MLB Player News
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Adam Frazier 2B | LAA
Orioles' Adam Frazier: Out against lefty
Frazier isn't starting Friday against the Royals, Cordell Woodland of 105.7 The Fan Baltimore reports.
Southpaw Daniel Lynch will start the game for Kansas City, so the left-handed bat of Frazier will begin Friday in the dugout. Ramon Urias will fill in at the keystone while Frazier sits and bat fifth.
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Gleyber Torres 2B | DET
Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Sitting Friday
Torres is not in the starting lineup Friday against the Red Sox.
Torres will take a seat after he went 1-for-12 with a two-run homer over the three-game series with the White Sox. DJ LeMahieu will take over at second base while Josh Donaldson enters the lineup at third base and bats second in the series opener with Boston.
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Jorge Polanco 2B | NYM
Twins' Jorge Polanco: Absent Friday
Polanco (hamstring) is not in the starting lineup Friday versus the Blue Jays.
Polanco pulled his left hamstring Thursday versus the Rays and he will head to the bench while nursing the injury. The 29-year-old returned from the 10-day injured list June 1 after a separate hamstring injury, so the team will likely be cautious with his return from this latest setback. Kyle Farmer will draw the start at second base and bat fifth in the series opener with Toronto.
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Luis Guillorme 3B | HOU
Mets' Luis Guillorme: Expected to be recalled
Guillorme is headed to Pittsburgh to join the Mets and is expected to be recalled prior to Friday's game, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.
Guillorme looks to be the corresponding roster move for Pete Alonso (wrist), who is headed to the injured list. The utility infielder has posted just a .590 OPS this season but will offer the Mets a quality glove at multiple spots as they scramble to account for the loss of Alonso.
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Ozzie Albies 2B | ATL
Braves' Ozzie Albies: Belts walk-off homer
Albies went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run, an additional run and a walk in Thursday's 13-10 extra-inning win over the Mets.
Coming into Albies' final at-bat, he was the only one of Atlanta's starters without a hit in the contest. The second baseman wiped away that narrative with a three-run shot off Tommy Hunter to send his team home with a win. Albies has gone deep three times in his past four games, batting .412 (7-for-17) with six RBI, five runs and a stolen base over that span.
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Gleyber Torres 2B | DET
Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Goes deep Thursday
Torres went 1-for-8 with a two-run home run across both games of Thursday's doubleheader split with the White Sox.
Torres notched just one hit in the twin bill, but it was a two-run homer that accounted for the majority of the Yankees' runs in the nightcap. The second baseman hit out of the No. 2 hole in each contest after batting leadoff in 15 straight games coming in. It's not clear if the move down in the order will be permanent, but it shouldn't affect Torres' production much, and it may help him shake things up a bit, as he's struggled with a 3-for-28 stretch at the plate over his past seven games.
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Romy Gonzalez 2B | BOS
White Sox's Romy Gonzalez: Nabs two thefts Thursday
Gonzalez went 0-for-3 with a walk and two stolen bases in the opening game of Thursday's doubleheader versus the Yankees.
It wasn't a successful day at the plate for Gonzalez, who also went 0-for-3 in the nightcap to finish at 0-for-6 overall. However, he redeemed himself from a fantasy perspective with two thefts in the opener to bring his total to six on the season. Four of the steals have come since May 30, a stretch during which he has started seven of Chicago's eight games.
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Thairo Estrada 2B | BAL
Giants' Thairo Estrada: Homer and steal in win
Estrada went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and a stolen base in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Rockies.
The homer was Estrada's first since May 7, though he missed time with a wrist injury in late May and early June. He's gone 4-for-14 (.286) over three games since returning from that issue. The second baseman continues to put up solid numbers with a .300/.347/.478 slash line, seven homers, 19 RBI, 31 runs scored and 14 steals on 17 attempts through 50 contests.
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Jorge Polanco 2B | NYM
Twins' Jorge Polanco: Day-to-day with tight hamstring
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli expressed optimism Thursday that Polanco (hamstring) will avoid the injured list, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports. "He's still, I think, pretty strong in the muscle," said Baldelli. "But he definitely felt something. We're going to have to pay attention to it."
Polanco tweaked his troublesome left hamstring while running the bases in the top of the first inning Thursday versus the Rays. The second baseman just returned June 1 from a nearly two-week stay on the IL for a left hamstring strain. He's considered day-to-day leading into the Twins' three-game weekend series at Toronto.
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Jorge Polanco 2B | NYM
Twins' Jorge Polanco: Nursing tight hamstring
Polanco was pulled from Thursday's game versus the Rays with left hamstring tightness, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
Polanco was hurt in the first inning while running the bases. It's the same hamstring which he injured previously, having just returning from the IL at the beginning of the month. If it's deemed an aggravation of that previous issue, another stint on the IL is certainly possible, although the Twins should offer more on the infielder's status after the game.