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Pete Alonso hits 31st homer in rare 4-for-4 game

Pete Alonso

BAL 1st Baseman #25

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Pete Alonso went 4-for-4 with a homer, a double and four RBI in the Orioles’ 13-1 rout of the Cardinals on Tuesday.

Alonso collected four hits for the first time as an Oriole and the 10th time in his career. His homer, projected at 435 feet, was a three-run blast off Matthew Liberatore. It was his 31st of the season and 295th of his career. He’s now tied with another Orioles first baseman, Chris Davis (as well as José Ramírez) for 174th place on the all-time list.

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Pete Alonso (calf) is in the lineup at DH for Wednesday’s game against the Cardinals.

Orioles manager Craig Albernaz pretty much dismissed the notion that Alonso, who went 4-for-4 with his 31st homer of the season, was removed from Tuesday’s blowout win due to a minor calf issue. However, the fact that he’s at DH the following day seems to give those concerns some validity. It doesn’t appear to be a significant concern, but he dealt with a similar issue a couple weeks ago. It’s a variable that fantasy managers should continue monitoring for the remainder of the week.
Pete Alonso

BAL 1st Baseman #25

Pete Alonso is dealing with a minor calf issue.

Alonso made an early departure from Tuesday’s one-sided blowout against the Cardinals after going 4-for-4 with his 31st home run of the season. It didn’t seem like a big deal at the time with Baltimore leading by nearly two touchdowns, but it sounds like he could be dealing with a minor physical issue. It’s a situation that fantasy managers should monitor heading into the final two games of the club’s current series in St. Louis.
Pete Alonso

BAL 1st Baseman #25

Pete Alonso went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI in Friday’s win over the Rays.

There was no replay needed for this one, as Alonso’s 451-foot homer in the fifth inning made its way to deep left-center to put the Orioles up 5-3 over the Rays. It was the 30th homer of the season for Alonso, who has now slugged 30-plus homers in six straight seasons. The Polar Bear has been on a tear for the O’s this month. He’s hit safely in 13-straight games and is slashing a blistering .380/.443/.704 with seven homers and 16 RBI.
Pete Alonso

BAL 1st Baseman #25

Pete Alonso went 1-for-4 with a solo home run as the Orioles fell to the Yankees 5-3 on Wednesday night.

Alonso’s homer was an opposite-field shot off Will Warren that extended his hitting streak to 11 games. He arguably should’ve had a second in the seventh inning, but the umpires ruled it foul on a questionable call. It would’ve been a go-ahead homer in a game the Orioles went on to lose. The slugging first baseman has been red-hot lately as he entered Wednesday hitting .373 in August.
Pete Alonso

BAL 1st Baseman #25

Pete Alonso went 2-for-5 with his 28th home run of the season in Monday’s loss to the Rays.

Alonso took former Orioles reliever Tyler Wells deep for a fifth-inning solo shot. The power-hitting 31-year-old has gone deep five times in his last eight games as he continues to inch closer to eclipsing the 30-homer mark for the sixth consecutive season.
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BAL 1st Baseman #25

Pete Alonso went 3-for-5 and drilled his 27th homer Saturday as the Orioles edged the Rays 4-3 in 10 innings.

Tyler O’Neill had the go-ahead hit in the 10th. Alonso followed that with a single and was checked on at first base, but he remained in the game and the Orioles said afterwards that it was just a calf cramp. Alonso’s homer was hit 392 feet off of Ian Seymour. He’s tied for ninth in the majors in homers and eighth with 78 RBI.
Pete Alonso

BAL 1st Baseman #25

Pete Alonso hit a two-run homer while going 3-for-4 as the Orioles topped the Twins on Tuesday.

Alonso hit one of three homers the Orioles picked up off Bailey Ober on Tuesday. His was the 26th of the season, and it bumped his RBI total to 77. It wouldn’t be fair to qualify Alonso’s first campaign with the Orioles as an elite one, but he’s on pace to finish with over 35 homers and 105 runs driven in. You can do a lot worse.
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BAL 1st Baseman #25

Pete Alonso had a monster day at the plate in Sunday’s 10-5 win over the Rangers, reaching base five times while launching two homers and driving in four runs.

