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The veteran reliever turned starter pitched well in Triple-A but struggled to a 12.91 ERA and 2.61 WHIP across 7 2/3 innings with the big league club. He will likely be on the hunt for another minor league contract this winter.

Freeman is back in right field and hitting second after a one-game absence due to lower leg soreness. The 27-year-old outfielder has been locked-in at the plate recently, hitting .400 (10-for-25) with one RBI and one steal over his last seven games.

Raleigh will head to Triple-A Tacoma next week before potentially making it back to Seattle at some point around mid-June. The 29-year-old slugging backstop has been on the shelf recovering from a right oblique strain since mid-May. It was his first-ever trip to the injured list during his six-year career. There’s stil plenty of time for him to turn things around in the second half following a slow start to the year at the dish.

Schanuel was diagnosed with ankle tendinitis after hitting the injured list back on May 27. The 24-year-old first baseman isn’t expected to miss too much time and it sounds like there’s a strong possibility he returns for this weekend’s series against the Dodgers.

Pushard heads back to Miami after passing through waivers unclaimed earlier this week. The 28-year-old Rule 5 pick posted a lackluster 5.14 ERA, 1.43 WHIP and 6/4 K/BB ratio across seven innings for the Cardinals.

Henderson is estimated to return in late June or early July, according to the Brewers, after hitting the injured list with a lower back strain last week. The 24-year-old top prospect has been outstanding with a 2.74 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 30/6 K/BB ratio across 23 innings over five starts this season. He’s worth hanging onto in all fantasy formats on the chance that he’s back by the end of the month.

Peralta did well to wash away a lead-off home run from J.P. Crawford and made sure that would be the only Mariners’ run on the afternoon. Now, he still wasn’t super sharp. There was traffic on the bases in all but his sixth and final frame and he still let his pitch count get too high based on how little damage was being done against him. One huge positive to pull from this start, this was the best Peralta’s slider has looked all season. He’s been oddly reluctant to use it thus far, but leaned on it with a 48% usage rate against right-handed batters and it forced five swings-and-misses while rarely being squared up. Also, as his confidence grew in the pitch, he broke off a nasty front-door one to strike out Randy Arozarena looking as the penultimate batter he’d faced. This is very encouraging for Peralta who has a great 3.38 ERA to go along with an iffy 1.31 WHIP without being able to pitch deeply in many games so far. He’ll have a chance to build on this next week at home against the Cardinals.

Is this it? Is Bichette finally waking up? This felt like a vintage game for him, dunking singles left and right while coming through on multiple occasions with runners in scoring position. Still, he doesn’t have an extra-base hit in more than two weeks – his second drought that long over the last five weeks, somehow – and it will take more to convince us this wretched start is behind him. Even after a four-hit day, his batting average sits at .226 with a lowly .590 OPS.

Crawford got his squad going with a first inning home run, but that would stand as their only run in this loss. After a double and single that followed, he had an at-bat in the seventh needing just a triple for the cycle. Not in the spirit of the moment, he watched three strikes for a backwards K. Yet, that home run was his third in his last seven games and his 10 are only two shy of the 12 he hit all of last season. He’s also hit lead-off in 12 straight games and is a solid deep league asset.

Kirby’s struggles continue. The wheels fell off for him during an ugly fourth inning where he allowed the Mets’ eight and nine hitters to reach base before three hits and a double-steal helped bring home four runs. He wasn’t sharp otherwise either, as the Mets put at least one runner on in all four of his frames. His command on both his sinker and knuckle-curve were way worse than we’re used to seeing and he’s now given up 17 earned runs across 21 innings during his last four starts. He’ll have a chance to get back on track next week against the Orioles.

Woodruff’s next steps should come into focus at some point later this week. He’ll either head out for a minor league rehab start or jump back into Milwaukee’s rotation at some point next week. It’s highly likely he’ll require at least one rehab outing before returning. The 33-year-old has been on the shelf recovering from shoulder inflammation since early May.