Position Player Playing Time Changes: June 9, 2026
Welcome to this week’s iteration of Position Player Playing Time Changes. As with last Friday’s post for pitchers, I added some new columns to better contextualize the percent changes. Since each team has, on average, 92 games remaining, the rest-of-season remaining plate appearance totals are pegged to that number, in addition to showing the percentages as usual. That should help you better wrap your head around the impact of the changes.
Remaining Projected Playing Time Changes, Hitters, 6/2 to 6/9
| Name | Team | Positions | Old PT | New PT | PT Change | Old PA | New PA | PA Change | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Trammell | HOU | CF, LF, RF | 16% | 65% | 49% | 66 | 270 | 203 | Back from the IL and starting against RHP |
| Jimmy Crooks | STL | C, DH | 12% | 50% | 38% | 50 | 207 | 158 | They called him up to play, and he’s playing |
| Ty France | SDP | 1B, DH, 3B | 45% | 76% | 31% | 187 | 315 | 129 | The only Padre who’s hitting lately |
| Jase Bowen | SDP | LF, RF | 6% | 37% | 31% | 25 | 153 | 129 | Playing semi-regularly as they try to find a combo that works |
| Jacob Gonzalez | CHW | 1B, 3B, 2B, SS | 6% | 36% | 30% | 25 | 149 | 124 | Hitting well to start his career |
| Edwin Arroyo | CIN | 2B, SS, 3B | 25% | 53% | 28% | 104 | 220 | 116 | Hasn’t shown a lot yet but he’s up to play |
| Pavin Smith | ARI | 1B, DH, LF | 28% | 55% | 27% | 116 | 228 | 112 | Back from the IL |
| Tristan Gray | MIN | 2B, 3B, SS, 1B | 25% | 51% | 26% | 104 | 212 | 108 | Playing regularly against RHP |
| Samad Taylor | SDP | LF, 2B | 1% | 26% | 25% | 4 | 108 | 104 | Ditto the Bowen note |
| Mickey Gasper | BOS | C, DH, 1B | 16% | 41% | 25% | 66 | 170 | 104 | Taking significant time away from Carlos Narváez |
| Denzer Guzman | LAA | 3B | 5% | 30% | 25% | 21 | 124 | 104 | Called up to be starting 3B |
| Jose Altuve | HOU | 2B, DH | 65% | 89% | 24% | 270 | 369 | 100 | Back from the IL |
| Lars Nootbaar | STL | LF, RF, CF | 53% | 76% | 23% | 220 | 315 | 95 | Back from the IL and hitting the ground running |
| Blake Dunn | CIN | CF, RF, LF | 23% | 45% | 22% | 95 | 187 | 91 | Unquestioned starting CF with TJ Friedl optioned |
| Ryan O’Hearn | PIT | RF, 1B, DH | 60% | 80% | 20% | 249 | 332 | 83 | Back from the IL |
| Jasson Domínguez | NYY | LF, DH | 34% | 54% | 20% | 141 | 224 | 83 | Still on IL, but he’ll be important when back with Aaron Judge out |
| Tristan Peters | CHW | CF, RF | 33% | 52% | 19% | 137 | 216 | 79 | Keeps hitting, keeps playing |
| Max Muncy | ATH | 3B, SS, 2B | 41% | 59% | 18% | 170 | 245 | 75 | Back from the IL |
| Gleyber Torres | DET | 2B | 77% | 94% | 17% | 319 | 390 | 71 | Back from the IL, lengthening that lineup big-time |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | HOU | LF, 1B, DH | 2% | 19% | 17% | 8 | 79 | 71 | Just placed on IL (hamstring) but showed enough when added to roster for him to play a good amount when back |
| Tyler Callihan | PIT | 2B, 3B, LF | 6% | 23% | 17% | 25 | 95 | 71 | Hitting well since call-up |
| Max Kepler | ARI | LF, RF | 12% | 28% | 16% | 50 | 116 | 66 | Signed to one-year deal, could be on roster as soon as June 25 (PED suspension) |
| Trey Mancini | LAA | 1B | 1% | 16% | 15% | 4 | 66 | 62 | Welcome back to the bigs! |
| Nick Madrigal | LAA | 2B | 1% | 16% | 15% | 4 | 66 | 62 | Injury-ravaged Angels are getting production out of Nicky One-Bags |
| Kerry Carpenter | DET | DH, RF, LF | 55% | 70% | 15% | 228 | 290 | 62 | Back from the IL and has been clutch so far |
| Wyatt Langford | TEX | LF, CF, DH | 73% | 88% | 15% | 303 | 365 | 62 | Finally back with the club after injury setbacks |
| LuJames Groover | ARI | 1B, 3B | 3% | 18% | 15% | 12 | 75 | 62 | Starting 1B until Carlos Santana (on rehab) is back |
| Jung Hoo Lee | SFG | RF, CF, DH | 68% | 83% | 15% | 282 | 344 | 62 | One of the hottest hitters in the majors now playing against LHP, too |
| Jhostynxon Garcia | PIT | RF, CF, LF, DH | 32% | 17% | -15% | 133 | 71 | -62 | Optioned to minors |
| Rikuu Nishida | CHW | RF, 2B, LF | 34% | 19% | -15% | 141 | 79 | -62 | Hasn’t hit well enough, hard to see him sticking around long with Everson Pereira close to returning |
| Harrison Bader | SFG | CF | 75% | 59% | -16% | 311 | 245 | -66 | With Lee and Casey Schmitt hitting so well, how much will he play when he and Heliot Ramos are healthy? |
| Jake Cronenworth | SDP | 2B, SS, 1B, 3B | 67% | 50% | -17% | 278 | 207 | -71 | Just started ramp-up on Monday, return unclear |
| Konnor Griffin | PIT | SS | 88% | 70% | -18% | 365 | 290 | -75 | Will miss more time than expected (forearm) |
| TJ Friedl | CIN | CF, LF | 56% | 35% | -21% | 232 | 145 | -87 | Optioned to minors after horrid start |
| Darell Hernaiz | ATH | 3B, 2B, SS | 34% | 12% | -22% | 141 | 50 | -91 | Optioned to minors |
| Victor Scott II | STL | CF | 77% | 50% | -27% | 319 | 207 | -112 | Optioned to minors |
| Pedro Pagés | STL | C | 54% | 20% | -34% | 224 | 83 | -141 | Losing time to Crooks, as expected |
| Jose Fernandez | ARI | DH, 1B, 3B, SS | 63% | 23% | -40% | 261 | 95 | -166 | Optioned to minors |
| Aaron Judge | NYY | RF, DH | 95% | 43% | -52% | 394 | 178 | -216 | Fractured rib is perhaps the most consequential injury of this season so far |
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