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Devers is scalding hot right now. Two more doubles here give him 34 on the season – tied for most in the league – and this home run was his 33rd. It was a towering blast too traveling deep into the upper deck in right field. Shame on anybody who thought he wouldn’t be a highly productive player any more as he now has an .846 OPS that has risen sharply over the past few weeks.

This was a catastrophic start for the young lefty we call ‘Tugboat’. First, Mark Vientos took him deep for a three-run home run in the first inning. Then, he struggled to regain his composure afterwards and didn’t get much help from his teammates either. In a five-batter sequence during the second inning, he let up solo home run, walked a batter, balked, had his shortstop boot a ground ball, didn’t get to first quickly enough to finish off a double play, saw his catcher lose a ball on the transfer during a stolen base attempt, and then gave up a three-run home run to finish it off. Suddenly, seven runs were home and he’d already thrown 51 pitches. He lasted for one more scoreless inning after that, but the damage was already done. He’s scheduled to face the Cardinals at home next time out.

He’ll miss the rest of the regular season. As things currently stand, the 24-year-old should have a chance to battle Drew Cavanaugh for the starting catcher job next spring training. A lot can change by then, of course. Rodriguez hit .235/.316/.412 in 58 plate appearances with the Giants with two homers and one stolen base and had a .268/.347/.397 line in 225 plate appearances with Triple-A Sacramento.

The 31-year-old right-hander had a 6.52 ERA in 9 2/3 innings with the Brewers and a 4.21 ERA in 25 2/3 innings with the Athletics earlier this year. He managed a 1.64 ERA working out of Triple-A Nashville’s pen in 11 appearances there. It seems likely he’ll get another major league shot in San Francisco, though he’s by no means pitched well enough in the bigs to say for sure that he’ll stick.

The 28-year-old infielder had been designated for assignment by the Red Sox on Tuesday as they faced a 40-man roster crunch. Harris has done a nice job at the Triple-A level this season, slashing a healthy 293/.405/.459 with eight homers and five stolen bases across 71 games. He’ll add extra infield depth for the Giants.

Winn continues to make slow progress in his recovery from right elbow neuritis. and it became clear that he wasn’t going to make it back before the end of the 2026 season, so the Giants wanted to make better use of his spot on the 40-man roster. Brett Harris was claimed off of waivers from the Red Sox in a corresponding move on Thursday.

It was one of two Giants hits and the only one that went for extra bases. Lee’s hitting just .212/.317/.250 in his last 52 at bats and has seen his playing time shortened a bit as the Giants play out the string.

Tidwell allowed two runs in the first inning on a bases-loaded walk and a bases-loaded hit by pitch. He remained walk-prone, but allowed just two hits and held the Pirates to six hard-hit balls, the most dangerous of which was a Bryan Reynolds’ warning-track flyout. Over his last seven appearances (six starts) Tidwell has thrown 32 2/3 innings with a 5.23 ERA. He’s in line to take on the Cardinals next week but is not a recommended start.

Since Cox stole 58 bases in the minors last year and had 34 steals in 55 minor league games this year, you may think of him as just a speed threat, but he also has a 13 percent barrel rate and 43.6 percent hard-hit rate with the Giants this season. Since being recalled again on August 14th, Cox is hitting .302/.362/.581 in 16 games with three home runs, eight runs scored, seven RBI, and four steals. He has played his way out of a short-side platoon role at the moment and could be worth a look in deeper formats.

Devers’ homer tonight was hit 415 feet to center. He has eight RBI in his last four games, greatly improving his chances of getting to 100 for the fifth time in his career. He’s 16 away with 22 games left.