


Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Weston Wilson went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 11-9 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He also singled and struck out twice. The Clemson product blasted a 395-foot bomb in the bottom of the sixth inning to welcome Diamondbacks pitcher Juan Morillo to the game and cut the Phillies' deficit to two. Wilson hasn't played much in 2025 after recovering from an oblique injury he picked up during spring training. Still, he's hammering the ball when making contact, recording four hard-hit balls (three hits) in three appearances (nine at-bats). The North Carolina native may not garner consistent playing time, but he's shown the ability to be productive when called upon, bolstering a .284 average (25-for-88) in 41 games a season ago.


The Minnesota Twins announced on Monday that they reinstated infielder Royce Lewis (hamstring) from the 10-day injured list and optioned utility man Mickey Gasper to Triple-A St. Paul in a corresponding move. Lewis strained his left hamstring in spring training and opened the 2025 campaign on the injured list. But the 25-year-old right-handed power hit is back now and will make his season debut in Tuesday's series opener against the Baltimore Orioles. Even though he went just 4-for-23 with six strikeouts on his minor-league rehab assignment, fantasy managers that have kept Lewis stashed this whole time will want to get him back into their lineups this week. The former first overall pick in 2017 has never played in over 82 games in a season since debuting in the big leagues in 2022, but he has high-end power when he's healthy and is a lineup regular for Minnesota.


New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger went 1-for-4 with a walk and a two-run home run in Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Rays. It has been a disappointing season so far for the left-handed slugger who was supposed to be able to take advantage of Yankee Stadium's "short porch" in right field, now with four home runs on the season and pacing for no more than the 18 home runs he hit last season in Chicago. The 18 RBI and 15 runs scored that the former MVP has tallied to this point are fine, but would be higher if he could hit for better than a .200 average in the middle of the Yankee lineup. His current contact rate stands at 77.6, the lowest since 2022, but he's chasing less and walking more, while his barrel and hard-hit rates are above where they've been in a long time, which is at least a sign that maybe he can still turn things around.


St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley closed the door on the Mets in Sunday's 6-5 victory in Game 1 of their doubleheader, notching his fifth save of the season in the process. The righty did allow and hit and threw a wild pitch that made things interesting, but New York was unable to push across a run to tie the game. Helsley was the league leader in saves in 2024 with 49, along with a 2.04 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, and a 21.1 percent K-BB%, but things haven't gone quite so well in 2025. The 30-year-old owns a 3.75 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and a 5.7 percent K-BB%. It's still early, but the Cardinals may not win as many games as they did last year, leaving fewer save chances, and with good-but-not-great numbers, it doesn't appear Helsley will be as strong a contributor for fantasy as he was last season. That being said, he's still in one of the better situations in the league as the unquestioned closer for his team, and hopefully he can improve his strikeout and walk ratios as the season progresses.


WashingtonNationals closer Kyle Finnegan sat down the Reds in order during the ninth inning of Sunday's 4-1 victory, striking out two on the way to earning his 11th save of the season. After racking up 38 saves lastseason for the Nats, the righty is well on his way to that number again thisyear, while also helping fantasy managers' ratios with a 2.63 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 13 2/3 IP. If he can clean up the walks, the 33-year-old could also have a solid WHIP, but for now it stands at 1.39. On a team with the second-highest bullpen ERA, Finnegan has been a bright spot and has no competition for saves at the moment, so fantasy managers are getting a great return on investment from the 6-foot-2 hurler.
