MLB Player News
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Giancarlo Stanton DH | NYY
Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton: Season debut could come in mid-June
Stanton (elbows) is tracking toward making his season debut around mid-June, Andy Martino of SNY.tv reports.
Stanton is at the Yankees' spring training complex in Florida and could remain there to work out and take at-bats through the weekend. He's likely to begin a short rehab assignment after that, possibly as soon as early next week. Stanton is coming back from tennis elbow in both arms. The Yankees will have some decisions to make with their lineup upon Stanton's return, as they've already had to juggle playing time in the outfield and designated hitter between Ben Rice, Jasson Dominguez (thumb) and Trent Grisham. Stanton's arrival will only cloud that picture.
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Kyle Manzardo 1B | CLE
Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Snaps homer drought
Manzardo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Yankees.
Manzardo's eighth-inning homer finished the scoring and snapped his 15-game long-ball drought. He'd entered the contest mired in a slump, batting .180 (9-for-50) with three RBI during that span. Manzardo is up to 11 home runs and 29 RBI while batting .211 over 54 games.
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Jorge Soler DH | LAA
Angels' Jorge Soler: Exits with tight groin
Soler was removed from Wednesday's game against the Red Sox due to groin tightness.
Soler went 1-for-1 with a walk and a base hit before Matthew Lugo came on to replace him in right field in the bottom of the third inning. The severity of Soler's groin injury isn't yet known, and the Angels could send him in for further tests before an update on his status is provided ahead of Friday's series opener versus the Mariners.
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Jorge Soler DH | LAA
Angels' Jorge Soler: Leaves with apparent injury
Soler was removed from Wednesday's game in Boston in the third inning with an undisclosed injury, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
The Angels haven't provided word on what exactly happened with Soler, but he was replaced by Matthew Lugo in right field before the bottom of the third inning. Soler had an infield single and drew a walk in his two plate appearances before departing. The Angels should have an update on his condition soon.
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Anthony Santander RF | TOR
Blue Jays' Anthony Santander: Gets PRP injection in shoulder
Santander will rest for 5-to-7 days after receiving a platelet-rich plasma injection in his injured left shoulder, Mitch Bannon of The Athletic reports.
Santander landed on the 10-day injured list this past Friday with a shoulder injury that had been nagging at him for a while. The hope is that the PRP injection will help speed along the recovery process and that he will be ready to resume throwing and ramping up after a brief shutdown period.
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Masataka Yoshida LF | BOS
Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Increases intensity
Yoshida (shoulder) has increased the intensity of his throwing program while playing catch out to 75 feet, MLB.com reports.
Yoshida had been throwing out to 120 feet prior to being shut down in April. The club hasn't pegged an estimated return date for Yoshida, other than this report indicating July at the earliest. Even when Yoshida is ready to go, there's no guarantee he has a spot in the starting lineup.
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Ben Rice 1B | NYY
Yankees' Ben Rice: Clubs 12th homer
Rice went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Dodgers.
Rice put the Yankees ahead 3-1 in the third inning with his blast. He's hit safely in five of his last six games, going 6-for-21 (.286) with two homers and a 3:5 BB:K in that span. The 26-year-old is batting .250 with an .875 OPS, 12 long balls, 25 RBI, 31 runs scored, 11 doubles, one triple and two stolen bases across 197 plate appearances this season.
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Giancarlo Stanton DH | NYY
Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton: Unlikely to return next week
Stanton (elbows) has been taking at-bats at the Yankees' complex in Tampa, but manager Aaron Boone said the slugger is not likely to be ready to come off the injured list next week, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
Stanton logged 6-to-7 at-bats in Tampa on Friday and was slated to continue similar activity through the weekend. It's unclear what the next step in his rehab will be, but Stanton could either continue working out in Tampa or head out on a minor-league rehab assignment. Based on Boone's comment, the veteran masher may be held out until at least the team's next road trip, which begins Tuesday, June 10 in Kansas City.