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  • Justin Foscue 1B | TEX

    Rangers' Justin Foscue: Optioned to Triple-A

    Foscue was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday.

    He was up for a couple weeks while Wyatt Langford (oblique) was on the shelf, but Foscue has logged only six MLB at-bats this season, going 1-for-6 with a double. He'll serve as organizational depth at Triple-A, where the 26-year-old is hitting .259 with 10 homers in 53 games.

  • Rhys Hoskins 1B | MIL

    Brewers' Rhys Hoskins: Exits with injury

    Hoskins was removed from Saturday's game against the Marlins due to left thumb discomfort, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

    Hoskins suffered the injury while tagging out Eric Wagaman in the fourth inning. He remained in for the rest of the frame but was replaced by Jake Bauers at first base to start the fifth. The Brewers should provide more details regarding the severity of Hoskins' injury relatively soon, but the slugging first baseman can be considered day-to-day for now.

  • Giants' Dominic Smith: Doubles in defeat

    Smith went 1-for-1 with a double and a run scored in Friday's 11-2 loss to the Athletics.

    The first baseman entered the game for Wilmer Flores in the eighth inning. Smith then hit a double to center field in the ninth before coming around to score the Giants' final run. The 30-year-old has appeared in five straight games, slashing .214/.214/.357 with two doubles and two runs scored across 14 plate appearances during that span.

  • Yankees' Paul Goldschmidt: Not in lineup again Saturday

    Goldschmidt isn't starting against the Mets on Saturday.

    Goldschmidt is beginning on the bench for the second time in New York's past three contests amid the team's five-game losing streak. The veteran first baseman has four hits (including three doubles) over his past three appearances, but the Yankees are going with Cody Bellinger at first base Saturday, while Ben Rice is occupying the DH spot.

  • Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero: Back in action Saturday

    Guerrero (foot) is starting at DH and batting third against the Angels on Saturday.

    Guerrero sat out Friday's series opener after fouling a ball of his foot Thursday night, but he appears to have avoided a significant injury. While Toronto has elected to be cautious by slotting Guerrero in at DH instead of at first base, his presence in the lineup should elicit a sigh of relief from fantasy managers who roster him. Will Wagner is getting another start at first base Saturday, and it's unclear how long Guerrero will be held out from playing the field.

  • Josh Naylor 1B | SEA

    Diamondbacks' Josh Naylor: Plays field Friday

    Naylor started at first base and went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI in Friday's 9-3 loss to the Royals.

    Naylor, who recently battled neck spasms, played the field for the first time since his return. He served as the designated hitter Wednesday before being held out of the starting nine against a tough left-hander Thursday. The RBI was his 55th, which ranks third on the team.

  • Nick Kurtz 1B | ATH

    Athletics' Nick Kurtz: Pops homer Friday

    Kurtz went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's 11-2 win over the Giants.

    Kurtz went 0-for-10 with three walks and eight strikeouts in the Athletics' previous three-game series versus the Rays. He was off to another poor start Friday with a groundout and two strikeouts in his first three at-bats before he unleashed a sixth-inning homer to stretch the Athletics' lead to 9-0. The first baseman's up to 13 homers, 34 RBI, 24 runs scored, no stolen bases and a .240/.308/.497 slash line over his first 50 major-league games. While his power is as advertised, his 34.3 percent strikeout rate is troubling, especially when it's trending in the wrong direction as it has over the last week-plus.

  • Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Blasts two homers Friday

    Pasquantino went 3-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI in Friday's 9-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

    Pasquantino set the tone with a three-run homer in the first inning, then added an RBI single in the second and a two-run blast in the fourth. He's been steady at the plate lately, going 16-for-57 (.281) with four homers, three doubles and 16 RBI over his last 15 games. The first baseman is up to 14 homers on the year, and he's added 55 RBI, 36 runs scored, one stolen base and a .271/.333/.431 slash line through 88 contests.

  • Astros' Christian Walker: Homers in four-hit effort

    Walker went 4-for-5 with a home run, a hit-by-pitch, four RBI and three runs scored in Friday's 18-1 win over the Dodgers.

    Walker delivered an RBI single in the first inning, a two-run homer in the third and drove in another run when he was plunked with the bases loaded in the sixth. After floundering a bit late in June, Walker is 10-for-19 with six RBI over four games to begin July. His homer Friday is his only extra-base hit of the month so far. The first baseman is at a .231/.293/.377 slash line with 11 long balls, 43 RBI, 35 runs scored, 12 doubles and one triple across 85 games this season.

  • Rhys Hoskins 1B | MIL

    Brewers' Rhys Hoskins: Beginning on bench Friday

    Hoskins is out of the starting lineup Friday versus Miami.

    Hoskins isn't starting for the second time in the past four games while in the midst of a 3-for-22 stretch at the plate. Jake Bauers is taking Hoskins' spot at first base Friday.

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