MLB Player News
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Gets breather Sunday
Ramirez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.
Ramirez earns a day off after notching multiple hits in his last three games, and the 30-year-old is slashing .282/.349/.641 with four home runs through his first 10 games in June. Gabriel Arias will start at third base in the series finale while Ramirez rests.
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Eugenio Suarez 3B | CIN
Mariners' Eugenio Suarez: Gets aboard four times
Suarez went 3-for-4 with a walk, one RBI and one run scored in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Angels.
Suarez had gone 15 games without a multi-hit effort, and he hit just .120 (6-for-50) in that span. All of the third baseman's hits Saturday were singles. He's not known to carry a high batting average, but his .216 mark through 63 contests is a bit light compared to the .236 he hit last year. Suarez has added a career-worst .638 OPS with 36 RBI, 23 runs scored and a stolen base over 270 plate appearances.
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Rafael Devers 3B | SF
Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Homers again Saturday
Devers went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Yankees.
Yankees pitching seems to be the remedy for Devers' recent power drought -- he's homered in consecutive contests against New York after going 16 games without a long ball. The third baseman accounted for Boston's lone run Saturday. He's up to 15 homers and 16 doubles through 62 contests this season, but his .247 batting average is far below his established standard. He's also walking less (6.4 percent) and striking out a bit more (20.3 percent) than he did last year, though he's produced 51 RBI and 34 runs scored to be plenty useful in standard fantasy formats.
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Gio Urshela 3B | MIN
Angels' Gio Urshela: Back in starting lineup
Urshela (back) is hitting eighth and playing first base versus the Mariners on Saturday, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
Urshela was a late scratch from the lineup Friday against Seattle, but it was described as precautionary and the infielder is feeling well enough to go for Saturday's contest. Jared Walsh heads back to the bench with Urshela handling first base.
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Royce Lewis 3B | MIN
Twins' Royce Lewis: Heads to bench
Lewis will sit Saturday against Toronto.
Lewis grabbed four hits in Friday's series opener, raising his batting average from .182 to .270, but his reward will be a trip to the bench. The Twins seemingly want to avoid overworking him as he seeks to establish himself following a pair of seasons lost to ACL tears, as he's yet to start more than three games in a row in the field. Willi Castro will handle the hot corner in Lewis' absence Saturday.
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Jonah Bride 3B | TEX
Athletics' Jonah Bride: Plates pair in Friday's win
Bride went 1-for-3 with an RBI single and a run-scoring sacrifice fly in a win over the Brewers on Friday.
Bride extended his hitting streak to four games with Friday's timely knock, and his pair of RBI pushed his total to four over the last four games. The 27-year-old sports an impressive .308 average (8-for-26) since being promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas on May 30 and appears to be progressively strengthening his grip on the starting third base job.
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Jace Peterson SS | ARI
Athletics' Jace Peterson: Logs another steal Friday
Peterson went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in a win over the Brewers on Friday.
Peterson cooled off at the plate somewhat after going 7-for-10 with two home runs and seven RBI over the last two games of the series against the Pirates. However, his seventh stolen base of the season leaves him just three shy of what would be a third straight double-digit tally in that category. Peterson's aforementioned two-game offensive outburst did give his batting average a much-needed boost over the Mendoza Line, but his current .655 OPS is still his lowest since 2019.
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Isaac Paredes 3B | HOU
Rays' Isaac Paredes: Six RBI, two runs in win
Paredes went 3-for-4 with an RBI double, a two-run home run and a three-run home run in Friday's 8-3 victory over Texas.
Paredes knocked in six of Tampa Bay's eight runs, marking the fifth time he's notched at least four RBI in a game this season. The 24-year-old is slashing .270/.352/.503 with 11 home runs, 44 RBI and 31 runs scored. Paredes remains on track for a career-best campaign and has seized an everyday role at third recently, with Taylor Walls moving to second while Brandon Lowe (back) is unavailable.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Power surge continues
Ramirez went 3-for-4 with three walks, a solo home run and a second run scored in Friday's 10-9 extra-innings win over the Astros.
Houston tried its best not to let Ramirez make a difference after he'd hammered three long balls the night before against Boston, but he still launched a game-tying homer off Rafael Montero in the seventh, kicking off a wild finish to the contest that saw Cleveland set a record for the modern era by coming back from five separate deficits in the seventh inning or later. Ramirez has found a groove at the plate after a sluggish start to the season, and over his last 14 games he's slashing .302/.343/.587 with four homers, 11 runs and 12 RBI.