MLB Player News
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Eloy Jimenez DH | TOR
White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Pulled as precaution
Jimenez exited Wednesday's game with right groin tightness, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He went 0-for-3 with a strikeout prior to departing.
The team called the removal precautionary. Given that Jimenez made his season-debut Monday after recovering from a serious shoulder injury, it makes sense that the team is proceeding with caution. Gavin Sheets entered the game to replace Jimenez.
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Ji-Man Choi 1B | NYM
Rays' Ji-Man Choi: Gets Wednesday off
Choi is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Choi will take a seat after he went 6-for-16 with a pair of home runs, two doubles and six RBI while starting at first base in each of the past four games. He'll cede first base to Yandy Diaz with a lefty (Nestor Cortes) on the hill for the Yankees, but the lefty-hitting Choi should remain a fixture in the lineup against right-handed pitching.
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Michael Brantley LF | HOU
Astros' Michael Brantley: Gets breather Wednesday
Brantley isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Mariners, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Brantley will get a rare day off after he went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts in Tuesday's win over Seattle. Chas McCormick will start in left field and bat seventh.
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Luis Torrens DH | NYM
Mariners' Luis Torrens: Hits bench in series finale
Torrens is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Astros.
With Tom Murphy getting the nod behind the plate, Mitch Haniger serving as the Mariners' designated hitter and Ty France starting at first base, Torrens will take a seat for the first time since July 20 with all three of his avenues to playing time being blocked for the afternoon. During his streak of seven consecutive starts, Torrens went 5-for-25 with a pair of home runs and three RBI. He still looks to have a steady hold on a near-everyday role, though he could be at risk of losing out on some work with the recent addition of Abraham Toro.
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Brent Rooker DH | ATH
Twins' Brent Rooker: Starts again after three-hit game
Rooker went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored Tuesday in the Twins' 6-5 loss to the Tigers in 11 innings.
Rooker picked up his fifth straight start Tuesday and gave the Twins little reason to take him out of the lineup; he's now posted a 1.118 OPS since stepping into an everyday role following the trade of Nelson Cruz to Tampa Bay. The 26-year-old will stick in the starting nine for Wednesday's series finale, manning left field and batting second.
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Miguel Cabrera DH | DET
Tigers' Miguel Cabrera: Takes seat Wednesday
Cabrera isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Twins.
Cabrera had recorded extra-base hits in each of the last two games, and he went 3-for-8 with a homer, a double, three RBI, two runs and a walk. Eric Haase will serve as the designated hitter while Grayson Greiner starts behind the plate.
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Shohei Ohtani DH | LAD
Angels' Shohei Ohtani: Crushes 463-foot homer
Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Tuesday's loss to the Rockies.
The slugger had only one hit in the contest, but he still managed to drop jaws with his 463-foot solo blast to center field in the fifth inning. The long ball was Ohtani's major-league-leading 36th of the campaign. Per Megan Garcia of MLB.com, Ohtani also leads the league with six homers of over 450 feet on the season.
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Yordan Alvarez DH | HOU
Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Three hits, homer
Alvarez went 3-for-5 with a three-run home run and an additional run in an 8-6 win against the Mariners on Tuesday.
Alvarez connected on a 423-foot homer to right in the first to open the game's scoring, singled and scored in the fifth and singled in the sixth for his first three-hit game since June 18. The designated hitter has been hot of late, going 6-for-14 with three walks over his last four games.
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Eloy Jimenez DH | TOR
White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Launches first homer
Jimenez went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run Tuesday against the Royals.
Jimenez was participating in his second game of the season after being activated from the injured list Monday. He tallied his first hit of the campaign with a leadoff single in the second inning. However, the highlight came in the eighth, when he blasted the game-winning home run. The White Sox have shown little hesitation in getting Jimenez back into the mix, as he started in left field Tuesday and has slotted into the cleanup role in both of his contests.
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Franmil Reyes DH | WAS
Indians' Franmil Reyes: In lineup Tuesday
Reyes (back) is batting cleanup as the designated hitter Tuesday against the Cardinals.
The righty slugger is back in action after being scratched from Sunday's contest with back spasms. In nine games since the All-Star break, Reyes has hit .222 with three home runs and seven RBI, although he has struck out 16 times in that span. The 26-year-old has gone 0-for-5 with one strikeout in his career against Adam Wainwright, who will start Tuesday for the Cardinals.