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Weiss followed opener Steven Okert — who threw 2/3 of an inning and gave up a run — and unsurprisingly, it didn’t go particularly well. The 29-year-old gave up two solo homers, walked four and allowed eight hits to make his five strikeouts essentially meaningless. Weiss may get a chance to work as a bulk pitcher again, but fantasy managers should look pretty much anywhere else.

Mahle threw just 33 of his 63 pitches for strikes and got three whiffs on 20 swings. His velocity was fine, sitting 93.2 mph on his four-seamer, which is better than we saw in recent MLB starts. However, given how inefficient he was, it would be shocking if the Giants brought him back later this week. We’d expect him to make at least one more start at Triple-A, which should allow Trevor McDonald to take another turn in the rotation.

The Yankees’ top prospect was applying a tag on a stolen base attempt at second base when his wrist appeared to bend backwards. He immediately dropped his glove and held onto his wrist in clear pain. We will await word from the Yankees on the severity of the injury, but it didn’t look good on Tuesday.

García is inching closer to a return to the Blue Jays bullpen. With Louis Varland emerging as a top-tier closer, García should help Toronto in the middle innings when he does return.

Encarnacion-Strand now has 16 home runs and 46 RBI to go along with a .292 average and .924 OPS. His swinging strike rate at Triple-A with Baltimore is almost 16 percent, which is not ideal, but his zone contact rate remains around league average. He’s also sporting a nearly 50 percent hard-hit rate. He’s just 26 years old, so it may not yet be time to fully write him off.

Pena was hitting .311/.354/.673 with 26 home runs and three steals in 61 games at Double-A this season. He’s an aggressive hitter who doesn’t walk much and also had a contact rate around 70 percent at Double-A with a swinging strike rate over 16 percent. The power is nice to see, but his contact profile is going to need to improve as he climbs into the higher minors.

This was Herz’s first rehab start outside of the complex league, and it went pretty well. The left-hander also struck out three and didn’t walk a single batter while throwing 29 of his 38 pitches for strikes. We don’t have Statcast data at Single-A, but seeing that level of command is nice for Herz coming off Tommy John surgery. There’s a chance that his next start is at Double-A.

It seems the quick turnaround of the day game following a night game is playing a role here. It’s unclear who will DH in Ohtani’s place, but Max Muncy could be a possibility with Tommy Edman slated to play third.

Larnach’s fourth career four-hit game pushed him up to .264/.368/.396 for the season, but while that’s really pretty good, he hasn’t at all enhanced his stock with a 30 percent hard-hit rate that is barely two-thirds of his career average, His bat speed is down, and he’s managed just four homers in 212 plate appearances. He’s been fine for the Twins in the process, but it hasn’t been in the kind of way that is going to make him more attractive to his current team or to other potential suitors in 2027.

Matthews had a 10-0 lead through 3 1/2 innings, and he managed to keep this one uninteresting despite giving up eight hits and nine hard-hit balls. It’s his fifth quality start in seven tries since getting the call last month. Unfortunately, he was lit up for seven runs in both of his other outings, leaving him with a 4.78 ERA. He’s not a great option in shallow leagues at this point, but those hunting wins could try him in his two home starts next week. The first will come against the Dodgers, but at least it’ll be Eric Lauer opposing him, and he’ll get the Rockies in his second start.

Rocker has been taking advantage of the pitcher friendly conditions at Globe Life Field this season, but they didn’t help much tonight. He gave up a pair of homers, the first leading off the game from Trevor Larnach and the second, from Kody Clemens, following a single and a walk to open the third. His home ERA jumped from 3.02 to 4.00, putting him at 4.17 overall. He needs to miss more bats in order to get over the hump and become something more than No. 5 starter. It doesn’t help that his average fastball has dropped from 95.8 mph last year to 94.4 mph this season.