MLB Player News
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Trea Turner SS | PHI
Phillies' Trea Turner: Homers in win
Turner went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-0 win over Atlanta.
Turner made decent contact in August, going 28-for-112 (.250) over 27 contests for the month, but just eight of those hits went for extra bases. This homer was his fourth over the last 38 games, matching the amount of long balls he hit in the week before the All-Star break. The shortstop is now at a .299/.343/.462 slash line with 15 homers, 48 RBI, 70 runs scored, 14 stolen bases and 20 doubles over 95 contests this season.
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Ha-seong Kim SS | SD
Padres' Ha-Seong Kim: Not yet throwing across diamond
Kim (shoulder) is taking live at-bats at San Diego's spring-training complex in Arizona and has also been playing catch, taking grounders and swinging in the batting cage; however, he's not yet throwing across the diamond, per MLB.com.
Kim landed on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation Aug. 20 and is already eligible to be activated. While his ability to engage in a variety of baseball activities is promising, the fact that the Padres have thus far kept Kim from making throws to first base suggests that he still has a major hurdle to clear. Mason McCoy has been getting the majority of the starts at shortstop for San Diego while Kim has been sidelined.
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Willy Adames SS | MIL
Brewers' Willy Adames: Homers twice in doubleheader
Adames went 3-for-9 with a pair of home runs, three total runs scored and four total RBI in Friday's doubleheader with the Reds.
Adames got Milwaukee on the board in the opener, taking Nick Martinez deep to tie the game 1-1 in the second inning, before cranking a three-run blast off Yosver Zulueta in the nightcap. Adames now has four homers in his last six games and 26 on the season, four shy of a career high. Overall, the shortstop is slashing .254/.337/.461 with 92 RBI, 79 runs scored and 14 stolen bases across 581 plate appearances this year.
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Orlando Arcia SS | ATL
Braves' Orlando Arcia: Knocks two homers
Arcia went 2-for-3 with two solo home runs and a walk in Friday's win over the Phillies.
Arcia put Atlanta on the board with a solo shot in the third inning before belting another homer in the sixth. He was stuck in a 10-for-60 (.167) slump over a 17-game span since his last multi-hit performance Aug. 11. Arcia is now slashing .228/.281/.373 with 15 home runs and 41 RBI through 130 games this season.
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Francisco Lindor SS | NYM
Mets' Francisco Lindor: Swats 28th homer
Lindor went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's win over the Diamondbacks.
His sixth-inning shot off Ryne Nelson tied the game at 2-2, setting the stage for some Jose Iglesias heroics in the top of the ninth. Lindor has hit safely in nine straight games, continuing a red-hot August that has seen the shortstop slash .330/.370/.580 through 26 contests with six homers, three steals, 16 RBI and 20 runs. He sits two home runs and five stolen bases short of his second straight 30-30 campaign.
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Masyn Winn SS | STL
Cardinals' Masyn Winn: Clubs homer in win
Winn went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Padres.
Winn tormented the Padres' pitching staff during this week's four-game series, going 9-for-17 (.529) with three walks. His homer Thursday was his first since Aug. 17, giving him five long balls this month and 12 on the year. The shortstop is now slashing .287/.335/.430 with 47 RBI, 66 runs scored, 24 doubles, four triples and 10 stolen bases over 125 games this season.
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Mason McCoy SS | SD
Padres' Mason McCoy: Taking seat Thursday
McCoy is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game in St. Louis, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
McCoy had made seven straight starts at shortstop as the Padres deal with the loss of Ha-Seong Kim (shoulder), but he will begin Thursday's game on the bench. Tyler Wade will get the nod at shortstop for San Diego and will bat ninth.
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Mookie Betts RF | LAD
Dodgers' Mookie Betts: Remains productive in win
Betts went 1-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's win over the Orioles.
Betts recorded an RBI single in the third before stealing second and eventually coming around to score on a three-run shot from Teoscar Hernandez. It marked the star utility man's second straight game with a steal, and he's now hit safely in four straight contests. Betts has also been a big run producer for the Dodgers as of late, racking up eight RBI over his last seven games while scoring three runs himself over that stretch. He's batting .276 in August with seven extra-base hits, 12 RBI and eight runs scored.
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Miguel Rojas SS | LAD
Dodgers' Miguel Rojas: Out of Wednesday's lineup
Rojas is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Rojas has an .831 OPS through 15 games in August but will sit Wednesday for the second time in Los Angeles' past three games. Tommy Edman will again shift to shortstop while Kevin Kiermaier starts in center field against Baltimore righty Corbin Burnes.
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C.J. Abrams SS | WAS
Nationals' CJ Abrams: Day off Wednesday
Abrams is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees, Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post reports.
Abrams went 0-for-8 with a couple strikeouts in the first two games of the series and will be given a day off in the finale. Nasim Nunez is getting a rare start at shortstop in Abrams' place, and rookie Dylan Crews will move up into the leadoff spot.