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Klobosits has been removed from Washington’s 40-man roster and placed on waivers with the hope that another team will scoop him up. The 26-year-old righty made 11 unremarkable relief appearances last year with the Nationals.

Gurriel hit the first of two two-run blasts off of Freddy Peralta in the opening inning on Friday. He then added a run-scoring single in the third inning and chipped in another RBI knock in the fifth. The 31-year-old outfielder has had a solid spring at the dish, hitting .324 (12-for-37) with a homer, nine RBI and a pair of stolen bases.

Woof. Alright, get it all out of your system now before the games start counting. Burnes did manage to record five of his seven total outs via the strikeout and didn’t walk a batter, for whatever that’s worth. He entered the start with a 1.35 ERA for the spring season and winds up finishing with an abysmal 5.06 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and a 22/2 K/BB ratio over 16 frames. Fantasy managers should keep the faith, Burnes is going to be just fine.

The Brewers made life difficult on former ace Corbin Burnes on Friday, scoring eight runs off of him in the first four innings. Contreras contributed to that fun with an RBI double in the opening inning and a run-scoring single in the second. With his four-hit night, the game’s top backstop is now hitting .455 (15-for-33) with a pair of homers, nine RBI and a stolen base so far this spring.

Yikes. On the plus side, at least Peralta struck out five batters in the abysmal performance. He gave up four runs in the opening inning on a pair of two-run homers from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Gabriel Moreno. He then settled in and put up zeroes for two innings before the D’Backs hung another four on him in the fourth. They tacked on another pair in the fifth before he mercifully called it a night. This start obviously skews his entire spring numbers as he finishes with an 8.56 ERA, 1.61 WHIP and a 16/5 K/BB ratio over his 13 2/3 innings. He remains a strong source of strikeouts for fantasy purposes as a fringe top 30 starting pitcher.

Canha wasn’t going to earn a bench spot on the Brewers’ Opening Day roster, so they flipped him to the Royals where he’s likely to function in a short-side platoon role and can mash left-handed pitching. It’s still unlikely that Canha sees enough playing time to gain any relevancy from a fantasy perspective — especially now that he’s playing half of his games in Kansas City.

This was nothing more than a procedural move to free up a spot on the club’s 40-man roster for the addition of Kyle Gibson on Friday. Bradish is still in the process of recovering from Tommy John surgery and isn’t expected to be ready to return until July at the earliest.

The 37-year-old right-hander returns to the Orioles where he won a career-high 15 games during the 2023 season. It’s probably going to take him at least a couple of weeks to get up to speed, but once he’s ready to go Gibson will grab a spot in the Orioles’ rotation. It’s not the high-end addition that the O’s desperately needed to make, but Gibson does add depth to the club’s starting rotation.

Strickland had an upcoming out-out clause in his minor league deal that he was likely to use anyways and he wasn’t going to make the Opening Day roster, so this move makes sense for both parties. He’s now free to explore opportunities elsewhere.

The 41-year-old hurler was informed that he wasn’t going to crack the team’s Opening Day bullpen, so they’re giving him an opportunity to latch on elsewhere if he so chooses. Chavez struggled badly in Cactus League action, posting a 9.45 ERA, 2.10 WHIP and a 6/4 K/BB ratio across 6 2/3 innings.

Edwards singled off of Michael Soroka, swiped second base and scored on a two-run single by Eric Wagaman as part of the Marlins’ six-run uprising in the fifth inning on Friday. Edwards has picked up right where he left off last season this spring, hitting .319 (15-for-47) with nine RBI and three stolen bases.