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  • Mets' Luisangel Acuna: Headed for Queens

    The Mets will recall Acuna from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday, Daniel Alvarez-Montes of ElExtraBase.com reports.

    Acuna has been unimpressive at the plate during his first season at the Triple-A level, slashing .258/.299/.355 with seven homers and 50 RBI, though his 40 stolen bases is certainly appealing from a fantasy perspective. Despite his offensive struggles, he'll head up to the majors to provide the big club with some additional infield depth while Francisco Lindor manages a lower-back injury. Eddy Alvarez will most likely get the starting nod at shortstop if Lindor needs to miss any time, though the speedy Acuna could see action as a pinch runner.

  • Donovan Walton 2B | LAA

    Giants' Donovan Walton: Receives call-up

    The Giants selected Walton's contract from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday.

    Walton has spent the entire season in Sacramento, slashing .303/.377/.438 with seven home runs and 51 RBI across 387 plate appearances. He will start at second base and bat ninth in Friday's game against the Padres, per Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune, marking Walton's first major-league action since 2022. Outfielder Luis Matos was optioned to Sacramento in a corresponding move.

  • Ozzie Albies 2B | ATL

    Braves' Ozzie Albies: Return this season uncertain

    Manager Brian Snitker said Friday that he's not sure if Albies (wrist) will play again in 2024, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.

    Albies fractured his left wrist in late July and has been on the shelf since. His rehab hasn't progressed as quickly as Atlanta hoped, and he's specifically struggled to swing a bat from the left side. Snitker said the team hasn't seriously considered using Albies exclusively from the right side of the plate, but that may be his only path back to the lineup in 2024. Whit Merrifield has been holding down second base in place of Albies.

  • Braves' Whit Merrifield: Back in lineup

    Merrifield (foot) is batting ninth and playing second base Friday against the Dodgers.

    Merrifield fractured his left foot Sept. 6 and missed five straight games, but he'll rejoin the starting nine in time for a four-game set against the Dodgers. Merrifield is slashing .243/.359/.342 in 34 games with Atlanta this season.

  • Reds' Jonathan India: Knocks in lone run in loss

    India went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI in Thursday's 6-1 loss to the Cardinals.

    India singled in the fifth inning to plate the Reds' lone run. He's played all three games since returning from a one-game absence due to an elbow injury. The RBI was his first in seven contests, a stretch during which he's gone 2-for-23.

  • Ketel Marte 2B | ARI

    Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Back at second base

    Marte started at second base and went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, four RBI and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 14-4 win over Texas.

    This was Marte's first game in the field since returning from an ankle injury last week. He served as the designated hitter his first three games back and was hitless over 11 at-bats before breaking out Wednesday. He led off the bottom of the first inning with a double and scored Arizona's first run, then his three-run homer in the fourth upped the Diamondbacks' lead to 8-2. Marte has 31 home runs -- one shy of the career high he set in 2019 -- and 85 RBI through 120 games.

  • Gavin Lux SS | TB

    Dodgers' Gavin Lux: Sitting again versus LHP

    Lux isn't in the Dodgers' lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.

    The Dodgers will match up against left-hander Jordan Wicks on Wednesday, meaning the left-handed-hitting Lux will sit down for the second game in a row. Chris Taylor will fill in at the keystone and bat ninth.

  • Luis Garcia 2B | WAS

    Nationals' Luis Garcia: Idle against southpaw

    Garcia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Atlanta.

    Garcia will be joined on the bench by fellow left-handed hitter Joel Gallo as the Nationals stock up on extra right-handed bats to counter Atlanta southpaw Max Fried. The switch-hitting Ildemaro Vargas will enter the lineup in Garcia's stead, manning third base while batting eighth.

  • Braves' Whit Merrifield: Not ready to start Wednesday

    Merrifield (foot) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals.

    He'll miss out on a fifth straight start while he gets more time off to recover from a left foot fracture. Cavan Biggio will cover the keystone Wednesday, but Atlanta is hopeful that Merrifield will be ready to reclaim an everyday role in the infield coming out of Thursday's team off day.

  • Luke Williams SS | ATL

    Braves' Luke Williams: Heading back to minors

    Atlanta optioned Williams to Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday.

    Williams had been filling in at second base for the injured Whit Merrifield (foot) but didn't do much at the plate with a .581 OPS in seven contests. He's being replaced on the roster by Cavan Biggio, whose contract was selected Wednesday.

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