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Injury Report

Luis Garcia was removed from his start yesterday against the Giants. Only a day after Urquidy went down, the Astros add Garcia to their list of injured arms. Garcia was feeling some elbow discomfort and was only able to throw 8 pitches because of it. Elbow discomfort is never a good injury to have, hopefully he will not require any kind of surgery and will be back quickly.

Ronald Acuña Jr. was hit with a pitch in the left shoulder yesterday. He exited the game but luckily the X-rays came back negative. It does not seem like he will require a trip the the IL but he may be on the bench for a few days recovering from the contusion.

Bryce Harper looks to come off of the injured list and rejoin the Phillies today after undergoing Tommy John surgery back in November of 2022. The slugging lefty will rejoin the team as a DH, but soon Harper will look to take over at 1st base and then eventually work his way back to the outfield. Harper is a must start in all leagues, when healthy he is a top 10 hitter in the game.

Notable Performances

Aaron Judge hit a go ahead 2 run homer in the 6th inning as the Yankees managed to pull off a 6 run comeback to beat the Rays 9-8. The slugger was 2-4 on the day with 2 HR’s and 4 RBI’s. The 31 year old has been fairly quiet this year but he also missed a bit of time with a hip strain. After his monster season last year expect Judge to build on his current stat line of a .264 batting average with 8 HR’s and 20 RBI’s.

Jon Gray threw 8 scoreless innings while striking out 5 and earning the win in the Rangers 5-0 win over the A’s. The A’s could not find much success at all at the plate, finally breaking up the veteran’s no hitter in the 7th inning. Gray has managed to keep the Rangers in games all season as this outing now brings his stat line to 3-1 on the year with a 3.15 ERA and 32 K’s through 45.2 innings.

Tyler Wells was absolutely brilliant throwing 7 innings of 1 hit ball while striking out 8 as the Orioles beat the Pirates 2-0. After earning his spot in the rotation last year, Wells continues to show why he will not be leaving anytime soon. The 28 year old is 3-1 on the year with a 2.68 ERA and 39 K’s through 47 innings. Fantasy managers should expect him to continue to contribute as he doesn’t look to be slowing down this year.

Clubhouse Stories

⚾️Who knew that MLB players are compensated for the their in game interviews during nationally televised games. A player gets paid $10k by the MLB and players union for the few minute interview.

⚾️Here are MLB players opinions on the rule changes.

⚾️Yankee fans are disgruntled after manager Aaron Boone makes yet another questionable decision.

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