-
Tim Anderson 2B | LAA
White Sox's Tim Anderson: Provides insurance
Anderson went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Monday's 5-1 win over the Cardinals.
Anderson capped off a four-run sixth inning with a two-run double off Daniel Ponce de Leon. He's now hit in three straight games but is still mired in a 3-for-25 slump, and these were his first RBI in 10 games.
-
Joey Wendle 2B | ATL
Rays' Joey Wendle: Propels Rays to win with grand slam
Wendle went 3-for-4 with a grand slam, a double and two runs scored in Monday's 14-8 win over Toronto.
Wendle kicked off the first inning with a bang, clubbing a grand slam in the first inning to extend his team's lead to five. Following an impressive three-hit performance, he's batting .310 on the season to go along with six home runs, 24 RBI and three stolen bases through 45 games.
-
Bobby Witt SS | KC
Royals' Bobby Witt: Slow start at Double-A
Witt went 2-for-5 with a double and a solo home run Sunday in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' 12-5 win over Springfield.
Though he generated hype in spring training about potentially bypassing the higher levels of the minors entirely to break camp with the big club, Witt was ultimately assigned to Double-A to begin the season. The 20-year-old was expected to find immediate success at Northwest Arkansas, but Witt is off to a surprisingly lackluster start to the campaign. He's reaching base at a modest .307 clip through 75 plate appearances, and he only had one extra-base hit prior to Sunday. Witt has at least excelled on the basepaths, going 7-for-10 in steal attempts.
-
David Fletcher 2B | ATL
Angels' David Fletcher: Reaches base three times in win
Fletcher went 1-for-2 with a single, two walks and a run scored in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Athletics.
Fletcher got on base in three of his four plate appearances, as he raised his slash line to .254/.281/.288 with 24 runs scored, 13 RBI, two runs scored and a 7:22 BB:K. The 27-year-old is walking a career-low 3.8 percent of the time and is striking out a career-high 11.8 percent of the time in what has been a down year so far for him at the plate in comparison to his numbers since he entered the league in 2018.
-
Javier Baez SS | DET
Cubs' Javier Baez: Extra-inning homer
Baez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and two strikeouts as Chicago beat St. Louis 2-1 on Sunday.
Baez was experiencing a quiet evening until he took Alex Reyes 417 feet deep to center to account for the game's first two runs in the 10th inning. The homer was Baez's 11th on the season, though he's hitting only .255.
-
Trevor Story SS | BOS
Rockies' Trevor Story: Cranks walkoff blast
Story went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Sunday's 4-3 win over Arizona.
Story got the Rockies on the board with an RBI single in the second inning but saved his theatrics for the end of the contest. He unloaded a 438-foot shot to dead center in the bottom of the ninth to walk it off against Stefan Crichton, giving him five homers this season. The 28-year-old shortstop has extra-base hits in three straight games and currently owns a .770 OPS.
-
Dansby Swanson SS | CHC
Braves' Dansby Swanson: Goes yard again
Swanson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 7-1 win over Pittsburgh.
The shortstop provided some insurance with his sixth-inning blast off Pittsburgh starter JT Brubaker. The hot-hitting Swanson has gone 10-for-19 (.526) with three homers, four doubles, four RBI and six runs scored in his last five games. The 27-year-old's season slash line is up to .237/.295/.445 with eight homers, 19 RBI, 20 runs scored and two stolen bases in 47 contests overall.
-
J.P. Crawford SS | SEA
Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Sitting out Sunday
Crawford is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.
Donovan Walton will pick up a start at shortstop in place of Crawford, who will take a seat for the first time all season. Despite starting in all 46 of the Mariners' games to date, Crawford has produced relatively modest counting stats (18 runs, 14 RBI, one home run, one stolen base), a byproduct of typically batting in the bottom half of one of the majors' weaker lineups.
-
C.J. Abrams SS | WAS
Padres' CJ Abrams: Exits minor-league game with injury
Abrams was removed from Saturday's Double-A contest after pulling up lame at first base, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Abrams came up limping after being thrown out at first base on a groundout in the fifth inning. He was subsequently removed from the game and is not in the lineup for San Antonio's Sunday contest. The nature of Abrams' issue has yet to be announced, and it is unclear whether he'll be out beyond Sunday. The Padres are likely to proceed with caution given the 20-year-old's vaunted prospect status.
-
Nick Ahmed SS | TEX
Diamondbacks' Nick Ahmed: On bench Sunday
Ahmed is not in the lineup Sunday against the Rockies.
Ahmed started the first two games of the series but will take a seat for Sunday's contest. Josh Rojas will operate at shortstop while Josh Reddick starts in right field.