MLB Player News
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Taylor Walls 3B | TB
Rays' Taylor Walls: Sitting Saturday
Walls is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against Cincinnati, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Walls will get a breather Saturday after going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in Friday's 3-2 loss to Cincinnati. Jose Caballero will start at shortstop Saturday and bat seventh against Reds southpaw Andrew Abbott.
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Leonardo Jimenez SS | TOR
Blue Jays' Leo Jimenez: Not in Saturday's lineup
Jimenez isn't in Toronto's lineup Saturday versus the Rangers.
The Jays will give Jimenez a breather after he went 2-for-3 with an RBI during Friday's contest. His absence will open up second base for Davis Schneider to start while batting seventh.
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Dylan Moore LF | SEA
Mariners' Dylan Moore: Lifts ninth homer Friday
Moore went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in a win over the White Sox on Friday.
Moore uncorked the second of three straight first-inning home runs for the Mariners, slugging a 392-foot shot to left center for his ninth long ball of the season. The big hit snapped a rare 22-game homerless drought for Moore, while also serving as a temporary reprieve from the 1-for-13 skid that had encompassed his previous five games.
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Javier Baez SS | DET
Tigers' Javier Baez: Homers in consecutive games
Baez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 9-3 loss to the Twins.
Baez took Pablo Lopez deep in the third inning after providing all the Tigers' offense in Thursday's win with a three-run blast. Baez has now homered in back-to-back games for the first time since 2023. Prior to these two homers, he had not gone deep since April 14 in what has been a rough year for him. The 31-year-old is hitting .179 with three homers and a .474 OPS through 65 games.
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Zachary Neto SS | LAA
Angels' Zach Neto: Logs 18th steal
Neto went 1-for-3 with a run, an RBI and a stolen base in a loss to Oakland on Thursday.
All of Neto's production came in the second inning, when he singled home a run, stole a base and scored. The shortstop has recorded an RBI in four of his past seven contests and is slashing .348/.423/.522 with a homer, four RBI, six runs and four thefts during that span. Neto is slashing .257/.311/.439 with 13 home runs, 46 RBI, 43 runs and 18 thefts through 100 contests on the campaign.
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David Hamilton SS | BOS
Red Sox's David Hamilton: On bench Friday
Hamilton is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Yankees, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
Hamilton will avoid a matchup with southpaw Nestor Cortes on Friday, yielding to Jamie Westbrook at second base. Hamilton owns a .723 OPS with five homers and 25 stolen bases this season.
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Max Schuemann 2B | OAK
Athletics' Max Schuemann: Reaches double-digit steals
Schuemann went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a run in a win over the Angels on Thursday.
Several other teammates delivered bigger hits, but Schuemann was productive from the bottom of the order. The rookie now has authored five multi-hit efforts in the last 12 games, and he's reached safely in 11 of those contests on his way to a blistering .400 batting average and 1.003 OPS over his last 46 plate appearances.
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Javier Baez SS | DET
Tigers' Javier Baez: Hits key home run Thursday
Baez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Thursday's 3-0 win over the Guardians.
Baez's second-inning blast against Cleveland starter Gavin Williams provided all the offense in the game for both teams. It was just the second long ball of the season for the shortstop, who has been scuffling mightily with a .177 average and .460 OPS. As further evidence of his current status, Baez batted ninth for the Tigers. It's not what you'd expect from a $140 million player, and Baez doesn't warrant fantasy attention until he can display a sustained level of positive performance, which doesn't seem likely this year.
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Bobby Witt SS | KC
Royals' Bobby Witt: Reaches four times in loss
Witt went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Wednesday's 8-6 loss to the Diamondbacks.
Witt took a one-day break from cranking out three-hit efforts Tuesday, then got right back to it Wednesday with his fifth such game in six contests since the All-Star break. The shortstop entered the break hitting .323 on the year and has lifted that already stellar mark to .344 with his recent surge. He's posted a .983 OPS, 18 home runs, 23 stolen bases, 70 RBI, 83 runs scored, 28 doubles and 10 triples as one of the best five-category producers this season.
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Jose Caballero 2B | TB
Rays' Jose Caballero: On bench in series finale
Caballero is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Blue Jays.
Caballero has moved back into a near-everyday role in the Tampa Bay infield since Yandy Diaz (personal) was placed on the restricted list Saturday. Though he'll cede his spot in the lineup to Amed Rosario in the series finale in Toronto, Caballero started in each of the Rays' previous six contests, going 4-for-22 with a home run, a stolen base, a walk, two RBI and two runs.