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Pedroia’s status came into question Monday with infield prospect C.J. Chatham being traded to the Phillies, as he remains on the team’s 40-man roster despite appearing in just nine games since the end of the 2017 season due to knee issues. It was reported in late October that the Red Sox and Pedroia were scheduled to “talk about a mutual understanding that would end his playing career,” but it’s unclear where those talks stand. Given Pedroia’s importance to the franchise, they’ll obviously handle this situation with the utmost sensitivity. Pedroia is still owed $12.125 million for the 2021 season.

Neto made his first appearance of 2025 after missing the first few weeks of the season while recovering from his shoulder issue, and it went well. He doubled in a run in the third, and he came around to score the second — and final — run of the game in the same frame. Neto was a very solid fantasy option in 2024, and there’s no reason to think the former first-round selection won’t be a quality option now that he’s healthy. Assuming he can stay on the field, of course.

Jansen is no stranger to save situations against the Giants, and the former Dodger stopper came out on top again. He’s looked solid — if not quite as dominant as he was a few years ago — in his first season with the Angels, and he’s up to five saves while not allowing a run in his outings. If/when Los Angeles falls out of this, Jansen is going to be a very interesting trade candidate.

Anderson comes out on top of a duel with Logan Webb, and while he wasn’t as dominant as Webb and his 12 punchouts, he was just as effective, if not more so. He fanned six in the contest, and of the three hits allowed, none of them went for extra bases. Impressive, and Anderson now has a strong 2.08 ERA over his work in the first three weeks. Regression is coming, but he’s a good streaming option for a scheduled bout against Pittsburgh next week.

Webb was sensational, but a literal zero in run support gives him the hard-luck loss. He generated an impressive 16 swings-and-misses during the contest, and four different Angels struck out multiple times; including three from Mike Trout. It’s a disappointing loss, but a reminder of how good Webb is at the same time. Webb will look to keep it up and continue to lower a still-solid 2.40 ERA against the Brewers next week.

It feels like Yamamoto just keeps getting better. Even during the few moments of stress when the Rangers strung a hit or two together he was calm, cool, collected, and made the pitches he needed to get out of it. While the strength of his repertoire was on display – each of his fastball, splitter, curveball, and slider forced at least three swings-and-misses – his splitter was especially devastating. Working as his primary pitch, it forced seven whiffs and had the Rangers lunging at it all game. Using a primary splitter can be treacherous since it’s not a pitch that’s thrown in the strike zone very often. Yamamoto’s was in the zone less than 30% of the time in this game and it was so lethal that the Rangers could not lay off. He now has a 0.93 ERA through five starts and should be thought of as one of the few best pitchers in baseball at the moment. He’s scheduled to face the Pirates in his next start.

Scott worked around singles by Corey Seager and Adolis García to finish off the Dodgers’ impressive victory. He threw 13 of his 17 pitches for strikes and had little fear challenging the Rangers’ vaunted lineup. This save tied him with Andrés Muñoz for second-most in the league when many wondered if he’d actually be a closer for most of the offseason.

A very solid MLB debut for Durbin. The 25-year-old singled twice and came around to score on a fielder’s choice from Christian Yelich. Durbin is going to see regular playing time with the Brew Crew, and his speed makes him worthy of a speculative add in formats that allow for a deeper roster field.

Edman wasted no time in this one, taking Jacob deGrom deep on a fastball high and away to start the game. That wound up being the Dodgers’ only run against deGrom who allowed just three hits on the night with Edman accounting for two of them. He’s been smoldering hot to start the season with a .926 OPS and seven home runs already. That gives him 13 homers in his 38 regular season games as a Dodger, which would match his career-high for a single season. He’s playing like a star at the moment, like the Dodgers needed another one of those.

The Rangers’ lineup was blanked by Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Dodgers’ fantastic bullpen on Friday night, but Harris still managed to get his. He accounted for two of the five hits off Yamamoto and is now riding the four-game hitting stream with two hits in consecutive contests. This may be a short lived hot streak though, as Wyatt Langford is expected to be activated off the injured list as early as Saturday.

There was a moment of panic after deGrom allowed a lead-off home run to Tommy Edman. Struggling a bit to start the season and being especially prone to homers, that was a scary way to start the game. Yet, he instantly pulled the nose back up on this start and faced just two batters over the minimum from that point to the end of his outing and completed seven innings for the first time since April 11th, 2023. It wasn’t necessarily vintage deGrom, though. He forced just eight swings-and-misses and barely got the Dodgers to chase anything out of the strike zone. Also, he didn’t throw a single curveball for the first time all season and only mixed in a handful of changeups to left-handed batters. It’s been fun trying to re-calibrate our understanding of who deGrom is at this point in his career and it’s encouraging that he held the Dodgers’ dangerous lineup in check without missing many bats. He’s set to take on the Athletics in his next start.