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Vansasco has put together a sensational start to the year at Triple-A Toledo, reeling off 6 2/3 consecutive scoreless frames with a 14/3 K/BB ratio. The 27-year-old former starter hasn’t appeared in the majors since making four appearances between the Tigers and Dodgers back in 2024. He’s going to force his way into Detroit’s bullpen mix if he keeps pitching like this.

Down 3-0 through five, the Mets rallied to tie the game in the sixth before Mauricio’s 111.3-mph solo shot off José Fermin. The homer was Mauricio’s only hit of the day, but all three of his balls in play were hit at least 100 mph. With nine homers and 11 steaks in 321 career major league plate appearances, he might have something to offer in deeper mixed leagues while Francisco Lindor is on the injured list.

Scott gave up a two-run homer to Jorge Soler in the first, but he was great afterwards, and after walking five and getting pulled in the second inning in his season debut last week against the Twins, he went without issuing a free pass tonight. He has a chance to be a capable mixed-league starter if he can establish himself in the Mets rotation. He will get the Rockies in Coors Field next week, but that’s not such a tough assignment right now.

Luke Weaver had the same line in the eighth. That those two did their jobs so well might have been the highlight for the Mets in his one. The save was Williams’ first since Apr. 5. He’d only had one chance since then and blew it by giving up one run in the ninth on Apr. 19 against the Cubs.

Ureña wanted to continue after being drilled in the leg by Bo Bichette’s shot up the middle to begin the sixth, but the Angels decided to take him out. He allowed just one hit and struck out four through five scoreless frames. Bichette came around to score after Ureña exited the game. We imagine he’ll be fine to pitch Wednesday against the White Sox.

Moncada has 15 hits and 36 strikeouts in 103 plate appearances this season, and that’s just not going to cut it. The Angels had both Oswald Peraza and Vaughn Grissom on the bench so that they could start Moncada and Adam Frazier tonight, and they have Christian Moore and Denzer Guzman toiling in Triple-A. At some point, it’s going to make sense to play the youngsters.

Harris was held of the lineup for the second straight game while he’s nursing a quad injury, but he was always lurking on the bench. He made his impact felt in the ninth, crushing a 1-2 sweeper from Juan Mejia for a 385-foot (107.3 mph EV) go-ahead two-run blast. Unfortunately for fantasy managers in bi-weekly leagues, it’s likely that he was on many benches due to the injury and his questionable availability for the weekend. For the season, the dynamic 25-year-old outfielder is now hitting a blistering .324/.358/.569 with seven homers and 22 RBI.

Keller rolled here. He retired the first six batters he faced until an error by Brandon Lowe knocked him off that streak. From there, the Reds barely made him break a sweat. His fastball was especially effective living high and above zone while forcing eight swings-and-misses. He’s now only allowed more than three runs once this season and will enter his next start against the Diamondbacks with a stellar 2.85 ERA.

The Pirates jumped all over Reds starter Brady Singer and Davis was right in the middle of the action. He walked to lead-off the third inning which helped start a two-run rally and then blasted a 415 foot home run that nearly chased Singer from the game. He added his second homer in the fifth to push the lead out to 8-0 and the rout was on. It has not been a great start to the season at the plate for Davis, but he’s proven to be a strong option defensively and still has that great raw power.

Friedl scored the Reds’ lone run in a game where they were stymied by Mitch Keller and were otherwise blown out by the Pirates. We’re at least starting to see the inklings of Friedl getting going after a horrific start of the season. Over his last six games, he has two home runs and three doubles. Baby steps here.

It was clear almost right away that Singer did not have his best in this one. Brandon Lowe smoked a 110 mph line drive as the second batter of the game before Bryan Reynolds launched a 443 home run deep into the night sky. From there, the Pirates rallied for two runs in the third inning and after another long home run by Henry Davis and hot-shot double by Oneil Cruz, Terry Francona wisely pulled the plug on Singer. He genuinely had nothing working and will want to put this start behind him as soon as possible. However, things will not get easier with a matchup against the Cubs coming next.