MLB Player News
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Eloy Jimenez DH | TOR
White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Awaiting MRI results
White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Monday that the team is "in a holding pattern" while awaiting the results of Jimenez's (adductor) MRI, James Fegan of SoxMachine.com reports.
Jimenez had to be removed from Sunday's game against the Tigers are injuring his left adductor while running out a grounder. Lenyn Sosa has joined the club in Chicago in case he needs to replace Jimenez on the active roster, but the latter is still be evaluated for a possible stint on the injured list. Fantasy managers should have a contingency plan in place for Jimenez.
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Jesse Winker DH | NYM
Nationals' Jesse Winker: On base three times Sunday
Winker went 2-for-3 with a walk and a double in Sunday's loss to the Reds.
Facing the club he made his big-league debut with in 2017, Winker continues his hot start to the season but wasn't able to generate any production outside of his OBP. The 30-year-old has started all three games in left field for the Nationals so far while Eddie Rosario gets a look in center field, and Winker's 5-for-11 showing with a 2:3 BB:K should keep him in the lineup, even if he has only one run and one RBI to show for it so far.
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Eloy Jimenez DH | TOR
White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Sitting out Monday
Jimenez (adductor) is absent from the lineup for Monday's game against Atlanta.
Jimenez suffered a left adductor injury while running out a groundball in Sunday's 3-2 loss to Tigers and had to be removed. He had been set to undergo testing, but the results aren't yet known. For now, consider Jimenez day-to-day. Gavin Sheets will be the White Sox's designated hitter Monday.
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Justin Turner DH | CHC
Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Homers, drives in four
Turner went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and a walk, driving in four runs and scoring twice in Sunday's 9-2 win over Tampa Bay.
Turner had collected just one hit in the first three games of the season but tripled that figure Sunday. He drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single in the first, then added a two-RBI double in the third and a solo homer in the fifth. The 39-year-old offseason signing from Boston is the primary third baseman for the Blue Jays and can still bring it at the plate after hitting .276 with 23 homers and 96 RBI last season
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Christopher Morel 1B | MIA
Cubs' Christopher Morel: Launches three-run homer in win
Morel went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 9-5 win over the Rangers.
Morel got the show started for the Cubs, clubbing a three-run homer off Texas starter Jon Gray in the top of the first inning, giving Chicago an early 3-0 lead. The 24-year-old has opened the season red-hot, going 5-for-14 with a homer, a triple, three RBI and three runs scored.
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Eloy Jimenez DH | TOR
White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Battling adductor tightness
Jimenez was removed from Sunday's game against the Tigers due to left adductor soreness.
Jimenez appeared to tweak something while running out a grounder during the sixth inning, prompting him to limp off the field. The 27-year-old should be considered day-to-day heading into Chicago's three-game series against Atlanta, which begins Monday.
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Mitch Garver DH | SEA
Mariners' Mitch Garver: Still sitting Sunday
Garver (back) is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
The 33-year-old was scratched from the lineup Friday due to back spasms and will be sidelined Sunday for the third consecutive contest. Mitch Haniger will receive a turn at designated hitter while Luke Raley starts in right field. Garver should be considered day-to-day until the team updates his status.
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Charlie Blackmon RF | COL
Rockies' Charlie Blackmon: Out of lineup Sunday
Blackmon is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks, Luke Zahlmann of The Denver Gazette reports.
Blackmon went 3-for-11 with a double, a triple, three RBI, two runs and a stolen base in the first three games of the season, but he'll step out of the lineup Sunday. Jake Cave will take over in right field.
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Brent Rooker DH | ATH
Athletics' Brent Rooker: Not starting again
Rooker is not in the lineup Sunday against the Guardians.
Rooker started Opening Day and Saturday as the designated hitter, but he did not start Friday. In his first nine plate appearances, the 29-year-old has a walk and no hits. Seth Brown is the designated hitter Sunday, with Esteury Ruiz starting in left field.
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Andrew McCutchen DH | TEX
Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Sitting again Sunday
McCutchen is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
McCutchen went 0-for-9 with two walks, an RBI and five strikeouts in the first two games of the season but finds himself on the bench Sunday for the second straight contest. Bryan Reynolds will rest his legs as the designated hitter with Edward Olivares and Connor Joe starting in the corner outfield spots.