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• Michael Brantley: Announces retirement

  01/05/2024 • By RotoWire

  Brantley announced his retirement from baseball Friday, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports. Brantley began his major-league career by playing 10 seasons for Cleveland before joining the Astros ahead of the 2019 campaign. The five-time All-Star put together several productive seasons with his new team, slashing .305/.365/.463 with 42 homers, 215 runs, 192 RBI and seven steals over five years. The 36-year-old missed most of the 2023 campaign while recovering from shoulder surgery that he underwent in August of 2022, but he was available down the stretch. Brantley was a free agent during this offseason and will elect to hang up his cleats following a 15-year career in the majors.

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• Astros' Michael Brantley: In lineup for Game 6

  10/22/2023 • By RotoWire

  Brantley is starting in left field and batting second in Game 6 of the ALCS against the Rangers on Sunday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports. The veteran slugger will make just his third start of the series as Houston attempts punch its ticket to the World Series at home. Through six playoffs games this year, Brantley has gone 5-for-20 with a double, a homer, two walks, a stolen base and two RBI.

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• Astros' Michael Brantley: Out of lineup for Game 5

  10/20/2023 • By RotoWire

  Brantley isn't in the Astros' lineup for Game 5 of the ALCS against Texas. Brantley will start on the bench as Houston rolls out an outfield unit of Chas McCormick, Mauricio Dubon and Kyle Tucker for the second consecutive game. The 36-year-old Brantley is 5-for-19 with a homer and two RBI during the postseason.

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• Astros' Michael Brantley: Not in lineup for Game 4

  10/19/2023 • By RotoWire

  Brantley is not in the lineup Thursday for Game 4 of the ALCS versus the Rangers. Brantley should appear off the bench at some point, but the Astros will start Chas McCormick, Mauricio Dubon and Kyle Tucker across the outfield with left-hander Andrew Heaney taking the mound first for Texas. The left-handed-hitting Brantley has posted an .807 OPS across 21 plate appearances this postseason.

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• Astros' Michael Brantley: Batting second in Game 3

  10/18/2023 • By RotoWire

  Brantley is starting in left field and batting second Wednesday in Game 3 of the ALCS at Texas. The struggling Kyle Tucker has been dropped to the sixth spot in the Astros' lineup for Wednesday's matchup against right-hander Max Scherzer. Alex Bregman, the Astros' usual No. 2 hitter, will bat third in Game 3. Brantley is 18-for-49 (.367) with three homers lifetime versus Scherzer and carries an overall .357/.438/.643 slash line through 16 plate appearances in the 2023 postseason.

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