MLB Player News
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Gabriel Moreno C | ARI
Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Will catch Saturday in Arizona
Moreno (adductor) will catch five innings at the Diamondbacks' camp facility at Salt River Fields on Saturday, Arizona Sports reports.
Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said Friday the team will assess how Moreno responds following the activity. The manager said it's possible Moreno could return for the series in Colorado next week that begins Monday.
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Pedro Pages C | STL
Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Registers second steal
Pages went 2-for-5 with a stolen base in Friday's 4-3 extra-innings loss to the Blue Jays.
Pages has gone 7-for-24 (.292) with three home runs and four RBI over seven games in September. He's held a slight edge in playing time lately at catcher over Ivan Herrera in the absence of Willson Contreras (finger). Overall, Pages is at a .249/.287/.391 slash line with two steals, six home runs, 22 RBI and 17 runs scored through 182 plate appearances this season.
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Francisco Alvarez C | NYM
Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Homers again Friday
Alvarez went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and an additional run scored in Friday's 11-3 win over the Phillies.
Alvarez snapped a scoreless tie in the fifth inning, blasting an Aaron Nola curveball off the left-field foul pole for a three-run homer. Alvarez has now gone deep in consecutive games after going 18 games without a long ball -- he went just 7-for-49 (.143) with a .379 OPS in that span. The 22-year-old backstop is now slashing .237/.305/.383 with eight homers, 37 RBI and 32 runs scored across 302 plate appearances this season.
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Adrian Del Castillo DH | ARI
Diamondbacks' Adrian Del Castillo: Idle Friday
Del Castillo is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Brewers.
Del Castillo will give way to Jose Herrera for the fourth time in six games. Although two of those occurrences came against left-handed pitching, the Brewers are starting right-hander Freddy Peralta on Friday, a strong sign that Del Castillo's playing time is trending downward.
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J.T. Realmuto C | PHI
Phillies' J.T. Realmuto: Catching Friday
Realmuto (knee) is catching and batting fifth Friday against the Mets.
Realmuto hasn't played since Sept. 6 after fouling a ball off his left knee and suffering a contusion. Before the injury, Realmuto had gone 6-for-13 with a homer and a stolen base during a brief four-game hitting streak.
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Keibert Ruiz C | WAS
Nationals' Keibert Ruiz: Getting breather
Ruiz is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Marlins.
After catching four straight games, Ruiz will get some rest Friday. Instead, Drew Millas will form a battery with DJ Herz. Ruiz is 7-for-21 (.333) with five doubles in his last five games.
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Patrick Bailey C | SF
Giants' Patrick Bailey: Resting Thursday
Bailey isn't in San Francisco's lineup for Thursday's game versus the Brewers, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Bailey will catch a breather after going 3-for-4 with a run scored during Wednesday's blowout victory. Curt Casali will catch instead for right-hander Hayden Birdsong and bat eighth.
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Patrick Bailey C | SF
Giants' Patrick Bailey: Racks up three hits in win
Bailey went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Wednesday's 13-2 win over the Brewers.
Bailey has gone 8-for-25 (.320) in September, though he's been held hitless in five of his nine games this month. The catcher is slashing .235/.298/.340 with seven home runs, 42 RBI, 41 runs scored and three stolen bases through 108 contests overall. He should continue to handle a starting role behind the dish with Curt Casali as his backup.
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Will Smith C | LAD
Dodgers' Will Smith: Continues to claw out of slump
Smith went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, an additional run and a double in Wednesday's 10-8 win over the Cubs.
Smith hit the middle of back-to-back-to-back homers for the Dodgers in the first inning and added a double in the seventh, subsequently scoring the go-ahead run. The All-Star catcher went through a prolonged rough stretch at the plate following the break, beginning the second half of the season by batting .165 with a 24.4 percent strikeout rate over his first 28 games. Smith has shown signs of bouncing back since then, however, slashing .278/.316/.500 with two home runs, two doubles, four runs and seven RBI across his past nine contests.
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Chadwick Tromp C | BAL
Braves' Chadwick Tromp: Heads back to Triple-A
Atlanta optioned Tromp to Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday.
Tromp was up with Atlanta for the club's last three games while Travis d'Arnaud (personal) was away from the team on paternity leave, but Tromp will head back to the minors now that d'Arnaud has been reinstated to the 28-man active roster. Atlanta didn't use Tromp during his abbreviated stay with the big club, as Sean Murphy started all three games at catcher.