Cleveland Guardians' CF Angel Martinez scored 34.5 fantasy points going 6-for-15 with three home runs and five RBIs in five games this week. Martinez is owned only in 21.8% of mixed leagues.

Washington's CF Daylen Lile scored 37.5 fantasy points going 9-for-22 with four home runs and 10 RBIs in five games this week. Lile is owned only in 41.9% of mixed leagues.

Cincinnati Reds' 2B Matt McLain scored 26.5 fantasy points going 6-for-19 with two home runs and six RBIs in five games this week. McLain is owned only in 32.2% of mixed leagues.

St. Louis Cardinals' RP Kyle Leahy had an ERA of 1.10 and a WHIP of 1.35 in 16.1 innings over his last three games. Leahy is owned only in 4.1% of mixed leagues.

Cincinnati Reds' RF JJ Bleday scored 35.0 fantasy points going 9-for-20 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in five games this week. Bleday is owned only in 27.8% of mixed leagues.

Mariners' CF Luke Raley scored 25.5 fantasy points going 6-for-18 with two home runs and four RBIs in six games this week. Raley is owned only in 32.5% of mixed leagues.

San Diego Padres' LF Gavin Sheets scored 27.0 fantasy points going 7-for-13 with two home runs and four RBIs in five games this week. Sheets is owned only in 2.0% of mixed leagues.

Philadelphia's CF Justin Crawford had three stolen bases and a .231 average in five games this week. Crawford is owned only in 10.2% of mixed leagues.

Cincinnati Reds' SP Andrew Abbott had an ERA of 0.54 and a WHIP of 1.14 in 16.2 innings over his last three games. Abbott is owned only in 44.9% of mixed leagues.

Arizona's SP Eduardo Rodriguez had an ERA of 1.74 and a WHIP of 1.02 in 20.2 innings over his last three games. Rodriguez is owned in 68.2% of mixed leagues.

Rays' CF Cedric Mullins had three stolen bases and a .368 average with 3 RBIs in five games this week. Mullins is owned only in 0.4% of mixed leagues.

Chicago White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami continued to surprise in his first season in the big leagues on Saturday night in an 8-3 win over the crosstown-rival Chicago Cubs, going 2-for-3 at the plate with two more home runs, three RBI, a walk, and a strikeout to raise his season average to .236 and his OPS to .943. The 26-year-old left-handed slugger wasn't the only one to terrorize Cubs right-hander starter Jameson Taillon on Saturday, as the veteran hurler gave up five total long balls in his outing. After the two-homer performance at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side of Chicago, Murakami is now up to 17 home runs and 32 RBI in his first 45 games with the Pale Hose in 2026. He currently trails only Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber for the league lead in home runs (20). Murakami sits in the 91st percentile in xwOBA and is in the 100th percentile in hard-hit rate, so the analytics back up his red-hot start to his first year in the United States. But with a strikeout rate in the third percentile, fantasy managers shouldn't be expecting any kind of help from the Japanese star in the batting average department.

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Washington Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz had yet another strong performance at the plate in May in the team's 13-3 blowout win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night in D.C. Ruiz finished the game 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBI, two runs scored, and a stolen base to continue his hot-hitting ways since the calendar flipped from April to May. The 27-year-old Venezuelan backstop continued to disappoint offensively in April, going 8-for-45 (.178) with no home runs, four doubles, six RBI, two runs scored, one walk, and seven strikeouts in 17 games across 47 plate appearances. But so far in eight games in May, he's been a different hitter, batting .323 with three home runs, five doubles, and 11 RBI in his last 31 at-bats to boost his season average to .230 and his OPS to .715. Ruiz's three-hit showing on Saturday was his second of the month already. Something appears to be clicking for the switch-hitter, but fantasy managers have every right to be skeptical that it will last. He's still rostered in only 1% of Yahoo leagues.

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Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sanchez was at the top of his game in a masterful performance on Saturday night in the team's 6-0 shutout win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Sanchez threw a complete-game shutout with six hits allowed, no walks, and 13 strikeouts to drop his season ERA to a stingy 1.82 in his 10th start of 2026. The 29-year-old Dominican southpaw now has five wins on the season as well. His outstanding performance on Saturday evening was his second career complete-game shutout, and his 13 punchouts were a career high. Sanchez has been amazing so far this year for the Phillies and his fantasy managers, going at least seven innings while giving up zero runs in three straight starts this month. He's a set-and-forget fantasy starting pitcher with an upcoming matchup against the first-place Cleveland Guardians, a team that ranks only 24th in OPS (.689) and 19th in home runs (43) in 2026.

