MLB Player News
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Maikel Garcia 3B | KC
Royals' Maikel Garcia: Not in Kansas City lineup
Garcia is not in the lineup for Friday's game in Atlanta.
Garcia had started the last seven games, including each of the past four contests versus lefties, but he'll grab a seat in this one as Atlanta sends southpaw Max Fried to the bump. Garrett Hampson is at third base and batting eighth for the Royals.
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Jose Miranda 3B | MIN
Twins' Jose Miranda: Not in Friday's lineup
Miranda (back) remains out of the lineup for Friday's contest versus the Orioles.
Miranda had to be scratched from Thursday's lineup due to lower-back tightness and evidently still isn't feeling well enough to play. The Twins have Ryan Jeffers at designated hitter and Christian Vazquez at catcher in the series opener.
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Noelvi Marte 3B | CIN
Reds' Noelvi Marte: Not in Friday's lineup
Marte is absent from the lineup for Friday's contest versus the Cubs.
It will be a day off for Marte, who has now started 10 of the last 12 games for the Reds while bouncing between third base and designated hitter. The Reds are going with Santiago Espinal at the hot corner and Ty France at DH in the series opener.
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Lenyn Sosa 3B | CHW
White Sox's Lenyn Sosa: Ending season well
Sosa went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run scored Thursday against the Angels.
Sosa delivered a two-RBI double and came around to score in a seven-run fifth inning for the White Sox. He's started 19 of the team's 22 games in September and delivered a .375 batting average with three home runs, 10 RBI and 11 runs scored. That could be enough to position Sosa for a starting role to begin 2025, though Brooks Baldwin (wrist) could factor in at second base as well.
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Josh H. Smith 3B | TEX
Rangers' Josh Smith: Extends hit streak in loss
Smith went 1-for-3 with a walk, a double and a run scored in Thursday's 3-2 loss to Oakland.
Smith was back in the lineup after getting a day off against a left-hander Wednesday. He cracked his 29th double and scored as part of the Rangers' two-run third inning. The extra-base knock extended a hit streak to eight games, during which Smith is 10-for-32 (.313) with a home run, four RBI, two steals and six runs. The 26-year-old utility player is putting the finishing touches on what has been the best season of his three years at the major-league level.
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Donovan Solano 3B | SD
Padres' Donovan Solano: Not starting Thursday
Solano is not in Thursday's starting lineup against the Dodgers.
Solano has been the regular starter at first base for the past two weeks, but he'll bow out of the lineup after hitting only .222 across his last 10 starts. Luis Arraez will shift to first base, while David Peralta will enter the lineup and hit eighth.
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Jose Miranda 3B | MIN
Twins' Jose Miranda: Scratched from lineup
Miranda was scratched from the lineup ahead of Thursday's game against the Marlins due to lower-back tightness, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.
The severity of Miranda's injury remains unknown, but it's apparently enough to cause him to sit down for the third time in Minnesota's last four games. In his absence, Royce Lewis will now serve as the Twins' designated hitter while Willi Castro moves to third base and Austin Martin enters the lineup to play left field.
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Matt Duffy 3B | TEX
Rangers' Matt Duffy: Starts at third base
Duffy started at third base and went 0-for-2 with two walks in Wednesday's 5-1 win over Oakland.
Duffy was added to the roster this week after the Rangers placed Josh Jung (wrist) on the 10-day injured list and Ezequiel Duran landed on paternity leave. Those two transactions open up third base for the righty-hitting Duffy, who got the start against a lefty Wednesday, Josh Smith and Jonathan Ornelas.