Appearing in a road game for the first time since his return from a pneumothorax in his right lung, McCollum was effective in his 35 minutes on the court. The 17 points may not jump off the page, but the Pelicans didn’t need him to do too much with five other players in double figures. McCollum’s providing top 20 per-game value in 9-cat formats, well above his Yahoo ADP of 83, but that’s with nine games played. McCollum should be a middle-round player when the regular season ends and that wouldn’t represent poor fantasy value. His return has impacted young guards Dyson Daniels and Jordan Hawkins, who have fallen out of the rotation with the Pelicans returning to full strength. Daniels played five minutes on Monday while Hawkins picked up a DNP-CD.

Vierling has been playing on a minor league rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo. While he has seen significant action in the outfield, he hasn’t had enough work at third base just yet to test his throwing arm sufficiently. He’ll face fellow rehabbing teammate Casey Mize (hamstring) in a live bullpen session at Comerica Park on Monday before rejoining the Mud Hens on Tuesday to continue his rehab assignment. If all goes well, he could potentially return at some point over the weekend.

Both Matt Vierling (shoulder) and Parker Meadows (arm) are scheduled to take swings off of Mize on Monday. If everything goes well with Mize’s session on Monday, the plan would be for him to return to the Tigers’ rotation as soon as he’s first eligible to return from the injured list on May 24.

The Yankees got a couple of runners on base with one out in the first inning and Bellinger made Mets’ left-hander David Peterson pay, shooting a two-run double just over the bag at first base to give the Bombers an early 2-0 advantage. Bellinger then put the game away as he jumped on the first pitch he saw from Genesis Cabrera in the eighth inning and belted a 356-foot (102.3 mph EV) grand slam that transformed a 4-2 lead into an 8-2 advantage. He also singled and drew a pair of walks in the contest, reaching base safely in all five of his plate appearances. On the season, the 29-year-old slugger is now hitting .258/.331/.448 with seven homers, 28 RBI and six stolen bases through his first 178 plate appearances in pinstripes.

With the score knotted up at two runs apiece and two men in scoring position with one out in the eighth inning, Vivas battled Ryne Stanek for 11 pitches before ultimately grounding to first base to plate the go ahead run. It was scored as a fielder’s choice, but Pete Alonso could have had a play at the plate had he not airmailed the throw to his catcher. Vivas came around to score later in the inning on Cody Bellinger’s grand slam. On the season, the 24-year-old is hitting .167/.265/.200 with zero homers and three RBI in his first 35 plate appearances.

Goldschmidt reached on an error to start the ballgame and scored on a two-run double off the bat of Cody Bellinger. He then delivered an RBI single in the eighth inning that extended the Yankees’ lead to 4-2 before riding home on Bellinger’s grand slam. He continues to shine at the plate in his first season with the Yankees, slashing .339/.389/.489 with five homers, 25 RBI and three stolen bases.

The 31-year-old southpaw allowed just three hits and a pair of walks on the evening. The Mets scratched out a run against him in the second inning on a two-out RBI single by Jeff McNeil. They added another in the fifth as McNeil scampered home on a wild pitch with two outs and Juan Soto at the dish. Fried generated 11 swings and misses on 102 pitches on the night, registering a CSW of 23 percent. Still 6-0 on the season, Fried sports a brilliant 1.29 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and a 60/15 K/BB ratio over 62 2/3 innings through his first 10 starts with the Yankees. He’ll look to get back in the win column when he squares off against the Rockies at Coors Field on Saturday.