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  • Idle Saturday
    Murphy isn't in Atlanta's lineup for Saturday's game against the Pirates.

    Advice: Murphy has gone just 3-for-17 with three strikeouts and four walks over his last six games, and he'll get a day to regroup Saturday as Atlanta faces Paul Skenes and the Pirates. Travis d'Arnaud will start behind the plate instead and bat sixth. Rotowire.com Saturday, 10:52 am
     
  • Slugs decisive homer
    O'Hoppe went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and a walk in Friday's 5-2 win against Detroit.

    Advice: O'Hoppe broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning with his three-run blast to left field. The backstop has struggled at the plate of late, going just 6-for-33 (.182 average) with 12 strikeouts over his past 10 games, though he has two homers and six RBI during that stretch. O'Hoppe is one of six catchers in the league this season with double-digit home runs, and he ranks eighth among backstops with 37 RBI. Rotowire.com Saturday, 8:53 am
     
  • Cal Raleigh drives home game-winner in 10th
    Cal Raleigh picked up an RBI on a fielder’s choice to give the Mariners a 3-2 win over the Twins on Friday.

    Advice: The Mariners scored all of their runs in bizarre fashion Friday, and Raleigh made sure the game-winner was a dribbler that was good enough to score J.P. Crawford from third and give Seattle the win. The 27-year-old backstop has really struggled to hit for average, but has helped as a ron-producer with 50 RBI in through the first 84 games of the year. Rotoworld Friday, 9:32 pm
     
  • Logan O’Hoppe clobbers three-run homer in win
    Logan O’Hoppe hit a go-ahead three-run homer to help the Angels to a 5-2 win Friday over the Tigers.

    Advice: O’Hoppe came up big — a three-run homer is always big, of course — in the seventh with a 418-foot blast to give the Angels a 5-2 lead and ultimately the victory. It also gave O’Hoppe 37 RBI and 11 homers, putting him on pace for exactly 22 roundtrippers and 74 runs driven in. You can do a lot worse, especially when you remember O’Hoppe is providing those numbers behind the plate. Rotoworld Friday, 9:06 pm
     
  • Catching in minors Saturday
    Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Friday that Moreno (thumb) will catch five innings in a rehab game in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Saturday, Jesse Friedman of GoPHNX.com reports.

    Advice: Moreno was placed on the injured list June 22 due to a sprained left thumb, but Lovullo said earlier in the week that he expects the catcher to return after the minimum 10 days. Barring any setbacks this weekend, Moreno will be eligible to return Tuesday for the beginning of the Diamondbacks' road series against the Dodgers. Rotowire.com Friday, 4:26 pm
     
  • Idle Friday
    Jeffers is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Mariners.

    Advice: Jeffers and Christian Vazquez have alternated catching duties throughout most of June, with Friday being Vazquez's turn behind the dish. Jeffers owns a .802 OPS and a career-best 20.8 percent K rate this season. Rotowire.com Friday, 2:12 pm
     
  • Sitting against southpaw
    Rice is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against Toronto.

    Advice: The lefty-hitting Rice will get a breather as southpaw Yusei Kikuchi takes the mound for the Blue Jays. Instead, J.D. Davis will get the start at first base and bat fourth. Rotowire.com Friday, 1:15 pm
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  • Reds place Tyler Stephenson on paternity list
    Reds placed C Tyler Stephenson on the paternity list.

    Advice: Stephenson left the Reds yesterday to be with his pregnant wife. Luke Maile will catch in his place again tonight. Rotoworld Friday, 1:02 pm
     
  • Placed on paternity list
    Stephenson was placed on the paternity list Friday.

    Advice: Stephenson was scratched from Thursday's game and then stepped away from the team to be present for the birth of his child. By rule, he can miss up to two additional games. Rotowire.com Friday, 1:02 pm