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Bradish wasn’t great in this one, striking out four and walking one while posting a 23 percent whiff rate. However, he did throw 66 percent of his pitches for strikes, and two of the runs that he allowed came on a well-hit fly ball to left field that hit off the glove of Weston Wilson. The play was originally ruled an error and then was changed to a hit, which seems friendly to Wilson, who was making his first start in left field, since he got to the ball in the corner and had it hit off his glove without having to stretch too far for it. That would have made the line look much better. Bradish also started this game sitting 97.8 mph on his sinker and 96.2 mph on his four-seamer, but regressed significantly as the game went on. It seems like he is still finding his rhythm, but he can be trusted next week against the Royals.

Sandlin was designated for assignment by the Angels earlier in the month and went unclaimed on waivers. The 29-year-old had an 11.42 ERA over 8 2/3 innings with the Angels this season; however, he does have a career 3.51 ERA in 220 1/3 MLB innings and is coming off a season in which he posted a 2.20 ERA in 16 1/3 innings for the Blue Jays.

The Dodgers needed to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Alek Thomas, so Siani was let go. The 26-year-old was hitting .225/.355/.303 with 21 runs scored and five steals in 29 games at Triple-A. He has plus speed and plays good defense in center field, so there always seem to be teams ready to take a chance on him.

Thomas was designated for assignment over the weekend so that the Diamondbacks could add top prospect Ryan Waldschmidt to the 40-man roster. Thomas was hitting .181/.222/.340 as Arizona’s center fielder against right-handers. However, he has two years of team control remaining on his contract and was once a top 100 outfield prospect, so it makes sense for the Dodgers to take a gamble. He’ll head to the minors for now. Requena is a 17-year-old outfielder who signed with the Dodgers in January for a $372,500 bonus.

Jones is set to make another rehab start on Tuesday for Double-A Altoona, which will be his third rehab start. Cherington acknowledged that Jones will “probably toggle back and forth between Double-A and Triple-A as we get deeper into the rehab assignment,” which means he could start next week in Triple-A and then be activated when he’s eligible on May 26th. We’ll see how he pitches on Tuesday to get a better idea of how close he is.

Darvish had surgery in October to repair his right ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace and a flexor tendon repair. He posted on his Twitter account that he has started playing catch. Given the timing of his surgery, he is likely out for the entire 2026 season, but it seems as though the 39-year-old has not officially called it a career.

Cash said that all the strength tests done after the game were good, and Simpson’s health, “from all the reports, sounds really good.” He did acknowledge that Simpson would likely get a day off on Tuesday with a left-hander on the mound, but he doesn’t expect Simpson to miss more time.

Devers homered on a splitter that Roki Sasaki left up on the zone. It was his third homer in five games, bringing his season total to five in 168 plate appearances. It’s the first time this year that he’s scored three runs. He’s totaled seven runs scored in his last five games after touching home plate just nine times in his first 36 games.

McDonald, who was recalled from Triple-A on Saturday, struck out four and walked two while filling in for Logan Webb. He should make another start Saturday against the A’s, but Webb could be back to replace him afterwards.

Winn might have been left in to go for the two-inning save if the Giants didn’t score three runs in the top of the ninth, taking their lead from three runs to six. JT Brubaker went on to finish from there. Winn also threw a quick seven-pitch inning on Sunday, so the Giants will probably want to avoid him on Tuesday. Caleb Kilian should be the favorite for the save then.

Three runs in five innings seems to be the Sasaki standard. If the Dodgers were hitting like they did last year, that’d be good enough to get him some wins. Right now, though, he’s 1-3 and the Dodgers are 2-5 when he pitches. He might be Triple-A bound when Tyler Glasnow returns, but he’s due to get another start Sunday against the Angels before that happens.