MLB Player News
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Paul DeJong SS | KC
Royals' Paul DeJong: Sitting Friday
DeJong is not in Friday's lineup against the Twins.
DeJong has seemingly taken over the primary third base duties of late, with Maikel Garcia often manning second base and Michael Massey seeing time at designated hitter. In Friday's lineup, however, DeJong is the odd man out against righty Zebby Matthews.
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Addison Barger SS | TOR
Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Still out Friday
Barger (knee) is not in Friday's lineup against Atlanta.
Barger hasn't played since Tuesday due to a knee issue. Ernie Clement is starting at the hot corner and batting fifth.
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Alex Bregman 3B | HOU
Astros' Alex Bregman: Takes seat Friday
Bregman is not in Friday's lineup against the Diamondbacks.
With Kyle Tucker (shin) rejoining the lineup, Bregman will get a day off as Mauricio Dubon handles the hot corner. Bregman returned Wednesday after missing four games with an elbow injury, and perhaps he will still need the occasional maintenance day down the stretch.
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Ramon Urias 3B | BAL
Orioles' Ramon Urias: Nearing baseball activities
Urias (ankle) is progressing and said Friday that he's confident he'll play again before the end of the season, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.
He hasn't resumed baseball activities yet, but that could happen soon, per Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com. Urias sprained his right ankle Aug. 31. The Orioles have been using a mix of Coby Mayo, Emmanuel Rivera and Nick Maton at the hot corner in Urias' absence.
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Miguel Vargas 2B | CHW
White Sox's Miguel Vargas: Still out Friday
Vargas (eye) is not in Friday's lineup against the Red Sox.
Vargas has not played since exiting Tuesday's game with a right eye abrasion suffered during a collision in the field. Lenyn Sosa will start at third base while batting seventh.
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Coby Mayo 3B | BAL
Orioles' Coby Mayo: Sitting out opener
Mayo is not in Friday's lineup against the Rays.
Since Ramon Urias sprained his ankle Aug. 31, Mayo has made two starts at third base, with Emmanuel Rivera also getting two starts at the hot corner. Nick Maton is picking up his first start at third base for the Orioles on Friday, so the position appears to be a full-on timeshare.
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Junior Caminero 3B | TB
Rays' Junior Caminero: Knocks in two
Caminero went 1-for-4 with two RBI on Thursday against the Twins.
Caminero has started 20 of 21 games since being recalled Aug. 13. He's had a strong showing, maintaining a 10.1 percent walk rate and a 22.2 percent strikeout rate with a .263 batting average. Caminero has also shown some decent pop, collecting seven extra-base hits across 90 plate appearances.
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Jace Jung 2B | DET
Tigers' Jace Jung: On bench Thursday
Jung is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Padres.
Jung started in three consecutive games before Thursday's game. In that span, he collected one hit and a walk across 11 plate appearances. Andy Ibanez has the start at third base and is batting second Thursday.
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Anthony Rendon 3B | LAA
Angels' Anthony Rendon: Absent from lineup
Rendon is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rangers.
Rendon started the previous eight tilts but managed just a .598 OPS over that stretch. Charles Leblanc will draw a start at third base and bat seventh while Rendon gets some rest.