MLB Player News
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Luis Guillorme 3B | HOU
Luis Guillorme: Let go by Houston
Guillorme was released by the Astros on Tuesday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
Guillorme signed a minor-league contract with Houston on July 30, his second minor-league deal with the team in 2025, but he will now become a free agent again. The 30-year-old posted a .247 average with two home runs, 23 RBI, 25 runs scored and three stolen bases over 215 at-bats in 62 games with Triple-A Sugar Land this year.
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Yoan Moncada 3B | LAA
Angels' Yoan Moncada: Placed on restricted list
The Angels placed Moncada on the restricted list Tuesday.
Moncada will be away from the team during Tuesday's game against Tampa Bay in order to take his U.S. citizenship test, per Erica Weston of Bally Sports West. He'll aim to rejoin the team ahead of Friday's series opener in Detroit. Meanwhile, the Angels will start Oswald Peraza at the hot corner and bring up Niko Kavadas from Triple-A Salt Lake to replace Moncada on the active roster.
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Max Muncy SS | ATH
Athletics' Max Muncy: Not hitting yet
Muncy (hand) has resumed baseball activities but has not been cleared to hit, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
Muncy has been shelved since late July with a hairline fracture at the base of the fourth metacarpal in his right hand. The Athletics have not revealed a timetable for the infielder's return, but it would appear he's still at least a couple weeks away.
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Josh Jung 3B | TEX
Rangers' Josh Jung: On bench after walk-off homer
Jung is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game versus the Yankees.
Jung returned to the lineup at designated hitter and hit a walk-off home run in the Rangers' win over the Yankees on Monday. However, he's not quite ready to play the field yet after missing four games with a calf issue, so Jung will yield DH duties Tuesday to Joc Pederson.
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Ernie Clement SS | TOR
Blue Jays' Ernie Clement: Tallies five hits in blowout
Clement went 5-for-6 with a double, a triple, three runs and an RBI in a 15-1 victory against the Rockies on Monday.
Clement's first career five-hit game included a double and triple as he fell just a homer short of the cycle. The veteran infielder has now posted four multi-hit performances over his past six games and is batting a scorching .500 (12-for-24) during that span. Clement hasn't produced enough in the way of speed or power (five homers, three thefts over 112 games) to be a must-roster fantasy option, but he's been a solid table setter for Toronto with a .289 batting average and 57 runs scored on the season.
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Josh Jung 3B | TEX
Rangers' Josh Jung: Blasts walk-off homer in return
Jung went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Monday's 8-5 extra-inning win over the Yankees.
After missing each of Texas' prior four games with a sore calf, Jung played the role of hero with a walk-off jack in his return Monday. It's been a disappointing campaign for Jung -- he has a .697 OPS in 2025 -- but he's begun to find a groove at the dish since the Rangers recalled him from the minor leagues. The third baseman is riding a 10-game hitting streak since returning from Triple-A Round Rock, during which he's slashing .382/.447/.647 with three homers and eight RBI covering 38 plate appearances.
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Maikel Garcia 3B | KC
Royals' Maikel Garcia: Homers in loss
Garcia went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Red Sox.
Garcia singled in the sixth inning and added a solo homer in the eighth. The 25-year-old has now hit safely in nine of his past 11 games, tallying five multi-hit efforts with seven extra-base hits, eight RBI, eight runs scored and a stolen base in that span. For the season, he's slashing .298/.354/.470 with 11 home runs, 49 RBI, 51 runs scored and 20 steals across 458 plate appearances.
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Alex Freeland SS | LAD
Dodgers' Alex Freeland: On bench in Muncy's return
Freeland is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Cardinals.
With Max Muncy (knee) returning from the 10-day injured list Monday and taking back his usual spot at third base in the series finale, Freeland will hit the bench after he had manned the hot corner in each of the previous four games while going 4-for-13 with an RBI and a 1:6 BB:K. Since utility man Tommy Edman (ankle) landed on the injured list in a corresponding move, Freeland's stay in the big leagues will be extended, though he'll now have to vie for playing time at the keystone. Miguel Rojas will start at second base Monday, but manager Dave Roberts said that Freeland will receive his first start at the position Tuesday, per David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports.
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Noelvi Marte 3B | CIN
Reds' Noelvi Marte: Sitting for first time since July 7
Marte is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Cubs.
Marte will exit the lineup for the first time since July 7, ending a stretch of 22 straight starts during which he slashed .282/.317/.474 with four home runs, three steals, 11 runs and 10 RBI. The 23-year-old saw most of his playing time at third base in that stretch, but in the wake of last week's acquisition of Ke'Bryan Hayes, Marte may be thrust into more of a utility role moving forward that will include more opportunities in right field. He started in right field in each of the last four games, but he may end up settling into the short side of a platoon at that spot with the left-handed-hitting Jake Fraley.