MLB Player News
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Josh Naylor 1B | SEA
Guardians' Josh Naylor: Belts two long balls Wednesday
Naylor went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs and an additional run in Wednesday's 5-4 extra-inning win against the Twins.
Naylor got to Minnesota starter Bailey Ober twice, touching up the right-hander for solo shots in the second and seventh frames. The power display ended a 13-game homerless drought for the first baseman and marked his third multi-homer performance of the campaign. Naylor is up 31 home runs and 105 RBI on the season, both of which are career highs.
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Andrew Vaughn 1B | MIL
White Sox's Andrew Vaughn: Stays hot Wednesday
Vaughn went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 4-3 extra-innings loss to the Angels.
The first baseman took Jack Kochanowicz deep in the fourth inning to get the White Sox on the board. The blast added to Vaughn's impressive September, and he's batting .345 (19-for-55) on the month with four homers and eight RBI in 14 games. It's been a roller coaster of a season for the 26-year-old, but he now sits one long ball short of his second straight 20-homer campaign.
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Tyler Soderstrom C | ATH
Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom: Belts eighth homer
Soderstrom went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in Wednesday's 5-3 win over the Cubs.
He got the A's on the board in the fourth inning with a solo shot off Ethan Roberts. It was Soderstrom's first homer in four games since being activated from the IL, and his eighth of the year in 53 contests. With four hits in two games during this series at Wrigley Field, the 22-year-old has boosted his slash line on the season to .224/.304/.410.
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Yuli Gurriel DH | SD
Royals' Yuli Gurriel: Gaining hold of lineup spot
Gurriel will start at first base and bat fifth in Wednesday's game against the Tigers.
Gurriel will pick up his fourth consecutive start and looks to have settled in as Kansas City's primary option at first base. Since being acquired from Atlanta on Aug. 31, Gurriel has slashed .348/.414/.435 with five runs and four RBI through his first nine games with the Royals.
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Yandy Diaz 1B | TB
Rays' Yandy Diaz: Absent from starting nine
Diaz is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.
Diaz had started the last three games, although he's seen his playing time cut into a bit the last couple weeks as the Rays get a look at some younger players. Jonathan Aranda will start at first base Wednesday, and Austin Shenton will serve as the Rays' designated hitter.
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Niko Kavadas 1B | LAA
Angels' Niko Kavadas: Out versus southpaw
Kavadas is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
With southpaw Jared Shuster toeing the rubber for the White Sox, the left-handed-hitting Kavadas will begin the contest on the bench. Brandon Drury will fill the Halos' designated-hitter slot.
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Eric Wagaman 1B | MIN
Angels' Eric Wagaman: Homers again Tuesday
Wagaman went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI in Tuesday's win over the White Sox.
Wagaman homered for the second straight night and now has five extra-base hits in seven games since being called up from Triple-A Salt Lake. The 27-year-old has started six straight games and has upped his batting average to .292 with at least a hit in four consecutive games.
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Triston Casas 1B | BOS
Red Sox's Triston Casas: Cracks first September homer
Casas went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 8-3 loss to the Rays.
Casas gave Boston an early lead with his ninth home run of the season in the second inning. It was the first homer in 59 at-bats for Casas, who last went deep Aug. 25, when he was Boston's regular cleanup hitter. These days, Casas is batting down in the order -- sixth, seventh or eighth over the last 11 contests -- and he routinely sits against left-handers.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B | TOR
Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero: Rips three hits in loss
Guerrero went 3-for-5 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 13-8 loss to the Rangers.
Guerrero has hit safely in nine of his 12 games in September, but this was just his second multi-hit effort of the month. He had seven such games over the last 11 contests of August. The first baseman is slashing .322/.397/.545 with 28 home runs, 97 RBI, 94 runs scored and two stolen bases over 148 games this season, and he still has time to chase down his third 30-homer campaign.
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Jonathan Singleton DH | HOU
Astros' Jon Singleton: Back in action
Singleton (illness) is starting at first base and batting sixth Tuesday in San Diego, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
SIngleton missed Monday's game due to illness after he was a late scratch for Sunday's matchup with the Angels. With his return to the lineup, Victor Caratini is back on the bench.