Scoreless in 7 of his last 9 May games with quality command metrics. The Pirates' save volume is limited but Soto's grip on the role is strong. Top-25 RP rest of season.

Started vs Chicago Cubs (4W-3L, 3.96 ERA)

OBP .237 → .306 (Δ +0.069)

Started @ St. Louis Cardinals (3W-3L, 4.40 ERA)

OBP .240 → .290 (Δ +0.050)

OBP .240 → .290 (Δ +0.050)

The Pirates' top prospect promotion fills the OF hole with Mangum returning, O'Hearn on IL, and the team needing offensive juice. García was hitting .298 with 8 HR and 6 SB at Triple-A Indianapolis. Multi-cat profile + locked playing time = priority deep-league add. Stash in 14+ team leagues, speculative in 12-team.

2nd blown save this week; Don Kelly called him out for 'trying to be too fine.' 50% strike rate on 30 pitches Friday. Drop in standard formats — Bidois is the rising alternative.

NEW: 10-day IL with right quadriceps strain. O'Hearn had been hitting .256 with 6 HR in 39 games. Quadriceps strains in everyday players typically run 3-4 weeks. Jake Mangum activated in a corresponding move. Spencer Horwitz becomes the everyday 1B.

Pitcher List's top deep-league add. Horwitz takes over as the Pirates' everyday 1B with Ryan O'Hearn on the IL (quad strain). He's hitting .274/.387/.419 overall — and 1.000+ OPS in May. The plate discipline is elite (sub-15% K-rate, 12% BB-rate). Top-30 1B rest of season floor with the lineup spot locked in.

Soto and Santana both blew leads in Friday's extra-inning loss. Pittsburgh's bullpen is now a true chaos committee; neither is reliable for saves chasers. Avoid in standard formats.

OBP .224 → .275 (Δ +0.051)

OBP .224 → .275 (Δ +0.051)

OBP .214 → .290 (Δ +0.076)

OBP .225 → .283 (Δ +0.058)

OBP .214 → .290 (Δ +0.076)

OBP .228 → .283 (Δ +0.055)

The cheapest path to a starting catcher in a thin position. Bart is the Pirates' everyday backstop and produced his best game of the year on Saturday. The .310 wOBA isn't going to win a fantasy week, but at 1% rostered, the starter floor is exactly what 12+ team leagues need. Add in any league rostering 2 catchers, and as a stream in 1-catcher formats vs. RHP.

OBP .214 → .290 (Δ +0.076)

Picked up his 3rd save Friday with a clean ninth. Splitting save chances with Dennis Santana but is now clearly the leverage choice — Soto leads in usage and has the back-to-back saves. Pirates' games are infrequent but the role is real for now. Add in deep formats.

Started @ San Francisco Giants (2W-2L, 4.76 ERA)

Earned his 2nd save in as many days Thursday. Splitting the 9th with Dennis Santana — Soto leads in usage but Santana still gets save chances. Pirates win games infrequently; both arms are deep-league only.

OBP 0.247 → .331 (Δ +0.084)

OBP 0.261 → .333 (Δ +0.072)

OBP 0.308 → .369 (Δ +0.061)