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It’s the 52nd time that Trout has scored three runs in a game, but just the third time since the beginning of 2023. For comparison’s sake, it happened 10 times in 2012 alone and six times as recently as 2022. Trout is still hitting just .208 on the season, but the 15/15 K/BB in 15 games is a nice improvement over what he’s done in recent years, and his EV numbers are pretty good, as well. He already has eight barrels, though just two have turned into homers.

The 32-year-old slugger started a minor league rehab assignment at Double-A Amarillo on Wednesday with the expectation that he would need a week or two’s worth of at-bats before he was ready to return. It sounds like it could end up being considerably sooner. He’s not active on Friday night, but if he checks out alright after playing in just two rehab games, it’s possible Gurriel could wind up making his season debut as early as Saturday.

Lukes started each of the team’s four previous games in right field, but he’ll take a seat in this one against Diamondbacks’ right-hander Michael Soroka. Davis Schneider will start in his place and will bat leadoff for the Jays on Friday evening.

Kittredge was away for most of the week due to paternity leave. He should only need another couple of outings — likely including a back-to-back — before he’s ready to rejoin the Orioles’ bullpen.

The operation was performed by Dr. Steven Shin in Los Angeles, widely regarded as one of the best in the business. Oliva is expected to be shelved for four-to-six weeks while recovering.

Cardinals’ president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom announced the unfortunate news on Friday. While he’s expected to make a full recovery, he’ll miss the entirety of the 2026 season. Any fantasy managers in deeper redraft leagues that were hanging onto Fitts thinking he’d get an opportunity to work out of the Cardinals’ rotation can safely cut bait now.

The 22-year-old outfielder finally appears to be making some tangible progress toward a return to action, though he’s still not expected to rejoin the Brewers until early May provided everything continues to go smoothly in his recovery. The next step should be for him to face live pitching.

Hayes hasn’t had a hit since April 5 and is slashing a pitiful .064/.137/.064 with one RBI and a 4/4 K/BB ratio in 51 plate appearances on the season. It doesn’t matter how good he picks it at third base, that level of offense isn’t going to cut it. Nathaniel Lowe will start as the team’s designated hitter and bat sixth while Eugenio Suarez mans the hot corner.

Cabrera labored early in the game, and allowed eight hits, but avoided the gopher ball with the wind blowing out at Wrigley and came away with a win. The Mets were all over Cabrera’s fastball, but generated six whiffs on 21 swings against his changeup. His ERA skyrockets to 2.38. Cabrera should continue to be fired up with confidence against the Phillies next week.

He allowed two homers, one a wind-aided fly to left from Moises Ballasteros, and the second a no-doubter from Nico Hoerner. He left with a runner on first base, and the Mets eventually booted enough balls to get that runner to score as an unearned run. Senga’s velocity seemed fine, and he got whiffs on 9-of-28 swings while only allowing three hard-hit balls. Some of this was about the wind blowing out at Wrigley, but that’s back-to-back starts he’s struggled in and he seemed to rely heavily on his cutter in this one. He’ll be hard to trust against the Twins next week.

He also walked. Both hits were infield singles, somehow. Alvarez has been the one hitter actually playing well for the Mets so far, now carrying a .294/.410/.549 line with four homers. He’s actually fourth in baseball in xWOBA at this point, and he’s steadily getting pushed up the lineup after hitting ninth most of the year -- he hit fifth for the second straight day today. He has some high-ceiling upside runouts at the catcher position.