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  • Luke Voit 1B | NYM

    Yankees' Luke Voit: Crushes 14th homer

    Voit went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, two runs scored and a walk in Monday's 12-7 loss to the Blue Jays.

    Voit put the Yankees on the board early with a solo shot in the first inning, giving him 14 on the year. The 29-year-old slugger is up to 29 RBI with a strong .973 OPS across 150 plate appearances this season.

  • Rhys Hoskins 1B | CLE

    Phillies' Rhys Hoskins: Goes yard again

    Hoskins went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run Monday against the Mets.

    Hoskins made his only hit of the day count, slugging his ninth home run of the season in the second inning. He's been on an incredible power surge of late, launching eight of his homers in his past 13 contests. Overall, he's hitting .254/.405/.540 with 30 runs scored and 22 RBI across 158 plate appearances.

  • Braves' Freddie Freeman: Drives in two more

    Freeman went 1-for-2 with two walks and two RBI on Monday against the Marlins.

    Freeman stayed hot at the plate, delivering a two-RBI double in the opening frame. After slugging a pair of grand slams in the team's weekend series against the Nationals, Freeman now has 10 RBI across his past four starts. He's been stellar overall this season, hitting .317/.446/.570 with seven home runs, 33 runs scored and 32 RBI across 175 plate appearances.

  • Nationals' Asdrubal Cabrera: Dealing with back stiffness

    Cabrera isn't in Monday's lineup against the Rays due to back stiffness, Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post reports.

    Cabrera could be available off the bench if needed, but manager Dave Martinez will give him a day off due to his back issue. The 34-year-old had been a staple in the lineup recently while hitting .223 with five home runs and 20 RBI this season.

  • Nate Lowe DH | CIN

    Rays' Nate Lowe: Gets third straight start

    Lowe will serve as the Rays' designated hitter and will bat eighth Monday against the Nationals, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

    Lowe will be making his third straight start Monday, even those his early returns haven't been promising. Since his Sept. 1 callup, Lowe has gone 0-for-9 with two walks against five strikeouts in three games.

  • Giants' Wilmer Flores: Doubles streak reaches three

    Flores went 1-for-3 with a double in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks.

    Flores has doubled in each of the first three games of the series with Arizona, extending his hit streak to a season-best eight games in the process. He'll look to continue his hot run at the plate Monday, when he'll serve as the designated hitter and bat fifth in the series finale, per Amy Gutierrez of NBC Sports Bay Area.

  • Matt Olson 1B | ATL

    Athletics' Matt Olson: Plates two more Sunday

    Olson went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles in a loss to the Padres on Sunday.

    A day after plating a pair of runs with the aid of a triple, Olson replicated the RBI total Sunday while accounting for all but one of the Athletics' runs on the afternoon. The slugger still sports an unsightly .195 average on the campaign, but perhaps his 5-for-8 tally over the last two games will ignite an offensive surge down the stretch for the 26-year-old.

  • Pete Alonso 1B | BAL

    Mets' Pete Alonso: Seeing more DH work

    Alonso will serve as the Mets' designated hitter and will bat sixth Monday against the Phillies.

    Alonso has now made six of his last 10 starts as a designated hitter, as the Mets have instead preferred to deploy Dominic Smith at first base of late while using Jeff McNeil in left field and Robinson Cano at the keystone. The recent shuffling of defensive roles shouldn't affect Alonso's fantasy outlook heading into 2021, as he'll still retain first-base eligibility after having already made 30 starts at the position this season.

  • Garrett Cooper 1B | ATL

    Marlins' Garrett Cooper: Back in action

    Cooper (quadriceps) will serve as the Marlins' designated hitter and will bat fifth Monday against the Braves, Andre Fernandez of Sirius XM Radio reports.

    Cooper hadn't started in either of the Marlins' last two games while battling the quad issue, though he was cleared to make a pinch-hit appearance in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Rays. After being reassessed early Monday, Cooper gained clearance to re-enter the lineup in the series opener in Atlanta, pushing rookie Lewin Diaz back to a bench role as a result. Since coming off the COVID-19 injured list in late August, Cooper has gone 8-for-30 (.267 average) with two home runs, three doubles, seven RBI and three runs in eight contests.

  • Alec Bohm 3B | PHI

    Phillies' Alec Bohm: Strikeouts piling up

    Bohm went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts in Sunday's 14-1 loss to the Mets.

    Two-time Cy Young award winner Jacob deGrom made a number of the Philadelphia hitters look foolish Sunday, but none struggled more than the rookie Bohm, who swung and missed at eight pitches from the Mets ace on the day. Bohm, who has gone 1-for-12 with nine strikeouts in the first three games of the series, will look to right the ship in Monday's finale. He'll start at third base and will bat eighth against Mets rookie lefty David Peterson.

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