MLB Player News
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Rafael Devers 3B | SF
Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Will start Monday
Devers will be part of the starting lineup Monday against the Orioles, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
The Red Sox had a few positive takeaways after dropping three of four games in their season-opening series versus the Rangers, but one glaring negative storyline is Devers, who went 0-for-16 with 12 strikeouts. Red Sox manager Alex Cora talked to Devers about tightening his batting stance to create a better base, but the skipper also acknowledged that a player knows his swing the best and trusts Devers to make whatever adjustments the player feels are needed.
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Andrew McCutchen DH | PIT
Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Blasts first homer
McCutchen went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk Sunday against the Marlins.
McCutchen rested Saturday but returned to the lineup one day later. He also bumped up to the cleanup spot and delivered a solo home run -- his first long ball of the season -- to lead off the second inning. McCutchen has two hits across 11 at-bats but has struck out only once in the early going.
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Josh Bell DH | MIN
Nationals' Josh Bell: Homers in win
Bell went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Phillies.
Bell was hitless in his first 10 plate appearances this season before opening the scoring with a three-run homer in the fourth inning. The 32-year-old has hovered around 20 homers with 70-plus RBI in each of the past three seasons. He also entered Sunday with a strong track record at Nationals Park, boasting a .291 average and 25 home runs over 152 career games.
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Kris Bryant RF | COL
Rockies' Kris Bryant: Getting afternoon off
Bryant is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays.
Bryant will take a seat after he went 0-for-8 with three strikeouts while serving as Colorado's designated hitter in the first two games of the season. Hunter Goodman will get a day off from catching duties and spell Bryant as the Rockies' DH.
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Kyle Schwarber LF | PHI
Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Slugs three-run homer in win
Schwarber went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in a 11-6 win over Washington on Saturday. He also had two strikeouts.
With Edmundo Sosa and Brandon Marsh aboard during the sixth inning, Schwarber deposited a Lucas Sims' sweeper into the stands for his second home run in as many games for the Phils. The 32-year-old slugger launched 38 homers in 2024 and is on his way to matching that to begin 2025.
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Marcell Ozuna DH | PIT
Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Draws three walks Saturday
Ozuna went 0-for-1 with three walks and one strikeout during Saturday's 1-0 loss to the Padres.
Ozuna struck out in the first inning, but he showed more discipline over his next three plate appearances and managed to draw three walks for the fifth time in his major-league career. Ozuna has gone 2-for-7 with six walks and two RBI across the first three games of the season.
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Shohei Ohtani DH | LAD
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani: Notches first theft of campaign
Ohtani went 0-for-2 with two runs, two walks and a stolen base in a 7-3 win against Detroit on Saturday.
Though he ended the game without a hit for the first time this season, Ohtani drew two walks and scored twice. The superstar slugger also got into the stolen base column for the first time on the campaign with a swipe of second base in the seventh inning. After becoming MLB's first 50-50 player last year, there's some expectation that Ohtani will be less active on the basepaths this season, but Saturday served as a reminder that he's still capable of making an impact in that category.
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Rafael Devers 3B | SF
Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Sets dubious MLB record
Devers went 0-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and three strikeouts during Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Rangers.
Devers managed to finally log his first RBI of the 2025 campaign when he drew a walk with the bases loaded in the second inning, but that the only highlight of the day for the 28-year-old. He punched out three more times Saturday (twice swinging) and has set a major-league record by striking out 10 times in the first three games of the regular season, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Devers will look to get back on track in Sunday's regular season finale against Jacob deGrom.
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Giancarlo Stanton DH | NYY
Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton: Taking cuts in cage
Stanton (elbows/calf) has been hitting indoors, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone relayed Thursday that Stanton had resumed swinging a bat, and Boone clarified Saturday that those swings have been indoors in a batting cage rather than just dry swings. Boone also stated that Stanton has had "a good couple of weeks" as the slugger works his way back from tennis elbow in both of his arms. There's still no timeline for when Stanton may be able to return to game action, but Boone's updates suggest that the 35-year-old is at least making progress after he was unable to take part in any exhibition contests this spring.
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Andrew McCutchen DH | PIT
Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Idle Saturday
McCutchen isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Miami.
After going 1-for-7 with an RBI and a walk over the first two games of the series, McCutchen will take a seat Saturday. Bryan Reynolds will serve as Pittsburgh's DH instead while Jack Suwinski starts in right field.