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Johnson was released by the White Sox last week to make room on the 40-man roster after the team made several moves at the trade deadline. The 25-year-old righty relief prospect will remain with the organization.

Witt Jr. accounted for 60 percent of the hits for the Royals on Friday in a game where the Giants pitching held Kansas City to five knocks and just one run. The three-hit game sees the 24-year-old star increase his average to .334, and he’s swinging the bat much better after a shaky beginning to the month of September.

Ramos finished a homer short of the cycle in this one. His RBI was an infield single to score Mike Yastrzemski in the first, and he’s now plated 70 batters in his first full year as a starter. Ramos is going to have some lulls as long as he continues to have contact issues — and there’s no reason to think he won’t going forward — but the strides he’s taken in 2024 shouldn’t be discredited.

Doval walked two in the outing and gave up a sac fly to Garrett Hampson, but because the Giants came into the ninth with a 2-0 lead, he was able to get the save; his 23rd of the season. It also saw his ERA raise to 5.24, so outside of those saves, there hasn’t been much to praise for the 27-year-old.

Wacha struck out five in the start while allowing six hits and one walk. The 33-year-old wasn’t nearly as good as he was Saturday against the Pirates, but he deserved better than a loss in this one. Unfortunately the Royals offense sans Bobby WItt Jr. is “going through it” right now, so he falls to 13-8 on the season. Wacha will look to lower his 3.28 ERA Thursday when he faces a very beatable Washington lineup.

Black surrendered just four hits in the contest, and he struck out four and walked one. He threw 54-of-84 pitches for strikes; not an elite number, but a nice number to see from a player that has dealt with command problems in his starts. His ERA is still 5.84 even with the scoreless outing, but there’s been just enough good from Black to suggest he can be a fantasy-relevant starter in the coming seasons.

You wouldn’t know it from looking at the box score, but Bohm made a critical baserunning blunder early in this game that looked like it could’ve proved vital at the time. He was tagged out at home after the ball squirted away from mets’ catcher Luis Torrens following a Nick Castellanos RBI double. It was just 2-2 and Bohm looked dejected. Then, he socked a three-run home run in his next at-bat and the rout was on. This was his first multi-hit game since returning from the injured list last week as he looks to finish out his regular season on a high note.

Iglesias was practically the extent of the Mets’ offense in this one with a lead-off home run and wound up with two of their four hits, including the only two that went for extra bases. He’s been nothing short of a revelation for New York this season, first steadying the bottom of their order, releasing a number one hit single, then becoming their full-time second baseman after Jeff McNeil went out with an injury, and now filling in for Francisco Lindor atop their order. He’s responded with a .333 batting average which is the highest by any player in the National League with at least 250 plate appearances.

Sánchez, like David Peterson, was tasked with facing this same Mets lineup for the second straight start and it felt like they were ready for him after putting up two runs in the first inning. Then, he settled in nicely, despite a heap of walks, and hung on just long enough to earn the win. There was one tense moment even after the Phillies built up an 8-2 lead when Sánchez walked Starling Marte and Mark Vientos to load the bases for Pete Alonso. He got tough, struck out Alonso on three pitches, and ended his night on a high note. Sánchez is scheduled to face the Cubs next in his final start of the regular season.

This game started well for Peterson who struck out Kyle Schwaber and Bryce Harper in the first inning and amassed 10 total swings-and-misses in the first two. Yet, the Phillies kept making consistently hard contact and the floodgates opened in the fourth when they hit three straight balls over 106 MPH and chased Peterson after five runs were on the board. This was his second straight outing against the Phillies which is an incredibly difficult task and resulted in his shortest outing of the season. He’s lined up to face the Braves in Atlanta next time out.

Rojas hit a solo homer off Jacob deGrom to give Seattle a 1-0 lead. That’s his first homer since August 18, and the eighth of the season. Hopefully managers realized his red-hot start over the first month wasn’t sustainable, because even with it he’s hitting .227/.307/.342.