{"id":680529,"date":"2026-04-21T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680529\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:34:31","slug":"position-player-playing-time-changes-april-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680529\/","title":{"rendered":"Position Player Playing Time Changes: April 21, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>Mark Hoffman\/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Welcome back to another Tuesday and another week of Position Player Playing Time Changes. It was a fairly light week for significant swings due to injury, though the Brewers are certainly going to miss having Christian Yelich<\/a> in the middle of their lineup until late May or perhaps even early June. Here\u2019s the latest swings of at least 10% in either direction:<\/p>\n

Significant Position Player Playing Time Changes, 4\/14 to 4\/21<\/p>\n

Name
\nTeam
\nPositions
\n% of Remaining PT, 4\/14
\n% of Remaining PT, 4\/21
\nPT Change
\nReason<\/p>\n

Sam Antonacci<\/a>
\nCHW
\nLF, 2B, 3B
\n36%
\n67%
\n31%
\nWelcome to the big leagues!<\/p>\n

Drew Gilbert<\/a>
\nSFG
\nCF, LF, RF
\n9%
\n37%
\n28%
\nCalled up to replace Bader, playing daily against RHP<\/p>\n

Jose Fernandez<\/a>
\nARI
\n1B, 3B, DH
\n25%
\n47%
\n22%
\nPlaying every day even with Gurriel back<\/p>\n

Ty France<\/a>
\nSDP
\n1B, DH
\n14%
\n33%
\n19%
\nHas taken over as semi-regular 1B<\/p>\n

Everson Pereira<\/a>
\nCHW
\nCF, LF, RF
\n35%
\n54%
\n19%
\nBack from the IL<\/p>\n

Jeremiah Jackson<\/a>
\nBAL
\n2B, 3B, RF
\n28%
\n44%
\n16%
\nOne of the few Orioles hitting well<\/p>\n

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n

LF, DH
\n71%
\n86%
\n15%
\nBack from the IL<\/p>\n

Sal Stewart<\/a>
\nCIN
\n1B, 2B, DH, 3B
\n72%
\n87%
\n15%
\nHas spelled McLain at 2B more often than expected<\/p>\n

Michael Massey<\/a>
\nKCR
\n2B, DH, LF
\n38%
\n52%
\n14%
\nIndia injury opens up more PT<\/p>\n

Kyle Stowers<\/a>
\nMIA
\nRF, LF, DH, CF
\n69%
\n82%
\n13%
\nBack from the IL<\/p>\n

Rece Hinds<\/a>
\nCIN
\nRF, DH
\n15%
\n28%
\n13%
\nNot hitting well, but he is playing regularly<\/p>\n

Colt Emerson<\/a>
\nSEA
\nSS, 3B, 2B
\n45%
\n58%
\n13%
\nContinues to force the issue at Triple-A<\/p>\n

Ildemaro Vargas<\/a>
\nARI
\n3B, 2B, 1B, SS, DH, LF
\n20%
\n32%
\n12%
\nKeeps hitting, no matter where he plays<\/p>\n

Royce Lewis<\/a>
\nMIN
\n3B, DH
\n62%
\n72%
\n10%
\nNearing IL return for injury that proved very minor<\/p>\n

Casey Schmitt<\/a>
\nSFG
\n1B, 2B, 3B, SS, DH
\n34%
\n44%
\n10%
\nKeeps hitting well + versatility<\/p>\n

Jacob Young<\/a>
\nWSN
\nCF
\n53%
\n63%
\n10%
\nContinues to drive the ball more with usual sterling defense<\/p>\n

Jared Oliva<\/a>
\nSFG
\nCF, LF, RF
\n17%
\n7%
\n-10%
\nHamate surgery<\/p>\n

Freddy Fermin<\/a>
\nSDP
\nC
\n67%
\n56%
\n-11%
\nLosing time to hot-hitting Campusano<\/p>\n

Will Benson<\/a>
\nCIN
\nRF, LF, CF
\n61%
\n49%
\n-12%
\nPlaying less since Hinds was recalled<\/p>\n

Jonathan India<\/a>
\nKCR
\n2B, 3B, DH
\n79%
\n63%
\n-16%
\nSubluxated shoulder<\/p>\n

Tristan Peters<\/a>
\nCHW
\nCF, LF, RF
\n47%
\n31%
\n-16%
\nPlaying more sparingly with Antonacci up<\/p>\n

Harrison Bader<\/a>
\nSFG
\nCF
\n74%
\n57%
\n-17%
\nHamstring strain<\/p>\n

Christian Yelich
\nMIN
\nDH, LF
\n86%
\n67%
\n-19%
\nAdductor strain<\/p>\n

Otto Kemp<\/a>
\nWSN
\nLF, 3B, 1B, DH
\n33%
\n13%
\n-20%
\nOptioned to minors<\/p>\n

Pavin Smith<\/a>
\nARI
\n1B, DH, RF
\n57%
\n33%
\n-24%
\nTransferred to 60-day IL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Hoffman\/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Welcome back to another Tuesday and another week of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-680529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116444376587170591","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}