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  • Connor Norby 2B | MIA

    Marlins' Connor Norby: Resting up Sunday

    Norby is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta.

    After going 4-for-19 with a home run, four walks, one stolen base, two RBI and an additional run while starting six straight games, Norby will get a breather. Javier Sanoja will fill in for Norby at third base.

  • Matt Shaw SS | CHC

    Cubs' Matt Shaw: Back in lineup Sunday

    Shaw will start at third base and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Mariners.

    After resting in Saturday's 10-7 win, Shaw will return to the lineup for the series finale. The rookie has settled in as Chicago's primary third baseman and has shown some promise, though he's slumping a bit this month with a .172/.200/.276 slash line in 17 June games.

  • Vidal Brujan 2B | ATL

    Cubs' Vidal Brujan: Starting again Sunday

    Brujan will start at second base and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Mariners.

    Brujan isn't seeing regular playing time off the bench for the Cubs, though he'll get his second straight start Sunday. After replacing a resting Matt Shaw at third base in Saturday's 10-7 win and going 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored, Brujan will get a start out of the middle infield Sunday while Dansby Swanson receives a breather. Brujan isn't providing much offense with a .179 batting average and .457 OPS across 29 plate appearances this season.

  • Eugenio Suarez 3B | SEA

    Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suarez: Reaches 25-homer mark

    Suarez went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a second RBI in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Rockies.

    Suarez has been particularly strong at the plate lately, going deep nine times in his last 13 games. He's batting .353 (18-for-51) with 21 RBI in that span. Suarez is one of four players in the majors to reach the 25-homer mark through Saturday's action, and he's added an .892 OPS with 67 RBI, 48 runs scored, 14 doubles and a stolen base over 76 contests. He's on pace to reach the 40-homer mark for the second time, and matching his career high of 49 long balls from 2019 is within the reasonable range of possibilities.

  • Alec Bohm 3B | PHI

    Phillies' Alec Bohm: Hot streak continues with two hits

    Bohm went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored and a walk during Saturday's 11-4 defeat to the Mets.

    Bohm extended his hitting streak to seven games, and he's also recorded at least one knock in 10 of his last 11 outings. The corner infielder was batting a weak .220 as of May 3, but he's turned his season around in a big way over the past month and a half. Over his last 43 contests (180 plate appearances), Bohm is slashing .347/.389/.515 with seven home runs, seven doubles, 26 RBI and 21 runs scored.

  • Padres' Manny Machado: Slugs 12th homer

    Machado went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run scored Friday in a loss to Kansas City.

    Machado had two of San Diego's three extra-base hits in the loss, knocking a ground-rule double in the seventh inning and a solo homer in the ninth. The veteran third baseman continues to pick up the pace in the power department -- after going deep just three times in his first 48 games, Machado has homered nine times in his subsequent 27 contests. He's also been able to maintain a high batting average, as he's currently on pace for a career-best mark of .311 through 318 plate appearances.

  • Matt Shaw SS | CHC

    Cubs' Matt Shaw: Resting Saturday

    Shaw isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mariners.

    Shaw will get a day to reset after going 1-for-23 over his last seven games. Vidal Brujan will fill the void at third base and bat ninth while Shaw rests.

  • Austin Riley 3B | ATL

    Braves' Austin Riley: Launches homer in loss

    Riley went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Marlins.

    Riley hit his 12th home run of the season, pushing him into sole possession of second place on the team. It was nice to see the pop return to the 28-year-old's bat, as Friday's homer was his first extra-base hit in nine games. However, the strikeout numbers remain most concerning with Riley, who has now struck out at least once in nine straight games and 15 times total over that stretch. His strikeout rate sits at 28.7 percent for the season.

  • Noelvi Marte 3B | CIN

    Reds' Noelvi Marte: Kicks off rehab assignment

    Marte (oblique) started at third base and went 2-for-3 with two RBI Friday in a rehab game in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League.

    Marte played seven innings in what was his first game action since landing on the 10-day injured list in early May. He'll stick around in Arizona through the weekend before shifting his rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville next week, according to MLB.com.

  • Eugenio Suarez 3B | SEA

    Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suarez: Continues homer binge

    Suarez went 4-for-6 with two home runs, three RBI and an additional run scored in Friday's 14-8 win over Colorado.

    The Diamondbacks and Rockies were engaged in the kind of hitting battle that made Coors Field famous. Suarez eventually put some separation between the two clubs with home runs in consecutive at-bats in the fifth and sixth innings. He's been on a homer binge of late, going deep in consecutive games and eight times over the last 12 contests, raising his season total to 24 (fourth in MLB). This was the third time this season he's recorded multiple homers in a game, and Friday's second blast was the 300th of his career -- making him the third Venezuelan-born player to reach that milestone, after Miguel Cabrera and Andres Galarraga.

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