MLB Player News
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Wilmer Flores 1B | SF
Giants' Wilmer Flores: Placed on IL with foot contusion
Flores was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Giants on Saturday with a left foot contusion, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Flores will miss at least a week-plus with the bruise on his foot. The infielder had been performing well in the month of June with a .385/.500/.615 slash over 26 at-bats. The Giants recalled Tristan Beck in a corresponding transaction.
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Jonathan Singleton DH | HOU
Brewers' Jon Singleton: DFA'd by Brew Crew
The Brewers designated Singleton for assignment Saturday.
Singleton is slashing .103/.188/.138 since being called up by the Brewers, and the return of Jesse Winker (neck) from the injured list will push him off the Brewers' active and 40-man rosters. The veteran first baseman has had a successful season in Triple-A, so it's definitely possible another team claims him off waivers.
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Carlos Santana 1B | ARI
Pirates' Carlos Santana: Finding more power
Santana went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored Friday against the Brewers.
Santana took Julio Teheran deep in the second inning to tally his sixth homer of the season. Three of those long balls have come in his last seven starts, during which he's also driven in seven and scored six runs. Santana has maintained an everyday role at first base and primarily hits fourth in the Pirates' order.
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Wilmer Flores 1B | SF
Giants' Wilmer Flores: Lifts homer in win
Flores went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Friday's 7-5 extra-innings win over the Dodgers.
Flores sparked the Giants' comeback with his seventh-inning blast. The 31-year-old infielder has hit safely in five straight games, going 6-for-16 (.375) over that span. The success of LaMonte Wade at first base and a combination of Casey Schmitt and J.D. Davis (ankle) at third has left Flores in a short-side platoon role at best, though Davis' current injury has opened up some playing time for Flores. For the season, Flores owns a .258/.324/.452 slash line with seven homers, 23 RBI, 20 runs scored and nine doubles over 173 plate appearances.
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Alec Bohm 3B | PHI
Phillies' Alec Bohm: Drives in three runs
Bohm went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Friday's win over Oakland.
Bohm ripped a two-run homer in the fourth inning and added an insurance run with an RBI single in the ninth. He's produced four consecutive multi-hit games while adding eight RBI over that span, boosting his slash line from .260/.315/.395 to .274/.324/.420 in the process. Bohm also hasn't struck out during that four-game stretch and is now sporting a 16 percent strikeout rate with 45 RBI and 18 extra-base knocks through 238 plate appearances.
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Brewers' Rowdy Tellez: Sitting against lefty
Tellez is not in the starting lineup Friday versus the Pirates.
Owen Miller will play first base and bat leadoff. Brian Anderson is in the DH role and batting sixth. Tellez carries a .532 OPS this year against lefties and the Pirates are starting veteran southpaw Rich Hill.
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Pete Alonso 1B | BAL
Mets' Pete Alonso: Hitting in batting cage
Mets manager Buck Showalter said Friday that Alonso (wrist) has been hitting in the batting cage and he expects the first baseman back "before long," Laura Albanese of Newsday reports.
Showalter didn't offer an updated timeline for Alonso's return, but the fact that the slugger is already hitting would seem to give him a shot to beat the initial 3-4 week estimate for his recovery. It's been only nine days since Alonso was diagnosed with a bone bruise and sprain in his left wrist as a result of being plunked by Atlanta's Charlie Morton.
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Keston Hiura 2B | LAD
Brewers' Keston Hiura: Starting rehab stint
Hiura (knee) will begin a rehab assignment with the Brewers' Arizona Complex League affililate on Friday, Sam Dykstra of MiLB.com reports.
It will be the first game action in a little over a month for Hiura, who suffered a PCL strain at Triple-A Nashville. Prior to the injury, the 26-year-old had a 1.073 OPS with 12 home runs across 32 games. He was removed from the Brewers' 40-man roster just before Opening Day.
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Garrett Cooper 1B | ATL
Marlins' Garrett Cooper: Day off Friday
Cooper isn't starting Friday against the Nationals, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
Cooper has three homers in his last 10 games but is batting just .226 (7-for-31) over that stretch. He'll get a breather Friday while Yuli Gurriel takes over at first base and bats fifth.