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The Mariners scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to give Muñoz a lead in the bottom half, and he did not disappoint. The 27-year-old didn’t allow a baserunner and struck out two batters en route to his sixth save of the season. He remains an elite closer option despite his inflated 6.00 ERA.

He allowed only three hits, a double to Nico Hoerner and singles from Hoerner and Michael Busch, and walked none. It’s his 63rd career 10-strikeout game and 47th start of at least six scoreless innings. It also went as his 99th career win in 256 starts. DeGrom is 3-2 with a 2.62 ERA this season, and he’ll get the Astros next.

The Rangers have four saves since Apr. 13, and Latz has earned all of them. He’s pitched 10 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits, in his last nine appearances. The Rangers might eventually target a traditional closer in trade talks if they stay in contention, but Latz seems pretty valuable for fantasy purposes right now.

The Cubs were shut out with Taillon on the mound for the second time this season. Taillon pulled his season ERA back down to 3.94 while striking out four and walking two. He’s at 3.41 over his last five starts. Next up for him are the White Sox on Saturday.

A Jung breakthrough, were it to materialize, figured to take the form of a 30-homer season with maybe .270 average. Instead, he’s hitting .331 at the moment, having cut his strikeout rate from 25 percent last year to 15 percent right now. He’s been fine with his five homers, too, but his .196 isolated slugging percentage is a little lower than his .201 mark from 2023, his one successful year to date. His 5.3 percent barrel rate lags way behind his career mark of 10 percent. Still, it’s definitely working for him.

Ballesteros, Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ combined to 0-for-11 with nine strikeouts from the second, third and fourth spots in the Cubs lineup, so Ballesteros wasn’t the only guy who had a bad day. However, he just turned in an 0-for-16 week that lowered his OPS from .978 to .827. That’s still a perfectly fine mark on the whole, but with Michael Conforto at 1.132, Ballesteros might take a backseat at DH for a spell.

Schwarber is tied with Aaron Judge for the MLB lead at 16 homers, with Munetaka Murakami right behind the duo at 15. Schwarber is striking out a little more than typical to begin 2026, but he’s also barreling the ball at a higher-than-normal clip. The Phillies open a three-game series at Fenway Park on Tuesday.

Sánchez needed 103 pitches in the outing, allowing six hits and walking none. In a weekend where neither Jesus Luzardo nor Aaron Nola could take advantage of facing the Rockies on the road, Sánchez made sure to. The 29-year-old southpaw is sporting a career-best K% so far this season and continues to be worth every penny of the big extension he signed before Opening Day. He visits the Pirates next.

He struck out two and allowed three homers, including back-to-back blasts by Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper in the first inning. It was the third time in eight starts he’s allowed four or more runs, but he’s given up two or fewer in all the rest. The right-hander isn’t a recommended streaming option in his next appearance, currently scheduled to be at home against the Diamondbacks.

Duran struck out two, needing 15 pitches (10 strikes) to get through the inning. It was his third appearance since returning from the injured list earlier this week, but he still hasn’t earned a save. Patience is encouraged as his skills are as dominant as ever, with a career-best K%. Brad Keller is the handcuff in Philadelphia.

Harper went 1-for-4 in the contest, and he’s now batting .281/.376/.562 for the season, with nearly as many walks (23) as strikeouts (26). The star first baseman exited Saturday’s game in the first inning due to a migraine and showed no ill effects by homering in his first game back. It was part of a back-to-back effort alongside Kyle Schwarber in the first. Harper and the Phillies will visit the Red Sox at Fenway Park, kicking off a three-game set on Tuesday.