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Sewald dropped to 0-3 on the season, but he’s still 7-for-7 on his save chances. Until he blows one of those, he should remain the clear closer in Arizona. If the D-backs do need to move on at some point, Jonathan Loáisiga and Juan Morillo will be in the mix to replace him.

It’s happening. The worst-kept secret in baseball for the last few days has been that Snelling was going to be brought up to make his big-league debut after Miami finally jettisoned Chris Paddack from their rotation. It became undeniable after Braxton Garrett made his scheduled start for Triple-A Jacksonville on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old southpaw is one of the top pitching prospects in baseball and has outstanding at Triple-A Jacksonville this season with a microscopic 1.86 ERA and 44/15 K/BB ratio across 29 innings. There will be some of the usual growing pains for a talented young arm acclimating to life in the majors, but Snelling offers enough strikeout upside that he should be rostered in all fantasy formats.

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch also received a one-game suspension. Valdez, who received an additional undisclosed fine, denied afterwards intentionally throwing at Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story after serving up back-to-back homers during Tuesday’s blowout loss to the Red Sox. It sure seemed intentional. The league seems to agree. It’s possible he’ll wind up appealing the suspension, but he’s going to miss his next turn in Detroit’s rotation later this week. The timing is terrible for the Tigers since they’re already shorthanded after losing ace Tarik Skubal to elbow surgery earlier this week.

It’ll be Jarren Duran in left field again on Wednesday night in Detroit. No surprise here since Anthony traveled back to Boston to undergo further evaluation earlier this week. The 21-year-old phenom has been diagnosed with a right wrist sprain and is day-to-day heading into Thursday’s series opener against the Rays at Fenway Park. All indications are that he will avoid a trip to the injured list, but that isn’t a surefire lock. There should be a more definitive update on his status at some point later this week.

There’s been no indication that Rice is headed to the injured list as he continues to receive treatment for a left hand bruise that he suffered over the weekend. There should be a clearer picture regarding his availability leading into Thursday’s series finale. It’s possible the Yankees are merely handling the situation with an abundance of caution to make sure Rice, who is rapidly blossoming into one of the elite sluggers in baseball, is fully healthy before he returns to the lineup. It’ll be veteran Paul Goldschmidt taking over at first base to face Rangers ace Nathan Eovaldi on Wednesday night.

Gray returns to Boston’s rotation to take the ball for Wednesday’s series finale in Detroit following a two-week absence recovering from a hamstring strain. The 36-year-old veteran has compiled a pedestrian 4.30 ERA and 13/5 K/BB ratio over 23 innings this season, but he’s a worthwhile option in all fantasy formats, especially in a favorable road matchup. The big question is whether the Red Sox are going to ship top pitching prospect Payton Tolle, or fellow rookie Jake Bennett, back to the minors with Gray back in the rotation.

Nimmo is back in right field and hitting leadoff after missing two of Texas’ previous three games due to a lingering hamstring issue. The hope for the Rangers, and fantasy managers, is that the extra time off enabled him to finally put the issue to bed.

Gómez heads to Minnesota after being jettisoned from Tampa Bay’s relief mix over the weekend. The 26-year-old has struggled to an inflated 6.23 ERA, 1.67 WHIP and 13/10 K/BB ratio across 17 1/3 innings over nine appearances this season. He’ll operate in long relief for the Twins.

The Rays turned to Bryan Baker in the eighth inning to face the top of the Toronto lineup, and he set them down in order while recording one strikeout. That meant Seymour was given the ninth inning, even though Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was leading. The decision may not have been the same had the Rays not had a three-run cushion, but Seymour struck out Vladdy and then retired the next two hitters he saw on lineouts. This was the left-hander’s first save of the season, but it’s unclear if there will be many more.

Corbin walked two and struck out one, but posted just a three percent swinging strike rate and an 18 percent CSW in this one. He got to two strikes on just 23 percent of the hitters he faced, which is almost half of his season-long rate. With that said, it was great news that he was able to avoid more damage being done on all the contact he allowed. He’ll face these same Rays at home next week.