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George Kirby took a loss Wednesday despite allowing just one run over six innings against the Twins.

Kirby deserved better, but the Mariners couldn’t solve Joe Ryan so it’s a hard-luck loss; one Kirby has unfortunately been familiar with in his time with Seattle. He walked just one while striking out three, and is starting to look more like the version fantasy managers were hoping to see prior to 2025. He should continue to see his 5.40 ERA trend downward, and takes on the Royals on Monday in Seattle.

Julio Rodríguez had two sac flies, including one that provided the final run in the ninth, as the Mariners edged the Twins 6-5 on Tuesday.

Rodríguez had three strikeouts and two sacrifice flies. Baseball-Reference says it’s just the third time that’s happened since 1900; J.T. Snow did it for the Giants in 2001 and the immortal Omir Santos matched the feat in 2009. For Rodríguez, it makes seven RBI in three games. That’s not spectacular, but we’ll take it; he had totaled six RBI over his previous 26 games.

Luis Castillo yielded five runs in five innings Tuesday in a no-decision against the Twins.

Castillo gave up five hits and two walks in a four-run fourth that could have been considerably worse if not for a double-play ball from Ryan Jeffers. He allowed just one other hit, though that was a solo homer from Kody Clemens in the third. Castillo is pretty obviously a below average starter at this point, but being propped up by T-Mobile Park, he remains a viable option in mixed leagues. He’ll probably makes his next start Sunday in Texas, but it’d be awesome if he somehow got pushed back to facing the Royals at home on Monday.

Zach McKinstry tripled in two runs while going 3-for-4 with a stolen base in a win for the Tigers on Thursday over the Athletics.

McKinstry’s stolen base was his ninth, but he was also caught stealing for the second time. His two-run triple was already his eighth of the season, and he also singled twice. The 30-year-old has been a solid contributor for the Tigers with a .277 average, 24 RBI and a .793 OPS over 73 games.

Zach McKinstry tripled in two runs while going 3-for-4 in a win for the Tigers on Thursday over the Athletics.

Zach McKinstry is absent from the Tigers’ starting lineup for Friday night’s tilt against the Rays in Tampa Bay.

McKinstry started both games of Thursday’s doubleheader against the Pirates, so he has certainly earned a night off. Colt Keith will make his second consecutive start at third base and will bat leadoff for the Tigers on Friday evening against Rays’ right-hander Shane Baz.