MLB Player News
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Bryce Rainer SS | DET
Tigers' Bryce Rainer: Suffers shoulder injury Tuesday
Rainer was removed Tuesday from Single-A Lakeland's 4-3 win over Daytona after injuring his right shoulder while diving back to first base on a pickoff attempt, Lynn Henning of The Detroit News reports.
Rainer was spotted after the game with his arm in a sling, so the 19-year-old looks as though he could be at risk of landing on Lakeland's injured list. The injury is unfortunate timing for Rainer, who had been building a strong case for a promotion to High-A West Michigan. The young shortstop has slashed .288/.383/.448 with five home runs, nine stolen bases and a 22.1 percent strikeout rate in 149 plate appearances in the Florida State League.
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Jacob Wilson SS | ATH
Athletics' Jacob Wilson: Expected back in lineup Wednesday
Wilson (neck) is expected to return to the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins, MLB.com reports.
Wilson had to sit out Tuesday's contest after tweaking his neck on a dive back into first base during Monday's game. He felt much better by the end of the night Tuesday and it appears it will be just a one-day absence for the rookie shortstop.
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Anthony Volpe SS | NYY
Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Swats key homer Tuesday
Volpe went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Monday's 3-2 win over Cleveland.
Volpe went deep in the seventh inning to give New York a 3-1 lead. The insurance run proved to be significant, as the Guardians scored once in the ninth but were unable to come all the way back from the deficit. Volpe's long ball snapped a 17-game homerless streak during which he batted just .226 over 62 at-bats, though he did knock in nine runs and log eight extra-base hits (six doubles and two triples) during the power drought. The shortstop has seven homers, seven steals, 34 RBI and a .760 OPS through 58 games on the season.
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Bobby Witt SS | KC
Royals' Bobby Witt: Racks up four RBI in multi-hit game
Witt went 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, a walk and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 10-7 win over the Cardinals.
It was a strong bounce-back effort by Witt, who had gone just 6-for-36 over his previous nine games. Tuesday also marked his first multi-hit outing since May 21, and the All-Star shortstop is now slashing .287/.346/.494 with seven home runs, 22 doubles, 35 RBI and 20 stolen bases over 266 plate appearances in 2025. Witt trails only Luis Robert in steals in the American League so far.
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Jacob Wilson SS | ATH
Athletics' Jacob Wilson: Sitting Tuesday
Wilson isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Twins.
After going 8-for-18 with two RBI and a run scored during his four-game hitting streak, Wilson will grab a seat on the bench Tuesday while Max Schuemann starts at shortstop.
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Sebastian Walcott SS | TEX
Rangers' Sebastian Walcott: Accessing power with regularity
Walcott is slashing .269/.333/.612 with six home runs, five doubles, four steals and a 17.3 percent strikeout rate over his last 16 games for Double-A Frisco.
The Bahamian phenom is the youngest active player at Double-A and understandably got off to a modest start to the year, but he's accessing his huge raw power with regularity over the past few weeks. Walcott is slashing .249/.341/.449 with eight home runs, 11 steals, an 11.2 percent walk rate and a 22 percent strikeout rate in 47 games for the RoughRiders and he doesn't turn 20 until spring training next year.
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Zachary Neto SS | LAA
Angels' Zach Neto: Leads off game in style
Neto went 1-for-5 with a solo home run during Monday's 7-6 win over the Red Sox.
Neto started the game with a bang for the Angels, hitting one of what would be three home runs by his squad in the first inning alone. The 24-year-old is slashing .268/.309/.512 following Monday's performance, a pace that would set a career high in both batting average and OPS. If there's one area of improvement, it would be trying to cut down on the strikeouts as the third-year pro has struck out 11 times in his last eight games.
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Trey Sweeney SS | DET
Tigers' Trey Sweeney: Sitting against righty
Sweeney is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the White Sox.
Sweeney will be on the bench for a second straight game, this time against a right-handed starter (Jonathan Cannon) after he was absent from the lineup Sunday while southpaw Kris Bubic took the hill for the Royals. With the recent returns of Wenceel Perez and Parker Meadows from the injured list, the Tigers have less of a need for Javier Baez in the outfield and could use him more frequently at shortstop. As a result, Sweeney could be at risk of falling into more of a timeshare at the position after having occupied the strong side of a platoon for much of the season.
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Trevor Story SS | BOS
Red Sox's Trevor Story: Powers offense in win
Story went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI in Sunday's 3-1 win over Atlanta.
Story's first-inning, bases-clearing double was inches away from being a home run. He nearly had a home run in each game of the weekend series in Atlanta. Story homered Friday and was robbed by Michael Harris on Saturday prior to Sunday's close call. Those are encouraging signs for Story, who entered the series with a .581 OPS over 54 games.