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Well, that’s not the move we were expecting to make room for Amed Rosario on the Reds roster. It does make Rosario worth a look in mixed leagues, though. Ty France, who had seemed destined to lose playing time to Rosario, will likely remain the Reds’ primary first baseman for now.

Marte drove in two runs with a two-run triple that gave the Mets a 4-0 cushion in the third. The Phillies would score the next six runs. Still a nice day for Marte, who also drew a walk with the bases loaded in the first. Marte hasn’t been anything close to elite in 2024, but his 15 steals in 82 games help compensate for a so-so line of .271/.320/.399.

Harper hadn’t homered since August 9. He decided to make up for lost time with the multi-homer game, and he’s up to 150 homers as a member of the Phillies. The 31-year-old still has 28 homers on the year despite that month-long power drought, and his .290/.377/.537 slash has been just fine without the roundtrippers. That being said, fantasy managers sure won’t complain if Harper wants to go on a hot run of dingers to end the season.

Estevez allowed one hit, but he worked around it to secure the win for the Phillies. That’s the 26th save of the season for the 31-year-old, and six of those have come since he was traded from the Angels to Philadelphia near the deadline. He’s also put up a solid 2.22 ERA and 78/31 K/BB in the 2024 campaign.

All of the runs allowed were on homers to Bryce Harper, who hadn’t homered since August 9 prior to Saturday. He took Severino for a solo blast and then a two-run shot, and while he was fine outside of that, the Mets’ bullpen wasn’t good enough to protect a 4-3 lead after he left. He walked one and struck out five in a solid if unspectacular effort. Severino is scheduled to face the Phillies again Thursday.

Allard gave up a two-run triple to Starling Marte in the third and two more runs in the first. The left-hander was called up for the start Saturday in hopes he could give them more than Tyler Phillips and Seth Johnson have, and it was more of the same. It remains to be seen whether Allard will get another chance to pitch in the rotation.

Tena knocked a base hit to lead off the fourth inning and stole second before scoring on a base hit by Keibert Ruiz. He later took Valente Bellozo deep for a solo homer in the sixth. The 23-year-old third baseman has been solid in his limited time with the Nationals, slashing .306/.342/.434 with three homers and five steals across 117 plate appearances.

Yepez drew a walk in the first inning, then later took George Soriano deep for a solo homer in the eighth to give the Nationals an insurance run. It was Yepez’s sixth home run of the season while slashing .284/.340/.443 with 22 RBI across 203 plate appearances.

Finnegan was summoned to close out the game with a three-run lead in the ninth inning. He gave up leadoff single before inducing a ground ball double-play and striking out the final batter to end the game with his 38th save.

Corbin had an excellent outing against the Marlins on Saturday. He tossed a clean first inning, then gave up a run on a double and a base hit in the second. Corbin scattered just one more hit and one walk over four more scoreless innings, striking out six on his way to a win. The 35-year-old left-hander will take a 5.45 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, and a 132/52 K/BB ratio across 165 innings into a start against the Cubs in Chicago on Thursday.