MLB Player News
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Ha-seong Kim SS | ATL
Rays' Ha-Seong Kim: Scratched from Wednesday's lineup
Kim was scratched from the Rays' lineup against the Yankees on Wednesday due to an undisclosed reason.
Expect the team to provide an explanation for Kim's late removal from the lineup following Wednesday's contest. As a result of Kim being scratched, Tristan Gray will start at shortstop and bat ninth. Kim has logged at least one hit in four of his last five games, going 6-for-20 with a double and two steals over that span.
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Xander Bogaerts SS | SD
Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Sitting Wednesday
Bogaerts is not in the Padres' starting lineup against the Giants on Wednesday.
Bogaerts will get a rare day off Wednesday, with Jose Iglesias starting at shortstop and batting seventh. In 30 games since the All-Star break, Bogaerts has a .761 OPS with four steals, 19 runs, five home runs and 12 RBI over 129 plate appearances.
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Javier Baez SS | DET
Tigers' Javier Baez: Drives in two Wednesday
Baez went 2-for-3 with two RBI in Wednesday's 7-2 win over the Astros.
Baez snapped a three-game hitless streak with his fifth multi-hit performance of the month. He's been solid overall in August, posting a .291 batting average, a home run, a stolen base and 10 RBI across 17 games. An infielder by trade, Baez has been seeing most of his time in center field recently with Matt Vierling (oblique) and Parker Meadows (quad) both on the injured list, though the former did start Wednesday's contest at shortstop before later moving to center.
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Mookie Betts RF | LAD
Dodgers' Mookie Betts: Taking seat Wednesday
Betts is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies.
Betts started the previous 21 games and has an .865 OPS in his past 54 at-bats, but he will receive Wednesday off in Colorado, Miguel Rojas will step in at shortstop and bat eighth versus Rockies righty Tanner Gordon.
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Joseph Ortiz 2B | MIL
Brewers' Joey Ortiz: Playing Wednesday after all
Ortiz (knee) is starting at shortstop and batting ninth against the Cubs on Wednesday.
Ortiz was originally slated to miss Wednesday's contest after fouling a pitch off his knee during Tuesday's game against the Cubs, but the issue is apparently minor given his presence in the lineup. Ortiz has logged at least two hits in five of his last 10 games, going 13-for-35 (.371) with one steal, two doubles and six RBI over that span.
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Chase Meidroth SS | CHW
White Sox's Chase Meidroth: Taking Wednesday off
Meidroth is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game in Atlanta.
Meidroth will get a chance to catch his breath after he started in each of the White Sox's last five games. Curtis Mead will enter the lineup in Meidroth's stead, covering third base while Miguel Vargas shifts over to first base and Lenyn Sosa occupies second.
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Colson Montgomery SS | CHW
White Sox's Colson Montgomery: Checking back into starting nine
Montgomery (side) will start at shortstop and bat fifth in Wednesday's game against Atlanta.
Montgomery was held out of Tuesday's 11-10 loss after exiting in the series opener a night earlier due to a sore left side, but he appears to have made enough improvement following the day off to rejoin the lineup for the finale in Atlanta. After starting at shortstop in Montgomery's stead Tuesday, Chase Meidroth will retreat to the bench.
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Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B | TOR
Pirates' Isiah Kiner-Falefa: Getting breather
Kiner-Falefa is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Blue Jays.
Kiner-Falefa will receive a day of rest after starting each of the previous eight games. The Pirates will shift Jared Triolo over to third base and install Liover Peguero at shortstop in Wednesday's series finale.