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Minnesota Twins right-hander Taj Bradley (pectoral) is scheduled to make a minor-league rehab start on Sunday with Triple-A St. Paul, according to Twins reporter Audra Martin. Bradley has already been cleared to begin a rehab assignment on the farm after landing on the 15-day injured list on May 9 with right-pectoral inflammation. The 25-year-old had a successful 20-pitch bullpen session on Friday. Barring a setback, he will likely be activated to rejoin the Twins' starting rotation in late May after a couple of rehab outings. The 25-year-old former fifth-round selection by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018 was having the best stretch of his young career across eight starts for Minnesota before his injury, going 4-1 with a 2.87 ERA (3.48 FIP), 1.19 WHIP, and 52:17 K:BB in 47 innings pitched. Bradley's hot start is the reason why the former top prospect in Tampa's system is rostered in 75% of Yahoo leagues right now. He's allowed more than two earned runs in just one of his eight starts so far this season and has had at least seven strikeouts in five of his outings.

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The Athletic's Chandler Rome reports that Houston Astros left-handed closer Josh Hader (biceps) needs five more minor-league rehab outings, manager Joe Espada told Chandler Rome of The Athletic. Hader will not come off the 60-day injured list when he's first eligible on May 24, but it's only due to the calendar they have set for his final five rehab appearances. The hard-throwing southpaw reliever has already appeared in four rehab games with Triple-A Sugar Land and Double-A Corpus Christi, tossing four shutout innings with three hits allowed, one walk, and six strikeouts. We most likely won't see Hader make his debut until sometime in the final week of May or in early June, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't be stashed in most fantasy baseball leagues already. Once activated, the 32-year-old six-time All-Star should immediately slot back in as the Astros' primary closer. Bryan King has become the favorite for saves in Houston with Hader sidelined, although Bryan Abreu picked up his second save of the year in Saturday's win over the Texas Rangers. Hader is currently rostered in 88% of Yahoo leagues.

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San Francisco Giants right-hander Logan Webb (knee) was scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Webb is currently on the 15-day injured list due to right-knee bursitis that he dealt with in his last outing on May 5 against the San Diego Padres, but he reportedly is on track for a minimum absence. Depending on how his bullpen went this weekend, it's possible that the 29-year-old hurler won't need to go on a minor-league rehab assignment before rejoining San Fran's starting rotation. If Webb returns late next week without a rehab assignment, we wouldn't recommend throwing him right back into the fire in starting fantasy lineups. Before his knee injury, the two-time All-Star had struggled on the mound with a 2-4 record, 5.06 ERA (3.56 FIP), and 1.39 WHIP with 42 strikeouts and 15 walks across 48 innings pitched in his eight starts for the Gigantes. Despite the ugly surface stats, though, Webb does have five quality starts this year, and he should remain stashed in fantasy leagues.

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New York Yankees right-handed pitching prospect Elmer Rodriguez said that he will start Sunday's Subway Series finale against the New York Mets, according to Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record. For the time being, Rodriguez will take the rotation spot in the Bronx after the Yankees placed left-hander Max Fried (elbow) on the 15-day injured list. The 22-year-old was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday and will be making just his third big-league start. Left-hander Ryan Weathers was previously scheduled to start on Sunday, so he will likely be pushed back to Monday's series opener in the Bronx against the division-rival Toronto Blue Jays. Rodriguez, the team's No. 2 prospect per MLB Pipeline, allowed five earned runs on 10 hits while walking eight and striking out five in 8 2/3 innings in his first two MLB starts (both against the Texas Rangers). He has plenty of long-term strikeout upside and will have an excellent matchup against the Mets, who rank 30th in baseball in OPS (.638). However, with Gerrit Cole's (elbow) return on the horizon, Rodriguez might only make another start or two with the Yanks before being sent back down to Triple-A.

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New York Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole (elbow) looked good in his latest minor-league rehab start with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday night, allowing just one earned run on six hits while walking one and striking out six in 5 1/3 innings while his fastball cracked 99 mph, according to Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News. The expectation is that Cole will make one more rehab start before being reinstated from the 15-day injured list to make his 2026 season debut with the Yankees. The 35-year-old former American League Cy Young winner threw 56 of his 86 pitches for strikes and was lighting up the radar gun, a sign that he's close to being fully recovered from Tommy John surgery that wiped out his entire 2025 season. Cole could be inconsistent in the big leagues as he works his way back after a long layoff, but his pedigree as a major-league ace makes him absolutely worth stashing in all fantasy leagues. He's currently rostered in 85% of Yahoo leagues. Scoop Cole up immediately if he's available in your league.

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Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story (groin) is "seeking additional opinions about whether he needs surgery to fix his sports hernia," according to Tim Healey of The Boston Globe. If it's confirmed that he'll require hernia surgery, he'd likely miss six to 10 weeks. That's a crushing blow for the veteran infielder, who was placed on the injured list Saturday. He has now dealt with five major injured list stints since the Red Sox signed him back in 2022. Story was off to a pretty poor start at the plate this season, slashing just .206/.244/.303 with 47 wRC+ and a whopping 32.4% strikeout rate. Very few managers were relying on him in fantasy baseball, so his absence won't have enormous lineup impacts. In the meantime, we expect to see a mix of Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Andruw Monasterio at shortstop. Marcelo Mayer and Nick Sogard could also compete to play more games at short.

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