O’Brien will replace the recently demoted Ryan Fernandez in the Cardinals’ bullpen. The 30-year-old right-hander has made seven appearances at Triple-A Memphis this season, posting a 3.86 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and a 14/3 K/BB ratio over seven innings. Expect him to be used in a middle relief role by the Cardinals.

Sauer will be capable of working multiple innings, but the 26-year-old won’t be able to go deep enough to qualify for a victory unless the Athletics are incredibly aggressive against the right-hander. He won’t be a quality streaming option for Thursday’s bullpen game against the Athletics.

Ohtani hit a no-doubter to lead off the game for the Dodgers and it bumps his homer total to 13. He’s been remarkably — and surprisingly — good in the month of May, and he’s now slashing .341/.442/.818 over those 48 at-bats in that timeframe. There’s a long way to go, but a back-to-back MVP season is well within reason, even if he doesn’t return to the mound in 2025.