Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager was seeing the ball well on Wednesday at Wrigley Field in the 6-2 win over the hosting Chicago Cubs, going 2-for-5 with two solo home runs, two runs scored and two strikeouts. Seager homered off starter Shota Imanaga and reliever Nate Pearson for his second and third home runs of the season. It's a good sign for the 30-year-old two-time World Series MVP, as he entered the day hitting just .194 (7-for-36) with three walks and 11 strikeouts in the first 10 games of 2025. Fantasy managers will be hoping that Seager will keep things going at the plate as the Rangers head into a weekend road series in Seattle against the division-rival Mariners, which starts on Friday. As long as Seager stays healthy, he should be a productive fantasy option at shortstop in all leagues after hitting 30-plus homers in each of the last three seasons.

Texas Rangers right-hander Tyler Mahle had another strong start for the Rangers in Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field to win his second game of the season. Mahle delivered a quality start for his fantasy managers by allowing only one earned run on two hits while walking one and fanning four in seven innings pitched. Although the strikeout numbers don't really jump off the page, it was an impressive outing on a chilly day in Chicago. The 30-year-old veteran, who made only eight starts combined with the Twins and Rangers the last two years due to injuries, has now pieced together three straight strong starts to begin the year after he gave up only an earned run while walking six and striking out eight in 6 2/3 innings in his first two starts against the Red Sox and Rays. Mahle's next start will come against the Angels, who have gotten off to a surprising 7-3 start.

Houston Astros right-hander Spencer Arrighetti (thumb) won't need surgery on his fractured thumb, although manager Joe Espada said Arrighetti will be in a cast for "two or two and a half weeks." After that, he will undergo follow-up imaging to make sure everything is healing properly. It's good news for the 25-year-old, but the Astros still expect him to miss around six weeks after breaking his thumb in a freak incident during batting practice before Monday's game against the Seattle Mariners. Fantasy managers will want to stay patient and keep the young pitcher stashed in an IL spot while he recovers. The former sixth-rounder in 2021 out of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette had allowed six earned runs while walking five and striking out eight in 9 2/3 inning in his first two starts in 2025 before the injury. Stay tuned for who might replace Arrighetti in Houston's starting rotation.

New York Yankees left-hander Max Fried was electric in Wednesday's 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the series finale at Comerica Park, tossing seven shutout innings while allowing five hits, walking none and striking out 11 for his second win of the year. It was easily Fried's best performance early on in his first year with the Yankees after he gave up seven runs (three earned) on 13 hits (one homer) with three walks and 10 strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings over his first two outings against the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates. The cold weather in Detroit probably helped his cause for his first quality start of the 2025 season. With the strong effort, the 31-year-old southpaw lowered his ERA on the year to a stingy 1.56. He'll have a tough matchup his next time out against the Kansas City Royals next week, but Fried is a must-start in fantasy.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernandez helped the Dodgers avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Washington Nationals on Wednesday by going 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and a run scored in the 6-5 victory in D.C. The Dominican outfielder's long ball was already his fifth of the year in his 14th game in the early going. The 32-year-old veteran right-handed hitter came into Wednesday's series finale at Nationals Park with a .271/.308/.538 slash line, .891 OPS, four homers, three doubles, 13 RBI, two stolen bases and seven runs scored in 52 plate appearances. Hernandez has picked up where he left off last year in his first season with the Dodgers, when he hit a career-high 33 home runs and drove in 99 runs in 154 regular-season games. He will continue to be a strong source of power, RBI and runs in the middle of a stacked L.A. lineup in 2025.