MLB Player News
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Cavan Biggio RF | HOU
Blue Jays' Cavan Biggio: Scores twice, drives in two in win
Biggio went 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs and two RBI in Friday's 11-4 win over the Rays.
Biggio made his 10th consecutive start Friday and his third in a row at second base, where he appears to have supplanted both Davis Schneider and Whit Merrifield as the team's preferred option. The 28-year-old has earned the everyday role by slashing .276/.398/.382 in September, with his efforts at the dish not going unnoticed as Toronto aims to secure a wild-card berth.
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Brendan Rodgers 2B | BOS
Rockies' Brendan Rodgers: Finding power to end season
Rodgers went 1-for-5 with a solo home run Friday against the Twins.
Rodgers led off the fifth inning with his fourth home run of the season, each of which has come in his last nine games. He's been limited to only 44 games after suffering a shoulder injury during spring training, though he's ultimately delivered a slash line remarkably similar to his 2022 campaign. Most importantly, Rodgers appears to be proving healthy before heading into the offseason.
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Jonathan India 2B | KC
Reds' Jonathan India: Logs another multi-hit game
India went 2-for-4 with a walk, a home run, two RBI and two additional runs scored in Friday's 19-2 win over the Cardinals.
India was one of the six members of the Reds' starting lineup to go deep in the win, which kept Cincinnati alive in the playoff hunt. He singled and scored in the first inning, then launched a two-run home run in the second. The second baseman scored a third run after being hit by a pitch in the fourth. After going 5-for-42 over the first 11 games since being activated off the injured list, India logged a third multi-hit effort over the last four contests, during which he's scored seven runs.
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Alan Trejo SS | COL
Rockies' Alan Trejo: Homers in loss
Trejo went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in Friday's 7-6 loss to the Twins.
Trejo has been mired in a 1-for-25 stretch but has now recorded four hits over his past two games, including Friday's blast. The utility player is hitting .226 with four homers, 26 RBI, 23 runs and five steals over 205 at-bats.
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Josh Rojas 3B | CHW
Mariners' Josh Rojas: Clubs homer in win
Rojas went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two total runs scored in Friday's 8-0 win over the Rangers.
Rojas had gone 26 games without a homer, hitting a paltry .236 in that span, but he swatted a solo shot in the third inning and added an RBI single in the fourth in Friday's contest. The second baseman is batting .280 with Seattle, an improvement on the .228/.292/.296 slash line over 59 games he managed with Arizona this season prior to be dealt to the M's. All four of his homers have come with his new squad, and he's added 40 RBI, 47 runs scored, 12 stolen bases and 17 doubles between both clubs this year.
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Ketel Marte 2B | ARI
Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Picks up steal in loss
Marte went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Astros.
Two of Marte's eight steals this season have come in September. He's hitting .313 (26-for-83) this month, an improvement on his .278 mark for the season. The second baseman has added an .849 OPS, 25 home runs, 82 RBI, 94 runs scored, 26 doubles and nine triples through 149 contests.
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Jose Altuve 2B | HOU
Astros' Jose Altuve: Registers 14th steal
Altuve went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 win over the Diamondbacks.
Altuve's steal was his first since Aug. 20, and his 14th of the season in 16 tries. He's not been lacking for opportunities on the basepaths lately -- he's hit .377 (20-for-53) with four walks over his last 12 games. The second baseman has a .315/.398/.531 slash line with 17 home runs, 51 RBI and 75 runs scored through 88 contests.
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Nico Hoerner 2B | CHC
Cubs' Nico Hoerner: Diagnosed with knee contusion
Hoerner departed Friday's game against the Brewers with a left knee contusion, Maddie Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Hoerner suffered the contusion when he fouled a ball off his knee in the top of the sixth inning. X-rays came back negative for any fractures, per Lee, and the second baseman will try to rally back Saturday with the Cubs in must-win territory to keep their NL wild-card hopes alive.
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Jorge Polanco 2B | NYM
Twins' Jorge Polanco: Removed with sore ankle
Polanco is considered day-to-day after exiting Friday's game at Colorado due to right ankle soreness, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.
Polanco tweaked his ankle on a fourth-inning strikeout, though he was able to gut it out until the bottom of the sixth. Donovan Solano slid over from first base to second base with Alex Kirilloff entering to play first. This is the same ankle Polanco has twice had surgically repaired, but it sounds like he could be available as early as Saturday for the AL Central-champion Twins.
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Nico Hoerner 2B | CHC
Cubs' Nico Hoerner: Exits with apparent injury
Hoerner was pulled from Friday's game against the Brewers with an apparent knee injury, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
Hoerner fouled a ball off his left knee in the top of the sixth inning and was replaced at second base by Miles Mastrobuoni to begin the bottom of the seventh. Hoerner finished the night 0-for-3.