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The 22-year-old hurler also issued three walks while striking out four on the evening. Despite the parade of baserunners against him, the Padres were only able to scratch out single runs in the first and third innings on run-scoring doubles by Manny Machado and Jake Cronenworth. Smith-Shawver got 13 swings and misses on 77 pitches on the evening — 10 of those on his splitter alone — while posting a strong CSW of 32 percent. He’ll look to bounce back and try to get in the win column when he does battle against the Marlins at home on Saturday.

Rocchio will take a seat for the first of the three-game set against Boston. The 24-year-old infielder will get a break with Gabriel Arias moving to shortstop and Daniel Schneemann getting the start at second base.

Guenther is up to replace Bailey Horn, with Horn optioned to Toledo after Wednesday’s game. Guenther will be a middle-inning option in this stint with the Tigers.

Bellinger is moving down in the lineup after a poor first month that has seen him hit just .177 with a .527 OPS over 79 games. Trent Grisham is leading off with Ben Rice hitting third, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if this was the way the Yankees lined up until Bellinger gets right. Jasson Dominguez is out of the lineup for Friday’s contest.

Brito picked up the thumb fracture while sliding into third base. The 23-year-old will miss the majority of the summer, but could return to the Triple-A lineup — with an outside chance of joining the Guardians — before the end of the 2025 campaign.

Cartaya has been awful in 2025; going 2-for-25 with a whopping 18 strikeouts. The former top prospect is now off the 40-man roster and looks to be nothing more than organizational depth.

Bergert, 25, will give the Padres a fresh arm for the weekend series against the Rays. To make room on the roster, San Diego optioned Kyle Hart to the minors. When/if Bergert enters a game, he’ll be making his MLB debut.

Suarez, 29, threw 59 pitches in his five-inning outing for Lehigh Valley on Tuesday. The goal for the southpaw now is for him to reach 80 pitches, and if things go well, it’s possible he could make his next start with the Phillies. Phillies manager Rob Thomson suggested that the team would prefer Suarez is stretched out to 90-plus pitches, but that could change if he looks healthy during Sunday’s tilt.

It’ll be the first competitive action for Pérez since he underwent Tommy John surgery last April. The 22 year-old is one of the top young pitching talents in the sport, and while he obviously offers risk, there’s big-time upside in his arm that could help fantasy managers in the second half of 2025 — assuming he’s able to return, of course.

The Mets reinstated both Alvarez and Jeff McNeil off the 10-day injured list. Alvarez missed just-under a month with his hamate bone fracture, and now will return to handling everyday backstop duties for the Mets. Don’t be surprised if there’s some ups and downs with the 23-year-old, but he’s worthy of roster consideration in a large amount of formats because of his position and power.

Suzuki was scratched from the lineup Wednesday with right wrist soreness, but it appears to be purely precautionary. The 30-year-old will hit in the middle of the lineup for Friday’s series opener against Philadelphia.