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As of now, Schneider is not sure which hitter will be sent to the minors to make room for Barger. Considering both Myles Straw and Lenyn Sosa are out of minor league options, and Davis Schneider is a regular starter against left-handed pitching, it seems most logical that rookie Yohendrick Piñango will be the odd man out.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Weathers has been sick recently and will slot back into the rotation next week. It’ll likely be a bullpen game on Thursday against the Rangers unless the club decides to bring up an emergency spot starter from Triple-A like Adam Kloffenstein.

Tyler Samaniego, Zack Kelly and Greg Weissert finished up for the Red Sox. Gray had just two strikeouts and two swings-and-misses tonight in his return from the injured list, but most of the contact was soft, and when got into big trouble by loading the bases in the second, Wilyer Abreu bailed him out with a terrific sliding catch on a Jace Jung liner to right. Gray moved to 3-1 with a 3.54 ERA in six starts. He’ll get the Phillies next week.

The two runs in the fourth were unearned because of a Colt Keith error. The two runs in the third could have been unearned, too, but no error was given to Spencer Torkelson for botching a foul popup prior to Caleb Durbin’s RBI double. Flaherty wound up dropping to 0-3 with a 5.56 ERA tonight, but it was probably his best performance of the season. He allowed three hits and walked one. The 10-strikeout game was his first since Aug. 2024 and 14th overall. He’ll face the Mets next.

He wound have had a second steal, but the pitcher balked as Durbin was in the process of taking third base. It was a good night for the struggling hitter, though. Durbin’s 105.9-mph double off Jack Flaherty barely missed being his hardest-hit ball of the year, and he had another hard-hit grounder in the ninth. He’s at .178/.260/.263 with four steals on the year.

Interim manager Jim Tracy said after the game that the hand has bothered Contreras for several days, but that he doesn’t think it’s a significant issue. Contreras switched to an axe-handled bat to finish his final at-bat tonight. Contreras went 0-for-3 with a walk in the contract. All three outs were via the K.

García homered off Jeffrey Springs in the fifth and then singled and scored during a four-run rally in the eighth. He’s hitting .311 with two homers and eight RBI in his last 12 games. That still leaves him with a .707 OPS overall, but as the Phillies’ primary cleanup hitter, he remains pretty intriguing in mixed leagues.

He allowed five hits, walked one and struck out four. Wheeler averaged 95.0 mph with his fastball tonight, up from 94.3 mph in his season debut, so it seems like he just might wind up close to his 2024 average of 96.1 mph as he continues to build up. That’s great news for those who stashed him in drafts this spring. He’ll face the Red Sox next.

As suspected, the Phillies avoided Jhoan Duran tonight after he threw 27 pitches in his return from the IL on Tuesday. That means one more save chance for Keller, who will mostly pitch the eighth with Duran back. He gave up a leadoff single and then a walk with one out and another with two outs before Jacob Wilson grounded out to end the game.

Springs struck out four and walked none before leaving with a one-run lead, which was later blown. Springs left his last start with hip soreness, but he definitely seemed healthy tonight and was actually throwing a little harder than usual. He’ll bring a 3-2 record and a 3.89 ERA into his start against the Cardinals on Tuesday. He’s also due to face the Giants in a two-start week, making him an intriguing streaming option.

Perkins actually came in for the seventh with a 3-2 lead tonight. He got through that without incident, but he retired just one of the five batters he faced in the eighth, with a Jeff McNeil error on a possible double-play ball damaging the cause. He was pulled with the A’s down 4-3, and the Phillies got two more runs after he left. It’s possible Perkins would have been left in to try for the three-inning save if the eighth had gone better; he’s pitched 2 1/3 innings twice this season, and he was working on five days of rest. He’s still probably the favorite for saves on the A’s for the moment.