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CJ Abrams homers twice, pads league RBI lead

CJ Abrams

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CJ Abrams went 3-for-5 with two homers and three RBI as the Nationals defeated the Diamondbacks 10-7 on Sunday afternoon.

James Wood also homered twice, giving the Nationals two of the league’s top eight homer leaders. Abrams paces the majors with 82 RBI, and he also ranks inside the top 15 in runs, steals, and batting average. It has been a monstrous breakout season for the shortstop, who finds himself in the middle of trade rumors heading into the August 3 deadline. Washington could simply hold on to him, however, which might be best for his fantasy value as part of the highest-scoring lineup in MLB. The club hasn’t had a 40-homer season since Bryce Harper in 2015, a total both Abrams and Wood could reach by the end of 2026.

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Nationals’ manager Blake Butera told reporters that the team plans to transition CJ Abrams to second base over the final six weeks of the season.

The plan is for Nasim Nunez to take over as the team’s primary shortstop. Butera noted that he already talked to Abrams about it last week and that the All-Star infielder was completely on board with the change. He’s still in there at shorstop on Friday night, so expect it to be a gradual transition. The move will add to Abrams’ already sky-high fantasy value as he’ll add second base eligibility to his repertoire at some point during this season and for the 2027 campaign as well.
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WSH Shortstop #5

CJ Abrams hit a two-run homer in a loss to the Cubs on Tuesday.

Abrams hit one of three homers of Shota Imanaga for the Nationals, and this one gave Abrams his 29th homer of the season. The 25-year-old was not viewed as a significant power threat as a prospect, but obviously, the changes to his swing have paid off tremendously for the shortstop. He’s also driven in 91 runs, making it exceptionally likely he’ll reach triple digits for the first time in his five-year career.
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CJ Abrams went 1-for-4 with two RBI against the Braves on Saturday.

Abrams hit a two-run single off Braves reliever Danny Young in eighth inning. The 25-year-old shortstop now leads all of baseball with 85 RBI. Abrams is hitting .290 with 28 homers, 69 runs and 19 stolen bases in what’s been a monster fantasy season.
CJ Abrams

WSH Shortstop #5

CJ Abrames went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and three walks on Friday against the Braves.

Abrams’ growth as a hitter this season has been remarkable to watch. His home run was his 28th of the season and RBI his 83rd. Each of those are among the leaders in the National League and career-bests for him by a wide margin with two more months left to play. Yet, to watch the Braves pitchers be much more careful with him following that blast and Abrams to just sit back and take walks in his following two plate appearances was lovely. With three walks in this contest, he also set a new career-high in that stat with 51 games in front of him. He’s fully blossomed into a phenomenal offensive player.
CJ Abrams

WSH Shortstop #5

CJ Abrams went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI to lead the Nationals to a 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday.

Abrams brought the first runs home for the Nats with a two-run double in the third inning. He then led off the fifth with a solo homer off Mitch Bratt before knocking a base hit and stealing second in the seventh inning. The 25-year-old shortstop is having an incredible season, slashing .293/.364/.557 with 25 homers, 64 runs scored, 79 RBI, and 17 steals across 431 plate appearances.
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WSH Shortstop #5

CJ Abrams went 4-for-4 with a double and a steal against the Rockies on Wednesday.

Abrams had three hits, all of them homers, in the first two games of the series, and now he has some singles to balance them out. After a down June, he’s opened July with a .356 average, six homers and 16 RBI in 15 games.
CJ Abrams

WSH Shortstop #5

CJ Abrams went 2-for-3 with two homers and four RBI against the Rockies on Tuesday.

Abrams got the scoring started with a two-run blast off Michael Lorenzen in the first inning. He did it again in his next at-bat, taking Lorenzen deep for his second two-run homer. Abrams later drew a walk in the seventh to reach base for a third time. The 25-year-old shortstop is up to 24 homers, 61 runs scored, 76 RBI, and 15 steals while slashing .279/.354/.538 across 418 plate appearances.
CJ Abrams

WSH Shortstop #5

CJ Abrams doubled and homered while help the Nationals to a 5-2 win over the Athletics on Sunday.

