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Ondrusek has logged just 6 1/3 innings at the major league level since 2014, and he’ll probably work purely as minor league bullpen depth with the Nats. The 33-year-old right-hander pitched well last summer in independent ball.

Feinsand notes that “no serious talks took place,” and it’s possible that the Phillies had been concerned about Jordan Romano at the time they reached out to Robertson, but it’s worth noting that the discussion took place. While Robertson is a right-handed pitcher, he has been good versus lefties in his career, and the Mets even used him as a pseudo left-handed specialist when they didn’t have enough left-handed relievers in their bullpen. That means Robertson wouldn’t be the worst committee partner with Jordan Romano at the end of the Phillies’ bullpen. We’ll have to see if the two sides strike up any more talks.

Soto was extremely slow getting out of the box on a sixth-inning line-drive that hit roughly two-thirds of the way up on Fenway Park’s iconic Green Monster in left field, which left him with just a single on the play. “We’ll talk to him about it,” Mendoza said afterwards. The 26-year-old generational talent is hitting .167 (4-for-24) over his last seven games and has gone without a home run in eight straight contests. It’s worth noting that he’s gone deep five times in 16 games overall since the start of May, but he’s going through a bit of a cold spell at the plate right now.

Gray followed up his worst start of the year with arguably his best, as he set a new season-high in strikeouts and allowed just three hits to the team with the best record in baseball. He improved to 5-1 with a 4.02 ERA ahead of his start against the Diamondbacks on Sunday.

Montero was forced to enter during the first after Sean Guenther struggled as an opener. He limited the damage that inning, but he faltered afterwards in what turned out to be an 11-4 loss. Montero now has a 5.28 ERA over 30 2/3 innings in his six appearances this season. He’ll likely head back to Triple-A after with Casey Mize set to return.

Donovan has seven hits the last two days and is back up to sixth in the majors with his .337 average. He’s also tied for third with 16 doubles. He’s not strong enough in homers or steals to be a real force in fantasy leagues, but he should manage sufficient all-around production to remain useful in mixed leagues the rest of the way.

Herrera’s 10 games since coming off the IL have seen him DH eight times, catch once and sit once. That’s probably not the best mix for his post-2025 fantasy value, but it’s working great for now. In the nine games before he got hurt last month, he caught six times and sat three times.

Gurriel hammered a two-run shot to score Corbin Carroll and himself and give the Diamondbacks a 5-0 lead. He’s now up to 37 RBI on the season to go with eight homers, and it puts him on pace to reach the 100-RBI mark for the first time in his career. Those numbers are solid, but the .227 average and .271 on-base percentage certainly leave a bit to be desired.

Perdomo extended the D-Backs’ lead to 9-3 with a two-run homer off Matt Sauer. He also drove in a run with a sac fly in the second. The 25-year-old is now hitting .302/.403/.488 in what has been a breakout campaign for the former top prospect. Breakout may be a bit of an understatement.

Ohtani went the opposite way in the seventh inning for his 17th homer of the season. It was the only hit of the game for the defending MVP, but he’s still raking to the tune of .312/.406/.672 with 31 RBI. Ohtani also recently completed a 50-pitch bullpen session, just to remind you that he’s way more talented than anyone else on this planet.

Betts took Brandon Pfaadt deep twice; once in the fourth and another in the sixth. The 32-year-old has now picked up eight homers on the season while driving in 30 runs. It wasn’t enough to help the Dodgers to a win, but it still counts just the same in fantasy box scores.