MLB Player News
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Brent Rooker DH | ATH
Athletics' Brent Rooker: Breather Friday
Rooker will sit Friday versus the Blue Jays.
Rooker will get a breather after he went 0-for-7 with a walk and four strikeouts while starting two games during the team's series with Cleveland. Aledmys Diaz will slot in at designated hitter while Tyler Wade enters the lineup at shortstop and bats eighth in the series opener with Toronto.
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Byron Buxton DH | MIN
Twins' Byron Buxton: Mashes two homers
Buxton went 2-for-4 with two solo homers in Thursday's victory over the Red Sox.
Buxton wasn't messing around, crushing mammoth home runs of 466 and 465 feet in his first two at-bats. He would not reach base again in the contest, but the damage had already been done as the Twins cruised to a shutout victory to split the series with Boston. After going hitless through his first six games in June, the slugger is now 5-for-11 with three homers, four RBI and four runs scored over his last three games.
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Bligh Madris DH | DET
Astros' Bligh Madris: Promoted to majors
The Astros selected Madris' contract from Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
Madris will take the roster spot opened up by the demotion of Cesar Salazar to Triple-A on Thursday. Madris was unimpressive during his time with the Pirates last season, slashing .177/.244/.265 with seven RBI across 123 plate appearances, but he's been solid in the minors this year. He'll most likely come off the bench while in Houston.
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Justin Turner 1B | CHC
Red Sox's Justin Turner: Posts another multi-hit outing
Turner went 2-for-4 with a home run, two total runs, two total RBI, a walk and a stolen base in Wednesday's 5-4 extra-inning loss to the Twins.
Turner knocked in half of Boston's runs in the loss, swatting a 447-foot solo shot in the third inning and singling home another run in the fifth. The veteran finished with his eighth multi-hit performance over his past 11 games, a red-hot stretch during which he's batting .432 (19-for-44) with four homers, 14 RBI, 12 runs and two steals. In his first season with the Red Sox, Turner has been a steady contributor, posting a .284/.364/.465 slash line along with 11 homers, 40 RBI, 45 runs and four thefts.
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Shohei Ohtani DH | LAD
Angels' Shohei Ohtani: Takes hard-luck loss
Ohtani allowed one run on five hits and two walks while striking out 12 over seven innings, but he dropped to 6-3 on the season in Wednesday's 2-0 loss to the Dodgers.
Ohtani also went 0-for-3 at the plate, and Luis Rengifo had the only two hits for the Angels in a low-scoring loss. The one blemish on Ohtani's line was Freddie Freeman's fourth-inning solo home run, but the standout right-hander otherwise finished with double-digit strikeouts for the fifth time this season. The strong outing lowered his ERA to 3.13 with a 1.04 WHIP and 117:37 K:BB over 89 innings through 15 starts. The two-way star is next expected to take the mound at home versus the White Sox next week.
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Brent Rooker DH | ATH
Athletics' Brent Rooker: Sitting amid slump
Rooker is out of the lineup Wednesday at Cleveland.
Seth Brown will serve as the A's designated hitter and bat third versus the Guardians and young right-hander Gavin Williams. JJ Bleday is starting in left field and hitting fifth. Rooker has gone 1-for-17 with 10 strikeouts across his last five games and his season OPS has dropped from .984 to .832 over the last four weeks.
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Miguel Cabrera DH | DET
Tigers' Miguel Cabrera: Resting Wednesday
Cabrera is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.
Cabrera had started each of the Tigers' last four games and seven of the past eight, so the 40-year-old will receive some much-needed maintenance while Detroit and Kansas City wrap up their series with a matinee contest. With Cabrera on the bench, Kerry Carpenter will re-enter the lineup following an off day Tuesday to serve as Detroit's designated hitter.
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Brandon Belt DH | TOR
Blue Jays' Brandon Belt: Back from IL, starting Wednesday
Belt (hamstring) was reinstated from the 10-day injured list and will start Wednesday and bat third in the Blue Jays' series finale with the Marlins, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Belt is back in the lineup after missing the minimum 10 days while on the IL with a hamstring injury. The 35-year-old has produced a .296 average with two home runs, four doubles, four RBI and four runs scored over eight games in June. In order to open a roster spot for Belt, Spencer Horwitz was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo in a corresponding move.
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Spencer Horwitz 1B | PIT
Blue Jays' Spencer Horwitz: Sent back to minors
The Blue Jays optioned Horwitz to Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
With Brandon Belt (hamstring) returning from the injured list Wednesday, the Blue Jays had no room on the 26-man active roster for Horwitz. During his five-day stint in the big leagues, Horwitz started at designated hitter in three games and went 2-for-8 with two walks and a run.