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The steal was his sixth of the season, and he’s now up to 23 RBI as well. The batting average is a little low, but Yelich looks healthy, and the hits should start to fall with more regularity in the weeks ahead.

The Cardinals’ offense has struggled a bit of late, but Nootbaar continues to perform and is slashing .272/.409/.427 on the season. The power hasn’t quite come with the consistency that many were hoping for, but he has been a great value for anybody who took him in drafts.

The left-hander struck out six and walked three on the day, while posting a 21 percent whiff rate and 28 percent CSW. Quintana has done this regularly throughout his career. He may not have overpowering stuff, but he knows how to pitch, and when his command is on, he’s going to have stretches of solid production. However, he is a really risky play next week against the Cubs.

The veteran struck out four, walked two, and allowed an average exit velocity of 93.4 mph on the day. He now sports a 4.68 ERA and is not a recommended play against the Mets next week.

Peña has been moving up in the order, hitting cleanup in seven straight games before being the leadoff man on Sunday. He’s currently sporting a career-high walk rate and pull rate, which has led to a 10.3 percent barrel rate and really strong quality of contact. Peña made some changes to his swing in the off-season, and he could be really close to reaping the rewards of that.

Alvarez needed that. His double was a 109.1 mph shot off Kris Bubic in the first inning that would have been a home run in 17 stadiums, and then he followed that up with a 110.6 mph home run that traveled 436 feet. Alvarez is hitting .213/.312/.360 on the season, but you know it’s only a matter of time before the hot streak comes.

India had two singles and was also caught stealing on the day. The 28-year-old continues to get regular playing time, but is hitting just .213/.324/.266 on the season. He simply doesn’t bring enough to the table as a fantasy asset to be held in shallower formats.

Brown struck out nine and walked one while posting a 28 percent whiff rate and 32 percent CSW. Interestingly, it wasn’t the curve that led the way for Brown today but his changeup, which produced a 42 percent whiff rate and 42 percent CSW. One of the knocks on Brown has been that he doesn’t have a true “out” pitch, and while that may be true, as long as one pitch in his six-pitch arsenal shows up every game to complement his fastball, he should continue to produce solid results. He should continue to roll next week against the White Sox.

The left-hander struck out four, walked three, and posted a 21 percent whiff rate and 22 percent CSW. The command simply wasn’t there for Bubic on Sunday, especially with his changeup, which seemed to abandon him today. Those kinds of starts are going to happen, and we’d still feel confident firing up Bubic next week against the Orioles.

The Mets were being cautious with Edwin Diaz, who secured a save on Saturday, so he was not available today. Stanek started the frame by allowing a double to Alex Call, then got a groundout before CJ Abrams tied the game with a single. After a walk, Pete Alonso committed a throwing error on a ball hit by Luis Garcia, and Abrams came around to score the winning run. Stanek has now blown his last two save chances when Diaz is not available, and the Mets may need to re-think that strategy.