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  • Giants' Rafael Devers: Two homers in Sunday's loss

    Devers went 2-for-5 with a pair of solo home runs in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the Rockies.

    Devers had solo shots in the fourth and fifth innings off Tanner Gordon. This performance extended Devers' hitting streak to nine games, a span in which he has gone 12-for-33 (.364) with six long balls and nine RBI. For the season, he's batting .248 with a .791 OPS, 18 homers, 47 RBI, 43 runs scored, 24 doubles, one triple and no stolen bases over 89 contests.

  • TJ Rumfield 1B | COL

    Rockies' TJ Rumfield: Racks up three hits in win

    Rumfield went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Giants.

    Rumfield has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games, a span that includes eight multi-hit efforts. However, he's now gone 13 contests without a home run, matching his longest power drought of the year. The first baseman is batting .301 with an .874 OPS, 12 homers, 47 RBI, 42 runs scored, 20 doubles, two triples and no stolen bases over his first 88 big-league games. As long as he's consistent at the plate, he has little chance of losing out on a near-everyday role.

  • Triston Casas 1B | BOS

    Red Sox's Triston Casas: Stops hitting due to wrist issue

    Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Saturday that Casas (abdomen/knee) has been shut down from hitting due to a wrist issue, Tim Healey of The Boston Globe reports.

    Casas had already been on the mend from May 2025 surgery to repair a ruptured patellar tendon in his left knee as well as a left intercostal strain, which he sustained in April. He had progressed enough in his rehab program to swing a bat, but his hitting program will be put on pause after a wrist issue flared up. It's not clear when or if Casas will return from the 60-day injured list this season, but he'll need to wait for the wrist issue to clear up before he starts hitting again and then heads out on an extended minor-league rehab assignment.

  • Nolan Schanuel 1B | LAA

    Angels' Nolan Schanuel: Resting against lefty

    Schanuel is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

    Left-hander Ranger Suarez is toeing the rubber for the Red Sox in the series finale, so the left-handed-hitting Schanuel will be handed a night off. Vaughn Grissom will replace Schanuel at first base and will bat third.

  • Luis Garcia 1B | WAS

    Nationals' Luis Garcia: Another homer, stolen base in loss

    Garcia went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and a stolen base in Sunday's 11-5 loss to the Pirates.

    Garcia got Washington on the board in the third inning with his two-run blast off Bubba Chandler, his 19th homer this season (a new career high) and his 10th in his last 15 games. In his last 20 contests, Garcia has gone 24-for-68 (.353) with a staggering 1.271 OPS, boosting his slash line to .282/.313/.561 with 64 RBI, 42 runs scored and three steals across 294 plate appearances this season.

  • Diamondbacks' LuJames Groover: Bound for Triple-A

    The Diamondbacks optioned Groover to Triple-A Reno on Sunday.

    After making starts in just one of the Diamondbacks' last seven games, Groover will head back to Triple-A to receive steadier playing time. Arizona recalled utility man Tim Tawa from Triple-A to join the active roster as a replacement for Groover, who slashed .167/.259/.271 with one home run, four RBI and four runs in 15 games during his month-long stay with the big club.

  • Davis Wendzel 1B | PIT

    Pirates' Davis Wendzel: Booted from 40-man roster

    The Pirates designated Wendzel for assignment Sunday, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.

    He'll give up his spot on the 40-man roster to right-hander Noah Murdock, who exercised an upward-mobility clause in his minor-league contract. Wendzel, 29, appeared in two games for the Pirates back in June but has otherwise spent the entire campaign at Triple-A Indianapolis, with whom he's produced a .230/.349/.461 slash line and 10 home runs across 261 plate appearances.

  • Yankees' Paul Goldschmidt: Fading into part-time role

    Goldschmidt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.

    The Yankees will keep Goldschmidt on the bench for the third time in four games, with all three of those absences coming against right-handed pitchers. The recent returns of Trent Grisham (hamstring) and Ryan McMahon (throat/ear) appear to have pushed Goldschmidt into a part-time role, with the 38-year-old's drop in playing time coming while he's fallen into an 0-for-22 skid at the plate over his last seven games.

  • Jared Young 1B | NYM

    Mets' Jared Young: Sitting against lefty again

    Young is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

    The Mets will leave the left-handed hitter out of the lineup for the second straight day while Atlanta sends lefty Martin Perez to the bump. Mark Vientos will fill in for Young at first base and bat cleanup.

  • White Sox's Munetaka Murakami: Closing in on rehab assignment

    Murakami (hamstring) ran for the second consecutive day before the White Sox's game against the Guardians on Saturday, MLB.com reports.

    Murakami ran the bases and gave a thumbs-up to reporters afterward, suggesting that he's feeling good after landing on the shelf May 30 due to a right hamstring strain. Assuming he recovers well from his running workouts over the weekend, he's expected to report to Triple-A Charlotte and could begin a rehab assignment Tuesday. The door is open for Murakami to potentially return from the 10-day injured list before the White Sox's final series before the All-Star break next weekend against the Athletics.

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