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The move clears a spot on the 40-man roster. It’s a tough pill to swallow for Adolfo, who actually had himself a nice spring. Perhaps he’ll draw interest elsewhere.

This was vintage Gausman. He artfully mixed his patented splitter and fastball leaving the Padres seemingly clueless as to which of those two pitches were coming next. His command of that fastball was especially good and that helped his splitter generate 13 swings-and-misses, most which came on ugly swings. It’s nice to see the top-end for Gausman is still here while understanding his start-to-start production is a bit more erratic than it was during his heyday. He’s scheduled for a two-start week coming up against the Rangers and Athletics.

Believe it or not, this game was scoreless in the fifth inning before Lukes’ go-ahead home run against Randy Vásquez. Then, the floodgates opened and Toronto put up 12 runs between the seventh and eighth innings. Lukes and Jonatan Clase are in a battle for playing time in the corner outfield while Andrés Giménez is out, Ernie Clement is replacing him at second base, and Addison Barger – who had two hits and five hard-hit balls in this game – filling the void at third. Anthony Santander also left this game early with hip inflammation after missing a handful of games with a shoulder injury. It will be interesting to see how the playing time works out among this group when the Blue Jays are at full health.

Arraez still managed to get his on a night where the Padres were blanked by Kevin Gausman. His average jumped back over .300 for the first time in two weeks and somehow that triple was his third in 18 games. He remains an incredible source of batting average without offering much else.

Vásquez is amazing at mixing his deep arsenal just enough to avoid significant damage. Overall, he threw all five of his pitches at least 11% of the time in this one and was pitching a shutout until Nathan Lukes smacked a hanging sweeper for a two-run homer. That was the extent of the damage and while he misses very few bats – just three whiffs in this start – he now has an excellent 3.49 ERA on the season. He’s lined up for an enticing two-start week coming up against the Marlins and Pirates.

Cruz hasn’t pitched since Sunday’s 26-pitch outing due to an unspecified shoulder ailment. It doesn’t sound like he’s in danger of requiring a trip to the injured list since imaging didn’t reveal anything serious. However, the Yankees have made an effort to stay away from him in recent days. The 35-year-old righty has recorded a stellar 2.66 ERA and 35/8 K/BB ratio across 23 2/3 innings (21 appearances) this season.

Baty drew a rare start against a left-handed pitcher with Garrett Crochet on the mound and it paid huge dividends for the Mets. His run-scoring single in the second inning felt like the Mets’ first hit with a runner in scoring position in months. Then, he came through again in the clutch to drive in the go ahead run during the seventh. He was seen screaming and hyping up his dugout after that single, both releasing his own and the Mets’ demons for finally coming through in a clutch situation. It’s telling that he was in the lineup against Crochet and the Mets’ manager Carlos Mendoza cited his strong defense as the key reason why. There might be a changing of the guard at third base in New York.

Megill might’ve felt the heat after a handful of poor starts and with the Mets many injured pitchers due back soon. He responded to that pressure with a dominant first few innings. He struck out four batters through two and importantly for Megill, 21 of his 30 pitches through those first two innings were strikes. His strikeout total rose to nine after four innings and the Red Sox struggled to generate any base runners. Then, he ran into trouble during the fifth after an infield hit, hit-by-pitch, two walks, and a sacrifice fly which forced him from the game. Still, this start was a huge step in the right direction and was spurred by him being more aggressive in the zone with his fastball. His next start is scheduled to come Tuesday against the White Sox.

The Red Sox offense was mostly stifled by Tylor Megill and the Mets’ bullpen in this one with Duran’s sacrifice fly generating their only run. While he’s had a bit of a disappointing start to the season with just three home runs and a .727 OPS, he’s near the top of the league with 12 stolen bases.

Crochet battled through a cold night at Fenway Park without his best stuff to still limit the Mets to just one run. He did manage to wriggle out of plenty of jams though as the Mets shortcomings with runners in scoring position continued. Still, he was up over 40 pitches through two innings and couldn’t give his normal length. He’s lined up for a two-start week coming up next against the Brewers and Braves.

Wilson was 0-for-1 with a walk before being replaced by Brandon Marsh in left field to open the bottom of the fourth inning. The versatile 30-year-old has played sparingly this season, mostly against left-handed starters.