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Snead, 29, had been throwing the ball very well at Triple-A Tacoma, compiling a 2.92 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and a 13/2 K/BB ratio over 12 1/3 innings in his first 12 appearances. He’ll give manager Scott Servais another weapon to deploy in the late innings.

Knehr continues to work his way back from a right elbow injury that caused him to miss all of last season. The 28-year-old right-hander made 21 appearances (seven starts) for San Diego from 2021-2023, posting a lackluster 5.96 ERA, 1.51 WHIP and 34/29 K/BB ratio across 48 1/3 innings of work.

Feigl will head to Triple-A St. Paul as extra organizational relief depth. The 34-year-old southpaw made one relief appearance last year for the Pirates and posted a respectable 4.05 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 68/15 K/BB ratio across 60 innings (39 appearances) at Triple-A Indianapolis.

Freeman will make his return to game action for the first time since undergoing offseason ankle surgery. He could potentially play first base over the weekend. Barring an unexpected development, the 35-year-old fantasy stalwart should be ready for Opening Day in a couple weeks when the Dodgers square off against the Cubs in the Tokyo Series.

Venable also added that Martín Pérez and Jonathan Cannon have locked up spots in the club’s season-opening rotation. No real surprises here. The decision leaves some combination of Sean Burke, Jairo Iriarte and Bryse Wilson in contention for the final two spots. Martin recorded a serviceable 4.32 ERA, 1.46 WHIP and 47/23 K/BB ratio across 50 innings (11 appearances, 10 starts) last year after missing the previous season recovering from Tommy John surgery. He’s shown some increased strikeout upside after adding a kick-changeup last August to his repertoire. He’s an interesting late-round lottery ticket in deeper mixed leagues and AL-only formats.

McLain in center and Gavin Lux at second might be the Reds’ best arrangement, but they’re committed to keeping McLain at second for now. McLain is a bit of a roll of the dice after his shoulder surgery and the missed season, but he certainly would seem to have the potential to be a top-five fantasy second baseman.

He struck out two. With Rhett Lowder and Andrew Abbott both being brought along slowly this spring, the slim chance of Lodolo getting left out of the Reds rotation appears gone. He’ll probably offer some mixed-league value while healthy.

That’s three homes in three games. De La Cruz has a 2.500 OPS, which might just be sustainable for him. However, he’s yet to steal a base this spring, so his fantasy stock is surely about to crash.

Trout served as the Angels’ leadoff man today, but that was probably just to get him an extra at-bat before his departure. He’ll play right field for the second time this spring on Friday.

Gelof entered last year as Oakland’s No. 2 hitter. Now he’s batting eighth behind CJ Alexander in spring training lineups. That’s how disappointing he was in hitting .211/.270/.362 with an AL-high 188 strikeouts last season. However, Gelof still has power (17 homers) and speed (25 steals), and now he’s in a better offensive ballpark in Sacramento. He’s probably not going to be the major leaguer the A’s were hoping for, but he could yet prove to be a nice fantasy pick this year.

Spence held his own last year despite averaging 91.9 mph with his sinking fastball. Today, he averaged 94.6 mph on the nine he threw, topping out at 95.8 mph. The former Rule 5 pick might be more than a fringe No. 4 or 5 starter if he can hold on to hose gains.