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Jackson Holliday

BAL 2nd Baseman #7

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Jackson Holliday (hand) will begin a minor league rehab assignment on Friday with Triple-A Norfolk.

Holliday is trending towards an early-season return to Baltimore’s lineup after suffering a hamate fracture in his right wrist earlier this spring. The 22-year-old former top prospect, who was officially placed on the 10-day injured list earlier on Wednesday, will get a couple rehab contests under his belt before making his season debut.
Yu Darvish

SD Starting Pitcher #11

Padres placed RHP Yu Darvish on the restricted list.

The procedural move theoretically adds some financial flexibility for the Padres since Darvish will not be paid his $15 million salary for 2026. The 39-year-old veteran strikeout artist, who holds a career 3.65 ERA across 297 starts over a 13-year career in the big leagues, has yet to announce his retirement and is currently recovering from an elbow injury. The restricted list is used for players that are unavailable for a variety of reasons, which seems to indicate that Darvish isn’t rehabbing with the Padres, who would retain his contractual rights in the event that he returns. At this point, it seems unlikely that Darvish will be a relevant fantasy contributor in the future.
Ryan Pepiot

TB Starting Pitcher #44

Ryan Pepiot (hip) has been cleared to resume throwing this weekend.

Pepiot landed on the injured list earlier this week with right hip inflammation after posting a microscopic 0.90 ERA across 10 innings this spring. The 28-year-old righty could be ready to jump back into Tampa Bay’s rotation at some point in early April, barring any setbacks.
Ben Rice

NYY 1st Baseman #22

Ben Rice is at first base and batting cleanup in Wednesday’s season opener against the Giants.

Rice steps into the heart of New York’s loaded lineup behind Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger following last year’s 26-homer breakthrough campaign. The 27-year-old slugger’s realistic 30-homer ceiling makes him an upper-echelon fantasy catcher heading into the regular season. Here’s the full lineup set to face Giants ace Logan Webb at Oracle Park in primetime: Trent Grisham (CF), Judge (RF), Bellinger (LF), Rice (1B), Giancarlo Stanton (DH), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2B), José Caballero (SS), Ryan McMahon (3B) and Austin Wells (C).
Heliot Ramos

SF Left Fielder #17

Heliot Ramos is in left field and batting sixth in Wednesday’s season opener against the Yankees.

San Francisco kicks off a new era under first-year skipper Tony Vitello — the first collegiate coach to jump directly to the majors with no previous big-league experience — with Ramos becoming the first Giants player to make consecutive Opening Days starts in left field since Barry Bonds in 2007. The other notable fantasy development is free agent acquisition Luis Arraez in the leadoff spot. Here’s the full lineup set to face Yankees ace Max Fried in primetime on at Oracle Park: Arraez (2B), Matt Chapman (3B), Rafael Devers (DH), Willy Adames (SS), Jung Hoo Lee (RF), Ramos (LF), Casey Schmitt (1B), Patrick Bailey (C) and Harrison Bader (CF).
Lars Nootbaar

STL Left Fielder #21

Cardinals placed OF Lars Nootbaar on the 60-day IL with bilateral Haglund’s Deformity excision.

That’s unexpected. It’d been clear for a couple of weeks that Nootbaar would open up on the IL following his heel surgeries, but it was supposed to be the 10-day. Nootbaar has been hitting and throwing since the beginning of the spring and recently resumed running, but we take it that didn’t go as well as hoped. Nathan Church, Thomas Saggese and José Fermín will divvy up his at-bats for at least the first two months.
Jeremy Peña

HOU Shortstop #3

Jeremy Peña (finger) will be ready for Thursday’s season opener against the Angels, reports The Athletic’s Matt Kawahara.

The biggest concern for Peña, which could’ve led to a brief trip to the injured list to open the regular season, was the lack of live at-bats resulting from a fractured finger he suffered earlier this month. The 28-year-old shortstop homered in Tuesday’s exhibition contest and figures to be in Houston’s lineup for Thursday’s opener against the Angels. It might take him a few games to knock off the rust and get back to full speed.
Gerrit Cole

NYY Starting Pitcher #45

Yankees placed RHP Gerrit Cole on the 15-day injured list with Tommy John surgery recovery.

This is another procedural move from the Yankees before Opening Day, though it’s obviously a good sign he’s on the 15-day IL as opposed to the 60-day IL. Cole looked good in his last start, and is still on track to return to the Yankees rotation by May.
Merrill Kelly

AZ Starting Pitcher #29

Merrill Kelly (back) will make a rehab start with Triple-A Reno on April 3rd.

Kelly will begin the season on the IL, but he returned to the mound for the final spring training game on Tuesday and pitched two innings against the Guardians. He’s still working his way back from nerve issues with his back, but his velocity was close to normal in that outing, which is good news. He will likely need more than one rehab start to build up to a pitch count that will allow him to go five innings in an MLB game. He should return in mid-April, which would push either Michael Soroka or Brandon Pfaadt out of the rotation.
Jeremy Peña

HOU Shortstop #3

Jeremy Peña hit a two-run homer against Triple-A Sugar Land in his return to Houston’s lineup on Tuesday.

Pena also had a 361-foot flyout to go along with his 394-foot homer. Expectations were that he’d open up on the IL after suffering a finger injury in the WBC, but he made his case to start at shortstop on Opening Day tonight. If he was successful, that means the Astros will need to play Yordan Alvarez in left if they want to include both Isaac Paredes and Christian Walker in their initial lineup.

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Take over when Houston plays Illinois in Sweet 16

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