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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Idle Friday
Leody Taveras isn't in the Texas Rangers' lineup Friday against the Angels.Taveras hasn't fared well against southpaws this season, putting up a .520 OPS in 101 plate appearances versus lefties, so he'll grab a seat on the bench Friday against Reid Detmers and the Halos. Wyatt Langford will shift to center field as a result, putting Ezequiel Duran in left while Matt Duffy starts at the hot corner.
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Getting rest Wednesday
Leody Taveras isn't in Texas' lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics.The switch-hitting Taveras owns a .531 OPS against southpaws this season, so he'll ride the pine as the Texas Rangers prepare to face left-hander Brady Basso. Sandro Fabian, Wyatt Langford and Adolis Garcia will start across the outfield while Taveras rests.
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Homer, steal in win
Leody Taveras went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a stolen base and three total runs scored in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners.This is the second time in six games he's recorded three hits, a homer and a steal in the same contests. Taveras tied the game in the seventh inning with a solo shot and then scored the winning run on Marcus Semien's walk-off single in the ninth. Taveras is hitting .265 (13-for-49) in September, lifting his season slash line to .231/.290/.359 with 12 homers, 21 steals, 44 RBI and 58 runs scored over a career-high 146 games.
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Fills box score in win
Leody Taveras went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run, a stolen base and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 13-8 win over the Blue Jays.Taveras has homered in two of his last three contests after going 33 games without a long ball. While he's shown a little more power recently, he's still just 8-for-32 (.250) with three extra-base hits over 12 contests in September. The 26-year-old outfielder has 11 homers, 20 steals, 43 RBI, 55 runs scored and a .229/.287/.354 slash line across 141 games while maintaining a starting role in center field.
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Records first September RBI
Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 5-4 loss to Seattle.Taveras responded to the Mariners scoring in the second inning with his 10th homer of the season a half inning later to give Texas a lead. The RBI were the first during the month of September for Taveras, who entered the game batting .143 (3-for-21) over the nine previous contests. His elite defense keeps him employed, but it was easier to put him in a lineup every day when Taveras hit like he did in 2023 (.733 OPS).
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Not starting Friday
Leody Taveras is absent from Friday's lineup against Seattle.The Texas Rangers will go with Ezequiel Duran, Wyatt Langford and Adolis Garcia in the outfield Friday. Taveras has gone 3-for-20 with five walks and four runs scored in September.
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Swipes 19th bag
Leody Taveras went 0-for-1 with two walks, a run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 14-4 loss to the Diamondbacks.The center fielder has swiped three bags in his last five games, giving him 19 pilfers on the season, but that's about the only real fantasy contribution Taveras has been making of late. His homer drought sits at 31 games, a stretch in which he's slashing a meager .209/.250/.264 with nine RBI and 13 runs, and his struggles at the plate have been costing him playing time as the Texas Rangers consider their options for 2025.
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Sitting again Sunday
Leody Taveras is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.Taveras sat the previous two games against a left-handed starter, but his absence from Sunday's lineup comes against righty Caden Dana. Taveras has a .780 OPS in his past six games, but it appears he won't have an everyday spot in the lineup down the stretch. Travis Jankowski is starting in center field and batting ninth.
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: On bench against lefty
Leody Taveras is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Angels.Taveras will be held out of the starting lineup against a left-handed starting pitcher (Tyler Anderson) for a third straight time. In his place, Wyatt Langford will man center field.
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Rangers' Leody Taveras: Doesn't start Friday
Leody Taveras was not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Angels. It was his second straight absence against a left-hander.Sandro Fabian started in the outfield Friday while Ezequiel Duran filled in Tuesday. It's unclear if sitting Taveras against lefties is the plan going forward, but more should be known Saturday when the Angels have another lefty scheduled. The switch-hitting Taveras is batting .202/.287/.262 over 96 plate appearances against southpaws this season.
Leody Taveras
#3 CF / Texas Rangers / EXP: 5YRS Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 lb Age: 26 College: None Bats/Throws -/-Fantasy Points by Week
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- 16%
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