MLB Player News
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Brandon Crawford SS | STL
Giants' Brandon Crawford: Homers twice
Crawford went 2-for-5 with two solo home runs Sunday against the Orioles.
Crawford took Gabriel Ynoa and Dan Straily deep in the sixth and eighth innings respectively. He now has five home runs on the season, all of which have come since May 5. His overall numbers remain uninspiring, however, as he's hitting .214/.285/.333 across 214 plate appearances.
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Tim Anderson 2B | LAA
White Sox's Tim Anderson: Provides entire offense
Anderson went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBI in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Indians.
Anderson supplied all the offense Lucas Giolito needed with a fourth-inning solo shot, then he later delivered an insurance run in eighth. The free-swinging shortstop has improved his contact rate (78.7 percent, up from 73.7 in 2018), which shows in a higher batting average (.330, up from .240) and a drop in strikeout rate (19.2 K%, down from 24.6).
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Xander Bogaerts SS | SD
Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts: Stays hot ahead of series finale
Bogaerts went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, double and another run in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Yankees.
The hottest hitter in the Boston lineup, Bogaerts has now churned out nine extra-base hits in his last 14 starts, amassing a .400/.438/.700 slash line over that stretch. He'll look to keep wielding a hot bat while starting at shortstop and serving as Boston's cleanup hitter in Sunday's series finale, according to Ian Browne of MLB.com.
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Johan Camargo SS | SF
Braves' Johan Camargo: Resurfaces in lineup
Camargo will start in right field and bat seventh Sunday against the Tigers, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
Camargo saw semi-regular action in the first month of the season as a super-utility player, but the arrival of prospect Austin Riley has effectively ended any opportunity for the 25-year-old to see even a couple starts per week. He'll enter the lineup for the first time since May 21 with Nick Markakis getting a day off against a tough left-hander in Tigers hurler Matthew Boyd.
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Trevor Story SS | BOS
Rockies' Trevor Story: Out of Sunday's lineup
Story is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.
Story started the first 51 games of the season at shortstop for the Rockies, but he'll give way to Brendan Rodgers on Sunday for the second time in the last seven contests. Story has broken out over the last four games by going 11-for-18 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs and seven RBI.
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Javier Baez SS | DET
Cubs' Javier Baez: Returns to action Sunday
Baez (heel) is starting at shortstop and batting cleanup Sunday at St. Louis.
Baez was scratched from Saturday's lineup with a bruised right heel and did not make an appearance in the contest. The 26-year-old has battled the heel issue over the last couple weeks, but he is apparently good to go for the series finale after taking a day to rest. Baez was 7-for-35 with two homers and 18 strikeouts in the nine games since the heel previously kept him out of the lineup.
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Adalberto Mondesi SS | BOS
Royals' Adalberto Mondesi: Swipes 21st bag
Mondesi went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 6-2 loss against the Rangers on Saturday.
His three thefts over his past two games have pushed him to 21 stolen bases for the season. That leads all of baseball, and it's not close, as Mondesi has a six-bag lead on Tim Anderson. Mondesi is also hitting .287 with six home runs, 42 RBI and 24 runs in 230 at-bats this season.
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Orlando Arcia SS | MIN
Brewers' Orlando Arcia: Smashes pair of homers
Arcia went 2-for-6 with two home runs, four RBI, three runs and a walk during a 12-10 extra-innings victory against the Pirates on Saturday.
The Brewers shortstop helped Milwaukee take a five-run lead in the first three innings with his first two-run shot. Then in the 13th, he went deep again. This was Arcia's first two-homer game of the season, and actually, he only had two long balls in the entire month of May. Clearly, he's off to a strong start in June. Arcia is batting .264 with eight homers, 25 RBI, 26 runs and two steals in 197 at-bats this year.
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Dee Strange-Gordon SS | WAS
Mariners' Dee Gordon: Hits in cage
Gordon (wrist) took swings in the batting cage Friday and will likely progress to batting practice in the next few days, Greg Johns of MLB.com reports.
Gordon continues to make steady progress in his recovery from a deep bone bruise in his right wrist. The veteran speedster is already back to participating in fielding work as well, and he may eventually be deemed ready for activation without the need for a rehab assignment if he continues to remain free of setbacks.
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Dansby Swanson SS | CHC
Braves' Dansby Swanson: Drives in two runs
Swanson went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, two runs scored and two RBI in Saturday's 10-5 win over the Tigers.
Swanson collected his first RBI on a fielder's choice in the fifth inning before belting the homer in the seventh. The 25-year-old has a .258/.312/.474 slash line with 11 home runs and 38 RBI this season.