MLB Player News
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Jean Segura 3B | CLE
Mariners' Jean Segura: Receives rest in series finale
Segura is sitting out Sunday against the Angels, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.
Segura only recently got over an illness that had kept him out for three consecutive games, so he'll be given some additional time to recuperate following back-to-back starts in which he went 2-for-9 with a walk and two runs. Andrew Romine gets the nod at shortstop in his stead in the series finale.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Indians' Jose Ramirez: Receives rare rest
Ramirez will not start Sunday against the Tigers.
Ramirez will sit for just the fourth time this season. Adam Rosales will get the call at second base.
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Matt Duffy 3B | TEX
Rays' Matt Duffy: Notches 11th stolen base
Duffy went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's win over the A's.
Duffy reached base twice in this one, poking a single in the first frame before walking and stealing second base in the seventh. The 27-year-old now has 11 stolen bases, just one shy of his career high set in 2014. He's also sporting a healthy .297/.360/.369 slash line over 123 games.
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Matt Chapman 3B | SF
Athletics' Matt Chapman: Notches three hits and homer
Chapman went 3-for-5 with a solo homer in Saturday's loss to the Rays.
Chapman collected a pair of singles before taking Sergio Romo deep in the ninth inning for his 23rd homer of the season. The third baseman has now hit safely in 11 of 13 games this month, going 16-for-53 (.302) with a home run and 11 RBI over that stretch.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Indians' Jose Ramirez: Homer short of cycle
Ramirez went 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, a double and a triple in Saturday's 15-0 win over the Tigers.
It's Ramirez's first multi-hit game since Aug. 28, and he was slashing .164/.303/.255 with three extra-base hits over 66 plate appearances in that stretch prior to Saturday. The 25-year-old came up a home run short of the cycle and has a .282 average and .973 OPS with 38 home runs and 101 RBI this season.
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Matt Duffy 3B | TEX
Rays' Matt Duffy: On base twice in return
Duffy went 1-for-4 with a walk in a loss to the Athletics on Friday.
Duffy missed three starts with back tightness earlier this week, but he was finally healthy enough to resume a full-time role Friday. The hot-hitting infielder has reached safely in eight of nine September games, leading to a .300 average for the month.
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Josh Donaldson 3B | MIL
Indians' Josh Donaldson: On bench Saturday
Donaldson is not in the lineup against the Tigers on Saturday, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports.
Donaldson will head to the bench following his second start with Cleveland on Friday, during which he went 2-for-4 with a solo home run. In his place, Yandy Diaz will pick up a start at third base and bat seventh. Look for Donaldson to return to the lineup Sunday.
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Yoan Moncada 3B | LAA
White Sox's Yoan Moncada: Collects three hits Friday
Moncada went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Friday's 8-6 win over the Orioles.
Moncada had been dealing with a sore hip leading up to Friday's game, but apparently Thursday's off day was the right remedy. This was his fourth multi-hit game in the last 13, a stretch in which he's hitting .313 (15-for-48) with a 22.6 strikeout percentage. For the league leader in strikeouts (196), that strikeout rate is a great improvement on his season-long 33.1 K%.
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J.D. Davis 1B | LAA
Astros' J.D. Davis: Fills in for Springer
Davis entered Friday's game after George Springer left with a shoulder injury and grounded out in his lone plate appearance.
Davis played left field while Marwin Gonzalez slid from left to center. We would normally see Tony Kemp ahead of Davis, but he had been used as a pinch hitter earlier. If Springer sits out Saturday's game, expect Kemp, not Davis, to be in the starting lineup.
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Josh Donaldson 3B | MIL
Indians' Josh Donaldson: Launches first homer with new club
Donaldson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Tigers.
Donaldson went deep in the sixth inning to tie the ballgame 2-2, but the Tigers would pull ahead in the seventh and bring home the victory. Since being traded from the Blue Jays to the Indians on Aug. 31, the 32-year-old has gone 2-for-9 with two strikeouts and a home run. He figures to see scheduled days off down the stretch of the regular season in order to get him back into game shape.