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And welcome back everybody to another episode of the first pitch podcast, brought to my pitchellist.com.

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Also on the bench for Bubba podcast and Bobin the Bloom coming at you multiple times a week.

Go check that out. I'm here to recap the news and notes from Sunday.

Get you ready for a full day of holiday action on Monday,

another week ahead on the baseball diamond.

Lots of moves today.

Not all super relevant, but going to cover them for you with rosters expanding.

So let's get cracking on it.

Some of the non-roster moves will start, and then we'll get to the roster ones.

Kyle Tucker of the Houston Astros, the Astros are very optimistic about Tucker these days,

as you've been getting reports about him running and hitting and doing all this fun stuff.

The Astros are so optimistic.

They're saying that Tucker is close to returning, and he may return to the Astros as soon as

Wednesday or Thursday. That would be some big boy stuff. Some more Astros news. Ronell Blanco was

solved in his start on Sunday, but that may be his last start of the season, at least for now for the

Astros. The Astros are currently rolling with a six-man rotation, but when they transition back to a five-man rotation, they are saying Blanco will likely be the man that heads to the bullpen.

Doesn't mean it's going to happen this week, but there's something to brace for if you're rostering Rinal Blanco.

Jake Myers of the Houston Astros was placed on the paternity list on Sunday, Chas McCormick's recall to take Meyer's spot on the roster for just a few

games. Lordus Gurriel Jr., the Arizona Diamondbacks left Sunday's game with a leg injury. He was

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