MLB Player News
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Patrick Wisdom 3B | SEA
Mariners' Patrick Wisdom: Drawing third straight start
Wisdom will start at third base and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Orioles.
The Mariners will include Wisdom in the starting nine for third game in a row, with his uptick in playing time coinciding with J.P. Crawford being on the bench for all of those contests due to a bruised hand. Crawford is viewed as day-to-day, and assuming he's able to rejoin the lineup within the next few days, Wisdom will soon be headed back into a reserve role. The 34-year-old Wisdom hasn't been able to do much with his opportunities so far this season, slashing .143/.200/.286 with a 43.3 percent strikeout rate over 30 plate appearances in 10 games with Seattle.
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Yoan Moncada 3B | LAA
Angels' Yoan Moncada: Progresses to running, hitting
Moncada (knee) has been running and hitting off a tee from the left side, per MLB.com.
Moncada was placed on the 10-day IL on May 22 due to right knee inflammation. He's since been able to resume doing some running and hitting, though it's unclear how close he is to returning to game action. Donovan Walton and Nick Madrigal have been handling third base for the Angels while Moncada has been sidelined.
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Josh Jung 3B | TEX
Rangers' Josh Jung: Blasts eighth home run Sunday
Jung went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk and three runs scored in Sunday's 10-0 win against Cleveland.
Jung mashed his eighth homer of the season off Joey Cantillo in the third inning as part of a four-run frame that helped put the game out of reach early. Following Sunday's performance, the third baseman has recorded a hit in 15 of his last 17 games. During that stretch, he's batting .338 with three homers and three doubles. Jung is now slashing .313/.368/.487 with 16 doubles, 29 RBI and 31 runs scored across 253 trips to the plate this year.
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Coby Mayo 3B | BAL
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Records homer, steal in victory
Ramirez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional run, two walks and a stolen base in a 6-0 win against the Rangers on Saturday.
Ramirez opened the scoring with a solo homer in the fourth inning and added a walk, a stolen base and a run one frame later. It was the fourth time this season that the veteran third baseman has gone deep and swiped a bag in the same game, and two of those performances have come over his past four contests. Ramirez's power numbers are a bit down this season -- he has 10 homers through 66 contests -- but he's been as productive a base stealer as ever, as he's tied for first in the majors with 23 thefts. He's on pace to easily surpass his career-best mark of 44 stolen bases, which he established last year.
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Maikel Garcia 3B | KC
Royals' Maikel Garcia: Back in lineup
Garcia (hamstring) will serve as the Royals' designated hitter and bat fourth during Saturday's game against the Twins.
Garcia missed six consecutive starts while recovering from a strained right hamstring, but he was able to work as a pinch hitter in both of the Royals' last two games. He's now been cleared to rejoin the starting nine, though the Royals will begin by using him as their DH while Josh Rojas mans the hot corner.
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Royce Lewis 3B | MIN
Twins' Royce Lewis: Recalled from Triple-A
The Twins recalled Lewis from Triple-A St. Paul on Saturday, Aaron Gleeman of AaronGleeman.com reports.
Lewis was sent down to Triple-A in mid-May but has officially earned a spot back on the major-league roster after slashing .340/.417/.868 with eight home runs, 19 RBI and 12 runs scored in 13 games with the Saints. It's unclear whether he'll reclaim the primary third baseman job from Brooks Lee now that he's back with the Twins, but Tristan Gray seems likely to be the player most affected by Lewis' return. James Outman was designated for assignment in a corresponding move.
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Colt Emerson 3B | SEA
Mariners' Colt Emerson: Goes yard again Friday
Emerson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-3 loss to the Tigers.
The 20-year-old rookie took Drew Anderson deep in the seventh inning as the Mariners tried in vain to rally from an early deficit. Emerson is finding his rhythm at the plate in the majors -- over his last 11 games, he's batting .316 (12-for-38) with eight extra-base hits, including three homers in his last six contests.
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Isaac Paredes 3B | HOU
Astros' Isaac Paredes: Homers, plates four Friday
Paredes went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run, a walk and an additional RBI in Friday's win over the Athletics.
Paredes was responsible for the majority of the Astros' offense Friday, launching a three-run homer in the bottom of the first and later plating another run with a sac fly that scored Christian Walker in the third. Paredes has also homered in three games in a row and is up to nine long balls on the season, with four of those coming in an eight-game stretch in which he's posted a 1.103 OPS.