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That presumably means the end of the 33-year-old’s playing career. Flaherty batted .215/.284/.345 over parts of eight seasons for the Orioles, Braves and Indians.

What kind of surgery is still be determined, but Conine will go under the knife after a consultation with Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Monday. His timeline will obviously be updated after the operation, but there’s a very good chance Conine won’t play again in 2024.

The Tigers won the game despite being outhit 11-8 and outhomered 2-1. Torkelson’s homer off Cionel Pérez in the seventh was his second 387-foot flyball of the day. Fortunately, this one was hit to the right part of the ballpark and made it over the wall in right-center. His average has slipped in recent days — he’s in 3-for-19 in his last five games — but the power isn’t going anywhere.

Mize surrendered eight hits, but he spaced them out well and helped himself by issuing no walks. He struck out five and finished with a 30% CSW in moving to 4-1 with a 2.12 ERA. Next up for him is a road start versus the Angels.

Vest has earned saves in three of his last four appearances, and he’s the clear favorite to keep closing for the Tigers going forward. That said, if there’s another save chance in the second game today, it figures to go to Tommy Kahnle.

Young’s low BB rate was one of his biggest strengths as a prospect, but he’s walked eight of the first 41 batters he’s faced as a major leaguer. He’ll surely get that under control if he’s given the chance to stick around, but it seems likely that he’ll head back to the minors after this.

Maybe the Orioles’ second-best player to date, Urías is batting .340/.403/.434 in 62 plate appearances, and he’s stealing away Ryan Mountcastle’s playing time against righties. He probably doesn’t have any mixed-league value himself — he’s a zero in steals and he doesn’t typically hit for average — but he’s making an impact by cutting into the value of others.

Smith will get a break for the middle-game of the series against the Royals. The 22-year-old will begin the contest on the bench with Zach Dezenzo getting the start in right and and hit seventh.

Ramírez put Cleveland on the scoreboard with a run-scoring single to right field in the opening frame. He also picked up his fifth steal of the year a little later in the inning. The 32-year-old fantasy superstar has shown zero signs of slowing down as a consistent all-around contributor.

Abreu was left standing in the on-deck circle in the ninth inning when Trevor Story – with the tying run at third base to end the contest. The -year-old outfielder took Guardians starter Ben Lively deep in the opening frame for his fifth round-tripper of the season. It wound up being his lone hit in three at-bats, although he did draw a walk in the contest. He’s an extremely underrated fantasy contributor at this stage of his career considering his immense power upside.

Mission accomplished for the Guardians if their primary goal was to build some confidence for Clase, who has gotten off to an abysmal start this season, and has also been experiencing shoulder discomfort. The 27-year-old righty got the call to work a lower-leverage frame against the lower third of Boston’s lineup, with the Guardians leading by one run at the time, and needed just 14 pitches (nine strikes) to hurl a flawless inning. He should get back into the mix for saves shortly, but Cade Smith has proven capable at handling the role, if needed.