MLB Player News
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Jose Caballero SS | TB
Rays' Jose Caballero: Taking advantage of playing time
Caballero went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI on Sunday against the Yankees.
Caballero has started all three of Tampa Bay's games since the All-Star break due to the absence of Yandy Diaz (personal), which has shifted Isaac Paredes to first base. Caballero has taken advantage, going 4-for-11 with a stolen base, a home run, two RBI and two runs scored.
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Miguel Rojas SS | LAD
Dodgers' Miguel Rojas: Avoids major injury
Rojas appears to have avoided a serious injury to his right forearm in Sunday's 9-6 win over the Red Sox, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
Rojas left the game following the third inning with right forearm tightness, which he believes is the result of taking one-handed swings with a heavy bat during the All-Star break. Rojas doesn't believe that the injury is anything worrisome, something that manager Dave Roberts echoed following the contest, saying that the infielder won't require an MRI and might be "down a couple days." Rojas is expected to miss Monday's series opener against the Giants, but he can be viewed as day-to-day thereafter.
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Miguel Rojas SS | LAD
Dodgers' Miguel Rojas: Exits early versus Boston
Rojas exited Sunday's contest against the Red Sox early with right forearm tightness.
Rojas was forced to leave the contest ahead of the top of the fourth inning, finishing his day 0-for-1 at the plate. More information on his status will likely be provided in the near future, but in the meantime, Cavan Biggio replaced Rojas in the Dodgers' lineup versus Boston.
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Kevin McGonigle SS | DET
Tigers' Kevin McGonigle: Moves up to High-A
McGonigle was promoted to High-A West Michigan on Sunday, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.
McGonigle produced a .323/.404/.456 slash line with three home runs, 34 RBI, 39 runs and 19 stolen bases over 226 at-bats in 59 games with Single-A Lakeland, and he'll now take the next step in his professional career. Fellow 19-year-old Max Clark was also promoted Sunday, and the two athletes will look to impress with West Michigan for the remainder of the year.
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Bobby Witt SS | KC
Royals' Bobby Witt: Collects three more hits in win
Witt went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Sunday's 4-1 win over the White Sox.
Witt has come out of the All-Star break on a tear with nine hits in 11 at-bats. His streak of three straight games with three hits is tied for the longest of his career. It's also tied for the third-longest streak in Royals history, behind Johnny Damon (four) and George Brett (six). Witt's hot run extends beyond the All-Star break, as he's been out of his mind over his last 15 games, slashing .508/.516/.864 with five homers and 13 RBI over that span. Since June 30, the 24-year-old has seen his batting average go from .307 to .337, second best in MLB behind Steven Kwan.
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Ha-seong Kim SS | SD
Padres' Ha-Seong Kim: Picks up 19th steal
Kim went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Guardians.
Kim reached on a single in the second inning, and he went on to steal a base and score on a Kyle Higashioka double. Kim now has 19 steals this season, and his 57 swipes since the start of 2023 are tied with Nico Hoerner for the seventh most in MLB in that span. Kim has started all but three games at shortstop for the Padres this season. The 28-year-old is just 9-for-45 over his last 14 games but has solid counting stats for the season with 10 homers, 40 RBI and 51 runs scored over 100 games.
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Ezequiel Tovar SS | COL
Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar: Not starting Sunday
Tovar is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants, Patrick Lyons of JustBaseball.com reports.
The 22-year-old has started 96 of Colorado's 99 games this season and has multiple hits in each of his past five contests, so it's a bit of a surprise he's on the bench so early after the All-Star break. Aaron Schunk will receive a start at shortstop Sunday in Tovar's absence.
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Miles Mastrobuoni 3B | CHC
Cubs' Miles Mastrobuoni: Losing playing time
Mastrobuoni is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.
Mastrobuoni started at third base in each of the Cubs' final five games before the All-Star break as well as Friday's 5-2 loss to Arizona, but he'll hit the bench for the second day in a row to close out the series with the Diamondbacks. The 28-year-old no longer looks slated to get regular playing time moving forward after the Cubs brought Mike Tauchman back from the injured list Friday.
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Gunnar Henderson SS | BAL
Orioles' Gunnar Henderson: Late addition to lineup
Henderson will start at shortstop and bat leadoff Sunday against the Rangers after initially being absent from the lineup, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
Henderson appeared set to sit for just the second time all season but will instead take his usual spot atop the order for Baltimore. Ramon Urias will head to the bench as the odd man out of the Orioles' initial Sunday lineup.
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Paul DeJong 3B | KC
White Sox's Paul DeJong: Out of Sunday's lineup
DeJong is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.
DeJong started the previous 12 games but will sit Sunday after he posted a .143 average and 32.6 percent strikeout rate during that span. The veteran shortstop has made just one of his past four starts at the position, as he's seen more action at third base of late while Nicky Lopez works more at shortstop. DeJong is a prime candidate to be traded ahead of the July 30 deadline, but he's hurting his trade value with a .442 OPS this month.