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  • Blaine Crim 1B | COL

    Rangers' Blaine Crim: Set to join big-league roster

    Crim will have his contract selected by the Rangers on Friday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.

    Crim spent all of the 2023 and 2024 seasons at Triple-A Round Rock and posted .391 and .382 wOBAs, respectively. He doesn't have much prospect pedigree and isn't likely to be long for the majors as a replacement for Jake Burger, though Crim should see occasional playing time in the short term.

  • Jake Burger 3B | TEX

    Rangers' Jake Burger: Demoted to minors

    Burger will be optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Friday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.

    Burger has gotten off to a dreadful start in his first season with the Rangers, hitting just .190 with a 29.6 percent strikeout rate across 108 plate appearances. Nevertheless, his demotion comes as a significant surprise. Rosenthal reports that Burger's time in the minors should be short and is viewed as a way for him to reset.

  • LaMonte Wade 1B | CHW

    Giants' LaMonte Wade: Sitting down against lefty

    Wade isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rockies, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

    Wade will step out of the lineup Thursday with southpaw Kyle Freeland set to take the mound for Colorado. David Villar will start at first base instead and bat seventh.

  • Luis Arraez 2B | SF

    Padres' Luis Arraez: Hitting well since return

    Arraez went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run and an RBI in a 5-3 win against San Francisco on Wednesday.

    Arraez was activated from the 7-day concussion injured list Tuesday and went 1-for-3 with an RBI in his return to action that day. The veteran infielder added another two hits Wednesday, with his sixth-inning triple plating a run. Arraez has shown a bit more pop than usual with three homers, three doubles, a triple and an overall .149 ISO thus far in 2025, and he's recovered from a slow start at the plate to push his batting average up to .298 through 104 plate appearances.

  • Carlos Santana 1B | ARI

    Guardians' Carlos Santana: Sitting out series finale

    Santana is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Twins.

    The Guardians will give Santana a breather for the day game after he started in each of the last four contests while going 4-for-11 with two walks, a stolen base and a run scored. Kyle Manzardo will fill in for Santana at first base.

  • Dodgers' Freddie Freeman: Homers Wednesday

    Freeman went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 12-7 victory over the Marlins.

    Freeman extended the Dodgers' lead to 8-3 in the sixth inning with a 406-foot blast of Jesus Tinoco, his fifth homer of the year. The 35-year-old Freeman has been locked in at the plate, going 10-for-21 (.476) in his last six games. His slash line is up to .319/.407/.638 through 81 plate appearances this season with 17 RBI and 13 runs scored.

  • Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Belts fourth homer in win

    Pasquantino went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's win over the Rays.

    Pasquantino has mostly struggled to begin the season, but he's now belted a homer in two of his past four outings. Over 99 at-bats in April, the first baseman hit just .172 with three long balls, two doubles, 14 RBI and eight runs scored. Despite the slow start, Pasquantino continues to regularly occupy a premium spot in Kansas City's batting order, which should offer him plenty of RBI chances.

  • Nationals' Nathaniel Lowe: Getting back on track

    Lowe went 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a walk in Wednesday's loss to the Phillies.

    Wednesday extended Lowe's extra-base hit streak to a modest three games, and it comes after the veteran slugger had gone just 1-for-19 in his previous five outings. Lowe entered the day with a poor 30.3 percent strikeout rate in 2025, but he's still slashing a solid .248/.325/.460 with six home runs, six doubles, 24 RBI and one stolen base over 126 plate appearances (31 games) this season.

  • Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Launches two-run shot

    Mountcastle went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Yankees.

    Mountcastle, who went 0-for-18 over his six prior games, squared things up at 2-2 in the second inning, when he took Carlos Carrasco deep to left field for a two-run homer. It was Mountcastle's second home run of the season. He's started the year with a career-low .546 OPS, but perhaps his effort Wednesday is a sign of things to come for the 28-year-old first baseman.

  • Yankees' Paul Goldschmidt: Blasts solo homer Wednesday

    Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to Baltimore.

    Goldschmidt didn't have the most efficient performance from the plate, but he made up for it in the fifth inning with a solo shot to center field off Cade Povich. Goldschmidt has seven 30-homer seasons in his career but has just two long balls on the season. However, his 42 hits and .356 batting average rank second in the majors behind teammate Aaron Judge (50 hits and .427 average).

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