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Simpson is now hitting .259 after batting .295 as a rookie in 2025. Worse, he hasn’t stolen a base since May 11. A minor leg injury around that time could be a contributing factor, but he’s well off the fantasy radar if he isn’t running. Simpson remains without a home run through 715 big-league plate appearances, and he has just one since turning pro, which was of the inside-the-park variety as a minor leaguer.

The Brewers got all of their runs in the seventh. David Hamilton doubled in the first two runs, and Turang then gave Milwaukee a 4-3 lead that held up the rest of the game. Turang has played about as well as any second baseman in the majors this season, but he was left off the NL All-Star team in favor of Ozzie Albies and Luis Arraez. Turang slumped some in June, but he’s hit .366 with a homer, four doubles and six RBI in his last nine games, pushing his OPS back up to .817.

Drohan completed six innings for the second time as a major leaguer, throwing a mere 85 pitches to get his 18 outs. He struck out only two and gave up 13 hard-hit balls, but he mostly kept the ball on the ground and surrendered just four singles and two doubles. He’ll face the Pirates on Saturday to finish the first half.

Megill has earned saves on back-to-back days. He’ll likely now get Tuesday off. Abner Uribe didn’t work tonight, so he should close if an opportunity arises then.

The Cardinals said May was on a pitch count of 65 tonight after leaving his last start with an ankle contusion, but they let him throw 81 to try to get the win. They finally pulled him with a 2-0 lead after back-to-back singles with two outs. The Brewers went on to score four runs in the seventh anyway, so it probably wouldn’t have mattered had May gotten through five. It was still a really nice outing after a couple of misfires. He’s allowed zero, zero, six, five and zero runs in his last five starts. He’ll next face the Braves on Saturday.

Jordan went 3-for-5 on Friday, only to sit the next two days anyway. The Cardinals obviously aren’t in love with his defense at the hot corner, and José Fermín made his third straight start there tonight with Jordan giving Alec Burleson a day off at first base. The good news for Jordan is that Nolan Gorman is hitting even worse in Triple-A than he did in the majors. Still, that doesn’t really assure Jordan much if the Cardinals don’t want to use him at third.

Soto’s three-run homer off Raisel Iglesias gave the Mets a 5-3 lead that failed to hold up initially, as Matt Olson responded with a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning. However, the Mets did prevail in 10, with Luis Torrens connecting on a go-ahead double off the bench. Soto had three walks to go along with his 19th homer tonight. He also collected his seventh steal.

He struck out six. Peralta’s fastball velocity was again up some tonight, as he averaged 95.1 mph. It’s his third straight start at 95 mph or better after averaging 93.9 mph previously this season. Interestingly, he’s throwing his secondary pitches a little slower than usual during the same timeframe. If it’s a conscious change, it’s not really paying off yet. He’ll take a 4.68 ERA into his first-half finale against Boston.

It was mostly just job well done by the Braves. Ozzie Albies hit a double on a changeup low and out of the zone, and Matt Olsen followed by taking a 95-mph fastball up in the zone out the other way to left. The homer was the third allowed by Williams this season. He’ll certainly be down on Tuesday after throwing 52 pitches the last two days. Unless the Mets want to use Luke Weaver for a third straight day, Huascar Brazobán could close.

Working with a two-run lead, Weaver gave up an RBI double to Michael Harris II with one out. He then struck out Ozzie Albies, intentionally walked Matt Olson, walked Jorge Mateo to load the bases and got Mauricio Dubón to ground out to end it. With the Mets currently 15 games under .500, Weaver has already been a popular name on the rumor mill. The save was his first of the year, but he has a 1.89 ERA in spite of a shaky April.

López allowed three hits, walked two and struck out five. A Carson Benge homer accounted for the damage. He’s shown enough since returning to the rotation to reemerge as an option in deeper mixed leagues. His 21 percent strikeout rate and 10 percent walk rate are still quite a bit weaker than his marks from his successful 2024, when he came in at 27 and eight percent, respectively. López will face the Cardinals next.