MLB Player News
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Pavin Smith RF | ARI
Diamondbacks' Pavin Smith: Doubles, delivers run in win
Smith started in left field and went 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 6-0 win over the Rangers.
Smith followed up his three-homer game Sunday with a more pedestrian outing Tuesday. He's been the primary left fielder against right-handers while Lourdes Gurriel tends to a calf injury. Gurriel began hitting Tuesday, is scheduled to run Thursday and the club is hopeful for a return after the minimum 10-day stay on the injured list. That means Smith's starting opportunity could be coming to a close this weekend.
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Christian Walker 1B | ARI
Diamondbacks' Christian Walker: Launches two homers in win
Walker went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in Tuesday's 6-0 win over the Rangers.
Walker went back-to-back with Joc Pederson in the first inning and added a two-run blast in the third. This was Walker's first multi-hit effort in six games since he returned from an oblique injury. The first baseman has reached the 25-homer mark for the third year in a row and the fourth time in six years, and he's added a .255/.338/.483 slash line with 76 RBI, 64 runs scored and two stolen bases over 113 contests.
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Rhys Hoskins 1B | MIL
Brewers' Rhys Hoskins: Out of lineup Tuesday
Hoskins is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants.
Tuesday's game is the third one since Aug. 27 that Hoskins is not in the starting lineup for, but he's appeared in every game since then and recorded at least three plate appearances in each. Sal Frelick is in right field and batting sixth as Hoskins' replacement, while Jake Bauers hits fourth and slides into Hoskins' spot at first base.
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Spencer Torkelson 1B | DET
Tigers' Spencer Torkelson: Scratched from lineup Tuesday
Torkelson was removed from the Tigers' lineup Tuesday due to an illness, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.
After the Tigers' road trip, several players on the team returned home feeling under the weather. Like Torkelson, Dillon Dingler was also scratched from the lineup Tuesday due to an illness. Andy Ibanez is taking over for Torkelson on Tuesday as the first baseman and batting sixth.
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Ryan Noda 1B | OAK
Athletics' Ryan Noda: Rejoins major-league club
The Athletics recalled Noda from Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Noda had put up a .998 OPS with eight home runs with Las Vegas since the beginning of August. He hit just .128/.242/.198 in 30 games with the Athletics earlier this season but could see ample playing time for them at first base down the stretch.
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Vladimir Guerrero 1B | TOR
Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero: In Tuesday's lineup
Guerrero (toe) will start at first base and bat third in Tuesday's game against the Mets.
Guerrero required X-rays after fouling a ball off the toes on his left foot during Monday's loss to the Mets, but he remained in that contest and is back in the lineup a day later. The first baseman is slashing .392/.465/.750in the second half.
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Michael Busch 1B | CHC
Cubs' Michael Busch: Posts big line against former team
Busch went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, three total runs and three total RBI in a 10-4 win against the Dodgers on Monday.
Busch bullied the club that drafted him in the first round in 2019, recording his second four-hit game of the season and tying his campaign high with three RBI. He took Walker Buehler deep in the fourth inning and also had an RBI single in each of the first and sixth frames. Busch's long ball snapped a 24-game stretch without a homer, and he batted just .179 over 84 at-bats during that span.
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Niko Kavadas 1B | LAA
Angels' Niko Kavadas: Drills third homer
Kavadas went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a double against Minnesota in Monday's 6-2 victory.
Kavadas capped the scoring in the contest by crushing a two-run shot to right field in the sixth inning. He also had a double in the fourth frame, and he finished with the first multi-hit performance of his career. Kavadas is batting just .137 through 57 big-league plate appearances, though four of his seven hits have gone for extra bases.
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Vladimir Guerrero 1B | TOR
Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero: Avoids serious injury
Guerrero was sent for X-rays during Monday's game against the Mets after fouling a ball off his toes on his left foot, but he remained in the game after the results returned negative, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
Guerrero walked off the field gingerly and was spotted heading down the tunnel to the clubhouse following his third at-bat of the game, but he appears to have avoided a significant injury. The team will likely re-evaluate the slugger Tuesday morning to determine whether he'll be ready to go for the second game of the series. Spencer Horwitz would be the obvious choice for a start at first base if Guerrero is forced to sit.