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Specifically, Feinsand mentions that the Giants and Brewers have been the two teams most connected to Kim, with the Giants currently being the team most interested in signing the 29-year-old. Kim won a Gold Glove and received five down-ballot MVP votes in 2023, but he hit just 11 home runs with 47 RBIs, 22 stolen bases, and a .700 OPS in 121 games in 2024 before tearing his labrum in mid-August and missing the remainder of the season. If the Giants were to sign Kim, it would likely mean that Tyler Fitzgerald would move to more of a versatile role where he can play all over the field, which is what new GM Buster Posey has seemed to want.

Freeman came back to haunt his former club with a pair of clutch hits during his return to Progressive Field. The 26-year-old outfielder opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the third inning before adding a run-scoring singles in the fifth. He capped off the strong effort with a go-ahead hit against reliever Cade Smith in the top of the ninth inning to put the Rockies ahead for good.

Naylor came off the bench to put Cleveland on the board with a pinch-hit, seventh-inning blast against Rockies reliever Jake Bird. It was his 11th big fly of the season.

Halvorsen was called upon to protect a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning and managed to hang on, despite allowing an RBI single to Nolan Jones with two outs in the frame. It was his third save since the All-Star break.

Smith got the call for Cleveland’s first save opportunity since Emmanuel Clase was placed on paid leave through August 31 amid a league investigation into sports gambling. It didn’t go well. The 26-year-old righty was tasked with protecting a one-run lead in the ninth inning and immediately served up a ground-rule double to Warming Bernabel, who came around to score the tying run on ensuing batter Brenton Doyle’s bunt single. He was pulled from the contest a couple batters later after coughing up a go-ahead RBI single to Tyler Freeman. It wouldn’t be shocking if Guardians manager Stephen Vogt turned to Hunter Gaddis for the next save chance.

Blalock departed with a three-run lead, which Colorado’s bullpen immediately surrendered to saddle him with a no-decision. The 24-year-old righty’s performance was one of the brighter moments in what’s been an otherwise tough campaign. He’ll bring an inflated 7.09 ERA, 1.64 WHIP and 16/7 K/BB ratio across 33 innings (eight appearances, six starts) into his next state on Sunday against the Pirates. It’s a decent matchup, but Blalock is not a recommended option for fantasy purposes.

Cecconi managed to get through six frames despite giving up six hits, including a solo homer to rookie Warming Bernabel. He finished with three strikeouts and issued two walks. He’s allowed three earned runs or fewer in nine of his last 10 starts dating back to June 5. He’ll square off against the Mets on Monday in his next start.

The rookie walked three and struck out two on the day while registering a 24 percent whiff rate and 26 percent CSW. Despite the walks, Fitts was in the zone often during the day; he simply didn’t get many swings and misses outside of the zone on his breaking stuff, which is a larger issue he’ll need to address. Still, Fitts was at just 58 pitches through four innings, but Alex Cora decided to remove him from the game rather than let him face the Twins order a third time. Fitts is scheduled to face a depleted Astros lineup on Sunday, but the Red Sox may have traded for a starting pitcher by then.

Despite allowing four hits in the first four innings, Woods-Richardson kept the Red Sox off the scoreboard until Alex Bregman hit a three-run shot off of him to take the lead in the fifth inning. Woods-Richardson struck out five and walked two on the day while posting a 21 percent whiff rate and 25 percent CSW. He will remain a streamer in most league types, but could be trusted this weekend against a reeling Guardians team.

The Brewers also got homers from Andrew Vaughn and Sal Frelick in the contest. Yelich’s was his 20th of the year. It’d probably surprise most to hear it’s just the fourth time he’s reached the mark in his career. He had 36 homers in 2018 and 44 in 2019, but his next highest total is 21 from his age-24 season in 2016. He had 19 in 144 games in 2023 and 18 in 156 games in 2017.

Since Misiorowski, who has been on a pitch count since the break, needed 80 pitches to get through four, the Brewers didn’t let him go for the win with a 4-3 lead. The workload monitoring is taking a heavy toll on his fantasy value of late, but there certainly isn’t any dropping him at this point. Hopefully, he’ll get to go five next time out, which will probably be Monday against the Braves.