MLB Player News
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Sam Antonacci SS | CHW
White Sox's Sam Antonacci: Reaches 45 steals
Antonacci is slashing .294/.442/.366 with zero home runs, 18 steals, a 13.5 percent walk rate and a 14.5 percent strikeout rate in 45 games for Double-A Birmingham.
Antonacci, who will play in the Arizona Fall League this year, was selected by the White Sox in the fifth round last year and received a $572,500 bonus out of Coastal Carolina. Despite the fact Antonacci has hit four home runs in 135 career games, he has been at least 50 percent better than the average hitter in every league he has played in, thanks to superb swing decisions and bat-to-ball ability. He has a 5.9 percent swinging-strike rate this year as an age-appropriate hitter at Double-A and his contact rates have always been elite. Antonacci has 45 steals in 112 games this year and figures to get a good amount of work at Triple-A next year, with a big-league debut not out of the question. Similar production to Nico Hoerner would be a best-case scenario for Antonacci in fantasy, although the latter's defense at the keystone is merely average while Hoerner's is double-plus, and the White Sox have a handful of infielders set to compete for playing time in the coming years.
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Edmundo Sosa 3B | PHI
Phillies' Edmundo Sosa: Idle Wednesday
Sosa is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.
Sosa will hit the bench Wednesday and give way to Bryson Stott at shortstop after he had started in the first two games of the series, going 2-for-7 with a double and a run. Despite his absence from the lineup, the 29-year-old Sosa still projects to draw the bulk of the starts at shortstop while Trea Turner (hamstring) is on the mend.
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Michael Massey 2B | KC
Royals' Michael Massey: Idle against lefty again
Massey is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.
The left-handed-hitting Massey will hit the bench for the second straight day while the Guardians send another lefty (Logan Allen) to the bump. Massey has played fairly regularly against right-handed pitching since he returned from the injured list Aug. 25, but he might have to settle for more of a part-time role after the Royals got Jonathan India back from the injured list Tuesday.
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Ildemaro Vargas 3B | ARI
Diamondbacks' Ildemaro Vargas: Not in Wednesday's lineup
Vargas is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest in San Francisco.
Vargas started the previous two games at first base as the Diamondbacks scramble to fill the position following injuries to Pavin Smith (quadriceps) and Tyler Locklear (elbow), but Vargas will take a seat in Wednesday's series finale. Tim Tawa is handling first base and batting eighth as Arizona tries to avoid the sweep.
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Tristan Gray SS | MIN
Rays' Tristan Gray: Lifts homer Tuesday
Gray went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during Tuesday's 5-4 win over the White Sox.
Gray hit his third home run of the season, tagging Tyler Alexander for a go-ahead solo shot in the seventh inning. It was the 29-year-old's third home run of the campaign. In his last nine games, Gray is 9-for-27 (.333) with three home runs and two doubles.
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JJ Wetherholt 2B | STL
Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt: Returning to action Wednesday
Wetherholt will return to the lineup at Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday after missing five games with general soreness, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
Woo writes that Wetherholt has been dealing with a "non-baseball ailment" but will be back in action at designated hitter Wednesday before returning to the field later this week. Wetherholt is slashing .309/.423/.519 with 16 home runs, 21 stolen bases and a 67:66 K:BB over 100 games this season between Double-A Springfield and Memphis. The top prospect is not expected to be promoted to the majors this month.
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Zack Gelof 2B | ATH
Athletics' Zack Gelof: Nabs first steal of season
Gelof went 2-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-0 loss to the Red Sox.
The steal was Gelof's first of the season. The second baseman has hit .300 (9-for-30) to begin September, but he's also racked up 12 strikeouts over eight games in that time. For the season, he's batting .195 with a .553 OPS, two home runs, seven RBI and 11 runs scored across 83 plate appearances.
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Jeremiah Jackson SS | BAL
Orioles' Jeremiah Jackson: Exits after HBP
Jackson was removed from Tuesday's game against the Pirates after getting hit on his right elbow by a pitch, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
Jackson took a 95.5-mph pitch off his elbow in the eighth inning and was immediately taken out of the game in favor of a pinch runner. The severity of the outfielder's injury will come into focus once Baltimore's trainers examine him further, but it's possible he sits out a game or two at the very least as a precaution.
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Vaughn Grissom SS | LAA
Red Sox's Vaughn Grissom: Called up, moved to 60-day IL
The Red Sox recalled Grissom (foot) from Triple-A Worcester and placed him on the 60-day injured list Tuesday while he continues to recover from plantar fasciitis, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
The 24-year-old landed on Worcester's IL on Aug. 20 due to an injury initially labeled as right foot inflammation, and his move to Boston's 60-day IL will officially spell an end to his season. Grissom spent the entire season at Triple-A and produced a .270/.342/.441 slash line with 13 home runs and nine steals in 96 games.