MLB Player News
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Seiya Suzuki DH | CHC
Cubs' Seiya Suzuki: Scratched with wrist issue
Suzuki was scratched from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Dodgers due to right wrist discomfort, Taylor McGregor of Marquee Sports Network reports.
The 30-year-old started the previous five contests after sitting out three games due to the same issue last week, but he presumably aggravated the injury during Tuesday's win while going 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run. Justin Turner will step into the lineup at designated hitter while Suzuki is considered day-to-day.
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Nick Maton DH | CHW
White Sox's Nick Maton: Sitting against righty
Maton is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.
Maton has been a mainstay in the lineup against right-handed pitching for most of the season, but he'll hit the bench Wednesday even while the Twins send rightyDavid Festa to the hill. Since popping a pair of home runs in his first five games of the season, Maton has struggled to a .154/.267/.179 slash line over his ensuing 17 contests and has contributed just one extra-base hit. The White Sox could begin to phase him out of the lineup more frequently and instead rotate a number of players at the designated-hitter spot.
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Justyn-Henry Malloy RF | DET
Tigers' Justyn-Henry Malloy: Hits first home run
Malloy went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, two total RBI and a second run scored in Wednesday's 6-0 win over the Padres.
Malloy extended Detroit's lead to 2-0 with a 389-foot blast off Kyle Hart, his first homer this season. He'd add a second RBI in the seventh with a double off Adrian Morejon. Malloy has gone 3-for-7 in his last two games after going 0-for-8 in his previous five contests. He's now slashing .208/.365/.333 with eight RBI and eight runs scored through 63 plate appearances while starting primarily against left-handed pitching.
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Jorge Polanco DH | SEA
Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Idle against lefty
Polanco is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.
While he continues to manage a side injury, Polanco hasn't started at third base since April 4, and the injury is also inhibiting the switch hitter when he bats from the right side. He's logged just six plate appearances against left-handed pitching all season and may continue to be deployed as a strong-side platoon player until the injury subsides. Mitch Garver will fill in for Polanco as the Mariners' designated hitter on Wednesday while the Red Sox send southpaw Sean Newcomb to the hill.
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Kris Bryant DH | COL
Rockies' Kris Bryant: Activation not imminent
Bryant (back) didn't join the Rockies for its three-game road trip in Kansas City that began Tuesday and is continuing to receive treatment in Denver, MLB.com reports.
Bryant is eligible to be activated from the 10-day injured list this week, but with his back pain still persisting, it's unclear when he might be ready to return to game action. The Rockies have deployed the 33-year-old exclusively at designated hitter so far this season with the hope that it would help him maintain health, but the gambit hasn't paid off so far. He produced a lowly .400 OPS over 41 plate appearances in 11 games before landing on the IL on April 14 due to lumbar degenerative disc disease.
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Kyle Manzardo DH | CLE
Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Sitting against lefty
Manzardo is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees.
With a tough lefty (Carlos Rodon) on the hill for New York, the left-handed-hitting Manzardo will get the afternoon off in the series finale. Jose Ramirez will get a day out of the infield and will serve as the Guardians' designated hitter in place of Manzardo, who has gone 6-for-19 with three home runs, two doubles, two walks, seven RBI and four runs over his last five games.
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Christian Yelich DH | MIL
Brewers' Christian Yelich: Belts fifth career slam
Yelich went 2-for-5 with a double, a grand slam and a second run scored in Tuesday's 11-3 win over the Giants.
The 33-year-old outfielder broke the game open in the sixth inning, driving a Lou Trivino fastball to straightaway center field for his fifth long ball of the season, and fifth career grand slam. Yelich has had trouble stringing together hits to begin the year, but over his last seven games he's batting .400 (10-for-25) with two doubles, two homers, two steals, six runs and nine RBI.
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Luke Keaschall 2B | MIN
Twins' Luke Keaschall: Swipes two bags Tuesday
Keaschall went 1-for-2 with two walks, two steals and two runs scored in Tuesday's win over the White Sox.
Keaschall notched a hit for the fourth straight game since his promotion and ran wild with two stolen bases. He's the first player in Twins history to steal three-plus bases in their first four career games. Keaschall had 23 steals in the minors last year and is already up to seven steals between the minors and majors this season in just 75 plate appearances.
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Trevor Larnach DH | MIN
Twins' Trevor Larnach: Provides clutch home run
Larnach went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, a walk and two runs scored in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the White Sox.
Larnach accounted for the Twins' only extra-base hit of the evening when he took Mike Vasil deep in the eighth to put Minnesota up 4-1. The homer was his second in his last four games after he didn't hit any through the first 18 games of the season. Larnach now has a hit in four straight games, but his batting average still sits at .200 for the campaign.
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Kyle Manzardo DH | CLE
Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Has RBI in five straight
Manzardo went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Yankees.
Manzardo was in the middle of Cleveland's three-run rally in the sixth inning that erased New York's 2-0 lead. His double plated Nolan Jones to tie the game. It was the fifth consecutive game with an RBI for Manzardo, who's homered three times and knocked in seven over that stretch. The double also extended a hit streak to six games (7-for-22).