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  • Ben Rice C | NYY

    Yankees' Ben Rice: Smacks homer off southpaw

    Rice went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a sacrifice fly in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Rangers.

    Rice entered Tuesday's game with a .173 batting average across 37 plate appearances against left-handers, but he put the Yankees on the board in the second inning by taking southpaw Patrick Corbin deep to right field for a solo homer. Rice extended the Yankees' lead to two runs on a sacrifice fly in the fourth frame, which gave him his sixth multi-RBI game of the season. Rice has a .902 OPS across 165 plate appearances this season, which is fifth best in the American League.

  • Jorge Soler DH | LAA

    Angels' Jorge Soler: Idle Tuesday

    Soler isn't in the Angels' lineup against the Athletics on Tuesday.

    Soler has been struggling at the plate with a slash line of .133/.257/.133 across his last 35 plate appearances. The 33-year-old will get a chance to reset on the bench Tuesday as Logan O'Hoppe takes over as the designated hitter.

  • Blue Jays' Anthony Santander: Moved down to sixth in lineup

    Santander is batting sixth for Tuesday's game against the Padres.

    It's the lowest Santander has batted in Toronto's lineup this season. After hitting third in each of his first 39 games with the Blue Jays, Santander was moved to fifth in the order over the weekend against the Tigers. Santander has continued to struggle and is now slashing a disappointing .182/.264/.308 with five home runs, 16 RBI, 12 runs scored, zero stolen bases and an 18:44 BB:K through 178 plate appearances for Toronto.

  • Eloy Jimenez DH | TB

    Rays' Eloy Jimenez: Goes on Triple-A IL

    Jimenez was placed on the 7-day injured list at Triple-A Durham on Monday due to right Achilles tendinitis, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Jimenez has slashed .270/.331/.369 with two home runs and a 28:13 K:BB over 37 games this season with Durham, splitting time between right field and designated hitter while mixing in some starts at first base and left field. It's not clear how long the 28-year-old might be sidelined.

  • Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Crushes grand slam in loss

    Devers went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and a double in Sunday's 10-4 loss to Atlanta.

    Devers gave the Red Sox a brief lead with a 442-foot grand slam off Spencer Schwellenbach in the third inning. The 28-year-old has been on a tear in May, hitting .417 with eight multi-hit efforts, eight extra-base hits and 19 RBI. On the season, he's slashing .289/.404/.517 with nine homers, 38 RBI, 29 runs scored and a stolen base across 218 plate appearances.

  • Yordan Alvarez DH | HOU

    Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Hand issue lingering

    Manager Joe Espada said Sunday that Alvarez is improving every day but is still feeling the muscle strain in his right hand that landed him on the injured list May 5, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

    The 27-year-old was initially expected to be activated when first eligible early last week, but he's been unable to completely move past the hand injury to this point. Espada indicated the Astros want to make sure the issue "completely goes away" before bringing Alvarez back, so it sounds as though the organization is taking a cautious approach. Prior to the landing on the shelf, Alvarez had yet to look much like himself in 2025 with just three homers and a .646 OPS through 29 games.

  • Jorge Polanco 2B | NYM

    Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Not in Sunday's lineup

    Polanco is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.

    Polanco has a .190/.261/.310 slash line through 13 games in May and will sit Sunday after starting the previous three contests. Cal Raleigh will rest his legs as the designated hitter while Mitch Garver receives a start behind the plate.

  • Luke Keaschall 2B | MIN

    Twins' Luke Keaschall: Shifts to 60-day IL

    The Twins transferred Keaschall (elbow) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Sunday.

    The 22-year-old was given a recovery timeline of two months after being diagnosed with a fractured right forearm in late April, so the move to the 60-day IL won't affect his return date. Keaschall went 7-for-19 with three doubles and five steals in his first seven big-league games prior to suffering the injury.

  • Blue Jays' Anthony Santander: Good to go Sunday

    Santander (hip) is batting fifth as the designated hitter Sunday against the Tigers.

    The 30-year-old sat out the previous two games due to hip soreness but is ready to go for Sunday's series finale versus Detroit. Santander was unavailable last weekend in Seattle due to a shoulder issue and played just three games before tweaking his hip. He's mostly struggled at the plate in his first 40 games with the Blue Jays and has a .187/.270/.316 slash line with five homers, 16 RBI and 12 runs.

  • Joc Pederson DH | TEX

    Rangers' Joc Pederson: Launches second homer

    Pederson went 1-for-2 with two walks and a two-run home run during Saturday's 5-1 win against the Astros.

    Pederson broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning with a two-run homer, his second long ball of the year. It was also just the second time this season he's driven in two runs in a game. The 33-year-old still has an ugly .502 OPS for the year, though he may have turned a corner this month with a .233/.439/.500 slash line and 11:5 BB:K through 12 games in May.

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