Abrams also drew a walk. The 25-year-old budding star has homered 21 times in 2026, and the double was his 19th. He’s also driven in 70 RBI over the Nationals’ first 100 games, and there’s a real shot he’ll reach triple digits for the first time in his young career. There’s been some suggestion the Nationals could move Abrams in a blockbuster package, but it seems more likely he’ll continue to contribute in all five categories as a member of the Nats for the foreseeable future.
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CJ Abrams went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, and two RBI as the Nationals defeated the Astros 8-2 on Wednesday evening.

Abrams’ 20th homer of the year ties a career high, a mark he’ll likely blow past given we haven’t even reached the All-Star break. Washington now has three hitters with 20 homers, tied with the White Sox for the most in the majors. The star shortstop also has 67 RBI this season, tying Yordan Alvarez for the third-most in MLB.
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WSH Shortstop #5

CJ Abrams went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and a stolen base on Monday in a win over the Astros.

Abrams took Houston starter Mike Burrows deep in the third inning for a game-tying homer to match his home run total from last season. He’s now one big fly shy of his previous career-high mark of 20 round-trippers set back in 2024. The 25-year-old speedster also picked up his 15th stolen base of the season in this one. He’s been arguable the most impactful fantasy shortstop this season with 19 homers, 64 RBI and 15 thefts through 88 games.

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Dansby Swanson will undergo an MRI on Monday and is slated to go on the injured list, according to manager Craig Counsell.

Swanson left Sunday’s game with an oblique injury. Pedro Ramírez will likely become the Cubs’ primary second baseman while Swanson is out, with Nico Hoerner moving to shortstop. Kevin Alcántara could rejoin the team as a bench player until Matt Shaw is ready to come off the IL.
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Michael Massey went 3-for-4 with a solo homer Sunday in a victory over the Angels.

Massey singled twice, but the big blow was a solo homer off Ryan Johnson to give Massey his 11th homer of the season. The 28-year-old has put together a competent 2026 campaign with a .271/.301/.442 slash in 325 at-bats. The one thing holding Massey back is a lack of steals — just two this year — but he does help compensate with the pop.
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Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in a victory for the Royals over the Angels on Sunday.

Witt Jr. took Ryan Johnson deep in the fifth inning to extend the Royals’ lead to 2-0. The 26-year-old has disappointed in his power production in 2026, but this puts the star shortstop up to 14 homers with 43 RBI with 37 games to go.
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Ryan Johnson gave up just two runs over 5 1/3 innings but took a loss against the Royals on Sunday.

Johnson gave up just a pair of solo homers, but that was two more runs than Noah Cameron allowed in his one-hitter Sunday. Johnson has pitched well in his three August starts, giving up just four runs over his 14 1/3 innings to lower his overall ERA to 6.41. He’ll try and keep it going over the weekend against the Rangers.
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Noah Cameron threw a complete game one-hitter to pick up a win in a 3-0 victory for the Royals over the Angels on Sunday.

The only hit Cameron allowed was a single by Vaughn Grissom. The left-hander was outstanding while striking out eight, issuing just one walk and throwing 73-of-115 pitches for strikes. Cameron has now gone at least eight innings in three of his last four starts, a development no one could have seen coming based on his struggles for the majority of the year. A chance to do it again is scheduled for Friday against the Tigers.
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Joshua Báez went 0-for-5 and struck out three times in a win for the Cardinals over the Cubs.

After arguably the best debut for any MLB hitter in the history of the sport, Báez was given an unfriendly reminder of how difficult it can be. It would have been fun to see him follow up his historic three-homer game with a similar effort, but it wouldn’t have been very realistic. Expect to see some similar games for Báez over these final few weeks, but with some efforts similar to that first contest as well.
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Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run home run in a loss to the Cardinals on Sunday.

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Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBI in a blowout win over the Cubs on Sunday.

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Jordan Walker homered and drove in four runs in an 11-4 win for the Cardinals over the Cubs on Sunday.

Even with Joshua Báez crashing back to earth with a hitless, three-strikeout day, the Cardinals were still able to pound the Cubs’ pitching again. Walker was responsible for four of those 11 runs, with two of them coming on a homer off Ryan Rolison in the fourth inning. The 24-year-old has now gone deep 24 times in his breakout campaign, and he had two more hits to improve his average to .284. Walker has slowed after his red-hot start, but the overall production is beyond encouraging.
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Edward Cabrera was hit hard for seven runs in 3 2/3 innings in a loss to the Cardinals on Sunday.

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