MLB Player News
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Marcell Ozuna DH | ATL
Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Not starting Saturday
Ozuna isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies.
Ozuna will retreat to the dugout to begin Saturday's contest after going 1-for-6 with a walk and two strikeouts over the first two games of the series. Sean Murphy will act as Atlanta's designated hitter while batting sixth.
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Seiya Suzuki RF | CHC
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki: Reaches three times in win
Suzuki went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double and a run scored in Friday's 11-7 win over the Rockies.
Suzuki was in the middle of a strong Chicago offensive attack that featured six players with multiple hits. The outfielder has been struggling a bit recently, as this was his first multi-hit effort since Aug. 16, and he's slashing just .222/.369/.296 this month. However, Suzuki remains a potent power threat with a career-high 27 home runs and 87 RBI across 129 games.
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Kyle Manzardo 1B | CLE
Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Snaps HR drought
Manzardo went 2-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Friday's 5-4 win over the Mariners.
Manzardo's sixth-inning blast aroused a dormant Guardians' offense, which scored runs in the final four innings to pull out a victory over the team they are chasing for a wild-card spot. The blast was Manzardo's 22nd of the season and snapped a 13-game drought without going deep. He batted just .136 (6-for-44) during that stretch.
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Jorge Polanco 2B | NYM
Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Goes deep in loss
Polanco went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Guardians.
Polanco staked the Mariners to a 4-0 lead with a two-run homer in the first inning. The 32-year-old has now hit safely in each of his past seven starts, posting five extra-base hits, seven RBI, six runs scored and a stolen base during that stretch. On the season, he's slashing .255/.318/.465 with 21 homers, 61 RBI, 50 runs scored and six steals across 423 plate appearances.
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Andrew McCutchen DH | PIT
Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Perfect at plate Friday
McCutchen went 3-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI and a walk during Friday's 4-2 win over Boston.
McCutchen gave the Pirates the lead in the sixth inning after his double to center field brought Tommy Pham home. Friday marked the fifth time this season that McCutchen recorded at least three hits and the third time he's reached base safely four times. He's gone 8-for-21 (.381) with four doubles, one home run and nine RBI over his last seven games.
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Pavin Smith RF | ARI
Diamondbacks' Pavin Smith: IL move official
The Diamondbacks placed Smith on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to Aug. 28, with a strained left quad.
Smith was lifted from Wednesday's game against Milwaukee with quad tightness and further evaluation confirmed he's dealing with a strain. Jordan Lawlar was recalled from Triple-A Reno in a corresponding move, but Tyler Locklear should handle most of the work at first base while Smith is idle.
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Anthony Santander RF | TOR
Blue Jays' Anthony Santander: Closing in on rehab assignment
Santander (shoulder) will travel with the Blue Jays to Cincinnati early next week and should begin a rehab assignment after that, Mitch Bannon of The Athletic reports.
Santander has been running, taking batting practice and hitting off a high-velocity pitching machine and is close to being cleared for game action. The switch hitter has been on the shelf with a subluxation of his left shoulder since late May. Santander could return to the Blue Jays' active roster by mid-September if all goes well.
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Eloy Jimenez DH | TB
Blue Jays' Eloy Jimenez: Nets MiLB pact from Toronto
Jimenez agreed to a minor-league contract with the Blue Jays on Friday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Jimenez slashed .278/.335/.397 with three home runs in 167 plate appearances with Triple-A Durham in the Rays organization before being released in July. He will give the Blue Jays some experienced depth at Triple-A Buffalo in the corner outfield and at designated hitter.
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Kyle Schwarber LF | PHI
Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Breaks slump with historic game
Schwarber went 4-for-6 with four home runs and nine RBI in Thursday's 19-4 win over Atlanta.
Schwarber entered Thursday stuck in an 0-for-20 slump across his previous six games. Philadelphia's barrage started with his solo shot in the first inning, and he added a two-run blast in the fourth and three-run shots in the fifth and seventh frames to become the 21st player to hit four homers in a single game. He's the third player to achieve the feat in 2025, joining Eugenio Suarez and Nick Kurtz, which makes this the first season where it has happened more than twice. Atlanta has been on the receiving end of two of those games this year. Philadelphia also has a major-league record four players in the four-homer club, as Schwarber joins Ed Delahanty (1896), Chuck Klein (1936) and Mike Schmidt (1976) in the exclusive group. The mammoth performance vaulted Schwarber into sole possession of the National League lead in homers at 49, which is a career high for him and puts him one back of Seattle's Cal Raleigh for the major-league lead. Schwarber leads MLB with 119 RBI while adding 94 runs scored, 10 stolen bases and a .248/.370/.586 slash line through 134 contests.
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Seiya Suzuki RF | CHC
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki: Getting breather Thursday
Suzuki is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in San Francisco.
It's a routine day off for Suzuki, who has struggled mightily in the second half with a .578 OPS and just two home runs. Kyle Tucker will get a day in the designated-hitter spot while Owen Caissie plays right field.