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Griffin Conine homers, reaches five times in win

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Griffin Conine

MIA Right Fielder #18

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Griffin Conine went 2-for-2 with a solo home run, double, two walks, and three runs scored in an 8-2 win over the Pirates on Wednesday.

Conine is unstoppable right now. This home run was his 13th of the season and 10 of those have come in his last 28 games. His .944 OPS is also the third-highest among all players with at least 150 plate appearances trailing only Yordan Alvarez and Juan Soto. That’s right, Alvarez, Soto, and Conine. Since Kyle Stowers went on the injured list earlier this week, Conine has started consecutive games at first base and hit third in the Marlins’ lineup. It’s wheels up for him right now, just be aware that he’ll likely still sit against many left-handed pitchers.

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Griffin Conine is not in the Marlins’ starting lineup for Sunday’s battle against the Reds.

While Conine has been a fixture in the middle of the Marlins’ lineup since returning from the injured list, he’ll get a day off in this one with left-hander Nick Lodolo toeing the slab for the Reds. Leo Jimenez will start in his place at the cold corner and will bat sixth for the Marlins.
Griffin Conine

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Griffin Conine finished 1-for-3 with a walk against the Pirates in Tuesday’s victory.

This could have been a far better night, as Conine’s two outs were hit 400 and 376 feet. The first was caught just shy of the wall in center, but the second would have been a homer if Bryan Reynolds didn’t reach over the wall to catch it in left. All three of Conine’s balls in play were hit 103-105 mph. He’s striking out plenty, but he has an exceptional 57 percent hard-hit rate in his 53 games this season.
Griffin Conine

MIA Right Fielder #18

Griffin Conine went 2-for-4 with two homers, three RBI, and a walk as the Marlins defeated the Angels 12-3 on Sunday afternoon.

Conine’s first homer was a two-run shot that left the bat at 115 mph, the hardest-hit ball by a Marlin this season. His second came off a 40-mph eephus with the game well out of reach. He’s a platoon player with a strikeout rate hovering around 30 percent, but his profile has some strong batted-ball metrics. Conine has hit 2-5 in the lineup in every game against right-handers this month, increasing his fantasy value in daily lineup leagues.
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Fish on First’s Kevin Barral reports that the Marlins are recalling Agustín Ramírez from Triple-A Jacksonville.

There was some expectation that this would happen after Liam Hicks was traded to Tampa Bay, but it’s still a bit of a surprise. Hicks was being used primarily as a designated hitter with Joe Mack entrenched as the catcher, so Ramírez will either be a short-side platoon at catcher or the designated hitter, or a little bit of both. The consequence of that would be that one of Griffin Conine, Heriberto Hernandez, or Owen Caissie will no longer be penciled in as the full-time designated hitter in the wake of Hicks’ trade.
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Griffin Conine came off the bench Wednesday to connect for a two-run, go-ahead homer in Miami’s 8-6 win over the Phillies.

The lefty-hitting outfielder was out of the lineup as Philadelphia started southpaw Jesús Luzardo. He still made his presence felt and now has a .563 slugging percentage in 127 plate appearances on the year. Conine has been starting against every right-hander the Marlins have faced recently. His Statcast metrics suggest a career-best season, though the sample remains small. He’s someone to keep an eye on in deeper leagues when the team has several righties on the schedule.
Griffin Conine

MIA Left Fielder #18

Griffin Conine went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two RBI against the Phillies on Monday.

Conine’s home run was his eighth of the season. He hit a solo shot off Zack Wheeler in the second inning. In the ninth inning, Conine hit a walk-off single in a tie game with the bases loaded and one out. Conine is hitting .266 with an .887 OPS and 18 RBI in 109 at-bats.
Griffin Conine

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Griffin Conine hit a three-run homer off the bench Saturday against the Brewers.

The homer off Craig Yoho came in his second at-bat after he replaced Esteury Ruiz. It’s his third straight game with a homer, which is especially impressive because he’s had exactly two at-bats in all three of those games; he also came off the bench Sunday before the break and he was removed for a pinch-hitter in the seventh last night. He has seven homers in 95 plate appearances on the season. The Marlins face nothing but righties next week, so a red-hot Conine wouldn’t be a bad streaming play.
Griffin Conine

MIA Left Fielder #18

Griffin Conine went 1-for-2 with a solo home run on Friday against the Brewers.

Conine’s solo home run in the fifth inning stood firm as the Marlins’ only run here. It looked like he’d have another chance in his next at-bat, but was lifted for a pinch-hitter with left-handed Aaron Ashby on the mound. The Marlins have been steadfast with their lefty, righty decisions all season and Conine was a casualty of it here. Alas, he has six home runs and a .909 OPS in 93 plate appearances on the season, almost entirely against right-handed pitchers.
Griffin Conine

MIA Left Fielder #18

Griffin Conine went 3-for-4 with a homer, double and two runs scored as the Marlins defeated the Mariners 8-4 on Thursday evening in Miami.

