MLB Player News
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Masataka Yoshida DH | BOS
Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Racks up four hits Monday
Yoshida went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two runs Monday in a 9-5 win against the Royals.
None of Yoshida's hits knocked in a run, but he did score twice in the victory. The big performance snapped a four-game hitless stretch during which the DH had gone 0-for-13. This was Yoshida's second four-hit effort of the campaign.
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Yordan Alvarez DH | HOU
Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Reaches base three times
Alvarez went 2-for-3 with a walk Sunday against the Rays.
Alvarez has had a surprising lack of power production this season, as his .227 ISO is the lowest mark of his career. While that has hurt his counting stats, he's still been an excellent source of batting average and now has eight multi-hit efforts in his last 25 starts. In that span, Alvarez has hit .322 with 14 RBI, 13 runs scored and four home runs.
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Eloy Jimenez DH | BAL
Orioles' Eloy Jimenez: Racks up three hits in win
Jimenez went 3-for-5 with a double and one RBI in Sunday's 9-5 win over the Guardians.
Jimenez has gone 5-for-9 with two RBI over three contests since he was traded from the White Sox to the Orioles. He started against a right-hander (Gavin Williams) in Sunday's contest, suggesting that Ryan O'Hearn could occasionally move to first base against righties, which could cost Ryan Mountcastle some playing time. Jimenez is at a .252/.306/.357 slash line with five home runs, 18 RBI, 18 runs scored, 10 doubles and three stolen bases over 68 games this year.
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Mitch Garver DH | SEA
Mariners' Mitch Garver: Retreating to bench Sunday
Garver is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.
After going 0-for-16 over a stretch of four starts from July 13 through July 22, Garver went 3-for-3 with two walks July 26 against the White Sox, only to endure another 0-for-16 showing over a four-game stretch. Garver had started in three of the Mariners' previous four games, but his ongoing slump will likely begin to cost him more playing time.
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Willie Calhoun DH | LAA
Angels' Willie Calhoun: Idle against lefty
Calhoun is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.
The lefty-hitting Calhoun is on the bench for the second game in a row while the Mets send southpaw Jose Quintana to the hill, but Calhoun seems to have recaptured a regular role at designated hitter against right-handed pitching after Anthony Rendon (back) was placed on the injured list Tuesday. Calhoun has started in each of the Halos' last five matchups against righties, going 4-for-21 with two doubles, two walks, two runs and two RBI.
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Bligh Madris DH | DET
Tigers' Bligh Madris: Big game in win
Madris went 3-for-4 with a double, a solo home run and an additional run scored in Saturday's 6-5, extra-innings win over the Royals.
Madris hit his first home run of the season in the bottom of the ninth inning to help the Tigers rally from a 3-1 deficit to force extra innings and eventually win in 11. The 28-year-old has been locked in since getting called up from Triple-A Toledo at the end of July, as he's slashing .321/.357/.712 across nine games. Madris could push Gio Urshela for more playing time at first base as a result of his hot streak, though the former's brief MLB track record before this season suggests regression is coming.
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Ryan O'Hearn 1B | BAL
Orioles' Ryan O'Hearn: Taking seat vs. lefty
O'Hearn is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Guardians.
The lefty-hitting O'Hearn will avoid Cleveland southpaw Joey Cantillo for Saturday's contest. Since the All-Star break, O'Hearn is slashing .239/.393/.413 with one home run and seven RBI across 57 plate appearances. Eloy Jimenez will serve as the deisgnated hitter and bat fifth.
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Justyn-Henry Malloy DH | DET
Tigers' Justyn-Henry Malloy: Provides offense Friday
Malloy went 2-for-2 with two walks and a two-run home run in Friday's 9-2 loss to the Royals.
Malloy provided all of his team's offense with his eighth home run of the season in the first inning. The rookie has shown good power potential through 45 games, but he's also unsurprisingly striking out 33.5 percent of the time. Malloy will have to make a bit more consistent contact if he wants to take the next step as a player. Thankfully for the 24-year-old, the rebuilding Tigers should give him plenty of opportunities to work through things at the plate.