fantasy value in that role, even if he were healthy.

It’s just a routine day off for Machado, who doesn’t get many of those. Miguel Andujar will start at third base with Nick Castellanos in the lineup at designated hitter.

With Jose Trevino (spinal strain) on the IL, Higgins will come up to serve as Tyler Stephenson’s backup.

This is quite a fall for the 26-year-old. Encarnacion-Strand emerged as an intriguing power prospect after hitting 32 home runs in Double-A for the Twins and Reds in 2022. He then hit 13 home runs in 63 MLB games for the Reds in 2023, but things quickly fell apart after that. He was limited to just 29 games in 2024 due to injury, and his results at Triple-A were modest in 2025. Still, there is plenty of power in his bat, and we’d be shocked if somebody didn’t claim him off waivers. He might be traded before that happens.

Well, that doesn’t sound great. The Reds have called up P.J. Higgins to take Trevino’s place, but we don’t yet have a set timeline for how long the 33-year-old will be sidelined.