It was his best day as an Oriole to date. Alonso went 3-for-3 with two walks and scored three runs. He slammed a two-run homer off Kumar Rocker in the second inning and added a two-run shot off Jordan Montgomery in the fourth. It was his first multi-homer game as a member of Baltimore, which says a lot about the sort of year it’s been for him. Still, he’s now up to 25 homers on the year, putting him on pace for his sixth-straight 30-homer campaign.
Pete Alonso

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Pete Alonso went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI in Friday’s win over the Phillies.

Alonso’s two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning tied the game tied at 2-2. It was the 23rd homer of the season for Alonso, who enjoyed a strong July, slashing .261/.375/.466 with four homers, 10 RBI and six doubles. He has also hit safely in eight of his last 10 games and continues to be one of the top fantasy producers at his position.
Pete Alonso

BAL 1st Baseman #25

Pete Alonso went 2-for-4 with a homer and a walk as the Orioles fell to the Braves 3-2 in 11 innings on Sunday.

Alonso connected for a solo shot off Dylan Lee in the bottom of the eighth, cutting the deficit to 2-1 at the time. He’s up to 22 homers on the year in his first campaign since signing with the Orioles. Alonso’s wRC+ isn’t as high as the mark he registered hitting alongside Juan Soto last season, but it’s right in line with the two prior seasons. He’s one of the most stable first-base options in fantasy baseball year in and year out.

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Kyle Tucker

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Kyle Tucker and Max Muncy are not in Los Angeles’ starting lineup on Thursday against the Braves.

They’ll take a seat against LHP Chris Sale. Alex Call will draw the start and bat seventh for Tucker; this appears to just be a routine day off. Enrique Hernández is playing third for Muncy and Muncy appears to be in some danger of losing at-bats against lefties now that Hernández is back.
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Eugenio Suárez

CIN Designated Hitter #28
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The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Gordon Wittenmyer reports Eugenio Suárez and TJ Friedl cleared waivers and will remain with the Reds.

Suárez being claimed by the Diamondbacks or Mariners would have made for a fun story, but instead he’ll finish out the regular season with the Reds. Neither club was willing to pick up approximately $3 million in salary for the 35-year-old slugger.
- Rivers McCown

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Gordon Graceffo

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Gordon Graceffo will open for the Cardinals on Thursday.

It’ll be a bullpen game. Newly-called up Cade Winquest may have the best chance for a bulk role, but that’s not exactly an endorsement of chasing a win with him.
- Rivers McCown

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JJ Wetherholt

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JJ Wetherholt is not in St. Louis’ starting lineup against the Orioles on Thursday.

He’ll get a rest day, with José Fermín shifting to shortstop and recently-activated Ramón Urías at second base against LHP Trevor Rogers.
- Rivers McCown

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Abimelec Ortiz

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Abimelec Ortiz is not in Washington’s starting lineup for Thursday’s game against the Rockies.

Terribly unfortunate to miss a start against RHP Gabriel Hughes, who is 0-5 with a 6.54 ERA. Andrés Chaparro will draw the assignment instead. It’s the first day off for Ortiz in the last six.
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COL Catcher #15
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Hunter Goodman and Mickey Moniak aren’t in Colorado’s starting lineup against the Nationals on Thursday.

Both will miss a chance to face RHP Jake Irvin. Zac Veen and Brett Sullivan will get the call. This is likely just a normal rest day for Goodman as a catcher in a day-game-after-a-night-game situation.
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White Sox recalled RHP Tyler Davis from Triple-A Charlotte.

He’ll be tasked with throwing three innings in some game in the next week, then likely optioned down again.
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White Sox optioned RHP Jonathan Cannon to Triple-A Charlotte.

That’s what you get for throwing a 66-pitch, three-inning save yesterday. Cannon will be back when his arm is fresher.
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White Sox optioned RF Rikuu Nishida to Triple-A Charlotte.

He lasted two days on the roster this time and didn’t appear in a game. The 25-year-old is hitting .293/.423/.333 for the Knights in the International League with 22 stolen bases.
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James Wood (oblique) was doing baserunning work on the field on Thursday.

Wood landed on the injured list on August 4th with what the team had called a mild oblique strain. However, his recovery progress has been slow, and it’s unclear if he has even begun swinging a bat. Seeing him run on the field is certainly nice, but until we see him hitting and beginning to hit high velocity, we shouldn’t expect an imminent return.
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