White went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Cubs.
White launched his eighth homer of the year and his first since Aug. 5 versus Milwaukee. Barring an injury to any of Atlanta's key players, the 31-year-old utility man should continue to play a part-time role to close out the campaign. For the season, White is batting a poor .233 with eight doubles, three triples, 31 RBI, 39 runs scored and eight stolen bases over 240 at-bats (95 games).
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Braves' Eli White: Playing time slipping
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White is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Mets.
He's now been on the bench in favor of Vidal Brujan -- who will get another start in right field Thursday -- in three of the past five contests. White is 0-for-14 with nine strikeouts over his last five games, and with Ronald Acuna's (calf) return imminent, White's playing time is about to slip even more.
White isn't in the lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Marlins.
White went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice fly en route to a 7-1 victory over Miami in the afternoon game, and he'll get a chance to rest his legs during the nightcap. His absence will put Vidal Brujan in right field and seventh in the batting order.
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Braves' Eli White: Power surge continues Tuesday
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White went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a home run and two RBI in Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Brewers.
He was the only Atlanta hitter to figure out Milwaukee pitching on the night, taking Freddy Peralta deep for a solo shot in the fourth inning and drawing a bases-loaded walk in the seventh. White has gone yard three times in the last three games, and in seven contests since Ronald Acuna (calf) went down, the 31-year-old bench player is batting .296 (8-for-27) with nine RBI.
Braves' Eli White: Shakes and bakes in Sunday's win
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White went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI during a 4-2 win over the Reds in Sunday's MLB Speedway Classic.
The 31-year-old was the star of the contest, powering Atlanta's offense with a three-run homer in the second inning and a solo shot in the seventh, with the second blast bouncing off the track at Bristol Motor Speedway. White has started four straight games in right field while filling in for Ronald Acuna (calf), and since replacing the All-Star during Tuesday's contest, he's gone 6-for-19 (.316) with four runs and seven RBI in addition to Sunday's long balls.
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Braves' Eli White: Set to replace injured Acuna in RF
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Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said after Tuesday's 9-6 loss to the Royals that White will take over as the team's primary right fielder after Ronald Acuna exited the contest with right Achilles inflammation, Avery Osen of the Associated Press reports.
Though Acuna appears to have avoided a rupture of his Achilles tendon, he's still likely to miss more than the minimum 10 days after Atlanta officially placed him on the injured list Wednesday. Atlanta recalled Jarred Kelenic from Triple-A Gwinnett to provide another option in the outfield while Acuna is out, but given Kelenic's tepid production in the big leagues and minors this season, White should be first in line to fill in for the star right fielder. White has proven serviceable when given meaningful playing time with Atlanta this season; he'll head into Wednesday's series finale in Kansas City having maintained a .255/.297/.391 slash line to go with four home runs and seven stolen bases over 196 plate appearances.
White went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 10-1 loss to the Athletics.
White got Atlanta on the board in the fifth inning. This was White's first homer since June 9 versus the Brewers, and his first hit of any kind since June 27 versus the Phillies. He sees most of his time against left-handed pitchers, but he's been unable to carve out even a firm short-side platoon role in Atlanta's outfield -- he was only in the lineup Tuesday because Ronald Acuna (back) was scratched just before the game. White is batting .242 with a .664 OPS, four homers, 17 RBI, 27 runs scored and five stolen bases over 189 plate appearances this season.
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Braves' Eli White: Losing work to Verdugo
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White is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
After a brief run as Atlanta's primary left fielder, White appears to have slipped back into a short-side platoon role. He'll be on the bench for a fifth straight matchup versus a right-handed pitcher, with Alex Verdugo having started in left field in each of those contests. Both Verdugo and White are expected to see their opportunities in the outfield dwindle once Jurickson Profar (suspension) is cleared to return July 2.
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Braves' Eli White: Sitting again Thursday
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White isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Mets.
White will concede a second consecutive start in left field to Alex Verdugo after the latter went 1-for-4 with a run scored in Wednesday's victory. The two players are likely to see a sizable drop in playing time relatively soon with Jurickson Profar less than two weeks away from completing his 80-game suspension.
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Braves' Eli White: Hitting bench Wednesday
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White is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.
White went 2-for-5 while starting both of Atlanta's last two games in left field, but he'll give way to Alex Verdugo on Wednesday. Both White and Verdugo are likely to see their opportunities dwindle beginning July 2, when Jurickson Profar will be eligible to return after serving an 80-game suspension.
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Braves' Eli White: Sitting Saturday
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White isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Colorado.
White will grab a seat on the bench to begin Saturday's contest after going 4-for-23 to begin June. Alex Verdugo will start in left field and bat second.
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Braves' Eli White: Reclaiming left field job
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White will start in left field and bat eighth in Wednesday's contest in Milwaukee.
The right-handed-hitting White has now started three of the last four games in left field over Alex Verdugo, even as Atlanta has faced a righty each time. In the one game White didn't start during that stretch, he received three plate appearances off the bench and homered. At least for the time being, White seems to have supplanted Verdugo as Atlanta's preferred option in left.
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Braves' Eli White: Moves into short-side platoon role
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White will work on the short side of a platoon in left field with Alex Verdugo now that Ronald Acuna is back in the lineup, David O'Brien of the Athletic reports.
White's actually had slightly better numbers against right-handed pitching so far this season, posting an .814 OPS in 87 plate appearances in that split versus Verdugo's .760 OPS in 100 PAs, but manager Brian Snitker will go with a conventional platoon for now between the two. How the duo performs will likely determine how long the arrangement lasts, and White wasn't doing himself any favors by batting .225 (9-for-40) with a 1:10 BB:K in his last 10 games before Acuna's activation from the IL on Friday.
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Braves' Eli White: Moves back into reserve role
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White is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.
After holding down an everyday spot in the lineup for the past month, White looks set to receive little more than the occasional start moving forward after star right fielder Ronald Acuna completed his recovery from ACL surgery and returned to the lineup Friday. Acuna will start his third straight game Sunday to close out the weekend, and White has now been on the bench for each of those contests. The 30-year-old was able to provide a modicum of fantasy value during his stretch of 26 consecutive starts from April 23 through Thursday, slashing .280/.314/.460 with two home runs, four stolen bases, 13 RBI and 17 runs.
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