Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Heading to bench Sunday
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Barger is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
Barger will hit the bench in what appears to be a routine day off after he had started in each of Toronto's last six games. The 25-year-old is in the midst of a bit of a lull at the plate; over his past 13 contests, Barger is slashing just .140/.196/.233 with a solo home run and three additional runs.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: On bench Saturday
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Barger isn't part of the starting nine for Saturday's game against the Rangers.
Barger will dodge a same-hand matchup against southpaw Patrick Corbin, stepping aside for Myles Straw to play right field and Ernie Clement to play third base. Barger had started in three of Toronto's last five games against left-handed starters.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Idle Saturday
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Barger is not in the Blue Jays' starting lineup against the Dodgers on Saturday.
Barger will begin Saturday's game on the bench, with Myles Straw in right field and Buddy Kennedy drawing the start at third base. Barger has logged two hits in three of his last four games and has gone 9-for-29 (.310) with two home runs and eight RBI in seven games since the beginning of August.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Resting up Wednesday
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Barger is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies.
With a lefty (Kyle Freeland) on the hill for the Rockies and with the Blue Jays wrapping up their series in Denver with a day game after a night game, Toronto manager John Schneider likely viewed it as an opportune time to give the left-handed-hitting Barger a breather. Barger had started in each of the Blue Jays' last 15 games, slashing .219/.275/.438 with three home runs, 12 RBI and 10 runs during that stretch.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Smacks 17th homer
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Barger went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Tuesday's win over the Rockies.
Starting at third base and batting cleanup, Barger went back-to-back with Vladimir Guerrero in the sixth inning to help blow the game open in a 10-4 victory. It was Barger's 17th homer of the year, but the 25-year-old has cooled down a little of late. Over the last 15 games, he's slashing .219/.275/.438 with a 29.0 percent strikeout rate, although he's also produced three long balls, 10 runs and 12 RBI.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Belts late long shot
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Barger went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's 9-3 loss to the Royals.
Barger made Friday's score a little bit more respectable after he smacked a two-run homer to right field off Thomas Hatch in the ninth inning. It was Barger's 16th home run of the season, which is tied with Vladimir Guerrero for second most on the Blue Jays behind George Springer's (concussion) 18. In the 15 games since the All-Star break, Barger has gone 16-for-58 (.276) with four doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Productive in Thursday's rout
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Barger went 1-for-4 with a walk, a triple, two runs scored and two RBI in Thursday's win over the Tigers.
His seventh-inning blast into the right-center field gap off left-hander Dietrich Enns was the first triple of Barger's career. The 25-year-old has been locked in since the All-Star break, hitting safety in six of seven games while batting .385 (10-for-26) with three extra-base hits, five runs and six RBI. Barger still sits against tougher southpaw starting pitchers, but it's getting more and more difficult for manager John Schneider to leave him off the lineup card, even in same-handed matchups.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Getting break Saturday
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Barger isn't in the starting lineup Saturday versus the Athletics.
Barger will begin the contest on the bench with the A's sending a lefty starter (Jacob Lopez) to the mound. Barger started each of Toronto's previous four games, going 3-for-17 with a home run and three RBI during that stretch. The 25-year-old has been playing a mix of right field and third base; George Springer and Ernie Clement are starting at those positions, respectively, Saturday.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Keeps raking Monday
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Barger went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's win over the White Sox.
The 25-year-old took Sean Burke deep in the sixth inning, one of three Toronto homers off the right-hander on the night. Barger is up to 12 long balls on the season, including four in the last nine games -- a stretch in which he's batting .323 (10-for-31) with two doubles, six runs and 12 RBI.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Taking seat vs. southpaw
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Barger is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.
Barger will head to the bench with southpaw Tyler Anderson on the bump for the Halos. Joey Loperfido will fill in as the Blue Jays' right fielder.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Stays hot Thursday
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Barger went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run and two RBI in Thursday's 8-5 win over the Yankees.
