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Judge connected on a titanic 434-foot (107.6 mph EV) solo shot off of Yohan Ramirez in the eighth inning, increasing the Bombers’ lead to 6-4. The 32-year-old superstar also smacked a run-scoring double in the third inning. He then singled and rode home on Trent Grisham’s three-run blast in the sixth. With his 3-for-4 night, Judge is now slashing an absurd .305/.436/.703 to go with a league-leading 24 homers, 59 RBI and five stolen bases.

Bregman noted that while he got hit flush on his hand earlier in the week, the pitch that got him on Sunday was on his wrist instead. Fortunately, X-rays came back negative for any fractures and he’s considered day-to-day. Expect him to return to action early next week.

The hard-hitting 24-year-old backstop reached on an error to start the sixth inning, swiped second base and scored on an RBI single off the bat of Mickey Moniak. He then led off the eighth inning with a double and scored on an RBI double by Zach Neto as the Angels rallied to tie the game. O’Hoppe saved the best for last though, tagging Astros’ closer Josh Hader for a 364-foot (96.4 mph EV) two-run blast on the first pitch that he saw in the ninth inning — sending the home faithful into a frenzy. With his four-hit afternoon, O’Hoppe is now hitting .269/.322/.446 with eight homers, 22 RBI and one solitary stolen base.

Bregman was plunked by a 93.4 mph sinker on the same hand that he was hit on earlier in the week. He did stay in the game to run the bases for himself but was ultimately removed when the Astros took the field. He’ll presumably head for X-rays to see if there’s any structural damage. Stay tuned.

Ramírez is now up to 10 steals on the season to go along with 18 home runs as the 31-year-old shows few signs of slowing down. His batting average hasn’t been where we’ve expected, but he’s striking out just 10.5 percent of the time, so the low average has more to do with his low .244 BABIP than any major contact issues. The veteran is still on pace for a season of at least 30 home runs and 20 steals, which keeps him among the elite hitters in fantasy baseball.

Correa drove in both runs with an RBI single in the 10th inning that helped break the game open. He also had a 109.5 mph single in the first inning and a 106.4 mph single in the 5th inning, so he was seeing the ball well on Sunday. The veteran now has 26 RBI in 47 games this season while battling injuries. He continues to hit in the middle of the Twins’ order and remains a viable middle infield option; although, he is really just a 20 home run hitter at this stage in his career with no speed, which caps his fantasy ceiling.

Abrams drove in all three runs on a double off Aaron Bummer in the fourth inning that broke the game wide open for the Nationals. He also had two hard-hit balls that both resulted in outs. The 23-year-old has had a rough go of it over the last month, going 28-for-136 (.206) since the calendar flipped to May with a 35:2 K:BB rate in 33 games. Abrams has a ton of talent with 10 home runs and 10 steals already on the season. He’s also still striking out just 21 percent of the time on the season, so strikeouts haven’t been a major issue. He has pulled the ball far less since April and hit the ball on the ground more often, so perhaps he needs to adjust to the way pitchers have adapted to his hot start.

Herz struck out five but also walked three on the day. The left-hander missed bats with all four pitches, getting 12 whiffs on 34 swings for a 35 percent whiff rate and 31 percent CSW on the day. The 23-year-old has been good since coming to the Nationals from the Cubs in the Jeimer Candelario trade last year and looked good in the AFL this offseason. He has clear swing-and-miss stuff but questionable command, which would hurt him in some outings. However, he gets up for a solid outing against the Marlins next week and could be a solid streamer in deeper formats.

We promise you, the start was not this bad. Waldrep walked four and struck out just one, but he also induced eight whiffs on 26 swings for a 31 percent whiff rate with a 32 percent CSW. His first three innings were hitless, and he needed just 40 pitches to get through it. He then allowed four hits in the fourth inning, but three were bloops under 70 mph off the bat. His one major mistake was a fastball that he missed his location on which Keibert Ruiz hit for a three-run home run. After he was lifted from the game, reliever Aaron Bummer allowed a three-run double to CJ Abrams, which made Waldrep’s line look even worse. We’re not sure if Waldrep will get another turn in the rotation, but the stuff looks good enough to be fantasy-relevant if he does.

The 26-year-old got the scoring started with an RBI single in the third inning before adding another RBI single in the 7th to give the Orioles a two-run lead and then a grand slam in the eighth inning to break the game wide open. Rutschman now has 13 home runs and 49 RBI on the season while hitting .306 and is back to staking his claim as the top fantasy catcher in baseball.