Alonso went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 3-1 win over the Mariners.

EDGE Analysis

The veteran infielder now has a pair of homers over his last three games, and he's been able to carry over much of the improvement at the plate that he flashed in spring to the regular season. Alonso has already doubled the pair of multi-hit games that he generated last April, while also easily exceeding the one home run and six RBI he posted during the opening month of 2016. Factoring in Friday's production, the 30-year-old is slashing a solid .295/.380/.568 with three round-trippers and 10 RBI, even as his strikeout rate has notably risen from 13.9 percent to 22.0 percent in the early going.

Alonso is not in the lineup Thursday against the Mariners, Jane Lee of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Alonso will head to the bench with lefty James Paxton toeing the rubber for the Mariners. Ryon Healy will take over at first base in his stead, which should prove to be the case against most southpaws.

Alonso went 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a solo homer against the Rangers on Wednesday.

EDGE Analysis

The 30-year-old first baseman is off to a decent start, hitting .275 with a pair of homers and nine RBI through 13 games. Of course, it's hard to expect much from Alonso after he sucked the life out of the Oakland lineup last season, but owners should take a wait-and-see approach before snapping him off the wire in most formats.

Alonso is not in the lineup Thursday against the Royals, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

EDGE Analysis

Alonso is off to a hot start at the plate (.308 batting average, .400 on-base percentage), but he'll head to the bench for a day off with lefty Jason Vargas getting the ball for Kansas City. Ryan Healy will assume duties at first base for the evening to replace him.

Alonso is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.

EDGE Analysis

Alonso has carried over his strong spring training to the regular season, as he's turned in a .389/.476/.611 batting line while starting in five of the team's first six games. Despite that success, manager Bob Melvin is still inclined to hold Alonso out against opposing left-handers, so he'll concede first base to Ryon Healy with southpaw Martin Perez twirling for the Rangers.

Alonso went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored during Saturday's 6-1 win over the Rangers.

EDGE Analysis

Alonso enjoyed his most productive game of the season, collecting two hits for the second straight game while swatting his first home run to give him his first multi-RBI game as well. He hit just .253 with seven homers in 482 at-bats last season but has raked at a .389 clip with five RBI through five games in 2017.

Alonso went 1-for-3 with an RBI single and walk in Monday's 4-2 Opening Day win over the Angels.

EDGE Analysis

Alonso's fifth-inning single plated Jed Lowrie and knotted the score at 2-2. The veteran first baseman is looking to follow up one of the best springs of his career with a strong second season in Oakland. Alonso batted .389 with a surprising four home runs and 12 RBI over 24 spring games, with the revamped approach at the plate that he devised with hitting coach Darren Bush, which includes a focus on utilizing the entire field more consistently, paying early dividends.

Alonso, who went 2-for-3 with two home runs, three RBI, a walk and three runs in Thursday's 15-5 Cactus League win over the Brewers, is showing significant improvement at the plate this spring, Joe Stiglich of CSN Bay Area reports. "He's had a great approach from the minute he got here," manager Bob Melvin said. "He and Bushy (hitting coach Darren Bush) had a plan. He's using the whole field a little bit more, which keeps him on breaking balls, which allows him to track fastballs a little bit more. He's hit a couple balls good to left-center as well."

EDGE Analysis

Alonso has never hit double-digit homers in a major league career that dates back to 2010, but he's already smacked four round-trippers in 17 spring games, in part due to the revamped approach he's utilized at the plate. The veteran first baseman already brings excellent defensive skills to the table, so any notable measure of offensive improvement would boost his value even further. He remains slated for the left-handed side of a platoon role at first base with Ryon Healy and will look to improve on last season's mediocre .316 OBP in the coming season.

Alonso went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 9-8 Cactus League victory over the Cubs.

EDGE Analysis

Alonso launched his second round-tripper of spring over the right-field fence and is one of Oakland's hottest hitters this spring, as he sports a .421/.560/.789 line over 19 at-bats. The veteran first baseman could be primed for a bounce-back campaign at the plate after seeing downturns in average, OBP, slugging, OPS and walk rate last season compared to the numbers he'd generated in his final Padres campaign in 2015.

Alonso went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-1 Cactus League victory over the Giants.

EDGE Analysis

Alonso went deep for the first time this spring by launching a Jeff Samardzija pitch to left in the second to open the scoring on the day. The 29-year-old first baseman re-upped with Oakland this offseason on a one-year, $4 million deal after slashing .253/.316/.367 with 34 doubles, seven homers and 56 RBI over 156 games in his 2016 debut campaign with the club. Alonso remains atop the depth chart at first, with the emerging Ryon Healy, who also homered in Friday's win, capable of serving as a right-handed option against southpaws.