MLB Player News
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J.D. Martinez DH | NYM
Mets' J.D. Martinez: Swats 13th homer
Martinez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run during Monday's 4-3 win over the Orioles.
Martinez got the Mets on the board in the first inning, plating Mark Vientos with a two-run home run off lefty Trevor Rogers. In 392 plate appearances, Martinez is slashing .256/.343/.438 with 57 RBI and 37 runs. He has only one multi-hit game in his last 12 starts.
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Masataka Yoshida DH | BOS
Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: On bench Monday
Yoshida is out of the lineup for Monday's game against Houston.
Yoshida will avoid a matchup with lefty Yusei Kikuchi on Monday, as Connor Wong DH's and Danny Jansen catches. Yoshida has now been on the bench for two consecutive games against LHP after starting in six of Boston's previous seven against southpaws.
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Ryan O'Hearn 1B | SD
Orioles' Ryan O'Hearn: Taking seat Monday
O'Hearn is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Mets.
O'Hearn will give way to Eloy Jimenez at DH on Monday as southpaw David Peterson toes the slab for New York. In his last six games, O'Hearn is 5-for-13 with three runs, two walks and no strikeouts.
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Shohei Ohtani DH | LAD
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani: Belts another homer
Ohtani went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's 2-1 win against St. Louis.
Ohtani slugged his NL-leading 39th homer of the campaign in the fifth inning. It was his second long ball in as many games and his seventh through 16 contests in August. Ohtani is batting only .174 this month, but nine of his 12 hits (seven homers, one double and one triple) have gone for extra bases, and he's racked up excellent counting stats with 12 RBI, 11 runs and nine stolen bases.
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Brent Rooker DH | ATH
Athletics' Brent Rooker: Two hits in Sunday's loss
Rooker went 2-for-5 in the Athletics' extra-inning loss to the Giants on Sunday.
Rooker had gone 0-for-3 with a walk in his return from the paternity list Saturday, but he upped his production Sunday by generating his fourth multi-hit effort of the last five games. The veteran outfielder is in the stretch run of what has turned out to be a career season, as he's already boasting a career-high 83 RBI and is just one home run away from equaling the 30 he belted in 2023. Rooker's .942 OPS is also far and away the highest of his major-league tenure when factoring out his initial seven-game cameo with the Twins back in 2020.
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Justyn-Henry Malloy RF | DET
Tigers' Justyn-Henry Malloy: Sent back to Toledo
Malloy was optioned to Triple-A Toledo on Sunday.
Malloy hasn't hit particularly well in his first taste of the majors, as he's maintained only a .217 average with a 36.3 percent strikeout rate in 204 plate appearances. He's also lost playing time due to the return of Kerry Carpenter, so the Tigers will opt for Malloy to continue his development in the minor leagues for the time being.
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David Fry DH | CLE
Guardians' David Fry: Sitting again Sunday
Fry is absent from Sunday's lineup against Milwaukee.
Fry will sit for the third time in four games, with Steven Kwan serving as the designated hitter for Sunday's contest. Since Aug. 1, Fry is slashing .163/.217/.442 with four home runs and seven RBI across 45 plate appearances.
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Tyler Black 1B | MIL
Brewers' Tyler Black: Absent from lineup again
Black is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's contest against the Guardians.
Since being recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Monday, Black has gone 1-for-11 over his four major-league appearances. He'll begin Sunday's contest in the dugout while William Contreras serves as the designated hitter for Sunday's series finale.
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Yordan Alvarez DH | HOU
Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Receiving Sunday off
Alvarez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox.
The 27-year-old missed one game due to hip tightness in mid-July but started the next 29 games and posted a 1.026 OPS with six homers and an 18:17 BB:K during that stretch. Alvarez will receive a well-earned day off Sunday as Pedro Leon gets a start in the outfield.
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Marcell Ozuna DH | ATL
Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Another three hits in win
Ozuna went 3-for-3 with a three-run homer, a walk and three runs scored in Saturday's win over the Angels.
Ozuna crushed a hanging slider from Griffin Canning 437 feet over the wall in center field in his first at-bat to score Michael Harris and Austin Riley, giving the veteran slugger his 36th long ball of the campaign and his fifth this month. Ozuna added two leadoff singles in the contest, marking his second consecutive three-hit performance and his sixth multi-hit effort in his last 10 games overall. Over that latter stretch, he's batting .428 (18-for-42) with four homers, seven RBI and nine runs scored.