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Dodgers

Hernández started the scoring in the home half of the first, smacking an RBI double off of Nick Lodolo. He then came around to score on Freddie Freeman’s run-scoring double. He followed that up by clobbering a 379-foot (101.6 mph EV) two-run shot off of Tejay Antone in the fifth that made it an 8-3 ballgame. The 33-year-old outfielder has been on another level this spring, hitting .464 (13-for-28) with a homer and eight RBI.

Muncy reached on a fielder’s choice in the opening inning and scored on Santiago Espinal’s two-run double. He then tagged Reds’ starter Nick Lodolo for a 395-foot (106.9 mph EV) two-run shot in the third inning that increased the Dodgers’ lead to 6-3. The 35-year-old slugger has been sizzling as the dish, hitting .333 (7-for-21) with a pair of homers and four RBI in Cactus League play.

The 32-year-old southpaw struck out one batter on the night. The Reds put plenty of traffic on the bases against Irvin, but he was able to limit the damage to just one run as he walked Rece Hinds with the bases loaded in the second inning. Overall, Irvin threw just 29 of his 57 pitches for strikes, getting three whiffs and posting a miserable CSW of only 19 percent. He now holds an unsightly 9.00 ERA, 1.75 WHIP and a 4/5 K/BB ratio over eight innings during Cactus League play. He should be ticketed for Triple-A Oklahoma City to open the season.

The good news is that the 33-year-old southpaw experienced no issues with the session and will continue his throwing progression from there. He’s going to begin the season on the injured list though, with a goal of returning before the end of April. Fantasy managers who want to gamble on him on draft day should plan to be without the left-hander for the first five or six weeks of the season at a minimum.

Jordan Lawlar led off the top of the first with a homer, but Glasnow retired 13 of 15 batters afterwards, getting four strikeouts with his curveball. There’s an argument that Glasnow is a little overrated for fantasy purposes at this point, as he’s still an injury risk and probably doesn’t have quite as much upside as he used to. He’s looking strong right now, though, with his velocity right at his 2025 norms.

Sasaki continued building up his pitch count and stamina out of the Cactus League spotlight after some mixed results in a handful of early-spring outings. The 24-year-old’s velocity has been there but his fastball command remains elusive. With both Blake Snell and Gavin Stone (shoulder) opening the season on the injured list, the Dodgers are probably going to need Sasaki in their early-season pitching mix even if starting the year at Triple-A might benefit his long-term development. It certainly feels like both Sasaki and dynamic pitching prospect River Ryan, who has looked phenomenal this spring, are going to make Los Angeles’ season-opening roster.

Muncy singled off of left-hander Aaron Ashby in the opening inning and advanced to third on a knock by Nick Senzel, but he was left stranded there. He then smacked a two-out single in the third inning and scored the Dodgers’ first run on an RBI single off the bat of Dalton Rushing. He’s having a strong spring, hitting .375 (6-for-16) with a homer and two RBI.

The 26-year-old right-hander struck out two batters in the ballgame. It took him 49 pitches to record seven outs in this one and he only threw 26 of those offerings for strikes. The lone tally against him came on an RBI single by Greg Jones in the second inning. Sheehan got six whiffs in the ballgame — three of them on his slider — while posting an underwhelming CSW of 22 percent. He’s still likely to open the season in the Dodgers’ rotation, but he’s going to have to be better than what we have seen in Cactus League play to hold that job once the Dodgers’ start to get reinforcements to their rotation.

Wrobleski has pitched six scoreless innings in three appearances. He’ll probably make the Dodgers as a swingman, and it’s possible he’ll prove more trustworthy than Roki Sasaki in the rotation in the long run.

Call is 7-for-14 with three walks and no strikeouts. He isn’t slated to have much to do as a bench player for the Dodgers; he was picked up from the Nationals to platoon with Michael Conforto last summer, but he’s not going to start over Kyle Tucker against left-handers. He might log time late in games as a defensive replacement for Teoscar Hernández.