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    Eugenio Suárez takes a seat on Saturday afternoon

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    Eugenio Suárez is not in the Reds’ starting lineup for Saturday’s contest against the Yankees.

    The 34-year-old slugger will get a breather on Saturday with right-hander Will Warren toeing the slab for the Yankees. Nathaniel Lowe will serve as the team’s designated hitter and bat cleanup while Sal Stewart covers third base for the Reds.
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    Suárez smacked a one-out double off of Gabriel Hughes in the fourth inning, but he wound up being stranded there. He then clobbered a 415-foot (98.6-mph EV) solo shot off of Jimmy Herget in the sixth inning, going back-to-back with Spencer Steer to increase the Reds’ advantage to 4-1. On the season, the 34-year-old slugger is hitting a disappointing .213/.288/.406 with 12 home runs and 36 RBI.
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    It was a box score-stuffing night for Hayes, who also played the entire game at third base. He’s played only four rehab games so far, but he seems like he’ll be ready to go after the All-Star break. Since Hayes has no minor league options left, the Reds will likely need to decide whether to send down Edwin Arroyo or Matt McLain when Hayes is ready to come back. Another option could be Nathaniel Lowe, who has hit just .203/.313/.261 with a 34 percent strikeout rate in 27 games since June 1st.
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    Suárez was responsible for the only run of the game against a terrific Zack Wheeler and then the Philadelphia bullpen. It’s the ninth homer for the 34-year-old in his first season back with the Reds, and he’s plated 32 runs in the process. He also struck out in his other three at-bats, and saying Suárez hasn’t matched his magic of the 2025 season — particularly the first half — is quite the understatement.
  • CIN Designated Hitter #28
    Suárez returns to the hot corner and is hitting cleanup following a brief one-game absence after being hit by a pitch on the left hand over the weekend. The 34-year-old veteran slugger underwent imaging, including a CT scan, that didn’t reveal any fractures or structural damage. It’s a significant relief for Cincinnati, and fantasy managers, after a couple tense days of waiting.
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    It’s challenging to dismiss the possibility of a trip to the injured list despite a CT scan coming back clean on Suarez’s left hand. The 34-year-old veteran was hit by a pitch during Sunday’s series finale against the Pirates but expressed optimism on Monday that he’ll be able to avoid an extended absence after imaging revealed no structural damage. Fantasy managers should prepare to be without Suárez for at least a couple days, but it sounds like he managed to avoid serious injury.
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    Suárez was unable to get X-rays on Sunday because his hand was too swollen for the imaging to show anything. The team will wait for the swelling to go down and, presumably, will get X-rays done on Monday. We should have more information once that imaging is done.
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    Suárez was hitless into the ninth before stepping to the plate down by one run with two runners on and two outs in the top of the ninth. Down to the team’s last strike, he delivered an opposite-field homer off Gregory Soto to put the Reds ahead by two runs with his eighth home run of the season. The 34-year-old third baseman is hitting .210/.276/.379 with 18 runs and 29 RBI across 214 plate appearances.
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    Suárez has been one of the most consistent power hitters in the big leagues over the last decade, but there’s seemingly no end in sight for his first half slide. He went hitless again Monday with his average dropping to .204. Suárez hit .231 in April and missed most of May due to injury. So far in June, he’s 11-for-65 (.169) with 27 strikeouts and two walks in 17 games. Suárez has bounced back from a rough first half before, but he turns 35 next month and it’s fair to wonder how much he’ll recover in the second half this time.
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    Hopes that Suárez’s two-homer game Monday would get him going seem to have quickly died; he’s 1-for-16 with 10 strikeouts in four games since. His strikeout rate for the year is up to 34 percent, which would smash his previous high of 31 percent from 2022. His hard-hit rate is 28 percent, which is way down from 48 percent last year and 40 percent over the course of his career. Suárez also had a brutal first half in 2024 and recovered, but he’s two years older now and his bat speed is down a bit since then.
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    Suárez’ two-homer game brings his total to seven this year. He hit a two-run shot off Tobias Myers in the first inning and a grand slam off Jonathan Pintaro in the second inning. After hitting 49 home runs with 118 RBI a year ago, it seems impossible that Suárez could have 25 RBI in 45 games, but here we are. His .222 average and .682 OPS haven’t helped, but Monday’s performance could be a sign that Suárez will rebound in the power department.

