MLB Player News
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Miguel Cabrera DH | DET
Tigers' Miguel Cabrera: Drives in three
Cabrera went 1-for-3 with three RBI on Wednesday against the Guardians.
Cabrera made the most of his lone hit, delivering a two-RBI single in the fifth inning. He extended his hitting streak to 13 games with the performance, during which he's hit .383 with nine RBI and three runs scored. Cabrera has maintained a .308/.347/.372 line across 274 plate appearances on the season.
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Franmil Reyes DH | WAS
Guardians' Franmil Reyes: Slugs seventh homer
Reyes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Wednesday against the Tigers.
Reyes took Michael Pineda yard in the second inning to record his seventh homer of the season. After going deep only four times across his first 43 games of the campaign, Reyes has recorded three home runs in his last seven starts. Despite showing some signs of life at the plate, Reyes is still hitting just .212/.260/.360 across 204 plate appearances for the season.
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Brad Miller DH | SD
Rangers' Brad Miller: Playing time picking up
Miller will start in left field and bat seventh in Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Miller will get his fourth start in five games, with most of his increased opportunities coming at the expense of Leody Taveras, who has started just twice during that stretch. Since Miller bats from the left side while Taveras switch hits, manager Chris Woodward could consider using the players in a soft platoon. Both will stay in the lineup against a right-hander (Spenser Watkins) on Wednesday, however, as it's everyday outfielder Adolis Garcia that finds himself on the bench in what's likely just a maintenance day.
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Harold Ramirez DH | WAS
Rays' Harold Ramirez: Takes seat Wednesday
Ramirez isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Red Sox, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.
Ramirez has logged regular playing time for the Rays recently and has slashed .350/.409/.500 with a homer, three doubles, eight runs, five RBI and a stolen base over his last 10 games. He'll get a breather Wednesday while Josh Lowe starts in right field and leads off.
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Eloy Jimenez DH | TOR
White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Reinstated from 60-day IL
Jimenez (hamstring) was reinstated from the 60-day injured list Wednesday.
Jimenez concluded his rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday, but the White Sox waited an additional day before activating him. He's starting in left field and batting sixth during Wednesday's series finale against the Twins, but it's possible that the team gives him some additional looks as the designated hitter in the near future following his lengthy absence. Regardless of his position, the 25-year-old should see plenty of playing time. Over 11 games prior to sustaining his hamstring injury, he slashed .222/.256/.333 with a homer, seven RBI and two runs.
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Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B | BAL
Twins' Christian Encarnacion-Strand: Returns from concussion
Encarnacion-Strand has been activated from the injured list at High-A Cedar Rapids after missing five games due to a concussion.
Encarnacion-Strand is hitting .294/.361/.580 with 17 home runs at Cedar Rapids. Luckily it sounds like his injury won't derail his breakout season.
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Shohei Ohtani DH | LAD
Angels' Shohei Ohtani: Snags ninth steal
Ohtani went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Marlins.
Angels hitters has very little success against Sandy Alcantara on the night, but Ohtani at least was able to add a little value on the basepaths. The steal was his ninth of the year, and over his last 13 games as a hitter, the two-way superstar is slashing .317/.455/.732 with five homers and 14 RBI.
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Yordan Alvarez DH | HOU
Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Swats 25th homer
Alvarez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, an additional run scored and a walk in Tuesday's 9-7 win over the Royals.
Alvarez has homered in consecutive games, and he's gone yard eight times in his last 14 contests. His blast Tuesday provided the Astros' last run in the win. He's up to 25 long balls this year with 58 RBI, 53 runs scored, nine doubles and a .313/.413/.663 slash line through 298 plate appearances. Alvarez is tied for second in the majors in homers with the Phillies' Kyle Schwarber, four back of the Yankees' Aaron Judge for the major-league lead.
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Miguel Cabrera DH | DET
Tigers' Miguel Cabrera: Tallies three hits Tuesday
Cabrera went 3-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Guardians.
As has often been the case this year, Cabrera racked up a lot of singles. The veteran is batting .308 and 67 of his 77 hits have been of the one-base variety. As a result, his OPS is only .720 despite the high batting average, but this has still been a strong season overall for Cabrera. The most important thing has been that he's stayed healthy, as he's now played in 69 of the team's first 80 games, with maintenance days accounting for most of his absences so far.
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Eloy Jimenez DH | TOR
White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Rehab ends, not yet activated
Jimenez (hamstring) has concluded his rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte and rejoined the White Sox, but he won't be activated from the 60-day injured list ahead of Tuesday's game against the Twins, Vinnie Duber of AllCHGO.com reports.
Jimenez played a nine-inning game in the outfield for Charlotte on Monday, so the White Sox may have wanted to give him a full day to recover before potentially activating him and adding him to the lineup for Wednesday's series finale. After a two-week hiatus from game action at Triple-A, Jimenez appeared in 11 games upon resuming his rehab assignment June 21 and slashed an unremarkable .244/.311/.390 over that stretch, though he began to hit his stride with five hits over his final three contests. Assuming Jimenez ends up being activated Wednesday, the White Sox could deploy him as a designated hitter more frequently with the hope of avoiding a setback to his surgically repaired right hamstring. He's been on the shelf since late April while recovering from the injury.