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Both Kolek and Vásquez are competing to take the spot of Matt Waldron, who suffered an oblique injury and is expected to miss the start of the 2025 season. Acee also mentions Kyle Hart, but Hart dealt with the flu earlier in the year and may not be ready for the start of the season. Neither Vásquez nor Kolek offer great fantasy potential, but those looking for potential streamers to begin the year should keep those names on their radar.

The Red Sox should have scored the tying run in the 11th, but after a cowardly sac bunt to begin the inning, they chose not to send Nate Eaton from third on Roman Anthony’s fly to center with one out. Cowser made an awful throw home, and Eaton would have scored easily, but the Red Sox simply gave up and lost when Alex Bregman popped up afterwards. The win leaves them 8 1/2 games back of the Red Sox in the AL East, and it wouldn’t be at all surprising if the Orioles, for all of the grief they’ve taken this year, finish with the better record of the two teams.

Sugano allowed five hits, all of them singles, and wound up with three strikeouts and no walks. It seems like major leaguers should hit him harder, but they simply haven’t yet. He’s yet to give up a homer in four starts in August after allowing 21 in 20 starts over the first four months. He’ll again face the Red Sox next time out.

It was surprising that Hiraldo was the choice in the ninth, but the Orioles had used Keegan Akin in the sixth and seventh tonight. Hiraldo blew the save, but he preserved the tie in the ninth, and the Orioles wound up winning in 11, with Corbin Martin getting the save. No one in the Orioles pen seems worth rostering in 10- or 12-team leagues right now.

Buehler allowed four hits, walked four and struck out four in his latest of a long line of uninspiring performances. Maybe he could contribute out of the pen, but it’s time for the Red Sox to move on from him in the rotation, with Kyle Harrison being the obvious candidate to take his spot. Buehler is 7-7 with a 5.40 ERA and an ugly 82/54 K/BB in 110 innings this season.

Lowe’s two-run shot off Yaramil Hiraldo tied the game at 3-3 in the ninth. He later walked before Boston’s rally stalled in the 10th. He probably would have been the hero for the Red Sox if the team hadn’t started Abraham Toro tonight. Toro, though, was allowed to ground into an inning-ending double play after Lowe’s walk to load the bases in the 10th. We were rather hoping Lowe’s signing meant Toro wouldn’t see the field again, but the Red Sox decided to use him at first base and Lowe at DH tonight. Toro wound up 0-for-5, but at least that was the only double play he grounded into.

As a team, the Yankees crushed nine home runs in the ballgame, with Stanton, Cody Bellinger and Jose Caballero each leaving the yard twice while Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice got into the fun as well. Stanton hit the third of three consecutive home runs off of Shane Baz in the opening inning, with his 386-foot (104.4 mph EV) increasing their early lead to 3-0. He then tagged Ian Seymour for a 376-foot (103.4 mph EV) three-run shot in the fourth inning that made it a 9-2 ballgame. On the season, the 35-year-old slugger is hitting an impressive .306/.386/.619 with 14 homers and 38 RBI in only 166 plate appearances.

Caballero connected on a 322-foot (90.5 mph EV) two-run shot off of Shane Baz in the second inning that extended the Bombers’ lead to 5-0. He then walloped a 389-foot (100.9 mph EV) solo blast off of Mason Montgomery in the ninth inning that capped off the scoring. The versatile 28-year-old is now slashing .237/.337/.342 with four homers, 31 RBI and 39 stolen bases through 301 plate appearances on the season.

The 33-year-old superstar opened the scoring in the top half of the first inning with a 429-foot (112.3 mph EV) solo shot off of Shane Baz — the first of the Yankees’ nine total home runs in the ballgame. Judge then drew a walk in the fourth inning and rode home on a three-run blast by Giancarlo Stanton. He also singled to open the sixth inning and scored on Cody Bellinger’s two-run shot. It’s the fourth time in his career that Judge has eclipsed the 40-homer plateau. He’s slashing a blistering .333/.447/.691 with the aforementioned 40 long balls, 92 RBI and seven stolen bases on the season.

The 32-year-old southpaw punched out five batters on the evening while issuing a pair of free passes. All of the scoring done against him came in the second inning on an RBI single by Nick Fortes and a run-scoring fielder’s choice off the bat of Chandler Simpson. Rodón generated 12 swings and misses on 102 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 30 percent. Now 13-7 on the season, he’ll look to keep the good times rolling as he carries a 3.24 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and a 169/60 K/BB ratio (152 2/3 innings) into Sunday night’s divisional showdown against the Red Sox.

Mangum singled off of Carlos Rodon in the third inning, swiped second base and scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Chandler Simpson. The 29-year-old outfielder then drove in a run with an RBI single off of Yerry De Los Santos in the eighth that pulled the Rays to within nine runs. Mangum is now slashing .277/.313/.343 with two homers, 32 RBI and 19 stolen bases (in 22 attempts) through his first 317 plate appearances on the season.