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Scott allowed two hits and two walks with one strikeout. A fourth-round pick back in 2018, the 26-year-old left-hander kept the Chicago lineup off-balance, and was mostly able to throw quality strikes. Scott could make an appearance in the majors before the end of the 2022 campaign, but he’s almost assuredly ticketed for Triple-A to begin the year, and there’s not much fantasy upside in his arsenal.

Suárez also drew a pair of walks. He hit a two-run homer off Roki Sasaki to give him 11 on the season; four of those coming two weeks ago when he tied the MLB record for homers in a game. The 33-year-old is hitting a rough .210 on the season, but his 28 RBI and the aforementioned roundtrippers have kept him relevant — and then some — over the first quarter of the season.

Hernández also doubled. He obliterated his solo homer off a wholly ineffective Eduardo Rodriguez, with the ball traveling an estimated 438 feet. Hernández has not done much in the average category as a three-hit day still has him hitting .215, but the five homers and .468 slugging percentage are nice numbers. Maybe not nice enough, but nice regardless

Marte hit his first homer Thursday, and it didn’t take long for him to triple that total. He took Roki Sasaki deep in the first inning, and then homered off Alex Vesia to make it a 10-8 lead for the Diamondbacks in the eighth inning. Now that Marte is healthy from his hamstring injury, there’s zero reason to think he won’t be among the best fantasy infielders in the sport.

All grand slams are big, but grand slams that tie the game are a little more special. That’s what Gurriel did with his bases-clearing roundtripper off Anthony Banda in the fifth inning. He also had a fielder’s choice drive in a run an inning earlier. Gurriel has gone deep seven times while slashing .213/.238/.418

Ohtani also doubled twice. The defending MVP came up huge with a three-run blast off Kevin Ginkel to give the Dodgers their three-run lead and ultimately a victory. He’s up to 12 homers on the season — tied for the MLB lead — and his four RBI on the night bump that total to 20. Ohtani has homered five times in May, with four of those coming over the last five games. He is an unbelievably special baseball player.

Scott didn’t allow a hit and picked up a pair of strikeouts while lowering his ERA to 1.93. He’s allowed just one run over his last 15 appearances, and he’s starting to miss bats at the level fantasy managers were hoping for. Scott will cede a few save chances in 2025, but there’s going to be more than enough chances over the final 120-plus games for him to be an excellent fantasy stopper.

It’s hard to give up eight runs and get no decision, but Rodriguez did just that thanks to an implosion by the Dodgers’ pitching staff. Still, this was an ugly effort from the 32-year-old that saw him allow nine hits, three doubles, three walks and a homer. Not ideal. Rodriguez now has an abhorrent ERA of 7.30, and he’d be a very risky streaming option against the Giants on Wednesday in San Francisco.

The good news is that Sasaki’s issue wasn’t throwing strikes. The right-hander threw 43-of-61 pitches for strikes and he walked just two. The bad news is that he was still ineffective, and he wasn’t able to go deep even in a game where the Dodgers gave him nine runs of support before he exited. Sasaki now has a 4.72 ERA on the season, and while there’s plenty of baseball left to be played, its’ fair to say he isn’t living up to (lofty) expectations. He’ll try and rebound against the Athletics next week.

Goldschmidt was responsible for one of the four homers the Yankees hit Friday night, with the other three coming off the bat of Jasson Dominguez. The 37-year-old first baseman also singled and walked, and he’s now hitting a robust .345/.397/.486. There were plenty skeptical of the Goldschmidt signing after his disappointing 2024 campaign. So far, those skeptics have been proven quite wrong.

Dominguez became the youngest member of the Yankees to hit three homers in a game, passing some guy named Joe DiMaggio. One of those homers was a grand slam, and he ended up driving in seven runs in the best game of his career. It’d be the best game of most careers. Fantasy managers are going to have to take some bitter with the better in Dominguez’s rookie season, but the talent competes with any young outfielder in baseball.