MLB Player News
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Brooks Baldwin SS | CHW
White Sox's Brooks Baldwin: Out again Monday
Baldwin (hand) remains out of the lineup for Monday's contest in Baltimore.
Baldwin hasn't played in nearly a week while battling a right hand injury. The hope is that he'll be ready to go Tuesday, but it's not a given he's back in the lineup. Jacob Amaya and Nicky Lopez will form the White Sox's double-play combination Monday.
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Jackson Holliday SS | BAL
Orioles' Jackson Holliday: Swipes another bag
Holliday went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Rockies.
Holliday has three steals this season, all of which have come over the last five games. The 20-year-old hadn't used his speed much earlier in the campaign, though that was partly due to rarely getting on base in his first stint in the majors. Holliday now has a .180/.235/.331 slash line with five home runs, 20 RBI, 24 runs scored, two doubles and two triples over his first 40 big-league games. The Orioles' laundry list of injuries will help Holliday stay in the lineup, but he'll likely remain at the bottom of the order unless his bat gets hot.
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Andres Gimenez 2B | TOR
Guardians' Andres Gimenez: Pops homer Sunday
Gimenez went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Pirates.
Gimenez gave the Guardians an early lead with his first-inning solo shot, one of four homers for the team in the win. The second baseman has struggled to hit for power in 2024, but he has two homers over his last three games. He's gone 10-for-39 (.256) over his last 10 contests and now has a .251/.301/.335 slash line with seven homers, 54 RBI, 58 runs scored and 25 stolen bases through 129 games this season.
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Zack Gelof 2B | ATH
Athletics' Zack Gelof: Belts pair of doubles Sunday
Gelof went 3-for-5 with an RBI double, another two-bagger, a stolen base and a run in an extra-inning loss to the Rangers on Sunday.
Gelof was part of an afternoon that featured plenty of squandered opportunities with men on base by the Athletics, who parlayed 16 hits into only four runs. However, the young infielder did cash in on one of the two times he came to bat with runners in scoring position, driving in Seth Brown with his 10th-inning double to extend the Athletics' lead to 4-2 at the time. The multi-hit effort was Gelof's third in the last eight games, one of the better stretches of hitting for him during a season in which his slash line still stands at an anemic but moderately improving .206/.270/.371.
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Adam Frazier 2B | LAA
Royals' Adam Frazier: Shifting to bench role
Frazier is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.
Frazier will take a seat for the fourth game in a row and looks to have moved into a part-time role. He had been serving as the Royals' primary option in right field after Hunter Renfroe (hamstring) landed on the injured list, but waiver pickup Tommy Pham now looks poised to handle those duties.
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Michael Helman 2B | TEX
Twins' Michael Helman: Called up Sunday
The Twins selected Helman's contract from Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday, LaVelle E. Neal III of The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
Helman will receive his first taste of the big leagues with MLB rosters expanding to 28 players Sunday. The 28-year-old has a .282/.366/.502 slash line with 13 home runs and 10 steals in 63 games with St. Paul this season and will provide the Twins with some infield depth.
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Nicky Lopez 3B | COL
White Sox's Nicky Lopez: On bench against southpaw
Lopez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.
With lefty Sean Manaea on the hill, the lefty-hitting Lopez will retreat to the bench for the series finale. The White Sox recently placed Lopez on waivers, but with the 29-year-old going unclaimed, he appears set to stick around in the organization for the rest of the season. Lopez should continue to play regularly against right-handed pitching.
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Brooks Baldwin SS | CHW
White Sox's Brooks Baldwin: Nursing hand injury
Baldwin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets while tending to a right hand injury, Scott Merkin of MLB.com reports. "Probably take it slow," interim manager Grady Sizemore said in regard to Baldwin's recovery from the injury. "We are going to see how batting practice goes, and I think he's going to have probably just down at least [Sunday and Monday] and see how he's doing Tuesday."
The injury helps explain why Baldwin will be on the bench Sunday for a fifth consecutive game after he had previously handled a near-everyday role in the White Sox middle infield following his call-up from Triple-A Charlotte on July 19. The White Sox should have steady playing time available in the infield for Nicky Lopez, Miguel Vargas and Lenyn Sosa while Baldwin is tending to the injury.