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  • Isaac Paredes 3B | CHC

    Rays' Isaac Paredes: Plates four in rout

    Paredes went 2-for-5 with a walk, a double, four RBI and two runs during Thursday's 13-0 win over the Blue Jays.

    Paredes had gone hitless in six of his previous seven starts but snapped out of the cold spell with Thursday's multi-hit performance. His four RBI marked a season high, bringing his 2024 total to 55. Through 416 plate appearances, Paredes is slashing .250/.353/.444 with 16 home runs.

  • Abraham Toro 3B | OAK

    Athletics' Abraham Toro: Idle Thursday

    Toro isn't in the Athletics' lineup for Thursday's game versus the Angels.

    The switch-hitting Toro boasts a .783 OPS in 73 plate appearances against left-handers this season, but he will take a seat Thursday with southpaw Kenny Rosenberg on the mound. While Toro rests, Brett Harris will field the hot corner and bat eighth.

  • Gio Urshela 3B | ATL

    Tigers' Gio Urshela: Moving to bench Thursday

    Urshela is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Guardians.

    Urshela will head to the bench for the first time since July 13, ending his streak of seven consecutive starts. Bligh Madris will step in for Urshela at first base.

  • Ramon Urias 3B | BAL

    Orioles' Ramon Urias: Out of Thursday's lineup

    Urias is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Marlins.

    Jordan Westburg will cover third base Thursday while Connor Norby plays second base. Urias has now been in the lineup for just one of Baltimore's last four contests, though a minor neck injury is at least partly to blame for that.

  • Rafael Devers 3B | BOS

    Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Serves as DH

    Devers started at designated hitter and went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored in Wednesday's 20-7 loss to Colorado.

    Devers, who was initially penciled in at third base, was moved to DH as a precaution after he survived a shoulder-injury scare Tuesday. He stayed in Tuesday's game following the incident and looked good swinging the bat Wednesday. With a team day off Thursday, Devers could return to the field for Friday's series opener at Fenway Park against the Yankees.

  • Josh H. Smith 3B | TEX

    Rangers' Josh Smith: Two hits, two RBI in win

    Smith went 2-for-4 with two RBI in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the White Sox.

    Smith singled in one run then got another home on a sacrifice fly. With news that third baseman Josh Jung (wrist) is set to begin a rehab assignment Friday, per Kennedi Landry of MLB.com, the Rangers will soon have to find a home for Smith's bat. The most logical move is to have Smith become the team's primary designated hitter. Texas designated hitters are last in the league in batting average (.197), slugging percentage (.310) and OPS (.573).

  • Josh Jung 3B | TEX

    Rangers' Josh Jung: Resuming rehab assignment Friday

    Jung (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment Friday at Double-A Frisco, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.

    Jung had previously played in four rehab games with Triple-A Round Rock from June 16 through 20, only to be pulled off the minor-league assignment when he experienced renewed soreness in his surgically repaired wrist. Just over a month later, Jung is ready for game action again after he was able to make quick progress through his hitting progression over the past week. He'll presumably remain on his rehab assignment at least through the weekend before the Rangers assess whether he's ready to return from the 60-day injured list. Jung should eventually settle back in as the Rangers' everyday third baseman, but he could be eased back from the IL as a designated hitter initially.

  • Ramon Urias 3B | BAL

    Orioles' Ramon Urias: Back in starting nine Wednesday

    Urias (neck) will start at third base and bat ninth in Wednesday's game against the Marlins.

    Urias didn't start either of the Orioles' last two games while managing a stiff neck, but he came off the bench in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to replace Jorge Mateo (arm) and went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. Mateo is out of the lineup Wednesday, so Urias will step back into the starting nine to fill the final spot in the Baltimore infield.

  • Anthony Rendon 3B | LAA

    Angels' Anthony Rendon: Getting breather Wednesday

    Rendon is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mariners.

    Rendon appears to be receiving a rest day while the Angels wrap up their series in Seattle with an afternoon game. Willie Calhoun will step in as the Halos' designated hitter in place of Rendon, who had started each of the first five games out of the All-Star break while going 4-for-22 with one walk, one stolen base, two RBI and one run.

  • Jason Vosler 3B | SEA

    Mariners' Jason Vosler: Productive in team debut

    Vosler started at designated hitter in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels and went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run.

    The new arrival delivered the only extra-base hit for the Mariners on another anemic night for the team's offense. Vosler, along with fellow Triple-A callups Tyler Locklear and Cade Marlowe, was one of three new faces in Seattle's lineup Tuesday, and it remains to be seen if he'll be able to carve out a regular role for the short term while the team deals with the absences of Julio Rodriguez (ankle) and J.P. Crawford (finger).

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