MLB Player News
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Nolan Arenado 3B | STL
Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Getting breather Sunday
Arenado is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Milwaukee.
Arenado made five straight starts after being activated from the injured list Monday and went 5-for-20 (.250 average) with two doubles and six RBI over that stretch. Nolan Gorman will fill in for Arenado at third base Sunday.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Clubs homer No. 30
Ramirez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader sweep of the Twins.
The switch-hitting superstar provided the first run of the day when he took Joe Ryan deep in the first inning of the matinee, kicking off a combined 14-0 shellacking by the Guardians. The long ball was the 30th of the season for Ramirez -- the fourth time in his career he's reached that milestone, and the third time he's produced a 30-30 campaign. He's been a big part of the team's late playoff push, and over his last 17 games including the nightcap, Ramirez is slashing .313/.405/.625 with 11 of his 20 hits going for extra bases (six doubles, one triple, four homers).
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Max Muncy 3B | LAD
Dodgers' Max Muncy: Goes yard Saturday
Muncy went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Giants.
Muncy set the Dodgers on the comeback trailing, going yard in the first inning after the Giants established a 4-0 lead to open the game. This was his second homer in his last four games, but the infielder has gone just 3-for-24 (.125) over eight contests since returning from an oblique injury that cost him nearly a month. Muncy has a .248/.382/.482 slash line with 19 homers, 67 RBI, 47 runs scored and four stolen bases over 97 contests this season.
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Alec Bohm 3B | PHI
Phillies' Alec Bohm: Smacks 10th homer
Bohm went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks.
Bohm has gone 4-for-9 with two extra-base hits and four RBI over two games since he returned from a shoulder injury that led to a minimal stay on the injured list. The third baseman is up to 10 long balls on the year, with this one being his first since Aug. 17 versus the Nationals. He's added a .275/.321/.394 slash line with 55 RBI, 49 runs scored and two stolen bases over 113 contests this season.
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Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B | ATL
Braves' Nacho Alvarez: Launches first two MLB homers
Alvarez went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Tigers.
The 22-year-old infielder had zero homers through his first 59 big-league games, but Alvarez snapped that streak Saturday by taking Keider Montero deep in the third inning, and then he did the same to Kyle Finnegan in the eighth. Over 18 games in September while handling starting third-base duties in place of Austin Riley (abdomen), Alvarez is batting .288 (15-for-52) with four runs and seven RBI.
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Kyle Karros 3B | COL
Rockies' Kyle Karros: Not starting Saturday
Karros isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Angels, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.
Karros went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in Friday's win and will now get a chance to rest against Kyle Hendricks and the Angels. Orlando Arcia will fill in at the hot corner and bat ninth.
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Max Muncy 3B | ATH
Athletics' Max Muncy: Activated from IL
Muncy (hand) was activated from the 10-day injured list prior to Saturday's game against the Pirates.
Muncy has been on the shelf since July 21 due to a hairline fracture at the base of the fourth metacarpal in his right hand and did not go on a rehab assignment, instead going through a hitting progression on the side. Zack Gelof (dislocated shoulder) was placed on the injured list in a corresponding move. Muncy should get some starts at third base and the keystone over the final eight games of the season, although he is on the bench Saturday.
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Mark Vientos 3B | NYM
Mets' Mark Vientos: Retreats to bench
Vientos is not in Saturday's lineup against the Nationals.
The 25-year-old third baseman had started 12 of the last 14 games, with his two off days coming against righties. Vientos is hitting .179 with two home runs and 19 strikeouts in 17 games this month. Brett Baty will man the hot corner while Starling Marte gets the start at designated hitter against righty Cade Cavalli.
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Matt Chapman 3B | SF
Giants' Matt Chapman: Bounces back in loss
Chapman went 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Friday's 6-3 loss to the Dodgers.
Following a five-game stretch in which he went 0-for-15 across 20 plate appearances, Chapman lined a double to center field in the second inning before coming around to score. He also added an RBI single in the seventh. The third baseman owns a .236/.347/.442 slash line with 72 runs scored, 59 RBI, 21 long balls and nine stolen bases across 505 plate appearances in 121 games this season.
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Alex Bregman 3B | BOS
Red Sox's Alex Bregman: Homers in win
Bregman went 1-for-3 with two walks and a solo home run in Friday's 11-7 win over the Rays.
Bregman homered for the second time this week, but he's struggled at the plate over the last several weeks. He has a .597 OPS with two homers and 10 RBI over the last 33 games.