MLB Player News
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Orelvis Martinez 3B | TOR
Blue Jays' Orelvis Martinez: Power surge at Buffalo
Martinez went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI for Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday.
The 23-year-old has gone yard in three straight games. homering four times during that span as he continues to turn his campaign around. Martinez's prospect status dimmed following last year's PED suspension, but since the beginning of May he's slashing .291/.359/.583 with seven homers and 18 RBI in 28 contests, and more importantly he's struck out just 21.4 percent of the time after he stumbled to a 39.5 percent strikeout rate in April. There's no room in the big-league infield for Martinez and his questionable glove right now, especially given the emergence of Addison Barger, but Martinez could slug his way into being an option for the Jays in the second half.
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Jose Ramirez 3B | CLE
Guardians' Jose Ramirez: Extends on-base streak
Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in Thursday's 4-0 loss to the Yankees.
Ramirez had two of Cleveland's three hits and stole his 17th base of the season, which is tied for eighth in MLB. The multi-hit effort was the fourth in the last five games for Ramirez, who also extended his on-base streak to 31 contests. The third baseman is slashing .393/.448/.639 with 11 walks, 17 extra-base hits (including six home runs), 15 RBI, 12 steals and 26 runs during the streak.
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Eugenio Suarez 3B | SEA
Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suarez: Completes comeback
Suarez went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double and two RBI in Thursday's 11-10 win over Atlanta.
Suarez's two-run double in the ninth inning was the game-winning hit, completing a stunning seven-run comeback rally. The third baseman's bat has woken up since May 12, when his batting average stood at .200. Since then, he's gone 22-for-74 (.297) with six doubles, four home runs and 19 RBI over 20 contests. He's still batting only .232, but Suarez's 16 home runs and team-high 46 RBI are hard for fantasy GMs to ignore.
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Isaac Paredes 3B | HOU
Astros' Isaac Paredes: Double the home run fun
Paredes went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI during Thursday's 8-2 win over the Pirates.
Paredes smoked two home runs Thursday to finish the series against the Bucs with three, bringing his season total up to 14. The 26-year-old is slashing .252/.347/.474 with 37 RBI on the season, numbers in line with his 2023 season, when he hit 31 home runs and drove in 98 runs for the Rays. Paredes also didn't strike out in a game for the first time in seven contests, bringing his strikeout rate down to 16.6 percent for the season.
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Manny Machado 3B | SD
Padres' Manny Machado: Belts eighth homer
Machado went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in a loss to San Francisco on Thursday.
Machado provided the Padres' only runs of the contest when he took Robbie Ray deep for a two-run blast in the second inning. It was the star third baseman's second home run through five games in June, and he's batting .421 (8-for-19) with six RBI during that span. Machado is currently hitting .317 on the campaign, putting him on pace for the highest batting average of his career.
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Junior Caminero 3B | TB
Rays' Junior Caminero: Clubs 15th homer
Caminero went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, an additional RBI and two total runs scored in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Rangers.
Caminero opened the scoring with a solo shot in the second inning and also set the Rays on the comeback trail with an RBI single in the ninth. The third baseman has upped his power game with six homers, three doubles and 16 RBI over his last eight games. He's now at 15 long balls, 40 RBI, 34 runs scored, 13 doubles, four stolen bases and a .262/.293/.520 slash line through 58 contests overall.
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Nolan Arenado 3B | STL
Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Goes yard in loss
Arenado went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 7-5 loss to the Royals in Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader.
Arenado went 0-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored in the matinee contest. His homer tied the nightcap at 5-5, but the Cardinals didn't score again after that. The third baseman has three homers and 12 RBI over his last 13 contests, but he's gone just 9-for-49 (.184) with three walks in that span. After a hot start to the year, it looked like his struggles from the last two years were behind him, but overall he has a .228/.296/.379 slash line over 57 contests in 2025. Arenado has added seven homers, 31 RBI, 27 runs scored and one stolen base this season.
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Matt Chapman 3B | SF
Giants' Matt Chapman: Multi-hit effort in win
Chapman went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Padres.
The third baseman singled in the third inning, then stole second and subsequently came around to score on a ground-rule double by Dominic Smith. Chapman added another single in the fifth, marking his fourth multi-hit performance in his last eight games. He's batting .429 with four runs scored, three RBI, three doubles and two home runs across 33 plate appearances during that span.
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Maikel Garcia 3B | KC
Royals' Maikel Garcia: Big performance in nightcap
Garcia went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two walks, two RBI, two stolen bases and three runs scored in a 7-5 win over the Cardinals in Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader.
Garcia rattled off a 14-game hitting streak from May 14-30, but a thumb issue has hampered him slightly to begin June. The utility player went 0-for-5 in the day game, but he was a big performer in the nightcap while snagging a rare start in center field rather than at his usual third base. For the season, he's hitting .311 with an .852 OPS, five home runs, 13 steals on 20 attempts, 29 RBI, 28 runs scored, 15 doubles and two triples over 61 contests. Power isn't a huge part of his game, but he's on pace for double-digit homers and can make an impact with speed and by getting on base at a high rate.
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Matt Shaw SS | CHC
Cubs' Matt Shaw: Big effort in win
Shaw went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in Thursday's 7-1 win over the Nationals. He also stole two bases.
Shaw was electric from the No. 8 spot in the order as he snapped a 1-for-13 slump that stretched across his previous four games. This was the rookie's second career game with three hits. It was also his second career game with multiple stolen bases, and he now has seven steals for the season in as many attempts. Shaw remains a work in progress at the plate, but his ability on the bases is giving his fantasy value a boost, and he has the potential to do even more with the bat as he gets more comfortable against MLB pitching.