MLB Player News
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Randal Grichuk DH | CHW
Diamondbacks' Randal Grichuk: Makes fifth straight start
Grichuk started in right field and went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI in Sunday's 4-2 loss to Colorado.
Grichuk knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and singled in a run two innings later. He's started five consecutive games, which includes three against left-handers and two against righties. Grichuk routinely starts against southpaws, but his presence against right-handers is due to Corbin Carroll's hand injury. Carroll has missed four games due to the injury, and now the Diamondbacks will have him undergo an MRI. Arizona is scheduled to face White Sox right-hander Shane Smith on Monday.
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Shohei Ohtani DH | LAD
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani: Throws perfect inning, hits homer
Ohtani threw a perfect inning with two strikeouts and went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, a three-RBI triple and two additional runs scored during Sunday's 13-7 win over the Nationals.
Ohtani surrendered a run and two hits in his 2025 pitching debut, but he rebounded with a dominant first inning Sunday. The two-way star showcased exactly why he's one of the most valuable players in baseball, adding to the stellar pitching by plating five runs and reaching safely three times. The performance marked Ohtani's second game this season with five-plus RBI and snapped a 2-for-19 (.105) slump that occurred over his past five games. With 26 home runs, he trails only Cal Raleigh (31) and Aaron Judge (27) in home runs in 2025.
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Kyle Schwarber DH | PHI
Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Clubs homer No. 24
Schwarber went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during Sunday's 7-1 win over the Mets.
Schwarber tagged David Peterson for a solo homer in the fourth inning, marking the slugger's fourth home run in his last 11 outings. During that stretch, Schwarber is 11-for-40 (.275) with nine RBI, 11 runs scored and two strikeouts. On the year, he has the fifth-most homers in baseball.
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Seiya Suzuki RF | CHC
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki: Homers twice in loss
Suzuki went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in Sunday's 14-6 loss to the Mariners.
Suzuki registered his fourth multi-homer game of the season and second already this month, but it wasn't enough as Chicago's pitching staff struggled badly Sunday. The outfielder is now up to 20 long balls this year, which is the third straight season he's reached that plateau. Suzuki's power surge also has him in the top 10 in the majors in home runs, giving him plenty of fantasy appeal so far in 2025.
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Jared Young 1B | NYM
Mets' Jared Young: Sitting after two straight starts
Young is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.
Young had served as the Mets' designated hitter while the team faced right-handed starting pitchers in the first two games of the series, but he'll give way to Starling Marte in the series finale while southpaw Jesus Luzardo toes the rubber for Philadelphia. Young and Marte could be deployed in a soft platoon at DH until Mark Vientos (hamstring) makes his return from the injured list.
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Trenton Brooks DH | SD
Padres' Trenton Brooks: Heading to bench Sunday
Brooks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.
Brooks had started at designated hitter in three of the Padres' last four matchups with right-handed pitchers and has gone 2-for-7 with a home run and two doubles in five games overall since being called up from Triple-A El Paso on June 15, but he's not yet locked in as a regular in the San Diego lineup. With Gavin Sheets getting a day off from playing the outfield and serving as the DH, the Padres won't have a lineup spot available for Brooks on Sunday.
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Rafael Devers 1B | SF
Giants' Rafael Devers: Playing through groin issue
Manager Bob Melvin said Devers, who is batting second as the designated hitter Sunday against the Red Sox, is playing through a minor groin injury, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Devers' presence in the lineup speaks to the mildness of the injury, but it will delay him from seeing time at first base with his new team. The 28-year-old has gone 4-for-20 in his first five games with the Giants and launched his first homer since the trade in Saturday's victory.
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Rafael Devers 1B | SF
Giants' Rafael Devers: Hits first homer with Giants
Devers went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Red Sox.
Devers' first home run with his new team was a two-run shot in the third inning off former teammate Brayan Bello, and it proved to be the difference in the game. Since joining the Giants, the 28-year-old slugger has gone 4-for-20 with two extra-base hits and three RBI over five games as the team's designated hitter. On the season, he's slashing .267/.393/.497 with 16 homers, 61 RBI, 48 runs scored and one stolen base across 356 plate appearances.
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Agustin Ramirez C | MIA
Marlins' Agustin Ramirez: Homer powers victory
Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and four RBI in Friday's 6-2 win over Atlanta.
Ramirez knocked out his 11th home run of the season, a big three-run home run that proved to be all the Marlins would need to win the game. The rookie has been excellent in his debut campaign while splitting time between catcher and designated hitter, slashing .239/.290/.458 in his 201 at-bats. The hits have come in bunches for the 23-year-old lately -- he has five multi-hit games over his last 13 contests, but only 13 total hits over that same timeframe -- so the next step will be finding a way to develop more consistency.
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Christian Yelich DH | MIL
Brewers' Christian Yelich: Collects career-high eight RBI
Yelich went 4-for-6 with eight RBI and a pair of doubles in Friday's 17-6 win over the Twins.
Yelich amassed a career high with eight RBI, and it's perhaps an even more remarkable feat considering he accomplished it without needing a home run. Friday also marked the second four-hit game of the season for the veteran outfielder, who's been sizzling at the plate recently. Over his last 16 games, Yelich is slashing .361/.418/.525 with two homers, four doubles and 14 RBI with one stolen base covering 67 plate appearances.