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Chirinos served up nine hits, including a solo shot to Francisco Lindor and a two-run blast to Jeff McNeil, and was saddled with yet another loss. He struck out four and also handed out four free passes. The 30-year-old righty has done a decent job gobbling up innings for the rebuilding Marlins of late, but his inability to miss bats should keep him off fantasy rosters until further notice. He’ll bring a disastrous 6.30 ERA, 1.87 WHIP and 25/13 K/BB ratio across 30 innings (six starts) into a tough road matchup on Saturday against the Brewers.

Carroll had two homers through 87 games this season. He has 19 in 61 games since. His average (.235) and steal total (29) are still well down from last year, but it’s remarkable how similar to 2023 the rest of his numbers look now, given where he was three months ago.

Rodriguez had no problems with Coors Field, turning in his highest strikeout total since 2019. He allowed hard-hit balls to just two of the 25 batters he faced, and it was simply unfortunate that four of the five singles he gave up came in a five-batter span in the third inning. Rodriguez is 3-3 with a 5.09 ERA. He’s currently slated to make two starts next week against the Giants and Padres, but that could change if the Diamondbacks clinch.

Gomber, who had completed six innings in six straight starts, suffered his earliest exit of the year today. He took the loss to fall to 5-11 with a 4.67 ERA. His final start will come at home against the Cardinals next week.

It’s tough beating what the Diamondbacks have received from their Joc Pederson-Grichuk platoon this season. Grichuk is 15-for-33 with six homers and 15 RBI this month, putting him at .292/.346/.525 for the season. Considering that his OPS is over .800 in limited action against right-handers, some teams might look at him as a regular this winter.

This was how the rotation was initially set up, but Lance Lynn was angling to come back on Sunday for the home finale. Now that Lynn is on the IL, Pallante is the confirmed starter. Steven Matz could get a start next week in Lynn’s place.

That’ll make him extra attractive in free agency this winter, since he’ll only be asking for a one-year deal. Martin has a 3.43 ERA in 39 1/3 innings this season after coming in at 1.05 in 51 1/3 innings last year, but it’s been less of a decline than a correction. One imagines several contenders will be after him as a setup man who, while far from a workhorse, could help a bunch in October.

Latz was quite effective for the Rangers before getting hurt in early August, amassing a 3.71 ERA in 43 2/3 innings. Still, the team didn’t want to demote Walter Pennington or anyone else to make room for him right now.

Tate, who was claimed off waivers from the Orioles on Sept. 1, will make his Jays debut after allowing one run in five innings for Buffalo. It’d probably take $1.5 million-$1.8 million to keep him in arbitration, so he’ll have to make a really strong first impression here in order to stick on the Jays roster this winter.

Frías, called up Sept. 6, was tagged for eight runs over 3 1/3 innings in his four appearances for the Blue Jays.

Arraez could have DH’d tonight, but Fernando Tatis Jr. was slated to DH as the Padres try to manage his workload as he comes back from a leg injury. As a result, Arraez is out of the lineup. He should be available off the bench.