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That means the Guardians will pick first in the 2024 MLB Draft. The Reds also benefitted greatly from Tuesday’s lottery, as they moved up from what would have been the 14th pick in the first round, all the way up to the second selection. The Rockies, Athletics and Royals — each of whom had the best odds at securing the top pick at 18.3 percent — will pick third, fourth and sixth respectively — with the White Sox moving up to the fifth pick. The Cardinals, Angels, Pirates and Nationals will round out the top 10.

Doval doesn’t get a win, save or even a hold since he worked in a tie ballgame, which is disappointing. Three strikeouts and a scoreless frame to lower the ole ERA is a nice consolation prize. Doval has been fantastic in 2025, and there’s no reason to think that he’s giving up this closing gig to anyone in the San Francisco bullpen anytime soon, if ever.

You don’t see a ton of five-out saves anymore, but Miller was able to do just that for the series-opening win against the Orioles. The hard-throwing right-hander struck out three, and he issued just a walk while not allowing any hits. Miller’s stuff is electric and few closers are better when he’s at his best, and after his struggles for the majority of May, it appears he’s turned things around for the better.

Kremer was coming off an excellent start against the White Sox on Saturday, but he was nowhere close to as effective in his follow-up start. He struck out just two while allowing eight hits; giving fantasy managers an idea of how little he fooled the A’s lineup during Friday’s affair. Kremer looked good for most of June, but this was a reminder of what can go wrong when you don’t have quality swing-and-miss stuff. He’s a volatile option at best against the Tigers on Thursday.

Fitzgerald scored on a wild pitch from Pierce Johnson in the 10th inning to give San Francisco a win in the first game of the series. He went 1-for-4 in the contest with a run scored, and he’s slashed a shaky — at best — .259/.316/.364 over 143 at-bats.

With Atlanta trailing by a pair of runs, Olson swatted a two-run homer off Ryan Walker in the seventh to tie things up. It’s the 13th homer of the season for the 31-year-old, which puts him on pace for right around 33 homers in the 2025 campaign. For most hitters that’s an excellent season, for someone like Olson that fantasy managers are relying on as a major homer threat, it’s just ok.

Birdsong’s stuff was solid. The command was anything but. He needed 93 pitches to get his 13 outs, and 41 of those landed outside of the strike zone with Birdsong issuing five walks before being pulled. It’s disappointing, because a modicum of quality control could have seen him pitch deep, but instead it’s a very mediocre no-decision. Birdsong gets to face the Rockies in Colorado next week, and he’ll hope for similar stuff with more strikes.

Schwellenbach walked two over those six innings, and he struck out four while allowing six hits. It was a far cry from the impressive 11 strikeouts he procured against the Red Sox last week, but his struggles still resulted in a quality start while seeing his ERA bump up to a still-good 3.24. He’ll be back on the bump against the Brewers on Wednesday if there’s no change to the rotation order.

Sears allowed only four hits, but half of those were homers to make that number a little less impressive. He also walked three while throwing 50-of-86 pitches for strikes, and he whiffed three as well. Sears was awful in June with an ERA of 8.37, and his ERA for June is now 7.20. He’ll take a 5.21 overall mark into a scheduled start Wednesday against the Angels.

What a rookie season it has been for Wilson. The 23-year-old singled thrice in the victory, and it has his average up to a resounding .369; second in baseball to only Aaron Judge. Wilson has now picked up at least two hits in four-of-five games played in June, and it’s now back-to-back games with three knocks. There are still unanswered power questions and the lack of steals hurts, but there is zero question about the hit tool.

That homer came off J.P. Sears in the fifth, and tied the game at 4-4. He also doubled for the ninth time in 2025, while the roundtripper gives Holliday eight over the first 62 games of the season. The current .268/.320/.445 slash that the 21-year-old registers is far from a bad one, but there are signs that suggest we haven’t seen anything close to the best of Holliday just yet.