MLB Player News
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Brayan Rocchio SS | CLE
Guardians' Brayan Rocchio: Plates four in victory
Rocchio went 1-for-1 with a home run, four RBI, two runs scored and a walk in Tuesday's 7-1 win over Kansas City.
The Cleveland shortstop opened the game's scoring in the second inning innocuously with a sacrifice fly. Rocchio then returned to blast a 372-foot, two-run homer off reliever Sam Long in the seventh before drawing a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to notch his first career four-RBI performance. The 23-year-old continues to play regularly at shortstop for the Guardians despite slashing .211/.298/.319 with seven homers, 46 runs scored and 31 RBI across 381 plate appearances, as his above-average glove keeps him in the lineup.
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Corey Seager SS | TEX
Rangers' Corey Seager: Receiving Tuesday off
Seager is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Yankees.
Seager has a .968 OPS with seven extra-base hits in his last 10 contests, but he'll sit Tuesday for the second time in Texas' past five games. Jonathan Ornelas will take over at shortstop and bat ninth against Yankees lefty Carlos Rodon.
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Bo Bichette SS | TOR
Blue Jays' Bo Bichette: Closing in on rehab assignment
Bichette (calf) ran the bases Monday and will do so again Wednesday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
Running the bases marks a big step forward for Bichette as he works his way back from a right calf strain which initially cropped up nearly two months ago. Bichette will travel with the Blue Jays to Atlanta this weekend to continue ramping up and is expected to be ready for a rehab assignment soon. He's tracking toward a return from the injured list by mid-September.
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Leonardo Rivas SS | SEA
Mariners' Leo Rivas: Swipes base as pinch runner
Rivas entered Monday's loss to the Athletics as a pinch runner in the top of the eighth inning and recorded a stolen base.
Rivas swiped third on Dylan Moore's swinging strikeout, but he was left stranded 90 feet away from home plate when Mitch Haniger also went down on strikes to close out the frame. Rivas was out of the starting nine for the fourth time in the five games since J.P. Crawford's activation from the injured list, and although the latter is struggling at the plate, Rivas figures to continue seeing only intermittent playing time for the foreseeable future.
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Trevor Story SS | BOS
Red Sox's Trevor Story: Plays field on rehab assignment
Story (shoulder) started at shortstop and went hitless in three at-bats during a rehab game for Triple-A Worcester on Monday.
Story played the field for the first time while on rehab and was pulled after five innings. He served as the designated hitter in his first rehab outing Sunday and has gone 2-for-7 between the two games. Story likely needs a couple of weeks to get his timing back at the plate, but he could be available over the second half of September as the Red Sox make a push for the postseason.
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Gunnar Henderson 3B | BAL
Orioles' Gunnar Henderson: Homers in blowout win
Henderson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and two additional RBI in Monday's 13-3 win over the White Sox.
Henderson helped Baltimore bounce back from an early 2-0 deficit, leading off the bottom of the first inning with a solo shot. It was his 34th homer of the year, 28 of which he's hit when he's slotted in atop the lineup. His other RBI came on a sacrifice fly and a groundout. Henderson snapped a 13-game homer drought Monday and now has a .276/.362/.530 slash line with 83 RBI, 103 runs scored and 16 stolen bases over 137 contests. The shortstop has batted leadoff the last two times the Orioles have faced a right-hander, which suggests manager Brandon Hyde is going back to what worked well earlier in the season.
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Jacob Wilson SS | OAK
Athletics' Jacob Wilson: Not in Monday's lineup
Wilson isn't in the Athletics' lineup for Monday's game versus Seattle.
After going 2-for-10 with two runs scored during Oakland's previous series against Texas, Wilson will take a seat to begin the Athletics' four-game set with the Mariners. His absence will move Max Schuemann to shortstop, opening up third base for Tristan Gray.
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Daniel Schneemann 2B | CLE
Guardians' Daniel Schneemann: On bench again Monday
Schneemann is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Royals.
The lefty-hitting Schneemann will take a seat against a right-handed starter (Michael Wacha) for the second day in a row. Manager Stephen Vogt looks to be rewarding Lane Thomas will another turn in center field after Thomas went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Pirates. Despite his success Sunday, Thomas is still slashing just .212/.289/.330 against right-handed pitching this season, so he might have more work to do before firmly displacing Schneemann as the preferred option in center field.
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Jacob Amaya SS | CHW
White Sox's Jacob Amaya: Making fourth straight start
Amaya will start at shortstop and bat ninth in Monday's game against the Orioles.
He's has been the main beneficiary of middle infielder Brooks Baldwin's ongoing absence due to a right hand injury. Amaya will pick up his fourth consecutive start Monday, but he hasn't done much to justify holding down a regular role once Baldwin is healthy enough to play again. Since getting added to the White Sox's active roster last Tuesday, Amaya has gone 1-for-8 with a walk and three strikeouts.