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Manaea now has a 2.25 ERA in 12 innings out of the pen, but his velocity still isn’t coming back; he topped out at 90.5 mph and averaged 89.2 mph with his fastball today. The Mets still might turn to him as their sixth starter at some point, but expectations shouldn’t be very high.

Kowar was removed from Baltimore’s 40-man roster back in late March after coming over from the Mariners in an offseason trade. The 29-year-old has made 54 career appearances in the big leagues dating back to 2021. It’s unclear how much time he’ll miss following the procedure.

Paddack heads to the open market after passing through waivers unclaimed. He was cut loose by the Reds earlier this week after posting an inflated 6.04 ERA across 22 1/3 innings of work. The 30-year-old makes some sense as an emergency stopgap option for an injury-ravaged club like the division-rival Cubs, who just lost Ben Brown (neck) and Edward Cabrera (hamstring) and are basically down to four healthy starters.

Barlow hits the free agent pool after failing to attract any interest on waivers. The 33-year-old was removed from the Athletics bullpen mix over the weekend after struggling to a bloated 6.48 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 29/19 K/BB ratio across 33 1/3 innings this season. He should be able to latch on somewhere as organizational depth.

Crim was claimed off waivers from the Rockies last month and wound up being cut loose following 21 games for Triple-A Round Rock. The 29-year-old first baseman hit .200 (13-for-65) with five homers and 12 RBI in 20 games between the Rangers and Rockies last year as a rookie.

All signs point to Flaherty returning to Detroit’s rotation this weekend after throwing 83 pitches in a minor league rehab start for Double-A Erie on Tuesday night. The 30-year-old will wind up requiring only a minimum stay on the injured list with an uncommon strain involving the tendons on the outside of his left lower leg and ankle.

It’s a significant hit to Minnesota’s rotation as Abel will likely be sidelined until the later stages of the second half after Dr. Keith Meister recommended surgery following his latest setback. The 24-year-old has been out since mid-April with elbow inflammation. A more definitive timetable should emerge after the procedure, but fantasy managers shouldn’t expect him back anytime soon.

Gelof appears to have avoided serious injury when his right hand was stepped on by Matt Chapman during Tuesday’s series opener, which subsequently ended his 24-game hitting streak. Athletics manager told reporters afterwards that Gelof is day-to-day after X-rays didn’t reveal any fractures and he didn’t require stitches. The 26-year-old has been phenomenal since the start of June, hitting .329 (23-for-70) with five homers, 10 RBI and two steals during that span. It’ll be veteran Jeff McNeil taking over at the keystone on Wednesday evening.

Carrigg’s sac fly wasn’t actually caught. Wilyer Abreu had the hard liner to right with the bases loaded go off his glove, but he quickly recovered to throw out the runner advancing to second base. The runner on third did score on play, though, just as he almost surely would have had the ball been caught. Carrigg is now at .271/.379/.542 with three homers and 11 RBI in 14 games since being called up. His exit velocity numbers aren’t as impressive as his line, but given his stolen base potential, he seems worth rostering in mixed leagues while he plays regularly.

It probably would have been a little worse, but Carlos Narváez lost a leadoff triple in the sixth when it was ruled that he briefly lost touch with the bag as he popped up from his slide. This is the seventh time in 10 starts that Freeland has allowed at least six runs, though he managed to avoid a loss this time, as the Rockies erased a three-run deficit after he exited and won 8-6. Freeland is 1-7 with a 7.50 ERA, but his rotation status still shouldn’t be in any doubt. He’ll make his next start at home versus the Marlins.

Antonio Senzatela got the win, his eighth, after throwing hitless seventh and eighth innings. Herget was then handed a two-run lead and maintained it without incident. It’s the 11th career save for Herget, who returned from a shoulder impingement last week. His other nine all came with the Angels in 2022. He’s sporting a 4.42 ERA in 18 1/3 innings this season.