MLB Player News
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Gustavo Campero C | LAA
Angels' Gustavo Campero: Nabs third steal
Campero went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Rangers.
The 27-year-old switch hitter swiped his third bag in 11 games since his late-season promotion, a stretch in which he's also batting .260 (10-for-38) with three RBI and five runs. Campero didn't come into the season with much of a prospect profile, but after slashing .279/.392/.472 in 107 games between Double-A Rocket City and Triple-A Salt Lake this year and then holding his own in a big-league cameo, he may have a spot in the Angels' outfield plans for 2025.
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Carson Kelly C | TEX
Rangers' Carson Kelly: Halts hitless skid Friday
Kelly started at designated hitter and went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-2 win over the Angels.
Kelly, who entered the game hitless in his previous 14 at-bats, snapped that run with a second-inning single. He then launched his second home run as a member of the Rangers in the fourth inning, extending the team's early lead to 4-0. Since being acquired from the Tigers at the trade deadline, Kelly has stolen at-bats from starter Jonah Heim, who has a .543 OPS since the beginning of August.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Goes yard Friday
Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-0 win over the Athletics.
Raleigh has been consistent lately, going 12-for-40 (.300) over his last nine games. The catcher leads all major-league backstops with 32 homers this year, four ahead of the Athletics' Shea Langeliers. Raleigh has added a .218/.312/.426 slash line, 97 RBI, 70 runs scored and six stolen bases over 151 contests. While he's unlikely to hit for average over long spans, Raleigh is among the steadiest sources of power at the catcher position.
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Logan O'Hoppe C | LAA
Angels' Logan O'Hoppe: Not starting Friday
O'Hoppe isn't in the Angels' lineup for Friday's game against Texas, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
O'Hoppe will get a day to rest Friday after going 2-for-11 with two walks and three strikeouts during the Angels' last series against the White Sox. Matt Thaiss will catch instead for Reid Detmers and bat fifth.
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Shea Langeliers C | OAK
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Sitting Friday
Langeliers is absent from Friday's lineup against Seattle.
Since Sept. 1, Langeliers has slashed .227/.286/.453 with five home runs and 13 RBI across 84 plate appearances. Kyle McCann will start behind home plate and bat eighth.
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Ben Rortvedt C | TB
Rays' Ben Rortvedt: Idle Friday
Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Boston.
After making four straight starts behind the dish, Rortvedt will yield to Logan Driscoll on Friday for the second time in three games. Rortvedt hasn't logged multiple hits in a game since Aug. 8.
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Korey Lee C | CHW
White Sox's Korey Lee: Goes deep in victory
Lee went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run and two walks in Wednesday's 4-3 win against the Angels.
Lee opened the scoring in the contest with a two-run blast off Jose Suarez in the second inning. Discarding Tuesday's contest during which Lee played only as a late defensive replacement and didn't log a plate appearance, it was the second straight game with a long ball for the backstop. Prior to that, Lee had undergone a stretch of 27 contests without a home run.