MLB Player News
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LaMonte Wade 1B | SF
Giants' LaMonte Wade: Absent from Sunday's lineup
Wade is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
It's the second straight game on the bench for Wade, who is in the midst of a 3-for-32 slump. Jerar Encarnacion is starting at first base in the series finale at San Diego.
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Jake Bauers RF | MIL
Brewers' Jake Bauers: On bench again Sunday
Bauers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies.
Bauers is sitting for the second straight day as Kyle Freeland is the second consecutive lefty to start for Colorado. Gary Sanchez will step in behind the plate while William Contreras rests his legs as the designated hitter.
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Michael Busch 3B | CHC
Cubs' Michael Busch: Taking seat Sunday
Busch is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Busch went 1-for-17 while starting the past seven games but will sit Sunday against New York righty Gerrit Cole. Cody Bellinger will shift to first base while Mike Tauchman receives a start in right field.
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Luis Arraez 2B | SD
Padres' Luis Arraez: Tallies three hits Saturday
Arraez went 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI in Saturday's loss to San Francisco.
Arraez brought the Padres to within a run with his fifth-inning RBI single, but that was the final tally for the team. The talented DH/infielder extended his hitting streak to seven games with the performance, and he's batting an excellent .414 (12-for-29) with four walks, two steals, five runs and four RBI during that span, though all 12 of his hits have been singles. Remarkably, Arraez has gone 24 games and 108 plate appearances without a strikeout, and his minuscule 4.3 percent strikeout rate on the season leads qualified MLB hitters by a wide margin (Steven Kwan is second-best at 9.2 percent).
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Rowdy Tellez 1B | PIT
Pirates' Rowdy Tellez: Goes deep Saturday
Tellez went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run and two walks across both games of Saturday's doubleheader against the Nationals.
Tellez didn't start in the first game of the twin bill, but he came up as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and drilled a 443-foot, two-run blast to right field. The first baseman added a walk later in that contest before going 0-for-4 with another walk in the nightcap. Even with the Game 1 homer Saturday, Tellez has had a rough start to September, going 3-for-18 with seven strikeouts over his first seven games.
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Andres Chaparro 3B | WAS
Nationals' Andres Chaparro: Four hits, three RBI in twin bill
Chaparro went a combined 4-for-9 with a home run and three RBI across both games of a doubleheader sweep versus the Pirates on Saturday.
Chaparro went a quiet 1-for-4 in the opener but was a big producer in the nightcap. He plated Washington's first run in Game 2 with a third-inning single and then tied the score in the seventh frame with a two-run blast to left field. Chaparro has three homers and nine RBI over his past seven contests.
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LaMonte Wade 1B | SF
Giants' LaMonte Wade: Getting rest Saturday
Wade isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Padres, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Wade will take a day to collect himself after going 0-for-8 with four strikeouts over his last two games. His absence will allow Mark Canha to pick up a start at first base while batting fifth.
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Jake Bauers RF | MIL
Brewers' Jake Bauers: Sitting Saturday
Bauers is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rockies.
Left-hander Ty Blach is taking the mound for Colorado, forcing the lefty-hitting Bauers to the bench. In his place, Gary Sanchez will DH and bat fourth.
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Michael Toglia 1B | COL
Rockies' Michael Toglia: Powers Rockies to win
Toglia went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer, a double and a walk in Friday's 3-2 victory over Milwaukee.
The 26-year-old was responsible for all of Colorado's scoring with one swing Friday, a two-out, 428-foot blast off Frankie Montas in the sixth inning. Toglia has now homered in back-to-back games after going 10 games without a long ball -- he went just 5-for-36 (.139) with a .411 OPS in that span. Overall, Toglia's slashing .220/.310/.483 with 23 homers, 50 RBI, 54 runs scored and seven steals across 375 plate appearances this season.