MLB Player News
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Michael Toglia 1B | COL
Rockies' Michael Toglia: Blasts 17th home run
Toglia went 1-for-4 with a solo homer and two strikeouts in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Giants.
Toglia launched his first long ball since his three-homer game July 14, and he extended his hitting streak to five games in the process. Toglia has been on a tear since the middle of June with a .884 OPS in his last 37 games. The 25-year-old's 13 homers since June 15 trail only Shohei Ohtani and Anthony Santander for the most in MLB in that span.
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Patrick Wisdom 3B | SEA
Cubs' Patrick Wisdom: Turns tide with grand slam
Wisdom hit a grand slam in his only at-bat in Saturday's 9-4 win against the Royals.
Chicago trailed by one run in the seventh inning before loading the bases with one out. Wisdom was brought in to pinch hit for Pete Crow-Armstrong and promptly belted a grand slam to turn the deficit into a lead. The slugger continues to receive limited opportunities, as he's played in just seven games in July and started only two of those. However, he has been impactful of late, collecting two homers and five RBI over his past five at-bats.
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LaMonte Wade 1B | CHW
Giants' LaMonte Wade: Sitting out nightcap
Wade is out of the lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Rockies.
Wade played first base during the matinee and went 0-for-2 with a walk and a run scored. He'll get Game 2 off as David Villar plays first base and bats eighth.
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Rowdy Tellez 1B | TEX
Pirates' Rowdy Tellez: Sitting Saturday
Tellez (back) is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Diamondbacks.
Tellez was lifted from Friday's game due to back spasms and will take the night off Saturday to recover. He's being labeled as day-to-day. Connor Joe will bat cleanup and play first base Saturday.
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Freddie Freeman 1B | LAD
Dodgers' Freddie Freeman: Heads to family emergency list
The Dodgers placed Freeman (personal) on the family emergency list Saturday, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.
By rule, Freeman will miss between three and seven days, making Tuesday's series opener against the Padres his next opportunity to return to the Dodgers lineup. Cavan Biggio should see most of the work at first base while Freeman is away from the team. Catcher Hunter Feduccia was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma in a corresponding move.
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Paul Goldschmidt 1B | NYY
Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Homers in extra-inning loss
Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's 10-8 extra-inning loss to the Nationals.
Goldschmidt tried to spark a comeback for the Cardinals after they fell behind in the top of the 10th inning, but his homer was the team's last scoring play of the day. The first baseman has homered twice and added two doubles over his last five contests, though he's also struck out seven times in that span. On the year, he's at a .229/.288/.382 slash line through 99 games while adding 15 homers, 40 RBI, 49 runs scored, 16 doubles and six stolen bases. He's been a bit better in July, slashing .244/.262/.463 over 19 games this month.
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Josh Bell DH | MIN
Marlins' Josh Bell: Power surge continues Friday
Bell went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's win over the Brewers.
He took Janson Junk deep in the ninth inning, giving the Marlins their third long ball of the game and giving Bell his third straight game with a homer and fourth straight game with multiple hits. The switch-hitting first baseman, and pending free agent, is doing what he can to improve his trade value as the deadline approaches -- over his last 13 contests he's slashing .300/.375/.620 with five home runs and nine RBI.
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Nationals' Juan Yepez: Knocks three hits
Yepez went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI in Friday's extra-inning win over St. Louis.
Yepez scored runs in the second and fourth innings before knocking an RBI double in the fifth. He also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the seventh and force the game to extras. Yepez had a 15-game hitting streak to begin his Nationals career before going 0-for-3 on Thursday. After his three-hit night Friday, he's now slashing .375/.423/.609 with 11 extra-base hits through 71 plate appearances.
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Freddie Freeman 1B | LAD
Dodgers' Freddie Freeman: Not expected back during weekend
Manager Dave Roberts said after Friday's game that he doesn't expect Freeman (personal) to return to the Dodgers before the end of their series against Houston this weekend, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
Freeman was a late scratch from Friday's lineup, allowing him to travel back home to tend to a family emergency. It remains unclear if the Dodgers will move the first baseman onto the family emergency list, but the chances of him playing this weekend seem to be low either way. Cavan Biggio will serve as Los Angeles' primary first baseman while Freeman is away.