MLB Player News
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Ramon Urias 3B | STL
Orioles' Ramon Urias: Takes Sunday off
Urias is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays.
Now that fellow infielder Jorge Mateo is healthy again after recently missing three games with lower-back and left hip soreness before returning to the lineup Saturday, the Orioles can afford to give Urias a day off. The 27-year-old had started in each of Baltimore's last 13 games, a span in which he hit .304 with two home runs, nine RBI and seven runs.
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Emmanuel Rivera 3B | BAL
Royals' Emmanuel Rivera: Added to Saturday's lineup
Rivera is batting eighth and playing first base Saturday against the Mariners.
Rivera steps up to replace Carlos Santana, who was scratched with hip soreness. It will be his first career appearance at first base.
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Abraham Toro 1B | BOS
Mariners' Abraham Toro: Productive in Friday's loss
Toro went 2-for-6 with a bases-loaded walk and an RBI groundout in an extra-innings loss to the Royals on Friday.
Toro extended his hitting streak to nine games with his third multi-hit effort in the last four contests. The trade acquisition has just one extra-base hit among his 13 knocks during the aforementioned hitting streak, but regardless Toro has been a fantasy gem in August with a .315 average, .802 OPS and tiny 10.5 percent strikeout rate across 105 plate appearances.
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Gio Urshela 3B | MIN
Yankees' Gio Urshela: Not starting Saturday
Urshela isn't starting Saturday's game against the Athletics.
Urshela returned from the 10-day injured list Thursday and went 1-for-8 with two strikeouts across the last two games. Rougned Odor will take over at the hot corner and bat eighth.
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Emmanuel Rivera 3B | BAL
Royals' Emmanuel Rivera: Takes seat Saturday
Rivera is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mariners, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.
Rivera went 2-for-5 on Friday and has now hit .306 with a double, a home run and three RBI in his last 10 games. Hanser Alberto is playing third base and batting eighth Saturday.
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Josh Donaldson 3B | MIL
Twins' Josh Donaldson: Hammers 20th homer
Donaldson went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer and two walks in Friday's 2-0 win over Milwaukee.
Donaldson provided the only offense in Friday's win, blasting a two-run shot off Eric Lauer in the first inning. After going 15 games without a homer, the 35-year-old slugger has gone deep four times in the last six games. He raised his season OPS to .835 with 20 home runs and 56 RBI.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Indians' Jose Ramirez: Continues to rake
Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 4-3 loss to Boston on Friday.
Ramirez added home run No. 30 of the season Friday with a two-run blast off Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez to open the scoring. The veteran third baseman is now 12-for-32 with five multi-hit outings across his last eight games.
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Gio Urshela 3B | MIN
Yankees' Gio Urshela: Collects hit in return
Urshela went 1-for-4 in Thursday's win over the Athletics.
The infielder made his return to game action after missing over three weeks with a hamstring injury. He singled in the fourth inning but was retired in his other three at-bats. Urshela figures to start at third base for the Yankees in most games going forward.
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Emmanuel Rivera 3B | BAL
Royals' Emmanuel Rivera: Registers second steal
Rivera went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and two runs scored in Thursday's 6-4 win over Seattle.
The third baseman singled in the sixth inning before a Salvador Perez grand slam. Rivera then got aboard on an error in the seventh, stole second and scored on a Nicky Lopez single. The 25-year-old Rivera has recorded both of his stolen bases this year in the last five games. He's hit .262 with a home run, five RBI and 10 runs scored through 19 games in August, emerging as a regular presence in the lineup, albeit at the bottom of the order lately.