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Espinal loses his roster spot with Los Angeles in the wake of Tommy Edman returning from the injured list. The 31-year-old hit .268 (15-for-56) with one homer and seven RBI in 31 games for the Dodgers this season. He’ll likely stick around at Triple-A Oklahoma City after clearing waivers.

Rogers finally snaps of streak of going homerless for three separate organizations. It’s his first career walkoff after 47 homers in his Tigers career. He’s 2-for-14 since joining the White Sox.

Burke looked unbeatable for a time in July after a velocity spike, but that extra boost is gone now and he has a 4.57 ERA in his last four starts. He’s still playable in mixed leagues, but expectations should be fairly modest. He’ll work at home against the Rangers next week.

Taylor struck out two of the four batters he faced in a tie game, and the White Sox went on to win it in the bottom of the ninth. Taylor will probably get Saturday off after this, potentially leading to a save chance for Sean Newcomb or Jordan Hicks.

Manaea pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings before Miguel Vargas, Randal Grichuk and Colson Montgomery homered consecutively in the sixth. A quicker hook probably would have gotten the Mets a win tonight. As is, Manaea was left with a no-decision and the Mets lost in the bottom of the ninth. Manaea will take on the Brewers next week.

That’s 29 homers and 30 doubles for Vargas. He’s tied for fourth in the majors in extra-base hits, and he’s alone in fourth with 87 runs scored. Barring an injury, he’s going to be the first White Sox player to score 100 runs since 2006, when both Jim Thome and Jermaine Dye did it.

It’s a fourth straight hitless game for Alvarez. He still has a decent .233/.325/.408 line for the season, but that he’s been so bad with men on base has him batting ninth right now. He’s driven in a total of 17 baserunners (30 RBI minus 13 homers) in 334 plate appearances this season.

Perdomo came into Friday with a .318 average in August, and that number obviously went up with his showing against the Reds. He’s also still batting just .248 on the season, so it’s hard to get too excited by his solid three weeks of play, especially considering how good he was for the vast majority of 2025.

Lawlar hit his second homer of the season with a two-run shot off Nick Lodolo. He drove in his third run of the game with an RBI single five innings later. Lawlar added another run-scoring single in the contest, and when he’s been healthy enough to play, the former top prospect has looked the part. The question, of course, is whether he can play enough for this to matter. It would certainly be a mistake to give up on him in keeper leagues, that’s for sure.

What a difference a year makes. Rodriguez is now 13-4 on the season, and he’s deserving of that excellent record with a 2.61 ERA; a massive improvement from the 5.03 mark he held the previous two seasons. He scattered four hits — all singles — and worked around a pair of walks with four strikeouts. The 33-year-old gets a chance to get that 14th win against the Cubs on Wednesday.

Two of Lodolo’s three starts since coming off the injured list have been poor ones, and obviously this isn’t the good outing. The 28-year-old gave up 10 hits, and was consistently behind hitters with two walks and just 50-of-91 pitches landing for strikes. The 2019 first-round selection’s season is essentially a lost one, but it’s worth noting he has a relatively friendly matchup on paper against the Giants on Wednesday in San Francisco.