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A top-five percentile right fielder might have held Domínguez to a single on the three-bagger. A middle-90 percentile right fielder would have kept it to a double. Against Eloy Jiménez, though, Domínguez made it into third standing up. After starting off 2-for-16 this spring, Domínguez has gone 8-for-23 with two homers in his last seven games.

Stott would be a No. 2 hitter for more than a few teams, but he’s set to bat eighth for the Phillies and he’ll probably do a fair amount of sitting against lefties. He should offer mixed-league value anyway, but because of his situation, maybe not as much as his current ADP suggests.

Nola finishes his best ever spring with a 1.84 ERA and a 17/6 K/BB in 14 2/3 innings. It probably doesn’t mean much of anything, but he had a career 5.00 ERA in Grapefruit League action coming into this year. Nola will make his first regular-season start Sunday against the Nationals.

Olson did solid work against Philadelphia’s regular lineup, though he did surrender a two-run homer to Bryson Stott in the fifth. His velocity remains a little up from last year, though not quite to the same degree it was at the beginning of the spring. Regardless, he remains a good bet for mixed-league value as the Tigers’ No. 3 starter. He’ll face the Dodgers on Saturday.

Perhaps one of the reasons the Tigers were so quick to move Colt Keith off second is because that position is going to belong to McGonigle for the long term. The 20-year-old former first-round pick is still playing more shortstop than second now, but that could change as this season moves along. He should need one more full year in the minors, but he might be able to take over for Gleyber Torres in 2026.

It’s understandable why the Tigers are giving Javier Báez a look in center and making Manuel Margot a late addition. Pérez, who was penciled in for a starting spot with Parker Meadows and Matt Vierling hurt, is 3-for-28 with no extra-base hits this spring. He still figures to make the team, but he might wind up playing less than expected.

Cash said the Rays were very fortunate the injury wasn’t worse. While the 27-year-old left-hander will start the season on the injured list and there’s no timetable for his return yet, a triceps injury isn’t as bad as it appeared when McClanahan came off the mound signaling to the bench immediately and pointing to his arm.

Suarez blew his chance of making the Angels with a 6.55 ERA in spring training. The 27-year-old left-handed needed a good spring after massive struggles in the last two seasons. Suarez had a 6.02 ERA in 2024 and an 8.29 ERA in 2023 while mostly pitching out of the bullpen. He showed more promise prior to ’23 while mostly starting for the Angels, but we assume he’ll have a bullpen role in Atlanta.

Warren will occupy one of the final rotation spots with Gerrit Cole out for the season and Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt on the injured list to start the year. The 25-year-old right-hander finished spring training with a 4.19 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 19/5 K/BB ratio in 19 1/3 innings. He has moderate appeal in mixed fantasy leagues, but is a must-roster player in AL-Only leagues.

Not much consideration was given to Hummel going into the spring, even though the Astros kept him on their 40-man all winter, but it looks like he will get the bench spot that Jon Singleton had been penciled in for. The switch-hitting Hummel is batting .315/.435/.447 this spring. He hasn’t done any catching since arriving in the Astros organization last year, so he’s strictly an outfielder and a first baseman now.

That’s 16 walks in 17 innings for Arrighetti this spring, though he also struck out 20 and wound up with a 3.71 ERA. Some of the pressure is off the sophomore in light of Luis Garcia’s setback. The Astros might still get Lance McCullers back in late April, but he could take Hayden Wesneski’s spot unless Arrighetti is really struggling.