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Rosario picked an opportune moment to record his first multi-homer performance since August 31, 2021. The 30-year-old utility specialist took Athletics starter Aaron Civale deep in the second inning before slugging a go-ahead three-run blast off reliever Mark Leiter Jr. in the eighth. He was responsible for manufacturing four of New York’s five runs on a frigid 40-degree evening at Yankee Stadium.

Bednar was summoned to protect a two-run lead in the final frame and required just 14 pitches (nine strikes) to slam the door. He struck out Jeff McNeil before getting Carlos Cortes and Nick Kurtz to fly out to end it. It was an encouraging rebound effort after a rocky outing over the weekend against the Marlins.

Schlittler brought the heat on a frigid evening at Yankee Stadium, where temperatures hovered in the low 40s throughout the night, averaging 96.6 and topping out at 98.8 mph on his fastball. The 25-year-old rising star retired six straight before giving up back-to-back hits in the third inning before serving up a two-run double to Nick Kurtz, which snapped a streak of 14 consecutive scoreless innings to open the year. He also gave up a ground-rule double to Tyler Soderstrom that brought home an additional run in the frame. He’s been leaning more on is cutter and sinker this season and the results have been phenomenal with a microscopic 1.62 ERA, 0.48 WHIP and 22/3 K/BB ratio across 16 2/3 innings. Simply put, he’s pitching like a fantasy ace right now. He’ll face the Rays on Sunday at Tropicana Field to close out a two-start week.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Cole completed another throwing session on Monday without any issues and will face hitters again later this week. The 35-year-old former fantasy ace is creeping closer towards kicking off a minor league rehab assignment and remains on track to rejoin New York’s rotation at some point in late May.

McMahon has been awful to begin the season, going 2-for-23 with an OPS of just .363. He’ll get a break even with right-hander Aaron Civale on the bump for the A’s, and Amed Rosario will get the start at third while hitting seventh.

Gil also walked four and struck out six, but threw only 47 of his 90 pitches for strikes. Command has always been an issue for Gil, and it seems to still be a lingering one. We know he’ll be moving into the rotation this week, but it’s hard to recommend starting him in most fantasy leagues.

Fried, who won his first two starts, left with a 4-3 lead, but the Marlins scored four runs in the eighth to spoil things. He’ll bring a 1.35 ERA into his fourth start against the Rays.

Rice’s contact rate is down and his groundball rate is way up, but that certainly hasn’t mattered yet; he has three homers, four doubles and 11 RBI in eight games. His homer today was a 410-footer against an unusual opener in Pete Fairbanks, who had other things on his mind before leaving during the game to join his pregnant wife.

The Marlins scored two runs in the eighth to tie the game before the Yankees scored three in the bottom of the inning to rebuild a three-run cushion. It’s a good thing they did because Bednar had a rough inning. He allowed an infield single to start the inning and then later issued a walk and gave up an RBI single. He gave up yet another single, but it was sandwiched between two strikeouts, including one of Griffin Conine to end the game. It’s Bednar’s fourth save of the season, and while his 4.15 ERA leaves a little to be desired, he should likely be one of the better closers in fantasy this season.

Bellinger launched a 394-foot home run at 105.5 mph off the bat against Max Meyer for his first home run of the season. The RBIs are also his first RBIs of the season, so it’s been a slow start to the season for the 30-year-old, but today was a good step in the right direction.