MLB Player News
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Evan Longoria 3B | ARI
Giants' Evan Longoria: On bench Wednesday
Longoria isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Rockies, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Longoria went 1-for-6 with five runs, an RBI and three walks across the last two games, and he'll get a breather Wednesday. Kris Bryant will start at third base while Mike Yastrzemski starts in right field.
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Max Muncy 3B | LAD
Dodgers' Max Muncy: Resting Tuesday
Muncy will sit Tuesday against St. Louis, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.
Muncy has been in a slump over his last 16 games, hitting .133/.212/.283 while striking out 30.3 percent of the time, well above the 18.2 percent strikeout rate he'd managed prior to that point. He'll rest against lefty J.A. Happ, with Albert Pujols starting at first base against his former team.
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Ryan McMahon 3B | NYY
Rockies' Ryan McMahon: Goes deep Monday
McMahon went 1-for-2 with a solo home run, a walk and a hit-by-pitch in the loss to the Giants on Monday.
The 27-year-old opened up the scoring for his team in this one with a solo blast off of Kevin Gausman in the second inning. After posting a 10-game hitting streak in early August, McMahon has struggled to a .192 batting average with five total extra-base hits in 73 at-bats over 21 games. On the season, he has still posted a career-high .255 batting average while hitting 21 home runs.
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Jean Segura 3B | CLE
Phillies' Jean Segura: Hammers grand slam
Segura went 3-for-5 with a grand slam, two runs scored and a walk in Monday's 12-0 victory over Milwaukee.
Segura scored a run in the first inning on Bryce Harper's two-run homer. He later crushed a grand slam as part of a seven-run eighth inning. The veteran infielder has produced multiple hits in six of his last 11 games, raising his season slash line to .295/.358/.441 with 11 long balls and 49 RBI.
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Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B | CIN
Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Collects three hits
Hayes went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 6-3 win over the Tigers.
Hayes ripped three singles in the victory, including a two-run base knock in the seventh inning. The 24-year-old entered Monday's game in a 12-for-58 (.207) skid in 16 games since his last multi-hit performance on Aug 14. He improved his season slash line to .252/.321/.376 with 30 RBI through 321 plate appearances.
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Edmundo Sosa LF | PHI
Cardinals' Edmundo Sosa: Productive in loss
Sosa went 1-for-3 with an RBI sacrifice fly, a walk and a stolen base in a loss to the Brewers on Sunday.
Sosa continues to validate manager Mike Shildt's decision to afford him the bulk of playing time at shortstop, with Sunday's production pushing his slash line over the last nine games to an outstanding .387/.432/.742 (37 plate appearances). Sosa has impressively provided a bit of everything in that sample, lacing a double, two triples, two home runs, 10 RBI, three walks and nine runs in addition to Sunday's steal, his fourth of the campaign.
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Nolan Arenado 3B | ARI
Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Not starting Monday
Arenado isn't in the lineup for Monday's game against the Dodgers, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
Arenado will get a breather after he went 5-for-15 with three homers, four runs, four RBI and three strikeouts across the last four games. Matt Carpenter will start at the hot corner and bat fifth.
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Mike Moustakas 3B | CHW
Reds' Mike Moustakas: Sits against southpaw
Moustakas isn't starting Monday's game against the Cubs, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic reports.
Moustakas will be on the bench for the fourth time in the last five games since left-hander Justin Steele is starting for the Cubs. Eugenio Suarez will start at the hot corner and bat fourth.
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Austin Riley 3B | ATL
Braves' Austin Riley: Homers in blowout win
Riley went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer, a walk and three RBI in Sunday's 9-2 win over Colorado.
Riley drew a walk his first time up and then plated his first run in the third on a sacrifice fly. He later blasted a two-run homer in the seventh to put Atlanta up 9-1. The 24-year-old is putting up some impressive numbers during his first full MLB season, as he's slashing .305/.377/.539 with 29 long balls, 87 RBI, 75 runs scored and 50:133 BB:K over 557 plate appearances.