MLB Player News
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Matt McLain SS | CIN
Reds' Matt McLain: Adds to productive stretch in win
McLain went 1-for-2 with an RBI in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Twins.
McLain has been a pretty big disappointment with a .619 OPS this season, but he's slowly beginning to find a rhythm recently. The 25-year-old second baseman is slashing .293/.396/.463 with two home runs, two doubles and eight RBI over his last 48 plate appearances (13 games). McLain lost all of last season due to injury and has consistently hit ninth for over a month, but perhaps manager Terry Francona will consider moving the middle infielder back up the order if he continues to swing a hot bat.
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Daniel Schneemann 2B | CLE
Guardians' Daniel Schneemann: Paves way for win with home run
Schneemann went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run Wednesday in a 4-2 win against San Francisco.
Schneemann had the biggest hit of the night for either team with his three-run blast off Justin Verlander in the fourth inning. The long ball was his first extra-base hit since he rapped two doubles against the Yankees on June 4. Schneemann remains in a strong-side platoon role -- he regularly rests against lefty starters -- which dings his fantasy value despite a relatively promising campaign that includes a .775 OPS, eight homers, 21 RBI, 22 runs and five stolen bases through 56 games.
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Brandon Lowe 2B | PIT
Rays' Brandon Lowe: Key pinch-hit homer
Lowe went 1-for-1 with a walk, a two-run home run and two runs scored Wednesday against the Orioles.
Lowe was out of the lineup with lefty Trevor Rogers on the mound, but the second baseman entered the game in the fifth inning as a pinch hitter. He blasted a two-run homer to tie the game at 8-8, which is his 15th long ball of the season and fourth across 16 games in June. Lowe has gone 20-for-60 with 10 RBI and 15 runs scored this month.
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Ozzie Albies 2B | ATL
Braves' Ozzie Albies: Tallies first triple amid slump
Albies went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and a run scored in Wednesday's 5-0 win over the Mets.
Albies tallied his first triple of the season, and it was just the second instance this year that he posted multiple extra-base hits. Wednesday marked the second baseman's first multi-hit game since May 25, as he continues to have a hard time finding his footing with a .634 OPS in 2025. Over his last 20 outings, Albies is slashing .192/.298/.288 with four extra-base knocks, six RBI, six runs scored and a lone stolen base covering 84 plate appearances.
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Brandon Lowe 2B | PIT
Rays' Brandon Lowe: Idle against southpaw
Lowe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Lowe will head to the bench while the Rays go with a right-handed-heavy lineup featuring just one lefty hitter (Jonathan Aranda) to counter Orioles southpaw Trevor Rogers. Curtis Mead will fill in for Lowe at second base and will bat second.
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Brendan Rodgers 2B | HOU
Astros' Brendan Rodgers: Out with oblique strain
The Astros placed Rodgers on the 10-day injured list Wednesday, retroactive to June 15, due to a left oblique strain, Julia Morales of AT&T SportsNet Southwest reports.
Rodgers presumably sustained the injury the last time he saw the field Saturday against Minnesota, as he went 1-for-2 before being replaced by a pinch hitter. The veteran second baseman will be eligible to be reinstated from the injured list next week, though it's unclear how long he's expected to be sidelined.
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Shay Whitcomb SS | HOU
Astros' Shay Whitcomb: Back in Houston
The Astros recalled Whitcomb from Triple-A Sugar Land on Wednesday, Julia Morales of AT&T SportsNet Southwest reports.
Four days after being optioned to Triple-A, Whitcomb will rejoin the big-league roster to replace Brendan Rodgers, who landed on the IL with a strained oblique. Whitcomb appeared in four games and went 0-for-7 during his first stint with the Astros this season, and he'll likely remain a bench bat for the big club this time around.
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Christian Moore 2B | LAA
Angels' Christian Moore: Exiting starting nine
Moore is not in the lineup for Wednesday's tilt versus the Yankees, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.
Moore has gone 1-for-13 with five strikeouts to kick off his major-league career, and Wednesday marks the second time in six games that he'll be absent from the lineup. Scott Kingery will cover second base and bat eighth for the Angels on Wednesday.