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It’s the first significant trade to hit the baseball world this season as San Francisco begins pivoting towards a more long-term rebuilding project after an abysmal start to the year. Bailey is widely regarded as one of the top defensive catchers in baseball and seems like the perfect fit for Cleveland’s front office, which has employed light-hitting defensive wizard Austin Hedges for more than a half-decade. The first-round pick will be the 29th overall selection in the 2026 MLB Draft while Wilkinson is one of the more intriguing left-handed prospects in the game. He’s put up astronomical strikeout totals in the lower minors and has looked extremely impressive at the Double-A level this season. There aren’t a lot of fantasy takeaways from this deal, but Bailey should help improve Cleveland’s entire pitching staff.

Thomas was designated for assignment over the weekend, so the Diamondbacks could add top prospect Ryan Waldschmidt to the 40-man roster. Thomas was hitting .181/.222/.340 as Arizona’s center fielder against right-handers. However, he has two years of team control remaining on his contract and was once a top 100 outfield prospect, so it makes sense for the Dodgers to take a gamble. Requena is a 17 year old outfielder who signed with the Dodgers in January for a $372,500 bonus.

Jones is set to make another rehab start on Tuesday for Double-A Altoona, which will be his third rehab start. Cherington acknowledged that Jones will “probably toggle back and forth between Double-A and Triple-A as we get deeper into the rehab assignment,” which means he could start next week in Triple-A and then be activated when he’s eligible on May 26th. We’ll see how he pitches on Tuesday to get a better idea of how close he is.

Darvish had surgery in October to repair his right ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace and a flexor tendon repair. He posted on his Twitter account that he has started playing catch. Given the timing of his surgery, he is likely out for the entire 2026 season, but it seems as though the 39-year-old has not officially called it a career.

Cash said that all the strength tests done after the game were good, and Simpson’s health, “from all the reports, sounds really good.” He did acknowledge that Simpson would likely get a day off on Tuesday with a left-hander on the mound, but he doesn’t expect Simpson to miss more time.

Devers homered on a splitter that Roki Sasaki left up on the zone. It was his third homer in five games, bringing his season total to five in 168 plate appearances. It’s the first time this year that he’s scored three runs. He’s totaled seven runs scored in his last five games after touching home plate just nine times in his first 36 games.

McDonald, who was recalled from Triple-A on Saturday, struck out four and walked two while filling in for Logan Webb. He should make another start Saturday against the A’s, but Webb could be back to replace him afterwards.

Winn might have been left in to go for the two-inning save if the Giants didn’t score three runs in the top of the ninth, taking their lead from three runs to six. JT Brubaker went on to finish from there. Winn also threw a quick seven-pitch inning on Sunday, so the Giants will probably want to avoid him on Tuesday. Caleb Kilian should be the favorite for the save then.

Three runs in five innings seems to be the Sasaki standard. If the Dodgers were hitting like they did last year, that’d be good enough to get him some wins. Right now, though, he’s 1-3 and the Dodgers are 2-5 when he pitches. He might be Triple-A bound when Tyler Glasnow returns, but he’s due to get another start Sunday against the Angels before that happens.

Adames had three hard-hit balls in one of his best games of the season. His two outs were 390- and 346-foot flyballs, and the latter would have been a homer to right field in eight ballparks.

Ohtani grounded out three times and struck out twice while seeing his average drop back down to .233. The Dodgers said after the game that he’ll be out of the lineup either Wednesday (when he’s due to pitch) or Thursday for some extra rest.