MLB Player News
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Trea Turner SS | PHI
Phillies' Trea Turner: Busy day in win
Turner went 3-for-5 with one double, three runs scored and one steal in Sunday's victory over the Dodgers.
Turner scored all three times he reached base and stole his ninth base of the season. The shortstop slashed just .208/.257/.368 across 25 May contests, but he's off to a hot start in June, totaling 13 hits (five for extra-bases), five RBI, nine runs and two steals over 10 games.
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Anthony Volpe SS | NYY
Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Receives Sunday off
Volpe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
After sitting out the front end of a doubleheader with the White Sox on Thursday, Volpe proceeded to start in each of the subsequent three games but recorded just one hit in 10 at-bats over that stretch to bring his batting average down to .187 for the season. The Yankees aren't yet ready to pull the plug on Volpe as their everyday shortstop, though he'll likely have a shorter leash than he did earlier in the season with his production trending down in a hurry.
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Brandon Crawford SS | STL
Giants' Brandon Crawford: Goes to bench Sunday
Crawford is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Crawford had started at shortstop in four of the past five games, but he'll give way to rookie Casey Schmitt for the series finale. Though Crawford still grades out well defensively, his middling .192/.276/.350 slash line over 134 plate appearances has made it difficult for the Giants to justify giving him an everyday role at this stage of his career. Expect him to continue to see part-time duties behind Schmitt while the Giants are at full strength in the infield.
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Aledmys Diaz 1B | HOU
Athletics' Aledmys Diaz: Primary source of offense Saturday
Diaz went 3-for-4 with a game-winning RBI single and a double in an extra-inning victory over the Brewers on Saturday.
The struggling veteran put together his best offensive performance of the season yet, and it led to an unprecedented fourth straight win for Oakland. Diaz has now hit safely in three straight games to quickly boost his average 29 points to .208, and manager Mark Kotsay's willingness to stick with him as a rotational piece throughout the infield despite extended stretches of sparse production is paying off for the moment.
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Tim Anderson 2B | LAA
White Sox's Tim Anderson: Gets Sunday off
Anderson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game versus Miami.
Anderson gets a breather after going 2-for-9 with a double in the first two games of the series against Miami, and the veteran shortstop has registered just a .624 OPS over his 30 at-bats in June. Elvis Andrus gets the start at shortstop and will hit ninth while Anderson rests.
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Jorge Mateo SS | ATL
Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Takes seat against KC
Mateo is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's finale against Kansas City, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
Mateo has struggled in June to the tune of a .217/.217/.261 slash over eight games, and he went just 1-for-7 over the first two games of the series versus the Royals. Gunnar Henderson is leading off and playing shortstop while Ramon Urias moves to third base while Mateo sits.
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Jeremy Pena SS | HOU
Astros' Jeremy Pena: Gets rest Sunday
Pena is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians, Julia Morales of AT&T SportsNet Southwest reports.
Pena will take a seat along with second baseman Jose Altuve and catcher Martin Maldonado in what looks to be a rest day, with Sunday's series finale beginning at 12:40 p.m. ET. Grae Kessinger will get a turn at shortstop in place of Pena, who is slashing .256/.310/.333 with seven runs but no home runs, stolen bases or RBI through his first nine games of June.
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Geraldo Perdomo SS | ARI
Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo: On bench against lefty again
Perdomo is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.
The switch-hitting Perdomo appeared to be moving out of a strict platoon role and into more of an everyday role a few weeks ago, but he'll now find himself on the bench for the second straight game while Detroit brings another southpaw (Joey Wentz) to the hill. Nick Ahmed will once again start at shortstop while Perdomo sits.
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Corey Seager SS | TEX
Rangers' Corey Seager: Racks up five hits, four RBI
Seager went 5-for-5 with a double, a home run, two total runs and four total RBI in Saturday's 8-4 victory over the Rays.
Seager came into the contest in what can be considered a mini-slump in light of his overall body of work this season, as he had gone 1-for-12 with four strikeouts over his previous three contests. The shortstop got back on track in emphatic fashion against Tampa Bay, notching his first career five-hit game, which included a two-run double and a two-run homer. Seager's batting average shot up 27 points to .352 as a result of the big performance, and he's added seven homers, 13 doubles, 33 RBI and 23 runs through 144 plate appearances on the season.
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Carlos Correa SS | HOU
Twins' Carlos Correa: Swats game-winning slam
Correa went 1-for-5 with a grand slam in Saturday's 9-4 win over the Blue Jays.
With the Twins down 3-1 in the eighth inning, the shortstop clubbed a slider from Adam Cimber into the left-field seats to put his team in the lead for good. Correa has gone yard twice in the last three games, giving him eight homers on the season, but he continues to have trouble building any real momentum at the plate -- over his last 10 games, he's batting just .194 (7-for-36).