Barger opened the scoring in the first inning with a two-out, RBI double before extending the lead to 6-3 in the fifth with a 401-foot solo blast off Clayton Beeter, his 11th this season. The 25-year-old Barger has been red hot at the plate recently, going 7-for-17 with three homers in his last five games. Overall, he's slashing an impressive .272/.332/.521 with 34 runs scored and 32 RBI across 233 plate appearances.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Getting Tuesday off
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Barger is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Yankees.
After going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts while starting at third base in Monday's 5-4 win, the left-handed-hitting Barger will take a seat Tuesday as the Yankees send a second straight lefty starting pitcher (Max Fried) to the hill. Ernie Clement will cover third base and George Springer will occupy right field while Barger exits the starting nine.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Clubs ninth homer
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Barger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Red Sox.
The 25-year-old got the Blue Jays on the board in the first inning, going back-to-back with Vladimir Guerrero off Walker Buehler. Barger has slowed down at the plate in June after breaking out in May, but through 90 plate appearances this month he's still slashing a respectable .250/.300/.512 with five of his nine homers on the season, along with 12 RBI and 16 runs.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: On base four times in win
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Barger went 3-for-4 with a walk, two doubles, a run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's win over the Diamondbacks.
Batting second and starting in right field, Barger continued to scald the ball. Over his last 16 starts, the 25-year-old is slashing .328/.377/.703 with six doubles, six homers, 13 RBI and 15 runs. With Daulton Varsho (hamstring), Anthony Santander (shoulder), Nathan Lukes (concussion) and Myles Straw (ankle) all on the mend, Barger will likely see more work in right field in the short term rather than splitting his time at third base.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Delivers walk-off
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Barger went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run scored during Tuesday's 5-4 win over Arizona.
Barger and Bo Bichette hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Barger's served as a walk-off. The long ball was Barger's eighth of the season and sixth since May 30. He's been hot at the plate lately, going 18-for-60 (.300) with 14 runs scored and 12 RBI in his last 16 games.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: On bench Wednesday
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Barger is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cardinals.
The left-handed-hitting Barger hasn't been a strict platoon player for the Blue Jays this season, but he'll nonetheless head to the bench for Toronto's second straight matchup with a lefty (Matthew Liberatore), after Barger previously sat against Phillies southpaw Jesus Luzardo last Thursday. With Barger out of the lineup, Ernie Clement will cover third base and George Springer will occupy right field.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Blasts two-run homer
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Barger went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 6-4 win over Minnesota.
Barger flirted with a home run after flying out to center field in the first inning, but he was able to leave yard in the fourth on a two-run shot off Bailey Ober. Barger is up to seven home runs on the season, five of which have come over his last seven games, and during that span he has a 1.263 OPS with seven runs scored and 10 RBI.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Swipes rare bag Tuesday
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Barger went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in Tuesday's win over the Padres.
Starting at third base and batting seventh, Barger swiped his first bag of the year and only his third in 95 career big-league contests. The 25-year-old has never recorded more than nine steals in a season, even in the minors, but he's provided plenty of value of late with his bat. Over the last 12 games, Barger is slashing .317/.364/.561 with four doubles, two homers, six runs and seven RBI.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Gaining traction in everyday lineup
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Barger will start at third base and bat sixth in Sunday's game against the Guardians.
Barger has now been included in the lineup in five straight games, drawing three starts at third base and two in right field. The Blue Jays seem committed to deploying Barger in an everyday role, though he'll need to improve his production at the plate to build more job security. Since his April 15 call-up from Triple-A Buffalo, Barger has slashed just .147/.216/.235 over 13 games.
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Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Will see starts at third base
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Blue Jays manager John Schneider indicated Tuesday that Barger will see a significant amount of playing time at third base moving forward, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.
There will be fewer at-bats to be had in the outfield for Barger with Daulton Varsho (shoulder) back from the 10-day injured list, but it sounds like Barger will slide into the role vacated by Will Wagner, who was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo. Ernie Clement is at the hot corner Tuesday versus the Red Sox and could still see the bulk of the starts there, but Barger will get his fair share.
