MLB Player News
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Freddie Freeman 1B | LAD
Dodgers' Freddie Freeman: Remains red-hot
Freeman went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Monday's 7-4 win against Miami.
Freeman belted a two-run shot to center field in the third inning to give the Dodgers a 3-0 lead. The veteran first baseman has hit safely in 10 straight games and is batting a sizzling .447 (17-for-38) with three homers and 12 RBI during that span. The hot streak has pushed Freeman's season batting average to .337, which would be fifth-highest in the majors if Freeman had enough plate appearances to qualify.
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Willson Contreras C | BOS
Cardinals' Willson Contreras: Remains hot Monday
Contreras went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 6-3 win against Pittsburgh on Monday.
Contreras turned the game around for St. Louis in the sixth inning, slugging a two-run homer to give the team a lead that it didn't relinquish. After a slow start to the season, the catcher-turned-first-baseman has been heating up lately, notching multiple hits in four of his past six games. Over that span, Contreras is batting .455 (10-for-22) with three home runs and 10 RBI.
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Pete Alonso 1B | BAL
Mets' Pete Alonso: Mashes ninth homer
Alonso went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks.
Alonso has five multi-hit efforts over his last eight games, a span that has seen him rack up three homers, seven RBI and nine runs scored. The first baseman has yet to go more than two games in a row without a hit, which is some impressive consistency, especially since he's never hit higher than .271 over a full season. Alonso is batting .349 with a 1.143 OPS, nine long balls, 33 RBI, 26 runs scored, 13 doubles, one triple and no stolen bases over 36 contests. In addition to his efficient contact, he's walking at a career-high rate (15.6 percent) and striking out at a career-low clip (15.0 percent).
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Matt Olson 1B | ATL
Braves' Matt Olson: Tallies sixth homer
Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Monday's 4-0 win against Cincinnati.
Olson was credited with an inside-the-park homer in the third inning when Tyler Callihan injured himself attempting to catch a flyball in the left-field corner. The Atlanta first baseman has been a walk machine over his last 10 games, drawing 10 walks while posting a .378 OBP and nine runs scored. Overall, Olson is now slashing .225/.372/.417 across 148 plate appearances.
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Casey Schmitt SS | SF
Giants' Casey Schmitt: Begins baseball activities
Schmitt (oblique) has begun baseball activities, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Schmitt is more than two weeks removed from suffering a Grade 2 left oblique strain but has been cleared to start ramping things up. The expectation when Schmitt went down was that he would miss around a month of action, so he's still got a couple weeks go go and will likely require a rehab assignment.
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LaMonte Wade 1B | CHW
Giants' LaMonte Wade: Idle vs. lefty
Wade is not in the Giants' starting lineup against the Cubs on Monday.
With the Cubs sending southpaw Matthew Boyd to the mound, the lefty-hitting Wade will begin Monday's game in the dugout while David Villar starts at first base and bats seventh. Wade has gone 7-for-28 with one run scored and four RBI over his last nine games.
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Matt Mervis 1B | WAS
Marlins' Matt Mervis: Beginning Monday's game on bench
Mervis is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Dodgers.
The Dodgers are opening the game with a left-handed pitcher (Jack Dreyer), so the left-handed-hitting Mervis will begin the contest on the bench. He could end up replacing Eric Wagaman at first base or Connor Norby at designated hitter once right-hander Ben Casparius enters the contest to serve as the Dodgers' bulk reliever.
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Ernesto Wilson Martinez 1B | NYY
Brewers' Ernesto Martinez: Missing in action
Martinez has not played for Triple-A Nashville since April 22 after injuring his right thumb on a slide, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
He is not on the 7-day injured list, although he has missed almost two weeks worth of action and McCalvy notes that his timetable is to be determined. While Martinez, who turns 26 in June and is in his first season at Triple-A, is older than the typical prospect, he was off to a great start for the Sounds, slashing .303/.390/.485 with three home runs, one steal and an 18.2 percent strikeout rate in 77 plate appearances.
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Willson Contreras C | BOS
Cardinals' Willson Contreras: Drives in four in doubleheader
Contreras went 4-for-8 with a home run and four RBI as the Cardinals swept Sunday's doubleheader versus the Mets.
Contreras had a big performance in the day game, during which he collected three of his hits, including a solo home run and a two-run single. He has posted multiple hits in three of his last six games, going 8-for-20 (.400) with two homers and eight RBI in that span. For the season, he's at a .244/.322/.374 slash line with four homers, 17 RBI, 14 runs scored and two stolen bases over 34 contests as the Cardinals' primary first baseman.
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Josh Naylor 1B | SEA
Diamondbacks' Josh Naylor: Delivers in extra-inning win
Naylor went 1-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's 11-9 extra-inning win over the Phillies.
Naylor knocked in the tie-breaking run in the top of the 10th inning, then scored the eventual game-winning run. He's been a consistent contributor for the Diamondbacks since Opening Day, never going more than one game without reaching base safely. Naylor has a .304/.380/.472 line with six steals, four home runs, 20 RBI and 16 runs scored. From an offensive production standpoint, Arizona has not missed Christian Walker.