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  • Swipes two bags Friday
    Bogaerts went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases Friday in a 3-1 win against Atlanta.

    Advice: Bogaerts doubled his season stolen-base total with a swipe of second in each of the fifth and eighth innings. Prior to Friday, the second baseman's most recent theft took place April 22. Bogaerts has had a subpar start to the season with a .220/.268/.319 slash line through 194 plate appearances, but he's begin to come on of late, batting .350 with two homers and two RBI during his current five-game hitting streak. Rotowire.com Today, 8:34 am
     
  • Dansby Swanson (knee) likely back on Tuesday
    Dansby Swanson (knee) is likely to be activated for Tuesday’s series opener against the Braves.

    Advice: Swanson continues to ramp up baseball activities and it sounds like he’ll be activated early next week when first eligible to face his former club at Wrigley Field. The 30-year-old shortstop hit the shelf last week with a right knee sprain. Rotoworld Today, 8:33 am
    Dansby SwansonCHC - SS
    11:20 am vs PIT
    New Player Note
    IL10
     
  • Idle Saturday
    Cabrera isn't in the Yankees' lineup for Saturday's game against the White Sox.

    Advice: Cabrera will sit down Saturday after going 0-for-3 with a strikeout during New York's win over the Sox on Friday. His absence will give Jon Berti a chance to start at the hot corner while batting ninth. Rotowire.com Today, 7:20 am
    Oswaldo CabreraNYY - 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF
    Bot 2, 2-1 vs CWS
    New Player Note
     
  • MLB to investigate David Fletcher for gambling
    Major League Baseball is opening an investigation into David Fletcher’s alleged involvement with the same California bookmaker that also took illegal wagers from Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, according to Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

    Advice: ESPN.com’s Tisha Thompson first reported on Friday night that Fletcher bet on sports, but not baseball, with the same California bookmaker — Mathew Bowyer — that took wagers from Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. The 29-year-old infielder played for the Angels from 2018-2023 and could wind up facing league discipline. It’s legal for players to bet on sports other than baseball, but not with an illegal bookmaker. Rotoworld Today, 4:15 am
     
  • Masyn Winn collects first homer of 2024
    Masyn Winn’s first homer of the season with was a two-run shot off Boston’s Cam Booser in Friday’s win.

    Advice: Winn hit the ball 402 feet, which was far and away his longest drive of the season. He previously had a 379-foot double off Sean Manaya, but he hadn’t hit anything else over 350 feet in 142 plate appearances. Winn has been perfectly solid in batting .280/.343/.384 this year, but his profile doesn’t suggest that he’ll be hitting many more homers in his first full season. Rotoworld Yesterday, 11:52 pm
     
  • Turns game around with homer
    Estrada went 3-for-5 with a three-run home run and three total runs scored in Friday's 10-5 win over the Rockies.

    Advice: Estrada's fifth-inning blast put the Giants ahead for the first time in the contest, and they held the lead the rest of the way. The second baseman had gone 4-for-22 (.182) over his previous six contests, though he had a pair of extra-base hits in that span. Estrada is up to an acceptable .250/.274/.435 slash line with seven homers, 24 RBI, 21 runs scored, eight doubles, one triple and one stolen base through 175 plate appearances in a starting role this season. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 10:40 pm
    Thairo EstradaSF - 2B,SS
    1:05 pm vs COL
    New Player Note
     
  • Thairo Estrada picks up three hits, homer vs. COL
    Thairo Estrada homered while going 3-for-5 and scoring three runs against the Giants on Friday.

    Advice: Estrada swatted his seventh homer of the season with a three-run homer in the fifth inning that also gave San Francisco a 5-4 lead. The 28-year-old also singled twice and scored three runs in a massive fantasy effort for the veteran infielder. Rotoworld Yesterday, 10:18 pm
    Thairo EstradaSF - 2B,SS
    1:05 pm vs COL
    New Player Note
     
  • Belts another leadoff homer
    Betts went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and two total runs scored in Friday's 7-3 win over the Reds.

    Advice: Betts' last two homers have been of the leadoff variety, and they're his only two long balls in May. He's hitting .283 this month, though that's dropped his season-long average to a still-stunning .341 through 47 contests. Betts has added eight homers, 29 RBI, 40 runs scored, eight stolen bases, 11 doubles and three triples over 218 plate appearances while serving as the everyday leadoff hitter. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 9:58 pm
    Mookie BettsLAD - 2B,SS,RF
    6:10 pm vs CIN
    New Player Note
     
  • Xander Bogaerts swipes two bases against Braves
    Xander Bogaerts collected two singles and two steals versus the Braves on Friday.

    Advice: The least struggling hitters can do is steal a few bases for those rostering them in fantasy leagues. Bogaerts doubled his steal total for the season tonight, collecting two in a game for the first time since last May 5. He now has 12 two-steal games in his career, which is kind of impressive because he has just 81 career steals. He has only eight two-homer games, though he’s totaled 179 homers in his 12 seasons. Rotoworld Yesterday, 9:45 pm