MLB Player News
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Josh Rojas 2B | SEA
Mariners' Josh Rojas: On bench against lefty
Rojas is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.
Rojas has a .345 OPS in his past 10 games and will sit Sunday against San Francisco lefty Robbie Ray. Dylan Moore will step in at the hot corner and bat eighth in the series finale.
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Royce Lewis 3B | MIN
Twins' Royce Lewis: Receiving Sunday off
Lewis is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.
Lewis will sit Sunday after a run of five straight starts, during which he went 4-for-19 with three RBI, three runs and seven strikeouts. Jose Miranda will handle the hot corner and bat third in the series finale versus St. Louis.
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Josh H. Smith SS | TEX
Rangers' Josh Smith: Heading to bench Sunday
Smith is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.
Southpaw Matthew Boyd will draw the start for the Guardians, so the lefty-hitting Smith will hit the bench in favor of the right-handed-hitting Ezequiel Duran, who gets the nod at third base. Smith has endured a rough August thus far, slashing just .203/.247/.278 with four extra-base hits (one home run, three doubles) and one stolen base.
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Josh Jung 3B | TEX
Rangers' Josh Jung: Playing through laceration
Jung is serving as Texas' designated hitter for Sunday's game at Cleveland due to a finger laceration, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
The 26-year-old was initially penciled in at third base Sunday, but he'll instead fill a non-defensive role since the laceration affects his ability to throw. Jung will have Monday's team off day to rest up and is expected to be fully cleared for Tuesday's series opener versus the White Sox.
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Anthony Rendon 3B | LAA
Angels' Anthony Rendon: Not in Sunday's lineup
Rendon is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Toronto, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
Rendon started the previous six games but will sit Sunday after going 3-for-19 with a double, three RBI and a stolen base during that span. Brandon Drury will shift to the hot corner while Michael Stefanic starts at second base.
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Oswaldo Cabrera LF | NYY
Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Set to lose work with Chisholm back
Cabrera remains out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies.
Before he was on the bench during Saturday's 9-2 loss while righty Bradley Blalock took the hill for the Rockies, Cabrera had started in each of the Yankees' last four matchups versus righties. The switch-hitting Cabrera is now expected to see few starts against both righties and lefties for the foreseeable future after Jazz Chisholm made a quicker-than-anticipated recovery from an elbow injury and returned to action Friday. Cabrera will fill a utility role with Chisholm immediately stepping back in as the Yankees' everyday third baseman.
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Jon Berti SS | NYY
Yankees' Jon Berti: Homers in first rehab game
Berti (calf) went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run for Double-A Somerset in a rehab game Saturday.
In his first game action since suffering a calf strain May 24, Berti crushed a three-run blast in the fourth inning. Considering the length of his absence, the versatile veteran may need at least a few more rehab games before he's ready to rejoin the big club. When he does return to the Yankees, Berti is likely to fill a utility role that probably won't include everyday at-bats.
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DJ LeMahieu 3B | NYY
Yankees' DJ LeMahieu: Drawing start in series finale
LeMahieu (face) will start at first base and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Rockies.
LeMahieu had been included in the initial lineup for Friday's series opener while lefty Kyle Freeland was scheduled to start for Colorado, but the Yankees scratched the veteran infielder after he was hit in the face by a baseball during pregame warmups. Fortunately for LeMahieu, he sustained only cosmetic damage to his face, as he cleared concussion protocol. LeMahieu will be back in the lineup for the series finale as a replacement for the lefty-hitting Ben Rice at first base while the Rockies go with another left-handed starter (Austin Gomber).
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Junior Caminero 3B | TB
Rays' Junior Caminero: Homers in second straight
Caminero went 3-for-5 with a solo homer, two RBI and three runs scored in Saturday's extra-inning win over the Dodgers.
Caminero put the Rays on the board with an RBI single in the first inning before coming around to score himself following a double from Christopher Morel. The shortstop would add two more hits on the night, including a solo homer in the top of the ninth to tie the game and send it into extra innings, giving him the first three-hit performance of his major-league career. Caminero has also homered in back-to-back games and is now slashing .308/286/.487 with three extra-base hits, four RBI and five runs scored since being called up in the middle of August.
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Jazz Chisholm CF | NYY
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm: Notches two hits Saturday
Chisholm went 2-for-4 with an RBI double in a 9-2 defeat against Colorado on Saturday.
In his second game back from the injured list, Chisholm collected New York's lone multi-hit effort. His double in the third inning knocked in the first of the team's two runs. Chisholm went 0-for-3 with a walk in his return from the IL on Friday and seems to have no lingering effects from the elbow injury that sidelined him.