MLB Player News
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Will Warren SP | NYY
Carter Jensen C | KC
Yankees' Will Warren: Fans career-best 11 in second win
Warren (2-0) picked up the win in Saturday's 13-4 rout of the Royals, allowing two runs on five hits over seven innings. He struck out 11 without walking a batter.
The right-hander was dominant as he delivered his first quality start of the season and tied his career high in Ks, generating 32 called or swinging strikes among his 93 pitches (62 total strikes). Warren even had a shutout going until Carter Jensen finally got the visitors on the board with a two-run homer in the seventh. Warren is doing his best to make sure he's in no danger of losing his spot once the Yankees' rotation gets healthier, posting a 2.49 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and dazzling 31:6 K:BB through five starts and 25.1 innings. He'll look to keep rolling in his next outing, which is set to come on the road next weekend in Houston.
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Pedro Pages C | STL
Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Riding pine Saturday
Pages isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Houston.
Pages has begun to turn things around offensively by notching a base hit in four of his last five games, but he'll begin Saturday's game in the dugout while Ivan Herrera starts behind the dish.
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Will Smith C | LAD
Dodgers' Will Smith: On bench Saturday
Smith isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rockies, Kirsten Watson of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports.
Smith went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored Friday to extend his hitting streak to four games, but he'll grab a seat on the bench to begin Saturday's game. Dalton Rushing will start at catcher and bat seventh for Los Angeles.
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Rangers' Danny Jansen: Not in Saturday's lineup
Jansen is not in the Rangers' starting lineup against the Mariners on Saturday.
It'll be the second time in three days that Jansen will be on the bench, with Kyle Higashioka serving behind home plate and batting ninth while catching Nathan Eovaldi. Jansen went 1-for-5 with a double and two strikeouts in Friday's 5-0 win over Seattle.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Idle Saturday
Diaz is not in the Astros' starting lineup against the Cardinals on Saturday.
Diaz will take a seat after starting in both of the Astros' last two games, going 0-for-8 with two strikeouts in that span. Christian Vazquez bat eighth while doing the catching for Lance McCullers.
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Joey Bart C | ATL
Pirates' Joey Bart: Idle Saturday
Bart isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rays.
Bart will take a seat for the third time in four games after making five starts in the span of eight contests. He and Henry Davis will likely continue to split starts at catcher throughout the season, but things appear to be trending back in Davis' favor.
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Rays' Nick Fortes: Sitting Saturday
Fortes is not in the Rays' starting lineup against the Pirates on Saturday.
Fortes will be on the bench for the beginning of Saturday's game while Hunter Feduccia starts behind home plate and bats eighth while catching for Drew Rasmussen. Fortes has gone 4-for-11 (.364) with one RBI and one run scored over his last three starts and is slashing .321/.345/.453 over 55 plate appearances this season.
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White Sox's Edgar Quero: Sitting Saturday
Quero is not in the White Sox's starting lineup against the Athletics on Saturday.
Quero will get a breather after going 3-for-8 with two RBI over his last two starts. Reese McGuire will start behind home plate and bat ninth while catching for Erick Fedde.
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Denzel Clarke OF | ATH
Lawrence Butler RF | ATH
Brayan Bello SP | BOS
Tyler Soderstrom LF | ATH
Carlos Cortes RF | ATH
Athletics' Denzel Clarke: Not starting Saturday
Clarke is not in the Athletics' starting lineup against the White Sox on Saturday.
Clarke is out of the A's starting lineup for the second time in three games as the team deploys Tyler Soderstrom, Lawrence Butler and Carlos Cortes in the outfield from left to right against Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello. In his last 15 games, Clarke has gone 7-for-38 (.184) with one steal, five RBI and a 2:15 K:BB.
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Tigers' Dillon Dingler: Idle Saturday
Dingler is not in the Tigers' starting lineup against the Red Sox on Saturday.
Dingler will take a breather after going 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts in Friday's extra-inning loss to Boston. Jake Rogers will start behind home plate and bat ninth while catching pitches from Tarik Skubal.