MLB Player News
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Jordan Groshans 3B | ATL
Marlins' Jordan Groshans: Moves into utility role
Groshans is out of the lineup for Monday's game against Atlanta, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.
Groshans started in six of the Marlins' past seven games at third base and went 6-for-23 with no extra-base hits, one walk and three runs. Now that Joey Wendle is healthy again to close out the season, Groshans may handle more of a utility role during the Marlins' three-game series with Atlanta.
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Brian Anderson RF | ATL
Marlins' Brian Anderson: Takes seat Monday
Anderson is out of the lineup for Monday's game against Atlanta, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.
While moving between right field and designated hitter, Anderson picked up starts in eight of Miami's last nine games while posting a .598 OPS. He'll get a breather for Monday's series opener after an 0-for-5, three-strikeout showing in Sunday's 4-3 win over Milwaukee in 12 innings.
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Taylor Walls SS | TB
Rays' Taylor Walls: Won't start Monday
Walls is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Red Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
The newly recalled Vidal Brujan will get a start at the keystone while Walls rests after making three straight starts out of the middle infield. With Brandon Lowe (back) done for the season, Walls is poised to serve as the Rays' primary second baseman for what's left of the regular season and for the duration of Tampa Bay's playoff run.
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Isaac Paredes 3B | HOU
Rays' Isaac Paredes: Filling in for Diaz
Paredes will start at third base and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Red Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
He'll stick in the lineup for the 11th time in 14 games while Yandy Diaz remains bothered by a sore left shoulder, an injury he aggravated in his return from an eight-game absence in Friday's win over the Astros. The Rays seem to be viewing Diaz as day-to-day as the team begins its final series of the regular season, so Paredes' hold on an everyday role could be tenuous.
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Matt Reynolds 3B | CIN
Reds' Matt Reynolds: Shifts into utility role
Reynolds is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Cubs.
With Donovan Solano recently overcoming an eye infection, Reynolds appears to have moved into a utility role for Cincinnati. Reynolds is on the bench for the third time in four games.
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Jonah Bride 3B | TEX
Athletics' Jonah Bride: Scores twice in big win
Bride went 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs in a win over the Mariners on Sunday.
Filling the DH role, Bride joined the Athletics' offensive explosion with his couple of trips on the basepaths. The rookie, who saw very sparse playing time throughout September, had been mired in an 0-for-17 slump that had encompassed his last 10 games prior to Sunday. Bride's season slash line sits at .206/.304/.250 across 185 plate appearances, but he has displayed some encouraging plate discipline in the form of a 10.3 percent walk rate and modest 17.3 percent strikeout rate.
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Evan Longoria 3B | ARI
Giants' Evan Longoria: Slated for X-rays on hand
Longoria will undergo X-rays after he was struck on the hand by a ball while fielding during Sunday's win over the Diamondbacks, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Longoria was struck on the hand on a ball that likely would have been a double play, and manager Gabe Kapler said after the game that the 36-year-old wouldn't have hit if his spot in the order came up again. Longoria should tentatively be considered day-to-day until the results of his X-rays are known.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Secures another 20-20 season
Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two stolen bases in a 7-5 win Sunday over Kansas City.
Ramirez singled, stole a base and scored in the second and added another stolen base following a hit in the seventh. The steals were his 19th and 20th of the season, giving him his fourth straight 20-20 season in years with 162 games. The 30-year-old has struggled a little bit of late and is 11-for-51 in his last 13 contests.
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Emmanuel Rivera 3B | BAL
Diamondbacks' Emmanuel Rivera: Out with fractured wrist
Rivera was placed on the 60-day injuredlist Sunday with a fractured left wrist.
Rivera was scratched from Saturday's lineup with what was initially labeled forearm soreness, but he's now been diagnosed with a fractured wrist. It's unclear if the 26-year-old will require surgery, but he'll have four-plus months to recover before the start of spring training in February.
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Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B | CIN
Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Not in Sunday's lineup
Hayes is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.
Hayes is 6-for-21 with an RBI, a run and a stolen base over his past five games but will take a seat for Sunday's series finale. Rodolfo Castro will shift to the hot corner while Ji-hwan Bae starts at second base.