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Rutschman went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Blue Jays.

Entering Saturday's game, Rutschman had failed to log a home run since hitting two of them on Opening Day. He ended his drought in the sixth inning, when he took Bowden Francis deep to right-center field for a 426-foot solo homer to make it a 3-3 game. Rutschman has started the season slashing .265/.357/.469 with seven walks, nine runs scored, three home runs and five RBI across 56 plate appearances.

Bautista earned the save in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Blue Jays. He allowed two walks while striking out one batter in a scoreless ninth inning.

Bautista got the call from the bullpen to maintain the Orioles' one-run lead. He walked two batters in a row, and after forcing a groundout, he managed to close things out by striking out Bo Bichette. Bautista missed the entire 2024 season while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery that he underwent October of 2023, and Saturday's save was his first since Aug. 24, 2023, also against the Blue Jays.

The Twins are planning to option Miranda to Triple-A St. Paul following Saturday's 4-0 loss to the Tigers, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

Miranda has struggled to start the season, slashing .167/.167/.250 with one home run, five RBI and 13 strikeouts across 36 plate appearances. His baserunning blunder in the eighth frame of Saturday's game seemed to be the final straw for the club. Brooks Lee (back) is expected to be activated off the injured list to take Miranda's spot on the 26-man roster.

Soto picked up a hold Saturday against the Blue Jays after throwing a clean eighth inning, striking out one batter.

Soto made quick work of the heart of Toronto's order to preserve a 5-4 lead, retiring Anthony Santander, Andres Gimenez and George Springer on just nine pitches. It was the first hold of the campaign for Soto, who has now hurled six scoreless innings to go with a 9:2 K:BB so far. The hard-throwing left-hander is one of Baltimore's top setup men and remains a candidate for the occasional save chance when closer Felix Bautista is unavailable, but the Orioles didn't see their first save opportunity of the season until Saturday's contest.

Kjerstad went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Blue Jays.

Kjerstad was able to break Bowden Francis' shutout in the fifth frame, with the former taking a splitter deep to center field for a 409-foot, two-run home run. It was Kjerstad's first home run of the 2025 season and his seventh in his major-league career. He's started the season slashing .219/.235/.344 with five runs scored, one home run and six RBI across 34 plate appearances.

Sugano didn't factor into the decision in Saturday's game against the Blue Jays. He allowed three runs on eight hits and two walks without a strikeout across 4.2 innings.

Sugano gave up a run in each of the first three innings of Saturday's game, including a solo home run to Anthony Santander in the third frame. Sugano wasn't able to record a strikeout but was just one out shy from being eligible to factor into the decision. The Japanese right-hander has started his major-league career with a 3.86 ERA and 1.57 WHIP across 14 innings while recording only five strikeouts. Sugano is slated to pitch next week against the Guardians at home, when he'll look to capture his second win of 2025.

Baker (1-0) was credited with the win Saturday against the Blue Jays despite allowing one run on one hit and one walk in one inning. He struck out one.

Baker replaced Keegan Akin in the sixth inning, recording three outs in the frame before giving up a Nathan Lukes leadoff double in the seventh. Baker was immediately pulled for Yennier Cano, who allowed the inherited runner to score on a Bo Bichette groundout. Baker has zero holds or save opportunities in 2025, so he holds very little fantasy appeal in most formats despite producing a 1.29 ERA, 0.71 WHIP and 8:1 K:BB over seven innings to begin the season.

Bichette went 3-for-5 with an RBI single in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Orioles.

Bichette took the first pitch he saw to center field for a double, and two pitches later he came across home plate on a Vladimir Guerrero RBI double to give the Blue Jays the early lead. Saturday marked the fourth time this season that Bichette has logged at least three hits. He's begun the season slashing .313/.366/.391 with no homers or steals but six runs scored, five doubles and nine RBI across 70 plate appearances.

Akin recorded one out in the fifth inning Saturday against the Blue Jays.

After relieving Tomoyuki Sugano, Akin got Andres Gimenez to fly out to end the frame, stranding Bo Bichette at third base. Akin hasn't seen a save opportunity in 2025 or made a start for the Orioles since 2023, so his fantasy value in most settings is minimal at the moment. That said, the 30-year-old left-hander does have a 2.45 ERA and 1.09 WHIP with two holds over 7.1 innings so far this year.

Santander went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Orioles.

Santander had yet to record his first homer as a Blue Jay, but a return to Camden Yards proved to be what he needed to tick that achievement off his list. After grounding out in his first at-bat, Santander took a fastball from Tomoyuki Sugano deep to left-center field for a 409-foot solo home run. Santander has gone 8-for-39 with three runs scored, five walks, one home run, two RBI and 11 strikeouts over his last 10 games.