MLB Player News
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Anthony Rendon 3B | LAA
Angels' Anthony Rendon: Absent from lineup
Rendon is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rangers.
Rendon started the previous eight tilts but managed just a .598 OPS over that stretch. Charles Leblanc will draw a start at third base and bat seventh while Rendon gets some rest.
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Alec Bohm 3B | PHI
Phillies' Alec Bohm: Still out Thursday
Bohm (hand) isn't in the Phillies' lineup for Thursday's game against Miami.
Bohm will be missing his sixth consecutive game as a result of inflammation in his left hand. The team still doesn't believe he'll need to spend time on the injured list, though that may change if the 28-year-old doesn't return before the end of the series. Kody Clemens will start at the hot corner Thursday and bat eighth.
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Jeimer Candelario 3B | NYY
Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Yet to resume baseball activities
Candelario (toe) has yet to resume baseball activities, MLB.com reports.
Candelario is almost three weeks removed from suffering a fractured left great toe and remains limited to rehabilitation work due to lingering discomfort. It shouldn't take long for him to become game-ready once the soreness subsides, but it's not clear when/if that might happen before the end of the season.
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Rafael Devers 3B | SF
Red Sox's Rafael Devers: Another hitless night
Devers batted second and went 0-for-3 with an RBI in Wednesday's 8-3 loss to the Mets.
Devers was moved up the batting order behind Jarren Duran with the hope he'd see more fastballs and emerge from a slump. The theory was sound, but it didn't work out. Devers drove in a run on a sacrifice fly -- his first RBI in seven games -- but went hitless for the fifth time in the last six contests (1-for-24, seven strikeouts).
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Luis Urias 2B | ATH
Mariners' Luis Urias: Huge performance in win
Urias went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, four RBI and two runs scored while also drawing a walk in Wednesday's win over the Athletics.
Urias brought home Mitch Garver with an RBI double in the top of the fourth before coming around to score himself on a Dylan Moore single as the Mariners took a 5-1 lead. The infielder then added a leadoff homer in the seventh to extend the lead, followed by another RBI double in the eighth, giving him his first three-hit performance of the campaign, as well as his first hits since being promoted to the majors last week. Urias' four RBI on the night also marked a season high.
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Eugenio Suarez 3B | SEA
Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suarez: Continues homer binge
Suarez went 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, a home run and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 6-4 win over San Francisco.
Suarez homered in the second inning then doubled and scored during Arizona's two-run eighth that gave the team needed cushion against the Giants, who rallied late with four runs over the final three frames. The home run was Suarez's 24th and sixth in the last 12 games, during which the third baseman has a line of .378/.412/.844. He's had such an impactful bat since the All-Star break (.965 OPS), it's hard to recall when Suarez was in danger of losing playing time during a first-half slump.
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Matt Chapman 3B | SF
Giants' Matt Chapman: Staying in San Francisco long term
Chapman and the Giants agreed to terms on a six-year contract extension Wednesday.
Per Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, Chapman will earn $25 million per year from 2025 to 2030 along with a one-time $1 million signing bonus. His previous contract, a one-year deal for 2024, included options in each of the next three years, but those will no longer be necessary. Chapman's been a boost for the Giants in his first year with the team, producing a .247/.333/.445 slash line, 22 home runs, 69 RBI, 90 runs scored, 33 doubles, one triple and 13 stolen bases over 136 contests this season. He was scratched from the lineup ahead of Wednesday's game, but he is not dealing with an injury and should be back in the starting nine for Thursday's series finale versus the Diamondbacks.
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Ezequiel Duran SS | TEX
Rangers' Ezequiel Duran: Two doubles in three-hit effort
Duran went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Yankees.
Duran saw sparse playing time during August after Wyatt Langford and Josh Jung returned from injuries. This was Duran's third multi-hit effort in his last 15 games, a span in which he's gone 8-for-31 (.258). He could be in the mix for playing time at shortstop while Corey Seager (hip) is on the injured list, but Duran figures to be on the short side of a platoon there with the left-handed-hitting Josh Smith. For the year, Duran is slashing .255/.293/.321 with two home runs, 16 RBI, 21 runs scored, eight doubles and one stolen base over 225 plate appearances.