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Lowe missed Friday’s game because of an illness and DH’d over the weekend in order to give him more time off his feet. He and Josh Bell have returned to their usual spots today.

Athletics manager Mark Kotsay expressed optimism that Wilson will be ready for Friday’s series opener against the Royals. The 23-year-old rookie sensation is on the bench for the second consecutive contest on Wednesday afternoon for precautionary reasons. He’ll benefit from an extra day of rest on Thursday before the A’s kick off a three-game series in Kansas City.

Mansolino didn’t offer a full report, just that the right-hander continues to through throwing progressions and that there hasn’t been any setbacks. There’s still no timeline for the 23-year-old, but Mansolino reiterated that the Orioles are “hopeful” that the right-hander can pitch in 2025. If it were to happen, Rodriguez’s return would assuredly be in the latter portion of the year, and there’s no guarantee he’d have a role of fantasy significance if/when that occurs.

Keith played third base at Arizona State and in the minors, but this will be the first time he starts at the position in the majors. The 23-year-old has been just so-so with the bat in 2025 with a .712 OPS, but he’s picked it up as of late, and the fact that he will likely have another position of eligibility — assuming this doesn’t go terribly — adds to the potential fantasy intrigue.

Bohm finished the series 7-for-13 with six RBI, and his current .717 OPS is his highest mark since the third game of the season. He should go back to putting up strong RBI numbers as long as the Phillies keep batting him third or fourth.

The run never should have happened. Carson Kelly would have fouled out to right, but Nick Castellanos botched the routine play, overrunning the ball. Since Castellanos didn’t touch it, no error was called, and Kelly went on to double and later come around to score. Luzardo gave up 20 runs in his previous two starts, taking his ERA from 2.15 to 4.46, but he didn’t seem to be having any stuff issues in the process. He got 16 missed swings today and threw 70 of his 99 pitches for strikes while going without a walk. He’ll face his former team next week in Miami.

All or nothing for Brown. In his last 11 appearances, he’s allowed zero or one runs four times and six of more runs for times. Although his ERA sits at 5.71, Brown deserves to keep starting for now. Still, even if he becomes more consistent, he’s likely going to wind up in the pen at some point during the second half. After all, he’s never thrown more than 104 innings in a season, and he finished at just 55 last year. He’s at 68 1/3 innings right now. He’ll likely face the Brewers on Tuesday.

Hoerner entered the day with fewer hard-hit balls (60) than games played (63), but he made hard contact three times against three different pitchers in this one. He has four hits the last two days after going 3-for-26 in his previous seven contests.

Bowlan makes the trip from Omaha to Kansas City more than any person on the planet. The right-hander is up to replace Cole Ragans (rotator cuff) on the active roster as a middle-inning option.

Richards is removed from the roster to make room for a fresh arm in Jonathan Bowlan. The 32-year-old threw two scoreless innings during Tuesday’s blowout loss, but now will hit the waiver wire.

Erceg missed just a minimum stint on the injured list while recovering from back inflammation. He should return to a high-leverage arm in the Kansas City bullpen.