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Ragans didn’t look right after taking a comebacker from José Ramírez off his pitching hand during the first inning of Wednesday’s start at Progressive Field. He was lifted after throwing just 18 pitches and facing five batters. The 28-year-old fantasy ace presumably underwent X-rays since the Royals announced that he left the contest with a contusion. There should be much-needed clarity on his status once he attempts to throw a bullpen session in a couple of days, though he told reporters afterward that he expects to make his next start. Despite that optimism, Ragans remains in clear jeopardy of missing his scheduled outing against the Tigers on Tuesday.

Freeman was back at DH for Wednesday afternoon’s matinee at Coors Field following a three-game absence due to lower back tightness. The 26-year-old corner outfielder has started just two of seven games since coming off the injured list back on April 1.

Bohm was back at third base and batting cleanup for Wednesday afternoon’s matinee following a one-game absence due to groin tightness.

Sandoval struck out three, issued three walks and threw 63 pitches (35 strikes) in his first game action since undergoing Tommy John surgery back in 2024. The 29-year-old southpaw will require an extensive ramp-up process over the next few weeks, but should be an option for Boston’s rotation mix at some point in May.

That’s a rare sweep for Colorado after the Rockies won 9-7 and 5-1 the previous two days. Lorenzen, who allowed seven hits and struck out four, got his first win for his new franchise after entering with a 14.73 ERA in two starts. He’ll face the Astros again next week in Houston.

Agnos had four saves as a rookie last year, all of the one-inning variety. His career-long outing as a major leaguer had been two innings, so it was surprising seeing him get 10 outs today. The Astros, though, never showed any sign of caring to do damage. Not a single one of the nine balls in play against him were hit hard. Agnos had allowed five runs and 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings coming into today.

Troy Johnston singled in a run after the two walks. Abreu’s velocity remains down 1-1.5 mph from last year, but his lack of command seems like the bigger problem at this point. He’s allowed a run in all five of his appearances, and he’s far from assured of getting the ninth next time the Astros need a closer.

Filling up that box score. Julien had been seemingly unlucky coming into today; he had a .263 slugging percentage but a .435 xSLG through 20 plate appearances. He’s led off three straight games now, which is a great sign for his NL-only value. He’s not going to play against lefties, but in the Rockies’ first eight games against righties, he rode the pine four times and hit eighth or ninth in his four starts.

This comes after he got his first day off of the season on Tuesday. Goodman is batting .257/.327/.409, but it’s kind of disturbing that he’s struck out 17 times already. Today’s game was his first without a strikeout since Opening Day.

Realmuto will continue receiving treatment and should benefit from Thursday’s off-day after suffering a contusion when he fouled a ball off his right foot during Tuesday’s game in San Francisco. It’ll be a pain-tolerance issue that determines whether Realmuto is ready later this week. It’ll be Rafael Marchán handling the catching duties if he’s unable to go.

The procedure, performed by Dr. Keith Meister, will sideline Eflin until at least the early stages of the 2027 season. The 32-year-old veteran suffered the injury during his season debut last week, and it marks the first reconstructive surgery of his career. His absence is a significant hit to Baltimore’s rotation depth and likely means that one of Dean Kremer, Cade Povich or Brandon Young will have to step into a more prominent role this season.