He will throw live batting practice Friday and will progress to game action. Wright will likely start the season as the Red Sox's fifth starter, but Eduardo Rodriguez will presumably join the rotation at some point (if he does not win a spot out of camp), so Wright could spend a good chunk of the summer working as a long reliever and swing man.

The Phillies were all over Baz in their third time around the order. They wound up scoring five runs during that fateful fourth inning which started with a walk, single, fielder’s choice, and safety squeeze before Bryson Stott, Trea Turner, and Bryce Harper had consecutive base hits to chase him from the game. All three of those batted balls were hit at least 100 mph and it felt like they were seeing him very clearly by that point. Turner himself had two batted balls over 100 mph, with the other being a home run. While Baz’s velocity was up, his command was off and he left far too many knuckle-curves in the middle of the zone. Baz now has an ugly 4.93 ERA after this poor start and he’ll have to get his command back before his next scheduled start against the Blue Jays.

It’ll be Bailey Ober taking the ball in his place. It’s a tough break for fantasy managers since Ryan is coming off a pair of stellar starts and was set to face an Orioles’ lineup that has scored three earned runs or fewer in four of their last five contests. Barring an unexpected development, Ryan should be cleared to take the ball at some point during a three-game series against the Giants, which gets underway on Friday night.

The positive outlook is that Tatum is averaging 15 rebounds per game in this series and contributing as a playmaker and a defender. The negative (and honest) outlook is that he hasn’t been the dominant scorer that Boston has needed him to be. Though he gave them a late lead with a dunk, he couldn’t get a shot off with a chance to win it on the final play. Now, his team is down 0-2 and will head to New York for Games 3 and 4. If Boston is going to repeat as champions, Tatum is going to have to step up his game.

Reds manager Terry Francona told reporters that Greene felt a grab, not a pop, while warming up for the fourth inning of Wednesday’s start against the Braves, which led to his immediate removal out of an abundance of caution. The 25-year-old fantasy ace will undergo further evaluation and imaging to determine the severity of the issue, but it sounds like the Reds don’t believe it’s too serious. There’s an outside chance he’ll make his next start on Tuesday against the White Sox. There should be a definitive update on his status at some point in the coming days.

Padres manager Mike Shildt told reporters afterwards that the team didn’t want to take any chances in the moment, which is why Cease was pulled for precautionary reasons. It sounds like there’s optimism the 29-year-old fantasy ace isn’t dealing with anything serious and that he’ll be able to make his next start on Tuesday against the Angels. There should be an additional update on his status in a couple days when he throws his usual bullpen session between starts.

Not only was Abreu productive, but he was also clutch. His first long ball tied this game at two. Then, his run-scoring double tied it at three and nearly gave his Red Sox the lead before Kristian Campbell was thrown out at home. His eighth inning home run was less dramatic, just adding insurance to the lead. A funny note though, this was the third multi-homer game of Abreu’s career and all three have come against the Rangers. Nevertheless, his strong start has blended nicely into a tremendous season and the Red Sox would be hard-pressed to take his .980 OPS out of the lineup any time soon.