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James Wood

WAS Center Fielder #50

The Washington Post’s Andrew Golden reports Nationals OF prospect James Wood was removed from Thursday’s game at Triple-A Rochester with lower body soreness.

Rumors of an imminent call-up began circulating on social media when Wood was lifted from the fifth inning of Thursday’s game at Triple-A Rochester, but it sounds like the Nationals are merely proceeding with an abundance of caution and not taking any chances here. The 21-year-old top prospect is batting .355 (59-for-166) with nine homers and 10 steals in 44 games this season and appears to be on the precipice of arriving in the majors.
Austin Riley

ATL Third Baseman #27

Austin Riley (side) remained out of the lineup for Thursday’s showdown against the Cubs.

Riley remained out of Atlanta’s lineup for the 10th consecutive contest on Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field recovering from an intercostal strain. The 27-year-old fantasy stalwart hasn’t played since May 12. The positive news here is that he was able to resume hitting on Wednesday without any issues. It’s unclear whether he’ll be ready to return for Friday’s series opener against the Pirates.
AJ Smith-Shawver

ATL Starting Pitcher #32

AJ Smith-Shawver fired 4 1/3 scoreless innings on Thursday in a no-decision against the Cubs.

Smith-Shawver looked sharp on Thursday afternoon against the Cubs, carrying a shutout into the fifth inning before Braves manager Brian Snitker elected to turn things over to the bullpen rather than let him face the top of Chicago’s lineup for a third time. He surrendered just three hits, struck out four and issued only a pair of walks. He generated nine swinging strikes and finished with a 24 percent CSW. The 21-year-old righty rocketed to the big leagues last year, but hasn’t had a ton of success at the highest level. There’s a possibility he gets an extended look over the rest of the year, but that remains to be seen. He’s currently in line to take the ball next Wednesday against the Nationals.
Shane Baz

TB Starting Pitcher #11

Rays activated RHP Shane Baz from the 15-day injured list; optioned him to Triple-A Durham.

Baz was strong in his last outing and had gotten up to 76 pitches. However, his command still needs to be refined as he works back from Tommy John surgery. Baz is likely to make a few starts in the minors and, provided they go well, could join the Rays’ rotation at some point in June.
Cole Ragans

KC Starting Pitcher #55

Cole Ragans recorded 12 strikeouts over six scoreless innings on Wednesday in a win over the Tigers.

Ragans held up his end of the bargain in a highly-anticipated matchup against Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, limiting Detroit’s offense to just one hit and three walks over six shutout frames. The 26-year-old emerging ace generated 15 swinging strikes and a near-elite 35 percent CSW, finishing with a season-high 12 punchouts. He’ll carry a solid 3.34 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 76/21 K/BB ratio across 62 innings (11 starts) into a road tilt on Tuesday against the division-rival Twins.
Xander Bogaerts

SD Shortstop #2

Padres placed INF Xander Bogaerts on the 10-day injured list with a fractured left shoulder.

Ouch. Bogaerts sustained the injury while diving for a ball during the first game of Monday’s doubleheader. He’s expected to miss at least two months while recovering from the injuy. Luis Arraez is covering second base on Wednesday and will probably see additional action there while Bogaerts is shelved. David Peralta was promoted from Triple-A El Paso to take his place on the Padres’ active roster on Wednesday.
Eloy Jimenez

CWS Left Fielder #74

White Sox placed DH Eloy Jiménez on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring.

So many leg injuries. Jiménez’s numbers aren’t great or even very good, but from an xwOBA perspective, he had really picked it up in recent weeks, and Statcast though he should have been slugging .465, rather than his current .381. The White Sox will put Gavin Sheets at DH while Jiménez is out, which at least will improve the defense. Corey Julks, Dominic Fletcher and Zach DeLoach will battle for at-bats in right.
Kyle Tucker

HOU Left Fielder #30

Kyle Tucker hit his 16th and 17th homers before scoring the winning run in the 10th as the Astros bested the Angels 6-5 on Tuesday.

Tucker’s homers couldn’t have been much different. The first was a 340-foot shot to the opposite field that would have a homer in Houston and nowhere else, according to Statcast. The second was a no-doubter that was pulled 407 feet to right. Tucker now leads the majors in homers by one over Gunnar Henderson. His 1.074 OPS puts him behind only Shohei Ohtani.
Bobby Witt Jr.

KC Shortstop #7

Bobby Witt Jr. went 3-for-4 with two home runs and six RBI in Tuesday’s win over the Tigers.

Witt drove in Maikel Garcia in the bottom of the first to give the Royals a 1-0 lead after Garcia started things off with a leadoff triple. That was just the start for Witt, who would later blast a three-run homer 468 feet to center field to put the Royals up 5-0 and hit another homer in the sixth inning just for good measure. Witt has now hit safely in five straight games and has upped his RBI total to 31 on the season.
Rafael Devers

BOS Third Baseman #11

Rafael Devers went 1-for-3 with a run scored in Tuesday’s win over the Rays.

Devers’ home run streak officially ends at six games, but he did manage to push his hitting streak to 11 games in the 5-2 win over the Rays. Devers’ lone hit came in the second inning, as he later came around to score on a Vaughn Grissom single. Devers has totaled 13 hits in his last 44 at-bats and is batting .286 on the month. We’ll see if he can stay hot and get another home run streak going in his next outing.

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Team Penske has emerged as clear Indy 500 favorite

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108th Indianapolis 500 driver to watch: Larson

Kyle Larson will become the fifth driver to attempt racing the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, and a fifth-place starting spot for the Indy 500 is a great place to start with a legitimate chance to win.

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