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    Cubs released RHP Liam Hendriks.

    Hendriks tossed four scoreless innings for Triple-A Iowa before presumably triggering the opt-out clause in his minor league deal with Chicago last week. The 37-year-old former closer should be able to latch on somewhere if he chooses to continue his career.
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    J.P. Crawford was scratched from the lineup for Monday’s game against the Reds.

    There’s no word yet on the reason for the move. It’ll be Colt Emerson drawing the start at shortstop on his 21st birthday. There should be an additional update on his status shortly, especially if he’s dealing with an injury-related issue.
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    Nick Pivetta (elbow) is scheduled to face hitters this week in a live batting practice session.

    Pivetta is slated to face hitters for the first time since landing on the injured list with a flexor strain back in mid-April. He made it through an up-and-down bullpen session last Friday without any issues. The expectation from the start was that Pivetta would pitch again this season and he appears to be on track to make that a reality. There should be a definitive return timetable once he’s ready to make his first minor league rehab start at some point in August.
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    Roman Anthony (finger) has yet to resume swinging a bat.

    Anthony will continue his rehabilitation at the club’s spring training complex in Florida as he works his way back from a partially torn tendon in right ring finger that sent him to the injured list in early May. The 22-year-old needs to be symptom free before he’s cleared to swing a bat again. There is no timetable for his return. At this point, it’s challenging to envision a scenario where he makes it back before late August or early September.
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    Hurston Waldrep will undergo further evaluation for a potential injury this week.

    Waldrep’s velocity dipped significantly and he was lifted after throwing just 36 pitches during Sunday’s start for Triple-A Gwinnett. The 24-year-old has shown some flashes of potential at the highest level over the last two years, but hasn’t been consistent enough to stick in the big-league rotation. The general thought when he was drafted was that his excellent splitter would make him a quality reliever if the starter experiment didn’t work. His absence would be a hit to Atlanta’s pitching depth down the home stretch.
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    Dodgers acquired RHP Seth Halvorsen from the Rockies for RHP Nick Frasso and OF Landyn Vidourek.

    It’s a rare intra-division trade that is now official. Halvorsen is a hard-throwing reliever with command issues, but he represents a worthwhile dice roll for a Dodgers organization that has found success with similar projects in the past. The 26-year-old will head to Triple-A Oklahoma City after posting a lackluster 4.31 ERA, 1.54 WHIP and 66/38 K/BB ratio across 71 innings for Colorado since 2024.
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    Rockies acquired RHP Nick Frasso and OF Landyn Vidourek from the Dodgers for RHP Seth Halvorsen.

    Frasso is the big pickup for Colorado in the deal as he was one of the more prominent pitching prospects in the Dodgers’ ever-expanding Death Star just a couple years ago. The 27-year-old’s trajectory was derailed by shoulder and hip issues that cost him the entire 2024 campaign. He simply hasn’t gotten back on track over the last two years in the upper minors, but the Rockies are going to take a chance that they can unlock something as a low-risk lottery ticket. This is the exact type of deal that previous Colorado front offices wouldn’t have made.
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    Rockies acquired OF Landyn Vidourek and RHP Nick Frasso for RHP Seth Halvorsen.

    Vidourek is the type of all-or-nothing slugger capable of displaying surreal feats of strength with big-time exit velocity numbers to back it up. He’s tumbled down Los Angeles’ organizational depth chart with a lackluster campaign in the lower minors this season, hitting .170/.332/.311 with six homers and nine steals in 256 plate appearances for Low-A Ontario. His ongoing struggles, combined with the Dodgers’ glut of outfield talent in the upper minors, are the most likely reason why he was expendable in this deal.
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    Athletics sent 1B Joey Meneses outright to Triple-A Las Vegas.

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    Justin Martinez (elbow) will progress to facing hitters on Wednesday in a live batting practice session.

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