MLB Player News
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Ceddanne Rafaela CF | BOS
Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Sitting Sunday
Rafaela is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
Rafaela will begin Sunday's contest in the dugout after going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Saturday's 7-5 win over the White Sox. Enmanuel Valdez will start at second base and bat ninth against White Sox right-hander Chris Flexen.
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Ceddanne Rafaela CF | BOS
Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Starts in center field
Rafaela started in center field and went 0-for-4 in Saturday's 7-5 win over the White Sox.
The return of shortstop Trevor Story was initially expected to move Rafaela to second base, but Red Sox manager Alex Cora put him in the outfield. Rafaela is fighting it right now and is 5-for-40 (.125) over his last 12 games.
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Kevin Newman 3B | LAA
Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman: Logs multi-hit game Saturday
Newman started at second base and went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in Saturday's 11-5 loss to the Astros.
With Ketel Marte being brought back slowly from an ankle injury -- he was the DH for a second straight game -- Newman got the start at second base against a left-hander. His solo blast in the fourth inning, when Arizona was still in the game, was his third homer of the season and first since April 26. Newman's in the middle of a nice run, going 8-for-18 with a home run and five RBI over his last six games and notching multiple hits in four of them.
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Zachary Neto SS | LAA
Angels' Zach Neto: Nabs two thefts in loss
Neto went 0-for-2 with a walk, two runs and two stolen bases in a loss to Texas on Saturday.
Neto didn't log any hits, but he still made an impact. The shortstop was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored in the first inning and added a walk, another steal and another run in the sixth. Neto is up to 29 stolen bases on the campaign -- with one more he can become the sixth MLB player with at least 20 home runs and 30 thefts so far this season.
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Trevor Story SS | BOS
Red Sox's Trevor Story: Grabs RBI in return
Story (shoulder) went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Saturday's 7-5 win over the White Sox.
Story supplied an RBI single in the third inning to give the Red Sox a 6-2 lead in his first big-league game after missing five months due to a dislocated shoulder. Assuming he doesn't have any additional injuries, Story should be Boston's primary shortstop over the final three weeks of the campaign. He's batting .229 with no home runs, five RBI, one stolen base, one run scored and three doubles through nine games this year.
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Willy Adames SS | MIL
Brewers' Willy Adames: Homers, swipes two bags
Adames went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two stolen bases in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Rockies.
Adames got the scoring started Saturday with a first-inning solo home run, his 30th home run of the season. This is his second season with 30 or more homers after also doing it in 2022. Adames became the first Brewers player with 30 home runs and 100 RBI in a season since 2018, when both Christian Yelich and Jesus Aguilar did it. The two stolen bases were a surprise; it's just the second time in his career he's recorded multiple steals in a game, and it was the seventh time he's recorded a homer and a steal in the same game.
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Taylor Walls 3B | TB
Rays' Taylor Walls: Fills stat sheet in win
Walls went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, an additional run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Orioles.
Walls had his best game of the season Saturday, homering for the first time this year in the third inning and swiping his 13th bag in the eighth. The shortstop has produced on just six hits in his past 10 games, scoring six times while driving in seven runs. On the season, he is hitting just .178 with 12 RBI and 23 runs scored across 212 plate appearances.
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Willi Castro LF | MIN
Twins' Willi Castro: Idle again Saturday
Castro is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Royals.
Castro is out of the lineup for a second consecutive game, marking his first back-to-back absences from the starting lineup since April. Though there haven't been any reports of an injury, fantasy managers should keep an eye on Castro's availability.
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Ha-seong Kim SS | SD
Padres' Ha-Seong Kim: Not yet throwing at 100 percent
Kim (shoulder) has resumed throwing across the diamond, but he's not yet doing so at 100 percent, per MLB.com.
Kim has made steady progress in recent days, as he began throwing across the diamond Wednesday and has been hitting at full capacity while taking batting practice with the team. It appears that being able to unleash throws from his position at full capacity will be the infielder's final obstacle to clear, and he may be able to return to the big club without needing a rehab assignment. Kim last saw game action Aug. 18, so his absence is approaching the three-week mark.
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Trevor Story SS | BOS
Red Sox's Trevor Story: Officially activated
Story (shoulder) was reinstated from the 60-day injured list Saturday, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
Story draws the start at shortstop and will bat seventh for the Red Sox on Saturday, marking the 31-year-old's first MLB showing since suffering a dislocated shoulder in early April. Story appeared in four rehab games prior to being activated and notched four hits in his final minor-league outing.