MLB Player News
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Slade Cecconi SP | CLE
Guardians' Slade Cecconi: Hit hard for seven runs
Cecconi allowed seven runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out eight in 5.1 innings against the Red Sox on Tuesday. He did not factor into the decision.
Cecconi allowed a season-worst 11 hits and has now given up at least five runs in three of his last five starts. The Red Sox piled on four runs with six hits in the second and would add another three runs via the long ball. He's given up at least one home run in nine consecutive starts and has allowed 15 total in 11 outings since the start of July. A positive is he didn't issue a walk for a third straight start, and his eight strikeouts was one below his season high. Cecconi will look to rebound in a softer matchup versus Kansas City next week.
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Guillermo Zuniga RP | PHI
Mariners' Guillo Zuniga: Goes to Mariners on MiLB pact
The Mariners signed Zuniga to a minor-league contract Tuesday.
Zuniga had spent the entirety of the season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley in the Phillies organization before being released last week. The 26-year-old posted a 5.14 ERA and 43:20 K:BB over 42 innings with Lehigh Valley and will give the Mariners some relief depth at Triple-A Tacoma.
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Jhonkensy Noel RF | CLE
Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel: Homers in three-hit night
Noel went 3-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs scored in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox.
Noel opened up the scoring with an opposite-field home run off Garrett Crochet in the second inning. He would garner two more base knocks for his first three-hit game since August of last year and just his second multi-hit game this season. Noel will see opportunities against lefties down the stretch after slashing .246/.302/.667 against them during his major-league stint in 2024.
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Alex Cobb SP | DET
Tigers' Alex Cobb: Resumes rehab assignment
Cobb (hips) resumed his rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday, pitching around three walks and a hit in a scoreless inning.
The Tigers elected to pull Cobb off his rehab assignment last week so that they could restart his 30-day rehab clock. The veteran right-hander is working his way back from injuries to both of his hips and could fill a relief role for the Tigers late in the season.
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David Fry DH | CLE
Guardians' David Fry: Homers versus Crochet
Fry went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox.
Fry collected his first hit since Aug. 14 with a two-run blast off Garrett Crochet in the sixth inning. It's been a struggle for Fry when in the lineup. He has just five hits in 40 at-bats since the beginning of August and is hitting .159 overall for the season. Fry posted an .804 OPS in 122 games for the Guardians in 2024 but just has not been able to get going following elbow surgery in the offseason.
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Brayan Rocchio SS | CLE
Guardians' Brayan Rocchio: Plates three Tuesday
Rocchio went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox.
Rocchio capped off a six-run sixth inning for the Guardians with a three-run blast off Garrett Crochet to put Cleveland ahead. Rocchio's now plated five runs over his last two games and has 11 RBI and three homers over his last 16. Rocchio's blast put him at 39 RBI for the season, surpassing his 2024 total in 53 fewer games.
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George Springer DH | TOR
Blue Jays' George Springer: Two more homers Tuesday
Springer went 3-for-4 with a walk, two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's 12-9 win over the Reds.
The veteran outfielder led off the game with a solo shot off Scott Barlow, and then muscled a Brent Suter fastball over the center-field fence for a two-run blast in the fourth. It's the second two-homer performance from Springer in his last seven games, and since returning from a concussion Aug. 16 he's been on an absolute tear, slashing .381/.466/.794 over 16 contests with eight home runs, four steals, 14 RBI and 21 runs. With 23 games left on Toronto's schedule, Springer needs four more long balls to reach 30 for the third time in his career, and four stolen bases to tie his career high of 20.
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Austin Hedges C | CLE
Guardians' Austin Hedges: Homers Tuesday
Hedges went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox.
Hedges kicked off a six-run sixth inning with a leadoff solo home run. It's his first time leaving the yard since May 6 and just his second multi-hit game of the year, both of which have come in his last 10 games. Hedges is up to four homers and eight RBI on the year, while hitting a lowly .147 at the plate.
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Jeff Hoffman RP | TOR
Blue Jays' Jeff Hoffman: Collects save No. 30
Hoffman gave up a hit and struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning Tuesday to record his 30th save of the season in a 12-9 win over the Reds.
The erratic closer allowed a one-out single to Sal Stewart but otherwise had little trouble dispatching the bottom half of Cincy's batting order. Hoffman has blown three of eight save chances since the beginning of August while stumbling to a 5.54 ERA, 1.69 WHIP and 15:9 K:BB over 13 innings, but with most of the Blue Jays' overextended bullpen looking shaky right now, his ninth-inning role doesn't appear to be in jeopardy.