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Navarreto passed through waivers without interest from other teams after being designated for assignment by Miami on Saturday. The 25-year-old will remain with the Marlins organization for now.

Báez has two singles and a double and drove in his third run of the season. Most importantly, he didn’t strike out and now has just two strikeouts in 18 plate appearances this season while slashing .333/.333/.444. The veteran is playing most games for the Tigers and is a possible deep league option for fantasy managers in case this improved plate discipline sticks.

After Fraser Ellard allowed two base runners while getting just one out in the bottom of the ninth, Leasure was called on to close out a 3-2 game. Instead, he walked the first batter he saw and then allowed a two-run double to Spencer Torkelson to take the blown save. The White Sox bullpen hierarchy remains unclear and we’d recommend fantasy managers stay away for now.

The White Sox bullpen decisions were a bit confusing today. Manager Will Venable used Mike Clevinger in the seventh inning, but Clevinger struggled to throw strikes. The White Sox then turned to Ellard, who has just 4 1/3 career high leverage innings, to get a lefty vs lefty matchup against Kerry Carpenter and, eventually, Riley Greene. It did not work. The last few pitches Ellard made were nowhere near the strike zone and then Spencer Torkelson won the game against Jordan Leasure, who was brought on to try and get the White Sox out of the jam.

That’s certainly an encouraging update for the 29-year-old hurler. Peterson was ultimately removed in the fifth inning after a couple of visits at the mound, prompting speculation that he may have been dealing with an injury. Sounds like he should be good to go for next week’s battle against the Athletics.

He can thank the bats for waking up in the ninth inning and saving him from taking a loss. Jobe walked two and struck out four while posting an underwhelming 16 percent whiff rate and 22 percent CSW. It was chilly today, but his four-seam fastball produced just a 13.8 percent CSW and has now struggled to miss bats in two starts. His cutter was the only pitch that produced multiple whiffs in the game, but Jobe did allow an average exit velocity of just 87.4 mph, so the White Sox weren’t able to make much hard contact. There is no doubting the potential of the 22-year-old, but it’s concerning that Jobe has struggled to get whiffs in the upper minors and now MLB games. You don’t need to drop him in redraft formats, but he’s not a must start against the Twins next week and might even be an intriguing trade candidate if a manager in your league believes in his upside.

Falvey noted, “No change in his status. He just needs to continue to progress.” Lewis was initially given a timetable of around six-to-eight weeks and is now into his third week of recovery. It sounds like things are progressing as they should and he’s on track with that initial estimate, though the Twins are likely to take a cautious approach here lessen the risk of re-injury.

Pérez struck out four and walked two and needed only 82 pitches to get into the seventh inning, but the White Sox blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning, which cost him a win. The veteran had just a 15 percent whiff rate, but he had 18 called strikes, which helped give him a 28 percent CSW. There’s nothing overpowering here, but the veteran is doing exactly what the White Sox need him to: eat innings and keep his team in the game. Things will get much tougher for him next week against the Red Sox.

Díaz needed just 10 pitches to complete the frame, with one strikeout and no baserunners at all. His velocity was down about one mph on a brisk April day, but everything looks crisp for Díaz, which is nice for fantasy managers considering the volatility at the position.

Kirk didn’t catch this game, but the Blue Jays still wanted his bat in the lineup, starting him at designated hitter. While we don’t expect that to be a usual occurrence, it’s a good sign that the team trusts his bat right now. Kirk is slashing .258/.250/.290 in the early going, so he’s not giving you much power, but he should be a good source of batting average and counting stats at the catcher spot.

Alonso is locked in at the plate so far this season, slashing .290/.421/.645 with three home runs and 11 RBI in nine games. The Mets and Mets fans are incredibly happy he remained in Queens, and having him hit behind Juan Soto all season will bring fantasy goodness to the top half of that lineup for much of the season.