MLB Player News
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Brice Turang 2B | MIL
Brewers' Brice Turang: Goes yard in win
Turang went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's 8-3 win versus the Reds.
The Milwaukee second baseman cracked his seventh homer of the season in the second inning off Carson Spiers, a 383-foot blast to left center. This marks Turang's first homer since hitting a grand slam against the Cubs on June 30. Perhaps this long ball will invigorate the slumping 24-year-old, as he entered this contest hitting .164 (10-for-61) with no extra-base hits since the All-Star break.
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Ketel Marte 2B | ARI
Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Sitting Friday
Marte is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Phillies, Jody Jackson of Bally Sports Arizona reports.
Marte will begin Friday's contest in the dugout after going 0-for-4 with one walk, one run scored and three strikeouts in Thursday's 6-4 loss to Philadelphia. Kevin Newman will start at second base and bat ninth against Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler.
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Vidal Brujan 2B | NYM
Marlins' Vidal Brujan: Sitting Friday
Brujan is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Padres.
Brujan will be on the bench against the Padres, who'll start southpaw Martin Perez. Brujan has now been absent from the starting lineup in four consecutive games against left-handed pitching despite having a better OPS (.636) against lefties than righties (.616) this season.
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Luis Garcia 2B | WAS
Nationals' Luis Garcia: Shows off power and speed
Garcia went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and a stolen base Thursday against the Giants.
Garcia's two-out, game-tying three-run blast in the ninth inning was belted off San Francisco closer Camilo Doval and was Garcia's 14th of the season. Garcia added a single earlier in the game, representing his 26th multi-hit effort of the campaign while also collecting his 19th steal. It's been a breakout season for the 24-year-old second baseman, who over 365 at-bats has put together a .290 average with 14 homers, 56 RBI, 43 runs and 19 steals.
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Jared Triolo 3B | PIT
Pirates' Jared Triolo: Playing time likely to drop
Triolo is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Padres.
Triolo had started in each of the last three games and in eight of the past nine contests, but with Oneil Cruz (illness) making his return to the lineup following a two-game absence, Triolo looks poised to see his playing time take a hit now that the Pittsburgh infield is back to full strength minus Nick Gonzales (groin). Trade-deadline pickup Isiah Kiner-Falefa has inherited Gonzales' everyday role at second base.
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Tommy Edman 2B | LAD
Dodgers' Tommy Edman: Rehab assignment on tap
Edman (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City during the weekend, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
Edman is slated to play in a simulated game Thursday to test his wrist in the field, and he'll head back out on a rehab assignment if all goes well. The 29-year-old infielder is expected to remain in the minors for at least a week in what will be his third separate rehab stint of the year.
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Brice Turang 2B | MIL
Brewers' Brice Turang: Getting night off against lefty
Turang is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Atlanta.
The lefty-hitting Turang will retreat to the bench for the second time in three games while Atlanta sends a lefty (Chris Sale) to the bump. Andruw Monasterio will replace Turang at second base.
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Luis Garcia 2B | WAS
Nationals' Luis Garcia: Sitting against left-hander
Garcia is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Giants, Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post reports.
The left-handed-hitting Garcia has been scorching hot lately, but with lefty Blake Snell on the bump for the Giants, Garcia will begin the contest on the bench. Ildemaro Vargas will take over at second base and bat fifth.
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Vidal Brujan 2B | NYM
Marlins' Vidal Brujan: Absent from Wednesday's lineup
Brujan is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Reds.
Brujan has now been out of the lineup each of the last three times the Marlins have faced a left-hander. He's started just two games in center field and five of 12 overall since Jazz Chisholm was traded to the Yankees on July 27. Cristian Pache will draw the start in center field Wednesday.