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Coming off back-to-back disappointing months, Henderson has opened September 4-for-11 with a homer, four walks and two steals. Of course, it’s probably helped that his three games have come against the Rockies and White Sox. In spite of his struggles of late, Henderson is fifth in the majors with 106 runs scored and sixth with his 34 homers.

Friday’s series opener in Cleveland might be the plan here. Eli White should head back to the bench when Acuña is activated.

Riley is eligible to come off the injured list on Thursday, but it sounds like he’ll be out for at least another week. Nacho Alvarez Jr. has been filling in at third base.

The Diamondbacks were down by two with none on and two outs in the top of the ninth and roared back with four runs against Phil Maton to stun the reeling Rangers. Marte is batting .297/.398/.558 with 23 homers in 88 games this season. Injuries have prevented him from putting up truly incredible numbers, but even so, he’s probably been the National League’s second-best player since the beginning of 2024.

Gallen struck out only one with six whiffs and a 21% CSW in the 98-pitch outing. He has a nice enough 3.18 ERA in three starts this month, but an easy schedule has helped. He’s hard to recommend right now while pitching for a team playing out the string. At least he will skip the four-game series in Colorado this weekend and get Cleveland at home on Monday.

Saalfrank, who is two months removed from concluding a one-year gambling suspension, retired Sam Haggerty, Corey Seager and Marcus Semien in order. He’s allowed only one earned run in 14 innings for the Diamondbacks, though his 9/5 K/BB isn’t very impressive. It’s possible he’ll get additional saves, but no one in the Diamondbacks pen seems like a great option for fantasy rosters right now.

Kelly was in line for the win until the ninth, when the D-backs scored four times. He struck out five and walked one for his 14th quality start in 25 turns this season. He’s due to make his next start in Kansas City.

Maton entered with one on and two outs in the eighth and struck out Tyler Locklear to end the inning. He then struck out Jake McCarthy and Alek Thomas to start the ninth in a two-run game, but a stunning meltdown followed. He gave up a homer to James McCann, hit Blake Alexander, walked Geraldo Perdomo and surrendered another homer to Ketel Marte. Maton had allowed just one homer in 43 1/3 innings this season coming into the day. He’s still probably the favorite for saves in Texas, but he better not blow another chance right away.

Burger sat in favor of Rowdy Tellez the last three days before getting the nod against Zac Gallen today. His homer came off Gallen, and he later added a single against fellow righty John Curtiss. We’ll have to wait and see whether this keeps him in the lineup against the Jays’ Chris Bassitt on Friday. Burger might still be of interest in mixed leagues if he resumes playing regularly.

Of course, it wasn’t announced ahead of time. Woodruff, making his seventh start since returning from shoulder surgery, was lifted after throwing 65 pitches in four scoreless innings against the Pirates. It was his first start on four days’ rest.

Contreras also had another walk that didn’t come with the bases loaded. The first of his singles left his bat at 110.5 mph. While Contreras has been a big fantasy disappointment this season, probably because of his thumb injury, things are getting better. His hard-hit rate has gone from 38.8% in April and 40.6% in May to 45.5% in June, 55.4% in July and 63.9% so far in August.