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  • Kyle Schwarber LF | PHI

    Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Two-homer day includes 1,000th hit

    Schwarber went 3-for-5 with a walk, two home runs, three runs scored and four RBI in Friday's 12-5 win over the Yankees.

    The veteran slugger recorded his 1,000th career hit in the fifth inning when he took Will Warren deep for a two-run shot, and Schwarber kept piling on by launching another two-run homer off Ian Hamilton in the eighth. Schwarber is having a monster July, slashing .274/.361/.781 over 18 games with 11 home runs and 25 RBI, and he sits four long balls shy of his third career 40-HR campaign.

  • Pavin Smith RF | ARI

    Diamondbacks' Pavin Smith: In line for first base

    Smith (oblique) could become the primary starter at first base after the Diamondbacks traded Josh Naylor to the Mariners on Thursday, Manny Randhawa of MLB.com reports.

    Smith first needs to get over his oblique injury. He recently began taking dry swings, but it's unclear when he'll be ready to rejoin Arizona. Rather than seeing an everyday role, he may work on the strong side of a platoon upon his return -- he has just 17 at-bats against lefties in 2025. While Smith remains sidelined, Tristin English will likely see most of the action at first base.

  • Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: First homer of July

    McCutchen went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Wednesday against the Tigers.

    McCutchen went deep in the first inning of Wednesday's game to tally his ninth home run of the season. It was his first across 55 at-bats in July, and he has just one additional extra-base hit while hitting only .200 for the month.

  • Kyle Schwarber LF | PHI

    Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Crushes 34th homer Wednesday

    Schwarber went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's 9-8 extra-innings loss to the Red Sox.

    Schwarber clobbered homer No. 34 on the season, which ranks fifth in the major leagues. The All-Star slugger doesn't tend to hit for a high average, but he's done a fine job of keeping fantasy managers afloat in that category on top of his exceptional power production in 2025. Over his last 72 games (319 plate appearances), Schwarber is slashing .252/.367/.574 with 25 round trippers, 12 doubles, 55 RBI and seven stolen bases.

  • Shohei Ohtani DH | LAD

    Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani: Goes yard in fifth straight game

    Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Twins.

    Ohtani continued his remarkable power surge, tying a Dodgers franchise record by homering in his fifth consecutive game, per Sonja Chen of MLB.com. The two-way superstar continues to be a fantasy sensation in all formats in 2025. Since the beginning of May, Ohtani is slashing .268/.371/.646 with 30 long balls, 60 RBI, 65 runs scored and four stolen bases across 329 plate appearances.

  • Giants' Rafael Devers: Homers twice in win

    Devers went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in Wednesday's 9-3 win over Atlanta.

    Devers delivered his best performance in a Giants uniform, launching a solo homer in the fifth inning and following it up with a three-run shot in the sixth. The 28-year-old has been red hot since the All-Star break, posting four multi-hit efforts with four extra-base hits, five RBI and six runs scored over six contests. For the year, he's slashing .264/.385/.475 with 19 home runs, 73 RBI, 61 runs scored and one steal across 470 plate appearances.

  • Kyle Schwarber LF | PHI

    Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Clubs 33rd homer

    Schwarber went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Red Sox.

    The veteran slugger continues to punish the baseball. Schwarber has gone yard three times in five games since the All-Star break, and through 16 contests in July he's launched eight of his 33 homers on the season, although he's batting only .238 (15-for-63) on the month.

  • Marcell Ozuna DH | PIT

    Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Sitting again, trade brewing

    Ozuna is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Giants.

    With Ozuna maintaining a lowly .562 OPS since June 1, Atlanta looks to be viewing him as a reserve bat at this point. He'll be on the bench for the fifth time in six games since the All-Star break, with manager Brian Snitker electing to use one of Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy at designated hitter while the other catches. Rather than regaining his role as Atlanta's regular DH, Ozuna looks more likely to be playing elsewhere by the time the July 31 trade deadline passes. Hector Gomez of Z101Digital.com reported late Tuesday that trade talks between Atlanta and San Diego have "intensified," with the Padres said to be "very interested" in acquiring the three-time All-Star.

  • Giants' Wilmer Flores: Taking seat Wednesday

    Flores is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Atlanta, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

    The left-handed-hitting Dominic Smith will get the nod at first base while the Giants take on Atlanta righty Spencer Strider, but the right-handed-hitting Flores started over Smith in the first two contest of the series, when the Giants also faced a pair of right-handed starters. Flores holds an edge in OPS so far in July (.661) over Smith (.597), so the former could still see a fair amount of playing time versus righties even though the latter holds the platoon advantage.

  • Padres' Trenton Brooks: Losing out on starts

    Brooks is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Marlins.

    The left-handed-hitting Brooks is on the bench for the fifth straight game and the third straight matchup with a right-handed pitcher. At this point, the Padres appear content to use the designated-hitter spot to rotate multiple everyday players rather than leaning on Brooks in the strong side of a platoon. Brooks has posted a weak .154/.195/.282 slash line in 41 plate appearances since getting called up from Triple-A El Paso on June 15.

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