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No surprises here as Judge is considered the heavy favorite to take home the hardware, which would be his second in the last three seasons, on the heels of a stellar 58-homer, 144-RBI campaign where he led the majors in both on-base percentage (.458) and slugging percentage (.701). Meanwhile, Soto is on the precipice of landing a lucrative multi-year contract on the open market after a stellar New York debut where he slugged a career-best 41 round-trippers. It’ll be the first top-three finish for Kansas City’s franchise cornerstone after Witt led the majors last season with an astonishing 211 hits, leading to a stratospheric .332 batting average.

Basallo is 9-for-27 in June, and he’s hitting .252/.367/.597 with 14 homers overall for Norfolk. The Orioles would probably be better off right now with him as their primary DH against righties, but so far at least, they haven’t wanted to sacrifice his development as a catcher to make that happen.

It’s incredible how much easier of a time Rogers had facing the Red Sox in a spot start last month than he has with Triple-A hitters; he allowed just two hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Boston on May 24, but he’s given up 22 hits in 16 1/3 innings since being sent back down. Overall, he has a 5.46 ERA and a 1.55 WHIP in seven starts for Norfolk.

Civale gets his wish, maybe? Going to the White Sox probably wasn’t what he had in mind, but at least he’ll be back in the rotation, and he could wind up with a contender again later this summer. Vaughn figures to remain in the minors for now, at least unless Christian Yelich requires an IL stint.

Yankees’ skipper Aaron Boone had said before Friday’s contest that Chisholm could be available off the bench, but that didn’t prove to be true. Boone did note after the game that whether or not Chisholm is in the starting lineup on Friday, he will at least be available.

He did not have an update on the severity of the injury, only saying that the club would know more on Friday. Fantasy managers should be sure to have an alternative option ready for the weekend in the event that Paredes is unable to give it a go.

Goldschmidt had the decisive hit, a liner to first that went off Vinnie Pasquantino’s glove. Pasquantino picked up the ball and belatedly tried for the out at first, which led to Pablo Reyes attempting to score from second on the play. Reyes, though, stumbled around third, nearly falling down, and should have been a dead duck, except Lucas Erceg botched the throw home for a run-scoring error. In truth, it could have been two errors on the play, since Goldschmidt’s liner was only 93 mph off the bat and really should have been caught. Since the run came on the error, this was a rare contest with zero runs batted in.

Seth Lugo matched him precisely, and this one was scoreless until the eighth. Warren ended up allowing four hits, walking one and striking out four. He still hasn’t gone six innings in a start this season, though he might have tonight if not for a 28-minute rain delay before he came back out for the sixth. Next on the schedule for him is a start at home versus the Angels.

Williams got Vinnie Pasquantino to fly out and Salvador Perez to ground out before Jac Caglianone struck out to end it. He’s 4-for-4 saving games since Luke Weaver went down.

Although Will Warren continued after the brief 28-minute rain delay tonight, Lugo did not; he was lifted from the scoreless game with two on and two outs in the sixth. Angel Zerpa replaced him and got Cody Bellinger to fly out to escape the jam. Lugo lowered his ERA to 3.18 tonight. He’ll face the Rangers next.

Altuve smacked a go-ahead two-run double off of Davis Martin in the third inning, then swiped third base and scored on an RBI double off the bat of Yainer Diaz. He also drew a walk in the contest, reaching base safely in three of his four plate appearances. The 35-year-old outfielder is in the midst of another very solid offensive season, slashing .275/.321/.416 with nine homers, 27 RBI and six stolen bases through his first 65 games.