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  • SD 2nd Baseman #7
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    Ha-Seong Kim had difficulties with his injured shoulder while trying to make throws across the diamond Saturday, making a quick return to the Padres less likely.
    Kim has been out since Aug. 19 with shoulder inflammation. There was some hope he might return this week, but it doesn’t look like that will happen. The Padres have been going with Mason McCoy at shortstop, but they might soon bite the bullet to move Xander Bogaerts back to his old spot, opening up more playing time for David Peralta and Donovan Solano.
  • CHC Center Fielder #4
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    Pete Crow-Armstrong had two homers, a double and a walk Thursday as the Cubs trounced the Twins 8-1.
    Crow-Armstrong, who went 0-for-8 in the first two games of the series, had a 414-foot homer off Chris Paddack in the third and a 425-foot homer of Anthony Misiewicz in the seventh. It’s his sixth two-homer game, five of which have come this year. He’s up to 25 homers overall, which is tied with teammate Seiya Suzuki for sixth in the majors, and he’s the only player in the league with 20 homers and 20 steals (27, in his case).
    Kim should settle in as Rays starting shortstop
    Ha-Seong Kim returned to the Tampa Bay Rays this week after missing the first half of the season with a shoulder injury, and Eric Samulski examines Kim's fantasy value down the stretch.
  • CHC Starting Pitcher #53
    Colin Rea limited the Twins to one run and three hits in seven innings for his seventh win Thursday.
    Any team could have had Rea at a reasonable $5.5 million when he was on waivers in November, but no one jumped, and the Cubs eventually signed him for $5 million. He’s since put together a nice first half at 7-3 with a 3.91 ERA. His peripherals have never been great, but he’s allowed two runs or fewer in 10 of his 15 starts.
  • MIN Starting Pitcher #20
    Chris Paddack was tagged for six runs and 11 hits in five innings by the Cubs on Thursday.
    Paddack wasn’t hit particularly hard, but he was still overwhelmed by all of the contact in a start in which he finished with just two strikeouts. He has an 8.47 ERA in his last six starts, taking his season mark from 3.53 to 4.95. He’ll probably stay in the rotation to begin the second half, but the ice has to be pretty thin at this point.
  • CHC Left Fielder #8
    Even as his teammates were combining for 14 hits, the struggling Ian Happ went 0-for-5 against the Twins on Thursday.
    Happ is 3-for-47 in his last 12 games, dropping his OPS from .762 to .696. He’s still taking his walks and he surely will break out of the slump, but at this point, it’s getting hard to argue for keeping him in the leadoff spot, which is where he has hit all year.
  • MIN Right Fielder #9
    Trevor Larnach finished 0-for-4 with two strikeouts against the Cubs on Thursday.
    Larnach is 7-for-38 with no RBI and a 12/1 K/BB in his last 11 games. It’s not going to get him pulled from the lineup, but maybe he’ll be dropped for a bit. The problem for the Twins is that their lineup is really just Byron Buxton and a whole bunch of guys who should be batting sixth, and they didn’t even have Buxton today.
  • CLE 1st Baseman #43
    Guardians optioned 1B/DH Jhonkensy Noel to Triple-A Columbus.
    The 23-year-old slugger was up with the big league club for a couple of days while Kyle Manzardo was on the family medical emergency list, though he went hitless in four at-bats in his limited action. Noel will return to an everyday role at Triple-A Columbus where he’ll continue to refine his craft.
  • CLE 1st Baseman #9
    Guardians activated 1B/DH Kyle Manzardo from the family medical emergency list.
    The 24-year-old slugger had been away from the team since Monday. He returns to a .217/.289/.429 with 13 homers and 33 RBI through his first 284 plate appearances on the season. Jhonkensy Noel was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus in a corresponding move on Thursday.
  • ATH Relief Pitcher #28
    Athletics optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Las Vegas.
    The 27-year-old right-hander was obliterated in Wednesday’s loss to the Braves where he gave up eight runs on nine hits — five of them home runs — over his six innings of work. He also wasn’t going to pitch again until the other side of the All-Star break though, so perhaps this is just the Athletics’ way of adding an extra bullpen arm for the final four days of the first half. Spence has posted a 4.70 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and a 63/22 K/BB ratio over 74 2/3 innings through his first 29 appearances (seven starts) on the season.
  • ATH Starting Pitcher #45
    Athletics recalled RHP Osvaldo Bido from Triple-A Las Vegas.
    The 29-year-old hurler will take the roster spot of Mitch Spence who was optioned to Triple-A on Thursday. Bido has been knocked around in his time with the A’s this season, registering a 6.14 ERA, 1.76 WHIP and a 34/23 K/BB ratio across 48 1/3 innings in his 12 appearances. He’ll provide manager Mark Kotsay with a fresh arm that’s capable of logging multiple innings out of the bullpen. Bido can continue to be ignored for fantasy purposes.
  • STL Catcher #48
    Iván Herrera (hamstring) will begin a minor league rehab assignment at Triple-A Memphis on Thursday.
    It sounds like the hard-hitting 25-year-old backstop will remain there at least through the weekend and be ready to join the Cardinals coming out of next week’s All-Star break. Herrera was given a timeline of two-to-six weeks when he landed on the injured list on June 20, so it seems like that timetable tracks. His return will push Pedro Pages back into a reserve role while costing Yohel Pozo his spot on the active roster.