MLB Player News
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Tim Tawa 2B | ARI
Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa: Starts in left field
Tawa went 0-for-2 with a walk in Friday's 2-0 loss to Atlanta.
Tawa started in left field in Arizona's first game without Jordan Lawlar (wrist), who is expected to miss 6-to-8 weeks. Tawa is expected to share duties with Jorge Barrosa for now, but eventually left field will be the landing spot for Lourdes Gurriel (knee). Gurriel will initially serve as a DH but should be ready for the field at some point in May.
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Jazz Chisholm 2B | NYY
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm: Swipes two bags in win
Chisholm went 1-for-3 with a walk, a double, a run scored and two stolen bases in Friday's 8-2 win over the Marlins.
The second baseman is scuffling a bit at the plate to begin the season, batting .192 (5-for-26) through seven games with a 1:10 BB:K and zero homers, but Chisholm is making an impact when he does get on base, stealing four bags in five attempts. Chisholm's career high in stolen bases is 40, set over 147 regular-season games in 2024 -- the year he was traded from the Marlins to the Yankees.
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Marcus Semien 2B | NYM
Mets' Marcus Semien: Homers in three-hit game
Semien went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Friday's 10-3 win over the Giants.
Semien logged just his second multi-hit effort of the season. It included a fourth-inning homer, his first of the campaign and his first extra-base hit since Opening Day. The second baseman is still batting just .214 despite the big game, but his struggles have yet to cost him playing time. Semien was limited to 15 homers in 127 regular-season games for the Rangers last season, but he had hit at least 23 long balls while playing in at least 159 games in each of the previous four campaigns. Semien's sub-.700 OPS marks in each of the last two years are discouraging, especially since age is not on the side of the 35-year-old for a potential bounce-back year. He'll need to hit better if he's going to move up from the No. 7 spot in the order he's occupied for the first week of the season.
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Brendan Donovan 2B | SEA
Mariners' Brendan Donovan: Makes early exit Friday
Donovan was removed from Friday's game against the Angels with a potential leg injury, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.
Donovan landed awkwardly on first base while attempting to leg out an infield single in the seventh inning and was replaced on defense to begin the bottom of the frame. The Mariners haven't officially announced that Donovan is dealing with an injury, but it's still possible the 29-year-old tweaked something during the play. If so, Leo Rivas may get an opportunity to start at third base, or the team could bring up Colt Emerson for his MLB debut.
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Ozzie Albies 2B | ATL
Braves' Ozzie Albies: Breaks deadlock in ninth inning
Albies went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-0 win over Arizona.
Albies was the only hitter on either team to find much success at the plate in this low-scoring contest. He broke the scoreless deadlock by leading off the ninth inning with a solo shot off Paul Sewald. Albies has logged multiple hits in five of eight games this season, though he's gone hitless in the other three. He's added two homers, three RBI and six runs scored, and he's was caught stealing in his lone attempt so far, which was on Opening Day. Albies has topped the 20-homer mark four times in his career, but he's fallen short of that mark in each of the last two years, and he had a career-low .671 OPS over 157 regular-season contests in 2025.
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Luisangel Acuna 2B | CHW
White Sox's Luisangel Acuna: Tallies third steal
Acuna went 1-for-3 with a stolen base Friday against the Blue Jays.
Acuna has alternated starts at shortstop and center field, but he has been in the lineup for six of Chicago's seven games this season. He has at least one hit in three consecutive appearances, and his stolen base Friday marked his third of the season. Acuna has yet to log an extra-base hit, so his counting stats are likely to remain limited, but he does appear to have a green light on the basepaths.
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Andres Gimenez 2B | TOR
Blue Jays' Andres Gimenez: Homers in loss
Gimenez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 5-4 extra-inning loss to the White Sox.
Gimenez tied the game in the eighth inning with a two-run blast off Jordan Leasure. He is now 9-for-26 with three extra-base hits, seven RBI and two steals to open the season. While the 27-year-old has mostly struggled since his All-Star 2022 campaign, early signs suggest he should improve on his lowly .210/.285/.313 regular-season slash line from his first year with the Blue Jays in 2025.
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Joseph Ortiz 2B | MIL
Brewers' Joey Ortiz: Taking seat Friday
Ortiz is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Royals.
Ortiz started five of Milwaukee's first six games but will take a seat for the series opener in Kansas City. He's batting .333 through 20 plate appearances and has two steals, three RBI and five runs but is still looking for his first extra-base hit. David Hamilton is receiving a look at shortstop Friday while batting ninth.
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Jonathan India 2B | KC
Royals' Jonathan India: Getting day off Friday
India is absent from the lineup for Friday's game against the Brewers.
It's a routine day off for India, who has now started five of the first seven contests at second base this season. Nick Loftin is handling the keystone and batting eighth in Friday's series opener.
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Luis Arraez 2B | SF
Giants' Luis Arraez: Triples in win
Arraez went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI triple in Thursday's 7-2 win over the Mets.
Arraez drove in San Francisco's first run with an RBI triple in the first inning before coming around to score. The 28-year-old infielder added a single and another run in the third, marking his second straight multi-hit performance and third on the campaign. Arraez has turned in a strong start to the season, slashing .321/.333/.429 with three runs scored, two RBI and two stolen bases across 30 plate appearances in seven games.