MLB Player News
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Kyle Farmer 2B | COL
Rockies' Kyle Farmer: Taking seat Sunday
Farmer is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays.
Tyler Freeman will get the nod at second base in the series finale after Farmer occupied the keystone in the first two games at Tampa Bay, going 1-for-6 with two RBI. Farmer and Freeman could form a timeshare at second base until Thairo Estrada (wrist) is ready to make his season debut.
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Matt Mervis 1B | MIA
Marlins' Matt Mervis: Idle against southpaw
Mervis is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates.
The lefty-hitting Mervis will take a seat for the second day in a row with the Pirates sending another lefty (Andrew Heaney) to the hill. Eric Wagaman will step in for Mervis at first base and will bat cleanup.
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Will Wagner 2B | SD
Blue Jays' Will Wagner: Seeing steady playing time
Wagner will start at third base and bat sixth in Sunday's game against the Orioles.
Wagner has filled an everyday role to begin the season, making two starts at the hot corner and two at designated hitter. Through his first three games, Wagner has gone 4-for-9 with a pair of doubles and one run. The Blue Jays are still likely to shield the lefty-hitting Wagner from opposing southpaws, but he could hold down a regular spot in the lineup versus right-handers while he's wielding a hot bat.
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Triston Casas 1B | BOS
Red Sox's Triston Casas: Logs first hit
Casas recorded his first hit of the season Saturday, going 1-for-5 in a 4-3 loss to Texas.
It's been a rough start to the season for Casas, who went 10 at-bats before recording his first hit with a fifth-inning single. He's 1-for-13 with six strikeouts, including one that ended Saturday's loss.
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Rhys Hoskins 1B | MIL
Brewers' Rhys Hoskins: Heading to bench Sunday
Hoskins is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Hoskins had started in both of the Brewers' first two games of the season, going 1-for-6 with a pair of walks and an RBI. He'll give way at first base Sunday to Jake Bauers, but Hoskins' spot in Milwaukee's everyday lineup should still be fairly secure with him coming off a 26-homer 2024 regular-season campaign.
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Josh Naylor 1B | SEA
Diamondbacks' Josh Naylor: Hits in three straight
Naylor went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Cubs.
Naylor hit safely for a third straight game to begin the regular season, but his most memorable play Saturday was getting thrown out at third base for the final out of the fourth inning. He'd doubled to lead off the bottom of the frame and got thrown out by Pete Crow-Armstrong, as he tried to tag up and advance to third later in the inning. Naylor also singled in the ninth and scored on Eugenio Suarez's home run.
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Nate Lowe 1B | BOS
Nationals' Nathaniel Lowe: Hits two-run blast in loss
Lowe went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in a loss to the Phillies on Saturday.
The first baseman connected for his first homer of the year, a two-run shot with the Nationals down 11-3 in the eighth inning. Lowe added an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth, but it was too little, too late. In 2022, Lowe blasted 27 home runs for the Rangers, but his power numbers dipped to 17 and 16 in the two seasons that followed. Now with a new team, he'll hope to find his power stroke again in 2025.
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Paul Goldschmidt 1B | NYY
Yankees' Paul Goldschmidt: Belts first homer as Yankee
Goldschmidt went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double, a walk and three total runs Saturday in a 20-9 rout of Milwaukee.
Goldschmidt set the tone for a record-breaking day for the Yankees with a leadoff homer off Nestor Cortes in the bottom of the first inning. That long ball was the first of three consecutive first-pitch homers New York hit to begin their half of the first frame and the first of nine the team belted overall in the game, setting a new franchise record. Of note, Goldschmidt batted leadoff Saturday, the first time he has done so in a big-league game.
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Freddie Freeman 1B | LAD
Dodgers' Freddie Freeman: Homers in second straight game
Freeman went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBI in a 7-3 win against the Tigers on Saturday.
Freeman put the Dodgers on the board with a 418-foot solo homer in the first inning and added a run-scoring double in the seventh. The star first baseman has gone deep in each of his past two games and has four RBI over that span. Freeman appears to be well past the rib issue that kept him out of Los Angeles' first two games of the campaign in Tokyo during mid-March.
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Jonathan Aranda 1B | TB
Rays' Jonathan Aranda: Two doubles in first start of 2025
Aranda went 2-for-3 with two doubles Saturday against the Rockies.
Aranda was on the bench for the Rays' opening contest of the season because a lefty was on the mound, but he hit cleanup Saturday while facing righty Antonio Senzatela. He accounted for the team's only two extra-base hits before being pinch-hit for in the seventh inning with a southpaw reliever on the mound. Aranda should receive his most consistent opportunity in the majors this season, though he'll likely be on the bench against nearly all left-handed pitching.