MLB Player News
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Dillon Dingler C | DET
Tigers' Dillon Dingler: Resting Saturday
Dingler is not in Detroit's starting lineup against San Diego on Saturday.
Dingler started in each of the Tigers' first two games of the regular season, but he'll get some rest Saturday while Jake Rogers serves as the team's backstop and bats ninth. Dinger has gone 3-for-8 with one home run and four RBI to open the 2026 campaign.
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Javier Baez SS | DET
Tigers' Javier Baez: Sitting Saturday
Baez is not in the Tigers' starting lineup against the Padres on Saturday.
The Tigers will tweak their lineup for Saturday's game, moving Kevin McGonigle to shortstop and Colt Keith to third base while Kerry Carpenter serves as the designated hitter. Through two regular-season games, Baez has gone 1-for-7 with one walk and two strikeouts.
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Zachary Neto SS | LAA
Angels' Zach Neto: Launches first long ball Friday
Neto went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, an additional run and a double against Houston in a 6-2 win Friday.
Neto capped the scoring in the victory with a solo shot in the ninth inning. The talented young shortstop went 0-for-5 in the Angels' season opener Thursday, but he turned things around with the two extra-base hits one game later. Neto is among fantasy's most coveted shortstops after recording a .793 OPS with 26 homers and 26 stolen bases over 128 contests last year.
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Joshua Lowe RF | LAA
Angels' Josh Lowe: Slugs homer Friday
Lowe went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and a double in Friday's 6-2 win against Houston.
Lowe broke a 1-1 tie with his three-run blast in the second inning. It was the veteran outfielder's first home run as a member of the Angels, who acquired him in a trade with Tampa Bay in mid-January. Lowe has shown the ability to hit for power before -- he swatted 20 home runs with an .835 OPS over 501 plate appearances with Tampa Bay in 2023 -- but he was limited by injuries over the subsequent two campaigns. Fantasy managers who roster Lowe are likely banking on a change of scenery being able to help him return to that 2023 form.
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Tim Hill RP | NYY
Yankees' Tim Hill: Notches hold Friday
Hill struck out two batters in a perfect inning of relief to earn a hold against the Giants on Friday
Hill entered in the seventh inning with a runner on base and New York up 3-0. He kept it that way, fanning two of the three batters he faced and needing just 12 pitches to retire San Francisco in order. Hill's usage was a good indication that he'll be used in high leverage this season. The lefty registered 15 holds during the 2025 regular season, his highest mark since 2021.
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Giancarlo Stanton DH | NYY
Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton: Swats first homer Friday
Stanton went 2-for-4 with a solo home run Friday in a 3-0 win over San Francisco.
Stanton provided the final run of the low-scoring affair with a 414-foot solo shot in the sixth inning. The slugger had a great spring, belting four homers in just 29 plate appearances, and he's gone 4-for-8 with a pair of RBI in his first two contests of the campaign. Stanton hasn't reached the 30-homer mark in a regular season since 2022, but that's largely due to a plethora of injuries that have cost him over 200 games across the past three years.
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Austin Hays LF | CHW
White Sox's Austin Hays: Out of Saturday's lineup
Hays is not in the White Sox's starting lineup against the Brewers on Saturday.
Hays will be on the bench for the start of Saturday's game while the White Sox start Andrew Benintendi, Tristan Peters and Everson Pereira in the outfield from left to right. Hays went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts in Thursday's regular-season opener against Milwaukee.
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Jeremy Pena SS | HOU
Astros' Jeremy Pena: Not starting Saturday
Pena is not in the Astros' starting lineup against the Angels on Saturday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Pena will take a seat after going 2-for-5 with a run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Angels. Carlos Correa will shift over to shortstop while Isaac Paredes gets the start at third base Saturday. Pena appears fully recovered from the fractured fingertip he sustained in early March, but the Astros may continue to monitor his workload in the early going after he missed most of spring training.