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Bello’s velocity was up about 0.5 mph today, giving him a little more of a chance to get in on the hands of hitters and generate some grounders. He still settled for just two strikeouts, however. He’s now 1-1 with a 6.14 ERA. He’ll likely match up against Tarik Skubal next weekend against the Tigers.

Buxton scored the first run of the game, taking Dylan Cease deep for a solo blast in the first inning. The home run was the fifth in the last six games for Buxton and his tenth of the season. The 32-year-old slugger is hitting .260/.315/.542 with 25 runs scored and 14 RBI across 143 plate appearances.

Cease surrendered a solo homer to Byron Buxton to start the bottom of the first inning. A walk, two hits, and an error brought in two more runs in the second before the Twins added a fourth run in the fifth. Cease would settle in to complete seven frames on 106 pitches, 66 for strikes, and struck out seven batters on 16 whiffs. The 30-year-old right-hander will take a 3.05 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, and a 56/18 K/BB ratio across 38 1/3 innings into a start against the Angels in Toronto on Friday.

Graterol is currently on the injured list as he recovers from right shoulder surgery; an operation that cost him all of 2025 and the first month-plus of 2026. The 27-year-old has been one of the more effective Los Angeles relievers when healthy, and assuming all goes well in the rehab assignment, he could be back with the Dodgers before the end of May.

Prielipp served up a pair of solo homers to Lenyn Sosa and Myles Straw in the second inning. That was the only damage Toronto could do over five frames. He scattered one other hit and two walks while collecting four strikeouts. The 25-year-old left-hander has a 3.86 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, and a 15/5 K/BB ratio across 14 innings over three starts as he’s filled in for the injured Mick Abel (elbow). He’ll take the mound for at least one more start on Friday in Cleveland against the Guardians.

Harris is back after hitting a go-ahead homer off the bench in the win over Colorado on Friday. The 25-year-old has been excellent to open 2026 as seen in a .324/.358/.569 slash, and it’s great news for Atlanta and fantasy managers that he’s healthy enough to be back on the field in a starting role after missing two games.

Bellinger’s first homer was a Yankee Stadium special that traveled just 363 feet, per Statcast, and would’ve been an out in every other stadium. His second against lefty reliever Keegan Akin in the fifth inning was a bit more definitive and gave New York a commanding 6-1 lead at the time. It was his second multi-homer performance of the season. He also plated an additional runs with a pair of additional hits, and added his fourth stolen base of the season, just for good measure.

Alonso homered for the second consecutive game in the series, taking Yankees southpaw Ryan Weathers deep in the fourth inning for a 413-foot no-doubter. It was his lone hit in four at-bats in the one-sided affair. The 31-year-old slugger has gone deep three times in his last five games and is up to six round-trippers on the year in his Orioles debut.

Weathers struck out five and only issued two walks. He gave up three hits with a fourth-inning solo shot from Pete Alonso accounting for the only damage against him until the sixth inning. The 26-year-old southpaw has performed extremely well early on in his Yankees debut, posting a strong 3.03 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 45/10 K/BB ratio across 38 2/3 innings. The big questions is whether he remains in the rotation once Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón are ready to make their season debuts this month. He’ll face the Rangers his next time out at home on Thursday.

It’s challenging to classify Bradish’s early-season as a disappointment, but he certainly hasn’t pitched like a certifiable upper-echelon fantasy starter. The most concerning development is that he’s pitched beyond the fifth inning just twice in seven starts to open the year. Not to mention that he’s sporting a bloated 5.03 ERA, 1.82 WHIP and 35/21 K/BB ratio across 34 innings during that span. He served up homers to Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham in this one and has allowed homers in three consecutive starts since April 20. He’ll aim for better results his next time out against the Athletics on Friday.

Evan Carter takes over in center field and will occupy the leadoff spot in his absence. No surprise here after Nimmo made an early exit from Friday’s series opener with right hamstring tightness. The 33-year-old reaggravated the existing issue, which first cropped up earlier this week during Wednesday’s game against the Yankees. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now.