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The Mets told Jakson Reetz he’s not making the team, so Senger is currently in line to serve as Luis Torrens’ backup while Franciscoo Alvarez is out. The caveat there is that the Mets still could bring in an alternative from outside of the organization (Tomás Nido anyone?). Senger, 27, he never played in the majors. He hit .234/.302/363 in a 2024 season spent mostly in Triple-A.

With the injuries to Yu Darvish (elbow) and Matt Waldron (oblique), Vasquez gets an opportunity to work out of the Padres’ rotation for at least a couple of weeks. It would be difficult to recommend streaming Vásquez in a good matchup, but taking on the powerful Braves’ offense there’s really no reason to consider him for this spot start.

Perhaps it’s only fitting that Bohm, who was at the epicenter of constant offseason trade rumors, put Philadelphia ahead for good during Thursday’s extra-inning marathon by scalding a 109.3 mph double into the left-center field gap. The 28-year-old third baseman is coming off a top-10 finish last year at the position for fantasy purposes and seems like a virtual lock to finish in the 15-20 homer range with nearly 100 RBI given his spot in the heart of the Phillies’ strong lineup.

Harper came back to haunt his former club by clobbering a seventh-inning solo shot off Nationals reliever Lucas Sims that traveled 415 feet, per Statcast. The 32-year-old first baseman also drew a pivotal two-out walk in the 10th inning that set up teammate Alec Bohm’s go-ahead two-run double.

Romano entered the contest to protect a two-run lead in the eighth inning and immediately got himself in trouble by issuing a leadoff walk to Dylan Crews before hitting Jacob Young with a pitch. He had a chance to wriggle out of the frame with only one run crossing the plate but ended up surrendering a game-tying single to Luis García Jr. with two outs in the frame. It’s notable that hard-throwing veteran lefty José Alvarado, who was lights out during spring training, came on to toss a perfect ninth inning and was credited with the win after the Phillies pulled away in extra innings. It’s looking more like a timeshare situation between Romano and Alvarado at the moment.

It was a vintage Wheeler performance as he carved up the division-rival Nationals in the early stages of the contest, carrying a shutout into the fifth inning before serving up a solo homer to Keibert Ruiz.

Gore etched his name into Washington’s history books with a franchise-record 13 punchouts in his first career Opening Day start. He thoroughly dominated a strong Phillies lineup, allowing just one baserunner over six nearly flawless frames. He generated an eye-popping 20 swinging strikes, with eight of those coming on his slider, and finished with a sublime 39 percent CSW. The 26-year-old southpaw, who was one of the top pitching prospects in baseball just a few seasons ago, entered the year as a borderline top 50 starter for fantasy purposes. We’re hesitant to overreact to one stellar performance, but he’ll see his value skyrocket if he continues missing bats at near-elite rates. He’ll aim to carry the momentum into a road tilt early next week against the Blue Jays.

It obviously didn’t matter that Mullins hit just .136 with one homer in 16 games this spring. Then again, Mullins had a big opening series last year, going 5-for-13 with two homers and seven RBI against Boston, only to fall into a deep slump immediately afterwards. This is Mullins’ sixth career two-homer game, though just his second since his big 2021 campaign. It’s the first time he’s ever had five RBI, as most of his big games came as a leadoff hitter. He was batting seventh today.

Eflin and José Berríos both allowed eight hard-hit balls in this one. However, Berríos’s produced three homers, and Eflin’s hard contact was pretty routine, at least aside from an Andrés Giménez’s two-run homer. Eflin allowed two hits in all, walked one and struck out two. He’s set to take on Boston in his second start.

It’s the 11th time in his career that Berrios has given up three homers. His velocity was good today, and he wound up with a 37% CSW. The Orioles were just better than he was. He’ll look to bounce back against the Nationals on Tuesday.

It was interesting that the Blue Jays never treated Rodríguez as a reliever in spring training, even though it was always expected he’d be in the pen unless someone in the rotation got hurt. Of course, the Jays did want to keep him stretched out in case something happened, but coming out of the pen is something he hadn’t done since he was a setup man in Japan in 2022. He might continue to struggle some while getting used to relief work again.