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Devenski also received an undisclosed fine. Unless he appeals the suspension, it will begin tonight against the Diamondbacks.

With Clayton Beeter having thrown on back-to-back days, Varland was called on to protect a three-run lead in the ninth inning on Tuesday. He allowed a solo home run to Lane Thomas but no other damage and picked up his sixth save of the season. Varland came into today with an 8.53 ERA in his last eight games, so we still expect Beeter to get the majority of save opportunities in this bullpen going forward.

Teel was close to making it back from a hamstring strain that he suffered during the World Baseball Classic before suffering an LCL sprain last month that knocked him out for a couple weeks. He’ll likely remain in the minors through the rest of the week, but has a chance to make it back to Chicago before the end of June for his long-overdue season debut.

Mead roped a three-run home run off Daniel Lynch in the seventh inning with the score tied at three. It was Mead’s 11th home run of the season and 34th RBI. He has cooled a bit of late since becoming a full-time player, going just 10-for-46 (.217) since June 1st with three home runs and nine RBI. That being said, he’s still hitting the ball hard, and a 9/4 K/BB ratio in two weeks of game action is pretty solid. We’d expect another strong stretch to be coming his way.

Schultz struck out four, issued three walks and threw 38 pitches (21 strikes) in his first rehab outing. The towering 22-year-old southpaw will need a few additional tune-up outings to continue building up his pitch count and stamina before rejoining Chicago’s rotation, most likely in early July.

All of Witt’s hits were singles, but one of them knocked in a run in the fifth inning, and he was also able to swipe a base. The Royals’ offensive struggles have hurt his counting stat production, but Witt is having another strong season with a .290/.364/.454 slash line to go along with the 27 steals and 29 RBI.

Pérez will make his first rehab start roughly three weeks after hitting the injured list with a right leg strain. The 23-year-old righty is likely to need a couple outings to build up his pitch count and stamina before returning to Miami’s rotation. It certainly looks like he’ll make it back by late June or early July.

Thomas clubbed a solo home run off Gus Varland in the ninth inning for his fourth home run of the season. It hasn’t been a great season for the 30-year-old, but he has been playing more regularly with Vinnie Pasquantino hurt and Jac Caglianone moving to first base. Since June 1st, Thomas has gone 11-for-41 (.268) with three home runs, eight runs scored, and seven RBI. It’s not electric production, but he’ll lead off against lefties and could be an option in deeper formats for the next month or so.

Jones also had another walk and a strikeout. He’s 7-for-22 with two homers and a 9/4 K/BB since being recalled to the majors after Aaron Judge went down. It’ll be fun to see how things work out when it comes to him versus Jasson Domínguez as both get to play fairly regularly until Trent Grisham returns.

Cole allowed one run on an Andrew Benintendi homer in the first and then got 11 runs of support through the fourth before giving up a second run in the sixth. Cole got up to 90 pitches tonight, seven more than he’d thrown in any of his first four starts. He’s 2-1 with a 24/8 K/BB through 28 innings, and he’s due to get the Reds next.

It’s his second three-inning save of the year; he finished off a 15-1 game against the Royals on May 26. Of his 15 appearances this year, five have come with the Yankees up at least five runs and seven have come with the team down by at least three runs. That should help explain why he hasn’t factored into any decisions yet.