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Ramírez’ home run was his eighth of the year. The 33-year-old third baseman piled on with a solo shot off Emmanuel De Jesus in the ninth inning. Ramírez also helped break open the game with a two-run double that gave the Guardians a 7-1 lead in the sixth inning. He’s hitting .240 with 30 runs, 22 RBI and 20 stolen bases this year.

Nelson has been shut down since hitting the injured list with a right elbow strain back on June 19. The 28-year-old will be racing the clock to make it back this season since he’ll need a couple weeks to build up his arm strength before he’s cleared for a rehab assignment. However, it’s theoretically possible he’ll make it back before the end of the year.

Hamilton hit the injured list with a mild left hamstring strain just prior to the All-Star break. He should make it back to Milwaukee in a reserve role before the end of the month.

Holmes was originally slated to make a minor league rehab start for High-A Brooklyn, but that has been scrapped due to the high possibility of rain in the forecast. The 33-year-old impending free agent has drawn some interest as a potential trade candidate, unless the Mets opt to extend him, while working his way back from a fractured fibula that put him on the shelf back in mid-May.

It remains to be seen whether Milwaukee’s plans will change with Brandon Woodruff set to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, but it appears that McCullers will operate out of the bullpen once he’s activated from the injured list. The 32-year-old veteran was acquired from the Astros in a trade earlier this week.

Junis returns to fortify Texas’ high-leverage mix following a two-week stint on the injured list with a hip impingement. The 33-year-old has served as an invaluable bridge to breakout closer Jacob Latz this season with a sparkling 2.80 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 27/6 K/BB ratio across 35 1/3 innings in his Rangers debut.

Corniell provides the Rangers with a fresh arm heading into the final two games of a series against Atlanta. The 23-year-old allowed five runs over 3 1/3 innings during his lone outing against the Marlins back on June 23.

Collyer has posted a respectable 5.09 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 22/19 K/BB ratio across 23 low-leverage innings for the Rangers this season. He’ll be an up-and-down option for the club over the final two months.

Teodo has looked phenomenal of late on the doorstep of the majors, but he got hit hard in his first taste of the big leagues on Friday night, allowing two runs over 1 2/3 innings of work against Atlanta. The hard-throwing 25-year-old figures to return at some point in the second half and continues to have to look of a future high-leverage arm. Teodo’s time is coming, but he remains a work in progress at the moment.

The history of pitchers returning from multiple shoulder surgeries is extremely bleak, but Woodruff has insisted that he plans on pitching again. The 33-year-old former fantasy ace will miss the remainder of the current season in addition to a significant chunk of next year as well. He missed nearly a year and a half after undergoing a similar capsule repair procedure back in 2023. This latest development certainly helps explain why Milwaukee went out and acquire Lance McCullers Jr. from the Astros earlier this week.

It hasn’t been officially confirmed by the Brewers, but Misiorowski resumed throwing earlier this week with the expectation that he would take the ball at some point during next weeks’ series against New York. The hard-throwing 24-year-old strikeout machine was scratched from his final first-half outing and didn’t pitch in the All-Star Game either due to fatigue. Milwaukee is probably going to have to get creative to effectively manage his workload over the final two-plus months, but all signs point to him getting the ball against the Mets next week.