MLB Player News
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Mookie Betts RF | LAD
Dodgers' Mookie Betts: Ends power drought Monday
Betts went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, an additional run, a double and a walk in Monday's 5-3 win against Colorado.
Betts got the Dodgers off to a fast start with a two-run home run in the first inning. The long ball was the star shortstop's fourth of the campaign, but his first since April 1 -- a span of 10 games. Betts was able to reach base at a steady clip even during the power drought, and he's posted a standout .304/.400/.554 slash line so far this season.
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Willy Adames SS | SF
Giants' Willy Adames: Cracks first homer with Giants
Adames went 2-for-5 with a solo homer in Monday's 10-4 win at Philadelphia.
Adames cleared the right-center field wall in the second inning to collect his first long ball after joining San Francisco on a seven-year, $182 million deal. The 39-year-old shortstop has been cold to open 2025, slashing .203/.287/.297 across 72 plate appearances, but perhaps this performance will get him going.
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Orlando Arcia SS | MIN
Braves' Orlando Arcia: Losing work to Nick Allen
Arcia is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Blue Jays.
Arcia has started just three times in the last 11 games and appears to have ceded the top job at shortstop to Nick Allen, who has produced a .321/.367/.393 slash line so far this season. Meanwhile, Arcia has struggled mightily at the plate, posting a .490 OPS while striking out at a career-worst 28 percent clip over 25 plate appearances.
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Nick Allen SS | HOU
Braves' Nick Allen: Getting third consecutive start
Allen will start at shortstop and bat eighth in Monday's game against the Blue Jays.
The playing time at shortstop has tilted in favor of Allen lately, with the 26-year-old picking up his fourth start in five games after going 4-for-10 with a double, two runs and a stolen base over his prior three starts. The owner of a .213/.258/.287 slash line over parts of four seasons in the majors, Allen has provided most of his value on the defensive end during his career, but his improved production at the dish to begin his time in Atlanta looks to have at least temporarily vaulted him ahead of Orlando Arcia on the depth chart.
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Jose Iglesias SS | SD
Padres' Jose Iglesias: Cracks two doubles in victory
Iglesias went 2-for-2 with two doubles, two walks, a run and two RBI in Sunday's 6-0 win over the Rockies.
The 35-year-old finally made do on filling in for Jake Cronenworth (rib), picking up his first extra-base hits in his fifth consecutive start. Iglesias capped off the scoring in a four-run first inning with his first double of 2025 off Colorado starter Kyle Freeland. He then collected his second two-bagger in the fourth. The veteran Iglesias, who raised his slash line to .292/.370/.375 over 27 plate appearances with this effort, will continue to get playing time while Cronenworth is on the injured list.
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Miguel Rojas SS | LAD
Dodgers' Miguel Rojas: Drawing start Sunday
Rojas will start at second base and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Cubs.
With Andy Pages getting the day off and Tommy Edman filling in as the Dodgers' starting center fielder, Rojas will draw into the lineup for the ninth time in 17 games on the season, covering Edman's usual spot at the keystone. Three of Rojas' starts came during the first three games of the season when Mookie Betts was battling an illness, but Rojas' playing time will likely be more sporadic now that Los Angeles is at full strength in both the infield and outfield.
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Jose Iglesias SS | SD
Padres' Jose Iglesias: Filling in for injured Cronenworth
Iglesias will start at second base and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Rockies.
Iglesias will pick up his fifth straight start Sunday, including his fourth in a row at the keystone. He looks set to serve as the Padres' everyday second baseman until Jake Cronenworth (rib) returns from the 10-day injured list.
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Orlando Arcia SS | MIN
Braves' Orlando Arcia: Sitting again Sunday
Arcia is not in Atlanta's starting lineup against Tampa Bay on Sunday, Lindsay Crosby of AthlonSports.com reports.
For the third time in four games, Arcia will begin the contest in the dugout while Nick Allen gets the start at shortstop and bats eighth. Arcia has gone 4-for-17 with one run scored and one RBI over his last five outings.
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Elly De La Cruz SS | CIN
Reds' Elly De La Cruz: Launches grand slam in win
De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Pirates.
De La Cruz put the Reds in front for good in the third inning with his two-out grand slam off Andrew Heaney on a 3-2 pitch. It's the third home run of the year for De La Cruz, his first since he homered twice against the Rangers on March 31. Overall, the shortstop is slashing .237/.286/.441 with 16 RBI, 10 runs scored and three stolen bases through his first 15 games this season.
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Willy Adames SS | SF
Giants' Willy Adames: Multi-hit effort in defeat
Adames went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored during Saturday's 8-4 loss to the Yankees.
Adames recorded his second multi-hit effort of the season after a three-game stretch in which he went 0-for-10. The 29-year-old shortstop singled in the sixth inning and came around to score his third run over his last three games. He later followed up with a double down the left-field line during the ninth. Adames is slashing .196/.270/.250 with three doubles, six RBI, a stolen base and a 6:16 BB:K across 63 plate appearances this season.