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Reddick reached a deal in February with Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League and has since batted .225 with a .642 OPS in 51 plate appearances. He’ll now eventually head over to Australia, though the ABL season does not begin until November. The 35-year-old outfielder is probably done in MLB-affiliated ball.

Alvarez remains in a bit of a holding pattern, which is frustrating for fantasy managers eagerly awaiting his return. The 27-year-old fantasy superstar would be back in Houston’s lineup if he were feeling 100 percent, but that’s clearly not the case. At this juncture, it’s unclear how close he is to making it back, especially after he told reporters earlier this week that he was still dealing with some right hand soreness while swinging a bat. Hopefully there is some additional clarity on his status at some point in the coming days.

Eder gives the Angels a fresh arm heading into Sunday’s series finale against the Athletics in Sacramento. The 26-year-old lefty has made three relief appearances this season for Los Angeles after being acquired from the White Sox back in late March.

Dana was a highly-regarded pitching prospect for Los Angeles in the recent past, so it’s surprising to see him pitching in what amounts to mop-up duty. The 21-year-old righty returns to the minors after a one-day stint with the big-league club.

It’s a routine off day for both O’Hoppe and Neto to close out a series in Sacramento. O’Hoppe has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball over the past week, batting .370 (10-for-27) with four homers over his last seven games. It’ll be Travis d’Arnaud handling the catching duties with Kevin Newman at shortstop.

India becomes the latest player under the weather as an illness makes its way through Kansas City’s clubhouse. It’ll be Nick Loftin taking over in left field on Sunday afternoon.

Skubal needed just 94 pitches, the last of which was clocked at 102.6 mph and was his hardest of the game. He walked none and allowed only two hits: a double to Will Wilson in the sixth and a single to José Ramírez in the seventh. He generated 26 whiffs on 58 swings, including 14 on his changeup. The 13 strikeouts matched his career high. He had pitched more than seven innings just once before, when he completed eight against the Red Sox last August. He’s 5-2 with a 2.49 ERA ahead of a start next weekend against the Royals.

Just an all-around hideous day from Allen, who twice made throwing errors on comebackers from Riley Greene. He’s now failed to complete five innings five times in 10 starts (one of those was due to a rain delay, though since he’d allowed two runs in three innings, he might not have finished five anyway). His 4.31 ERA isn’t so bad, but it’d certainly be worse if not for the quick hooks. His rotation spot would be in jeopardy if the Guardians decide Parker Messick is ready for a shot.

The homer was just his second in 202 career plate appearances against lefties. McKinstry was a .205 hitter versus southpaws coming into the season, but he’s at .361 (17-for-47) right now. Righties, on the other hand, have been a problem for him lately; he came into the day with a .214/.263/.315 line overall in his previous 20 games and 76 plate appearances.

Arias had plenty of company in struggling against Skubal today, but this makes five straight hitless games for him. After a fine April in which he posted a .775 OPS, he’s 13-for-64 with no homers this month, dropping his OPS to .647. He might start losing some playing time against righties if this keeps up.

Reynolds is going to get some extra rest during Sunday’s series finale as he deals with some minor physical issues. The 30-year-old got off to an abysmal start this season at the plate, but he’s hitting .280 (7-for-25) with five RBI over his last seven games. It’ll be rookie Alexander Canario in right field in his absence.