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  • Josh Naylor 1B | SEA

    Guardians' Josh Naylor: Cranks two more homers

    Naylor went 2-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI in Tuesday's win over Pittsburgh.

    Naylor's now recorded a hit in nine straight games after posting his first multi-home-run game of the year Tuesday. He's gone 16-for-37 (.432) with five homers and 15 RBI in that span. The 26-year-old Naylor has been on a tear since the start of June, batting .378 with a 1.020 OPS over his last 37 contests. Overall, his slash line is up to .311/.351/.524 with 15 home runs, 75 RBI and 39 runs scored through 342 plate appearances this season.

  • Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Absent from lineup again

    Mountcastle is not in the lineup for Tuesday's tilt against the Dodgers, Andy Kostka of TheBaltimoreBanner.com reports.

    Mountcastle has now started just two of six games since returning from the injured list. Both of those starts were at designated hitter, as Ryan O'Hearn has remained the Orioles' regular first baseman even with Mountcastle back in action.

  • Ty France 1B | SD

    Mariners' Ty France: Struggling early in second half

    France is 0-for-13 with a walk, a run and six strikeouts in the four games he's played following the All-Star break.

    The elevated number of punchouts -- albeit over a very small sample -- is particularly out of the norm for France, who had just a 17.6 percent strikeout rate over the first half of the season. The veteran's hitless streak actually dates back to the penultimate game before the All-Star break, and his anemic 8.3 percent line-drive and hard-contact rates during that sample certainly appear to be playing a part in his struggles.

  • Josh Naylor 1B | SEA

    Guardians' Josh Naylor: Drills 13th homer

    Naylor went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, three RBI and two runs scored in Monday's victory over the Pirates.

    Naylor doubled home a run in the sixth inning before ripping a two-run shot in the seventh. His hot streak has turned into a terrific 2023 campaign; he's slashing .305/.350/.506 with 35 extra-base hits and 69 RBI through 337 plate appearances. Naylor is hitting .393 (24-for-61) with 12 extra-base hits over his last 15 games.

  • Yandy Diaz 1B | TB

    Rays' Yandy Diaz: Back from paternity list

    Diaz (personal) was reinstated from the paternity list Monday, Tricia Whitaker of Bally Sports Sun reports.

    Diaz will be back with the Rays as they head to Texas for a three-game series with the Rangers. The 31-year-old will look to pick up where he left off prior to the All-Star break, going 9-for-16 with a homer, a double, four RBI and two runs scored over his last four games. Jonathan Aranda was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Monday to open a roster spot for the returning Diaz.

  • Rays' Jonathan Aranda: Optioned to Triple-A

    Aranda was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Monday, Tricia Whitaker of Bally Sports Sun reports.

    Aranda will return to Durham after getting called up Thursday, going 2-for-7 with a run scored while appearing in two games of the Rays' series with Kansas City. With Yandy Diaz returning from the paternity list Monday, Tampa Bay no longer needed Aranda on the big-league roster.

  • Nate Lowe 1B | CIN

    Rangers' Nathaniel Lowe: Knocks in two

    Lowe went 2-for-4 with two RBI in Sunday's 6-5 win over Cleveland.

    Lowe delivered the first of three RBI singles in the eighth inning that turned a 5-2 deficit into the winning 6-5 margin. Surprisingly, the potent Rangers lineup, which leads the league in run differential, were 0-and-27 when trailing after seven innings until Sunday's comeback. Earlier in the contest, he drove in Corey Seager for the Rangers' second run. Lowe's power indicators -- home runs and slugging -- are down from his breakout 2022 season, but the first baseman remains a middle-of-the-order bat in a powerful offense.

  • Triston Casas 1B | BOS

    Red Sox's Triston Casas: Homers off bench

    Casas hit a two-run home run in his lone at-bat during Sunday's 11-5 win over the Cubs.

    Casas has gone 4-for-9 while homering in three straight games since the All-Star break. That matches his homer total from all of June. The first baseman is slashing .233/.333/.434 with 12 long balls, 32 RBI, 37 runs scored and 14 doubles over 300 plate appearances. Casas should continue to see the bulk of the playing time against right-handed pitchers while platooning with Justin Turner, who is often in the lineup at designated hitter versus righties.

  • Alex Kirilloff LF | MIN

    Twins' Alex Kirilloff: Drives in four runs

    Kirilloff went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and four RBI in Sunday's win over the Athletics.

    Kirilloff knocked a solo homer in the fifth inning followed by a bases-clearing, go-ahead double in the seventh. It was his first homer since June 16; in 21 games since his last home run, Kirilloff posted a .604 OPS. The 25-year-old has gone deep five times with a .272/.370/.411 slash line through 209 plate appearances this season.

  • Ryan Noda 1B | BAL

    Athletics' Ryan Noda: Sitting Sunday

    Noda isn't in Oakland's lineup Sunday versus the Twins.

    Despite Noda's .790 OPS against right-handers this season, he'll sit out Sunday's contest against Bryce Miller and the Mariners. Tyler Soderstrom will fill in as Oakland's first baseman while Jordan Diaz serves as the DH and bats sixth.

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