Conine got the Marlins on the board with a 373-foot (106.5-mph EV) solo shot off of Bryce Miller to lead off the second inning. He then smacked a one-out double in the seventh inning and scored on Jakob Marsee’s RBI single. With his three-hit night, the 28-year-old outfielder is now hitting .264/.369/.486 with four homers and 11 RBI through his first 84 plate appearances on the season.
Owen Caissie

MIA Right Fielder #17

Owen Caissie was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Mariners with right calf tightness.

It sounds like a precautionary move since Caissie was replaced by Griffin Conine in right field to open the second inning. The 24-year-old rookie has hit .239/.297/.459 with 12 homers, 50 RBI and four steals in 246 plate appearances over 79 games in his Miami debut. He’s delivered borderline top-50 value among fantasy outfielders this season.

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Casey Mize pitched three-hit ball for six innings in the Padres’ 5-0 shutout of the Guardians on Sunday.

Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejon and Yuki Matsui completed the three-hitter. Mize settled for three strikeouts today. Oddly enough, the 22 splitters he threw produced zero whiffs or called strikes. However, they did generate outs all six times they were put into play. Mize improved to 5-7 with a 3.18 ERA overall. He’ll take on another familiar foe when the Twins travel to San Diego next weekend. Both his four wins and his five losses versus the Twins are the most he has against any team.
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Tanner Bibee

CLE Starting Pitcher #28
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Tanner Bibee surrendered three runs in six innings Sunday against the Padres to take his fourth straight loss.

Cleveland was shutout in a Bibee start for the fourth time this year. Both he and Joey Cantillo have made 26 starts for the Guardians this season. Bibee has allowed 71 runs in 150 1/3 innings (4.25 RA/9). Cantillo has allowed 62 runs in 125 2/3 innings (4.44 RA/9). Bibee, though, is 4-13, whereas Cantillo has gone 9-7. Bibee will next face the Rockies in Coors, which might lead to some run support.
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Luis Rengifo went 2-for-4 and hit his fourth homer Sunday versus the Guardians.

The Padres got four homers today from players who had combined for 22 previously this season (15 from Gavin Sheets, three from Rengifo and Jake Cronenworth and one from Jase Bowen). Rengifo is hitting .323/.411/.473 in 27 games for the Padres. All four of his homers have come with his new team; he went without one in 57 games with the Brewers.
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The slumping Travis Bazzana went 0-for-3 against the Padres on Sunday.

Bazzana is still drawing walks, but he’s hitting .189 with only one extra-base hit in his last 21 games, leaving him at .235/.332/.372 overall. There might be a slight chance of the Guardians sending him down at some point, clearing the way for Angel Genao to play second base regularly.
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Jake Bauers went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a walk in the Brewers’ 6-2 win over the Dodgers on Sunday.

The Brewers take three out of four in L.A. Bauers had three previous four-hit games in his career, but they all came in 2018 or ’19. Today’s pushed him up to .275/.384/.500 on the season. That .884 OPS is 212 points better than his career mark of .672.
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Logan Henderson limited the Dodgers to one run and three hits over seven innings in a victory Sunday.

The Brewers probably could have had Tarik Skubal if they were willing to send Henderson to Detroit, but the right-hander again demonstrated today why that would have been a bad idea. It might not be totally correct to say Henderson outdueled Skubal today — one got good defensive support and one didn’t — but he did come away with the win in the matchup. Henderson still hasn’t allowed more than three runs in any of his 12 starts this year. He’ll take a 7-2 record and a 2.70 ERA into his next start versus the Braves.
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Tarik Skubal took a loss to the Brewers after allowing two runs — one earned — in six innings Sunday.

Skubal gave up seven hits and nine hard-hit balls, but he struck out seven and was let down by his defense a couple of times in the game. He’s now 0-2 for the Dodgers, even though he has a 3.18 ERA in his three starts. He’ll face the Pirates next weekend.
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Jackson Chourio had three hits, including two doubles, and three runs scored Sunday against the Dodgers.

The second double should have been an out at Miller Park, as it went off Kyle Tucker’s glove at the wall in right. However, it also would have been a homer in 23 ballparks, according to Statcast. Chourio snapped out of a little 2-for-19 skid today. It’s the third time this year that he’s scored three runs in a game.
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Kyle Tucker

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After getting Saturday off, Kyle Tucker went 0-for-3 and committed a miscue in right field that led to two runs in Sunday’s loss to the Brewers.

With the Dodgers down 4-1 in the ninth, Tucker struggled with the sun on Jackson Chourio’s fly to deep right and had it go off his glove. Probably because of the sun issues, it wasn’t ruled an error, and given the score, it wasn’t particularly costly. Still, it was another brutal game for Tucker, who finished the week 0-for-19. Maybe he’ll get it together in Coors over the next three days.
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Lake Bachar

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Lake Bachar started Sunday’s bullpen game for the Pirates, pitching three scoreless innings while striking out four.

Bachar allowed two hits and one walk while filling in for Paul Skenes, who was pushed back to Wednesday. This was Bachar’s fifth start of the season, with the other four coming as a bulk opener for the Marlins before he was dealt ahead of the deadline.

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