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  • Continues power surge
    Santander went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Wednesday's loss to the Blue Jays.

    Advice: Santander produced the first run of the contest with his solo shot to right field in the second inning. He's gone deep in three of his past five contests to push his season total to 12 long balls. Santander is also working on an eight-game hitting streak during which he's gone 11-for-30 (.367 average) with three homers, six RBI and seven runs. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 10:51 pm
     
  • Reaches career milestone
    Turner went 3-for-4 with a double and a run, reaching 1,500 career hits in Wednesday's 3-2 win against the Orioles.

    Advice: Turner scored after doubling in the second inning, and he singled in his next at-bat for the 1,500th hit of his major-league career. The veteran has posted a modest .225/.307/.354 slash line through 202 plate appearances in his first campaign with Toronto, though he's maintained his usual solid contact skills with a 16.3 percent strikeout rate. Turner has added four homers, 20 RBI, 19 runs and a 10.1 percent walk rate. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 10:47 pm
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  • Keeps raking
    Bell went 3-for-4 with an RBI during Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Marlins.

    Advice: Bell has generated a hit in eight consecutive contests, with Wednesday's performance his third three-hit game during that span. The first basemen drove in Vidal Brujan on a fifth-inning single, marking Bell's 30th RBI of the campaign. Through 262 plate appearances, Bell owns a .716 OPS and a 19.1 percent strikeout rate, down from 21.8 percent in 2023. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 10:34 pm
     
  • Hits sixth homer
    Schanuel went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Padres.

    Advice: Schanuel hit a leadoff homer in the first inning on Dylan Cease's fifth pitch of the game. Prior to Wednesday, Schanuel was stuck in an 0-for-18 rut, adding just one walk and one hit-by-pitch in that span. The first baseman hasn't done much this year with a .216/.287/.330 slash line, six homers, 19 RBI, 18 runs scored and no stolen bases over 218 plate appearances. While the 22-year-old hasn't hit well, he's yet to slip down the order from the leadoff spot he's occupied for much of the campaign. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 10:27 pm
     
  • Ends perfect-game bid with homer
    Santana went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a loss to the Yankees on Wednesday.

    Advice: Santana's sixth-inning solo shot was a faint murmur of protest with New York up big, but it did put an end to opposing starter Carlos Rodon's run of retiring 16-straight batters. The long ball was just the second for the veteran slugger since he homered in three straight contests May 10-12. Santana has nine home runs overall on the campaign and is slashing .217/.302/.392 with 24 RBI, 19 runs and a stolen base. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 10:11 pm
     
  • Plates two Wednesday
    Paredes went 2-for-4 with two RBI doubles and a run during Wednesday's 5-3 win over the Marlins.

    Advice: Paredes did his damage early, tagging Braxton Garrett for RBI doubles in the first and third innings Wednesday. With the pair of doubles, Paredes extended his hit streak to seven games. During that stretch, Paredes is batting .310 with eight RBI and five runs scored. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 10:02 pm
     
  • Isaac Paredes plates three runs to lead Rays
    Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBI on Wednesday night, propelling the Rays to a 5-3 victory over the Marlins.

    Advice: Paredes opened the scoring in the contest with a two-run single off of Braxton Garrett in the opening inning and then scored on an RBI double off the bat of Josh Lowe. He also plated Brandon Lowe with an RBI double in the third inning that extended the Rays’ lead to 5-2. The 25-year-old is having a terrific season in the middle of the Rays’ lineup — slashing .298/.383/.498 with 10 homers and 37 RBI. Rotoworld Yesterday, 6:04 pm
     
  • Josh Bell collects three hits in loss to Rays
    Josh Bell went 3-for-4 and drove in a run as the Marlins fell to the Rays on Wednesday evening in Miami.

    Advice: Bell plated Vidal Brujan with a run-scoring single off of Shawn Armstrong in the fifth inning, pulling the Marlins to within two runs at 5-3. That would be as close as they would get. The 31-year-old slugger’s bat has perked up since a rough April and is now hitting .255/.324/.391 with six homers and 30 RBI on the season. Rotoworld Yesterday, 6:03 pm
     
  • Pavin Smith has three hits, homers in losing effort
    Pavin Smith went 3-for-4 with a solo homer on Wednesday in the Diamondbacks’ loss to the Giants.

    Advice: Smith has been running hot over the last few weeks as he’s homered in back-to-back games and is batting a sizzling .355 (11-for-31) with two homers and seven RBI over his last 15 contests. There isn’t a ton of appeal here for fantasy managers outside of NL-only formats, but he’s a name to keep on radar screens in the even that he can keep the momentum going. Rotoworld Yesterday, 5:13 pm