MLB Player News

France was traded from the Padres to the Mariners on Sunday in exchange for Austin Nola and several other players, Jim Bowden of The Athletic reports.

France has carved out a fair amount of playing time with the Padres this season due to his defensive versatility, and he could carve out playing time in Seattle as well. Nola previously served as the Mariners' versatile infield option, but France could fill that role going forward. The 26-year-old is hitting .314 with six extra-base hits and 10 strikeouts this season.

Dalbec made his major-league debut in Sunday's 9-5 win over the Nationals, going 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a single.

After striking out in his first big-league plate appearance, Dalbec wrapped a homer around the Pesky Pole for his first career hit in the third inning. He added a single later in the game. The 25-year-old is expected to handle the bulk of the first-base duties going forward with Mitch Moreland being traded to San Diego on Saturday.

White (shoulder) went 1-for-4 with a single and two strikeouts in Sunday's 2-1 extra-inning win over the Angels.

White's single came in the 10th inning as the Mariners applied pressure on the Angels' bullpen. The rookie first baseman is slashing .170/.236/.370 with five homers, 17 RBI, eight runs scored and a stolen base in 30 games this season. He missed three games with the shoulder injury, but White should see a majority of the playing time at first base going forward.

Mountcastle went 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBI in Sunday's 6-5 loss to Toronto.

The rookie slugger knocked his first career homer in the second inning before tacking on another two-run blast in the sixth. Mountcastle has four multi-hit performances in his last six games. He's sporting an impressive .393/.469/.679 slash line with four extra-base hits in 32 plate appearances.

White (shoulder) will start at first base and will bat sixth Sunday against the Angels.

White had been out of the starting nine for the past three games with a sore right shoulder, but a few days of rest were apparently all he needed to move past the issue. Even before sustaining the injury, the 24-year-old was struggling through his rookie season, slashing .167/.236/.375 across 106 plate appearances.

Diaz, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI single in a win over the Marlins on Saturday, has raised his average 149 points to .303 during the month of August entering Sunday's action.

Diaz opened the season squaring up on the ball well, but he was frequently hitting right at the defense for some unfortunate outs. As was likely to happen, he's started to see the ball fall a lot more often by maintaining the same line-drive-heavy batted-ball profile over time, resulting in the substantial improvement in his numbers. Diaz is also helping himself with a career-low 12.9 percent strikeout rate, an impressive figure he's complementing with an elite 17.4 percent walk rate. Factoring in Saturday's multi-hit effort, his 10th of August, he now boasts a .303 average and eye-popping .424 on-base percentage across 132 plate appearances.

The Red Sox recalled Dalbec from their alternate training site ahead of Sunday's game against the Nationals, Alex Speier of The Boston Globe reports.

Boston has yet to reveal its starting nine for the series finale, but Dalbec is expected to enter the lineup at first base as a replacement for Mitch Moreland, who was traded to the Padres. The 25-year-old will likely handle a full-time role for the rest of the season as the 11-22 Red Sox take a longer look at some younger prospects in a rebuilding campaign. Dalbec offers plus power from the right side of the plate, but he may be a liability in the batting-average category in his initial exposure to big-league pitching.

Voit went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, an RBI and a run scored Saturday as the Yankees squeaked by the Mets with a 2-1 win.

Voit wasted no time at the plate as he took the first pitch he saw from Robert Gsellman deep to right to give the Yankees an early 1-0 lead. The 29-year-old has been locked in at the plate all season as he is now hitting .308/.376/.725 with 12 home runs (tied for second-most in baseball) and 22 RBI.

O'Hearn went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, two RBI and a walk during Saturday's win over the White Sox.

O'Hearn went without a homer through his first 21 games of the season, but he now has two in the past four games. The 27-year-old has a .260/.360/.411 slash line with five doubles, six runs and 17 RBI in 25 games.

Guerrero went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored Saturday against the Orioles.

Guerrero put the Blue Jays up 2-0 with a two-run single in the bottom of the first inning. He later led off the fourth frame with another base knock, coming around to score two batters later. Guerrero has an 11-game hitting streak, driving in 10 and scoring 10 runs in that span. Overall, he's hitting .271/.344/.483 with five home runs, 17 runs scored and 16 RBI across 131 plate appearances.