MLB Player News
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Braden Shewmake SS | NYY
White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Gets fourth straight start
Shewmake will start at second base and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Cardinals.
Shewmake will start in his fourth straight game, with two coming at second base and two at third base. He doesn't seem to be making much of a case to move into a full-time role at any position, however, as he went 0-for-9 over his previous three starts to drop his season-long slash line down to .140/.154/.240 over his 52 plate appearances.
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Brayan Rocchio SS | CLE
Guardians' Brayan Rocchio: Getting rest day
Rocchio is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.
Rocchio went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Saturday's 7-1 win, but he had been turning a corner of late offensively, going 5-for-14 with five walks against three strikeouts while stealing three bases in four attempts over Cleveland's preceding five contests. Gabriel Arias will get the starting nod at shortstop Sunday, but the Guardians are still seemingly viewing Rocchio as their preferred option at the position.
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Javier Baez SS | DET
Tigers' Javier Baez: Back in lineup Sunday
Baez will start at shortstop and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Per Chris McCosky of The Detroit News, Baez has been dealing with lingering low-back soreness, which may explain why the Tigers held him out of the lineup for Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Yankees. The sore back doesn't look as though it'll be anything that forces Baez to the 10-day injured list, but he could start receiving more frequent days off, especially if he continues to underwhelm at the plate. After turning in a .671 OPS and .592 OPS in the 2022 and 2023 campaigns, respectively, Baez has declined further so far in his third season in Detroit. He carries a .183/.228/.258 slash line into Sunday's contest.
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Zachary Neto SS | LAA
Angels' Zach Neto: Steals base in loss
Neto went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base Saturday in a loss to Cleveland.
Neto plated the only Angels run of the contest with a fifth-inning single. The shortstop followed with a stolen base, but he was left stranded in scoring position. Neto was batting .167 as recently as April 21, but he's turned a corner since, hitting .350 with two homers and six RBI over his past 11 contests.
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David Hamilton SS | MIL
Red Sox's David Hamilton: Swipes bag in Saturday's start
Hamilton went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Twins.
Getting the start at second base and batting eighth, Hamilton swiped his third bag in 15 games for the Red Sox. The 26-year-old infielder is slashing just .214/.283/.310, however, and he offers little else for fantasy purposes. With Vaughn Grissom having recovered from the hamstring strain that cost him the first month-plus of the season and Ceddanne Rafaela still entrenched at shortstop, Hamilton has no clear path to consistent playing time.
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Dylan Moore LF | PHI
Mariners' Dylan Moore: Lifts second homer Friday
Moore went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in a loss to the Astros on Friday.
The fifth-inning blast with Luke Raley aboard extended Moore's hitting streak to three games while also serving as Moore's first homer since Opening Day. The utility man also coaxed his average back over the Mendoza Line for the first time since April 25, but his .682 OPS still has plenty of room for improvement.
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Bobby Witt SS | KC
Royals' Bobby Witt: Notches 10th steal
Witt went 1-for-4 with one RBI, one stolen base and one run scored in Friday's 7-1 win over the Rangers.
Witt's RBI single put the Royals up 3-1 in the seventh inning. He then stole second and scored on a Salvador Perez three-run home run. Witt is one of seven players to reach double-digit steals so far this season, though he's also been caught four times, most among those players. The shortstop is batting .357 during his seven-game hitting streak, and he's at a .318/.364/.538 slash line through 33 contests overall.
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Jose Caballero 2B | NYY
Rays' Jose Caballero: On base three times
Caballero went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk Friday against the Mets.
Caballero collected a pair of hits for the second consecutive game and also drew his first walk in 12 starts. He also remains busy on the basepaths, though he was caught stealing for the fifth time in 14 attempts on the campaign. Caballero hasn't offered much power across 113 plate appearances, but he does have 14 runs scored and 12 RBI.
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Vaughn Grissom SS | LAA
Red Sox's Vaughn Grissom: Day off Saturday
Grissom isn't in the Red Sox's lineup for Saturday's game against Minnesota, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.
Saturday was a planned off day for Grissom, as the Red Sox will try to ease the 23-year-old back after he missed the first month of the season due to a hamstring injury. David Hamilton will start at the keystone and bat eighth while Grissom sits.