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“He felt very good, and that’s very encouraging,” said Angels manager Mike Scioscia. The manager added that Weaver could throw again Sunday, but no decision has been made on when he’ll rejoin the rotation. “We want to get him off a mound (before he’s cleared). It’s by touch and feel and see where it goes.” The Halos will start either Jerome Williams or Barry Enright Tuesday against the A’s.

Jose Tena was optioned to Triple-A Rochester after Sunday’s game to free up a spot on the active roster. The 22-year-old infielder was tearing it up at the Triple-A level, slashing .301/.349/.516 with 13 homers, 39 RBI and a 75/19 K/BB ratio over his first 278 plate appearances. House has been playing third base exclusively at Triple-A and the expectation is that he’ll be given an opportunity to function as the team’s regular third baseman going forward. He makes for an interesting addition in deeper mixed leagues.

Tena has struggled to make any meaningful contributions to the Nationals’ offense during his time in the big leagues this season, slashing a meager .248/.325/.365 with zero homers, 13 RBI and a pair of stolen bases. Brady House will be promoted from Triple-A Rochester on Monday to take his place on the club’s active roster.

The 23-year-old outfielder struggled in 79 plate appearances with the Nationals, slashing .218/.228/.269 with one homer, eight RBI, one stolen base and a 21/1 K/BB ratio. He’ll return to an everyday role at the Triple-A level until another opportunity arises with the Nationals. Daylen Lile will be recalled from Triple-A on Monday to take his place on the active roster.

The 22-year-old outfielder was the Giants’ first-round pick (13th overall) from the 2024 draft class. He has been stationed at High-A Eugene this season where he has slashed .245/.377/.480 with 12 homers, 32 RBI, two stolen bases and a 45/41 K/BB ratio over 252 plate appearances.

It sounds like the Giants will now go with a bullpen game on Sunday with Sean Hjelle warming up in the team’s bullpen and expected to start the game. With Justin Verlander (pectoral) likely to rejoin the Giants’ rotation during the upcoming week, it had been anticipated that Harrison would lose his spot in the Giants’ rotation. Now it sounds like he’s heading to the Red Sox where he’ll have an opportunity to stick at the big league level. Stay tuned.

A huge stunner, but it seems clear that Red Sox-Devers relationship had soured since the move off third base. Of course, he won’t be a third baseman in San Francisco, either, though perhaps he’ll play the position some until Matt Chapman comes off the IL. Devers is owed about $30 million per year through 2033, so the Red Sox could only expect so much in return here. Harrison, at least, has gotten quite a bit more interesting with his velocity up, and they’re taking some salary back with the injured Hicks, who still remains interesting as a fifth starter or setup man.

Kurtz launched a fastball 411 feet to right field for his first homer since coming off the injured list Monday. The 2024 first-round pick has six overall through 33 games and 129 plate appearances.

Springs’ strikeout rate had been getting better of late, but he fanned just two today. Fortunately, most of the hard contact he gave up produced outs and singles. One of those was outs came on a 390-foot fly from Nick Loftin that would have been a homer in 22 parks. Springs wasn’t involved in the decision, so he’s still 5-5 with a 4.52 ERA. He’ll get the Guardians next.

Miller, bouncing back from giving up three runs on Friday, worked around a leadoff single and struck out two of the last three batters he faced. With the A’s struggling, the save is just the third he’s earned in the last month.

Cameron was tagged for six runs by the Yankees last time out, but’s he’s allowed a total of three runs in his other six starts. This one was actually his shortest outing to date, as the Royals decided to get aggressive with their pen ahead of the off day Monday. Cameron allowed four hits and walked one while throwing 83 pitches. Alas, the two-run lead he left with was blown right away in the sixth. Cameron will face the Padres in San Diego next time out.