MLB Player News
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Matt Reynolds 3B | CIN
Reds' Matt Reynolds: Spelling Solano again
Reynolds will start at first base and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Pirates.
He'll be included in the lineup for the fifth straight contest, including his third start in a row at first base while Donovan Solano (eye) remains sidelined. Since returning from the 10-day injured list Sept. 9, Reynolds is slashing .333/.429/.375 with three RBI and one run in 11 games.
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Yoan Moncada 3B | LAA
White Sox's Yoan Moncada: Homers in defeat
Moncada went 1-for-4 with a solo home run during Sunday's 4-1 loss to Detroit.
The White Sox were unable to generate much offensive production Sunday, but Moncada accounted for the team's lone run with his home run to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning. He has three extra-base hits over his last five games, and he's gone 3-for-20 with two solo home runs, a double, a walk and four strikeouts over that stretch.
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Evan Longoria 3B | ARI
Giants' Evan Longoria: Clutch pinch-hit single
Longoria went 1-for-1 with two RBI in Sunday's victory over the Diamondbacks.
Longoria pinch hit for Ford Proctor in the top of the eighth inning Sunday and came up big with a two-run single to put the Giants up 3-1. The veteran has settled into a platoon role of late and does not have much fantasy appeal at this point in his career, but the big hit Sunday keeps the Giants' playoff hopes alive.
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J.D. Davis 1B | LAA
Giants' J.D. Davis: Four hits in win
Davis went 4-for-5 with a solo home run and two doubles in Sunday's win over the Diamondbacks.
Davis had a big day Sunday as he recorded three extra-base hits, including a solo shot in the top of the ninth inning to put the Giants up 3-1 and provide a much-needed insurance run. The four hits ties a career high and is good for his third multi-hit effort this month. He is slashing .250/.341/.417 with 10 home runs, 33 RBI and 42 runs scored through 331 plate appearances this season.
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Manny Machado 3B | SD
Padres' Manny Machado: Big day Sunday
Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's 13-6 win over the Rockies.
Machado got in on the Padres' rout of the Rockies early with a base hit and run scored in the first inning and later hit a two-run home run to put San Diego up 10-5. The home run was his 31st of the season and seventh in the month of September. With his two hits Sunday, Machado has reached base safely in 10 straight games, during which he is batting .355 with three home runs, 10 RBI and nine runs scored.
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Ryan McMahon 3B | NYY
Rockies' Ryan McMahon: Homers in second straight contest
McMahon went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's 13-6 loss to San Diego.
McMahon out-dueled Mike Clevinger in the third inning, as he took the ninth pitch of the at-bat 439 feet to center field for his 19th homer of the season. After going homerless in seven games, McMahon has homered in two straight games for the first time this season. He is slashing .246/.329/.415 through 145 contests.
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Patrick Wisdom 3B | SEA
Cubs' Patrick Wisdom: Homers, steals base in win
Wisdom went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, two runs scored, a hit-by-pitch and a stolen base in an 8-3 victory Sunday in Pittsburgh.
Wisdom got the scoring started Sunday with a three-run, two-out homer in the fifth. In the seventh, he was hit by a pitch, stole a base and scored. He's now 8-for-12 in stolen base attempts on the season and has been successful in six of his last seven attempts. While he is just 4-for-32 at the plate in September, three of his hits have left the park. He's also homered in three of his last five games.
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Rafael Devers 1B | SF
Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Not starting Sunday
Devers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Devers will step out of the lineup for the first time since Sept. 7, and he had an .815 OPS with two home runs and 11 RBI during that 13-game stretch. Bobby Dalbec will step in at the hot corner and bat seventh in Sunday's series finale.
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Josh Donaldson 3B | MIL
Yankees' Josh Donaldson: Takes seat Sunday
Donaldson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
Donaldson started the past 12 games and will head to the bench after he posted an .864 OPS with three home runs during that span. Marwin Gonzalez will take over at the hot corner in Sunday's series finale.
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Nolan Arenado 3B | ARI
Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Reaches milestone marks
Arenado went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Saturday's 6-2 loss to the Dodgers.
Arenado's homer was his 30th of the year, and it also accounted for his 100th RBI. He's reached those milestone marks in seven straight full seasons, missing them only in the shortened 2020 campaign. The third baseman has supplemented his usual hearty power numbers with a career-high five stolen bases, 41 doubles (two shy of his best mark), a triple, 71 runs scored and a .295/.359/.542 slash line through 142 contests this year. Arenado has tailed off a bit in September, slashing .221/.294/.364 across his last 21 games.