De La Cruz (ankle) is back in the lineup Tuesday versus the Mets.
De La Cruz will start in right field and bat fifth against the Mets and left-hander Joey Lucchesi after missing three straight games due to right ankle soreness. Jon Berti is patrolling left field for Miami and Jazz Chisholm is in center.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Out again Monday
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De La Cruz (ankle) remains out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Mets, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
De La Cruz will begin this one on the bench for the third game in a row as he deals with a sore right ankle. Garrett Hampson is getting the start in left field and Joey Wendle will occupy shortstop.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Remains on bench Sunday
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De La Cruz (ankle) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game versus Atlanta, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
It's the second straight game on the bench for De La Cruz after he exited Friday's contest with right ankle discomfort. The 26-year-old should continue to be considered day-to-day. Garrett Hampson will move out to left field while Joey Wendle starts at shortstop.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Not starting Saturday
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De La Cruz (ankle) will be on the bench for Saturday's game against Atlanta, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
De La Cruz left Friday's series opener with right ankle discomfort, an issue which is evidently serious enough to cost him at least one start. Jon Berti will be Saturday's left fielder.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Homers, tallies four hits
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De La Cruz went 4-for-5 with a three-run home run and two additional runs in Saturday's win over the Nationals.
De La Cruz reached base in each of his first four trips to the plate and launched his first home run since Aug. 9 in the fourth inning to give the Marlins a commanding 9-1 lead. It was the outfielder's fourth game this season with four hits, and he's now hit safely in five straight. De La Cruz has also recorded at least one RBI in three consecutive games and at least one extra-base hit in three of his last four.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Not in lineup Tuesday
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De La Cruz is not in the lineup Tuesday at San Diego.
Avisail Garcia, Jazz Chisholm and Jorge Soler will start across the outfield for the visiting Marlins. De La Cruz has batted just .164/.220/.309 over his last 59 plate appearances dating back to Aug. 5.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Belts 15th homer
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De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a double and a solo home run in Thursday's loss to the Phillies.
He took Michael Lorenzen deep in the seventh inning for the game's final run. De La Cruz is slashing a lopsided .224/.264/.507 in 17 games since the All-Star break, launching five of his career-high 15 homers on the season, but he'll need to stay productive to maintain a regular spot in the starting lineup with Avisail Garcia, Jorge Soler and Jesus Sanchez also pushing for playing time in the corner outfield/DH mix.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Gets Wednesday off
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De La Cruz is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Phillies.
De La Cruz will get a well-deserved day off after he started in each of the previous 23 games and hit .239 with five home runs over that stretch. The 26-year-old will face more competition for playing time in the outfield with Jazz Chisholm and Avisail Garcia recently returning from the injured list, though De La Cruz's solid body of work this season should keep his role fairly secure.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Crushes solo homer in win
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De La Cruz went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's win over Tampa Bay.
De La Cruz struck out in each of his first two trips to the plate before launching a leadoff home run off Calvin Faucher to open the fifth, putting the Marlins up 6-1. It was the outfielder's fourth home run this month and the third in his last eight contests. However, he's still batting just .231 in July after Wednesday's win and has now struck out six times over his last three games.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Swats 11th homer
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De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a double in a loss to the Cardinals on Monday.
De La Cruz put the Marlins on the board in the second inning, slugging a 421-foot solo shot. He had been struggling coming into the contest, going just 1-for-12 since the start of the second half. De La Cruz has already set a career high with 52 RBI on the campaign, and he needs just two more long balls to tie the career-best mark of 13 that he set last season.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Four hits in win
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De La Cruz went 4-for-4 with a double, a home run, two RBI and two runs in Sunday's 7-3 win against the Phillies.
The 26-year-old went 0-for-8 with a walk across the first two games of the series and entered Sunday with a .167 average in July, but he rebounded with his third four-hit performance of the season. De La Cruz has been a key piece of Miami's lineup during the first half with a .279/.328/.426 slash line to go along with 19 doubles, 10 homers, three steals, 49 RBI and 40 runs.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Takes seat Sunday
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De La Cruz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
De La Cruz went 0-for-4 with a strikeout Saturday to end an 11-game hit streak, and he'll receive a well-deserved day off Sunday after making 46 consecutive starts. Jesus Sanchez, Jonathan Davis and Jorge Soler will start from left to right in the outfield while Jazz Chisholm serves as the designated hitter.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Sleeper hitters for Week 15 (July 3-9)
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After going cold in the middle of June, Bryan De La Cruz seems to be coming around again, having an 11-game hitting streak snapped Saturday The Marlins have seven games this week, which opens against pitchers like Miles Mikolas, Adam Wainwright, Matthew Liberatore and Jack Flaherty.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Homers Monday
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De La Cruz went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in Monday's 9-6 victory over the Royals.
De La Cruz is up to eight homers this season, with three coming in his last 10 games. The 26-year-old outfielder has been hot for over a month now -- he's batting .342 since the start of May. Overall, De La Cruz is slashing .300/.351/.464 with 28 RBI, 29 runs scored and three stolen bases through 228 plate appearances this season.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Sleeper hitters for Week 11 (June 5-11)
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Bryan De La Cruz has become a fixture on this list in recent week. He continues his hot hitting, batting .367 (29 for 79) with five homers in his past 21 games, and the Marlins continue to have favorable matchups, opening with a three-game series against the Royals pitching staff.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Possible waiver wire pickups
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Bryan De La Cruz was a favorite sleeper of mine in the winter, with my favorite stat being that his xBA and xSLG last year (.287 and .498, respectively) compared favorably to those of Rafael Devers (.282 and .497). The Marlins' indecision over his role this spring dampened my enthusiasm, but they've ultimately come around to him as an everyday player, even batting him leadoff Tuesday. And he responded by going 3 for 4 with a home run, a walk, three RBI and two runs. In all, he's batting .393 (24 for 61) with five homers, two steals and a 1.176 OPS in his last 16 games, his strikeout rate dropping to 18.6 percent after being 31.8 percent previously. His xBA is 81st percentile and his xSLG is 53rd percentile -- not as good as last year, but good enough to take him seriously.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Jumps to leadoff spot
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De La Cruz will bat leadoff Tuesday against the Padres.
It's his first start atop the order this season. De La Cruz struggled in the final two games of the Marlins' three-game weekend series against the Angels, but he boasts a .330/.384/.517 batting line through 99 total plate appearances in May.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Sleeper hitters for Week 10 (May 29-June 4)
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No team has more favorable hitter matchups than the Marlins this week, who are going up against pitchers like Ryan Weathers, Hogan Harris, Luis Medina and Paul Blackburn. So it stands to reason that Bryan De La Cruz, who has hit .396 (21 for 53) with three homers in his past 12 games, will keep rolling.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Smacks sixth homer of season
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De La Cruz went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer run and three runs scored in Friday's victory over the Angels.
This was De La Cruz's second four-hit game of the week. The outfielder also has hits in 18 of 22 games so far this month, inflating his batting average to a healthy .305 mark. The 26-year-old is red-hot at the moment, and a viable option in nearly all formats.
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Marlins' Bryan De La Cruz: Four hits in loss
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De La Cruz went 4-for-4 with two runs scored in Monday's 5-3 loss to the Rockies.
De La Cruz was solid, helping the Marlins outhit the Rockies 11-7, but his strong game wasn't enough. All four of his hits were singles, raising his batting average to .302 with five home runs, two stolen bases, 18 RBI and 19 runs scored through 44 games on the year. He's hitting .447 (17-for-38) over his last 10 contests.
