MLB Player News
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Yainer Diaz C | HOU
Astros' Yainer Diaz: Homers in loss
Diaz went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's 13-3 loss to the Royals.
Diaz provided one of the few bright spots in Houston's lopsided defeat, blasting a 432-foot homer off Brady Singer to get the Astros on the board in the fourth inning. The 25-year-old Diaz has gotten off to a scorching start at the plate, going 17-for-51 (.333) with a .931 OPS, three homers and seven RBI through his first 13 games. Diaz looks to be building on his impressive rookie campaign, where he slashed .282/.308/.538 with 23 home runs and 60 RBI across 355 at-bats.
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Korey Lee C | CHW
White Sox's Korey Lee: Finding more playing time
Lee went 0-for-3 with a strikeout Wednesday against the Guardians.
The stat line wasn't notable for Lee, but he has now started three straight games for the White Sox after being in the lineup just twice in the team's first nine contests. One of those starts came at designated hitter, with two behind the plate. Mounting injuries to the White Sox's lineup could mean that Lee continues to get playing time, though both Eloy Jimenez (thigh) and Max Stassi (hip) are nearing potential returns.
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Bo Naylor C | CLE
Guardians' Bo Naylor: Homers, drives in winning run
Naylor went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and a walk in Wednesday's come-from-behind win over the White Sox.
Naylor's two-run shot off Erick Fedde in the bottom of the fourth brought the Guardians back to within two runs of Chicago and came just three at-bats after his older brother Josh's solo home run -- on National Siblings Day. The young catcher then played the role of hero in extra innings, driving home Tyler Freeman with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th as Cleveland improved to 9-3 on the season. Naylor is still batting just .194 following the two-hit performance, though he's now homered in two of his last six games. It also marked his third multi-hit game this month.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Homers in extras
Raleigh went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Wednesday's 5-1 win over Toronto.
Raleigh provided the game-deciding blow Wednesday, launching a two-run homer off Tim Mayza in the 10th inning in an eventual 5-1 Seattle win. It's the second homer in three days for Raleigh, though he's gotten off to a slow start overall, going 6-for-36 with four RBI through his first 10 games.
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Reese McGuire C | MIL
Red Sox's Reese McGuire: Sits against lefty
McGuire is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
The lefty-hitting McGuire will give way to the righty-hitting Connor Wong behind the plate while southpaw Cole Irvin takes the hill for Baltimore. McGuire still appears to have a firm grasp on the primary catching gig when the Red Sox face right-handed pitching; he's slashing .350/.435/.550 over 23 plate appearances versus righties so far this season.
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Austin Wells C | NYY
Yankees' Austin Wells: Gets Wednesday off
Wells is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Marlins.
Wells will be on the bench for the second time in the series with Miami, with both of his absences from the lineup coming against left-handed starting pitchers. Jose Trevino will handle the catching duties for the Yankees on Wednesday.
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Martin Maldonado C | SD
White Sox's Martin Maldonado: On bench Wednesday
Maldonado is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.
Maldonado will retreat to the bench for the series finale after catching in four of Chicago's last five games. Korey Lee will step in behind the plate in Maldonado's stead and will bat sixth.
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Rene Pinto C | PHI
Rays' Rene Pinto: Resting Wednesday
Pinto is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Pinto will take a seat for the series finale after he was behind the dish for the first two games in Anaheim, going 2-for-7 with three strikeouts. Ben Rortvedt will start at catcher Wednesday.