MLB Player News

The Marlins placed Cooper on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a lumbar strain, David Wilson of the Miami Herald reports.

Miami will bring up Lewin Diaz from Triple-A Jacksonville to fill Cooper's role as a reserve first baseman behind Jesus Aguilar. Cooper had been battling back stiffness heading into the weekend before joining the lineup Monday in Boston, so he may have suffered a related setback in that contest. He'll be eligible to return from the IL on June 18.

Higgins will start at catcher and bat eighth Wednesday against the Padres.

Higgins will enter the lineup for only the fifth time since his May 19 call-up from Triple-A Iowa. The 28-year-old is off to a 1-for-21 start to his big-league career, and his playing time will likely remain scarce so long as top catcher Willson Contreras is healthy.

Votto (thumb), activated from the injured list earlier in the day, went 0-for-2 with two walks in a loss to the Brewers on Tuesday.

The veteran first baseman saw his first game action since May 5 and displayed his trademark patience at the plate. Votto operated out of the cleanup spot for the seventh time this season, and it remains to be seen if he'll begin to log more time in a premium slotting that will often place him behind Nick Castellanos and ahead of Eugenio Suarez. Votto will also look to rediscover the momentum he seemed to be generating before his injury, as he'd slashed an impressive .273/.385/.545 across the 26 plate appearances covering his last seven games leading into his month-plus absence.

Alonso went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI during Tuesday's 10-3 loss at Baltimore.

The 26-year-old clubbed a two-run shot during the first inning and also hit a solo homer during the ninth, but the rest of the New York's offense mustered only two singles on the day. Alonso is 10-for-30 with three homers, nine RBI and six runs across his past eight contests.

Rizzo went 2-for-3 with a home run, double, two runs and four RBI in Tuesday's 7-1 triumph over the Padres.

Rizzo laced a two-run double as part of a four-run sixth and later launched a two-run home run the next inning to extend the lead to 7-0. The long ball was a welcome sight as it was only the veteran first baseman's sixth all season and his first since May 2. While Rizzo's on base and average are near his career rates, a .445 slugging is well below a career .483.

Wade went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 9-4 win over Texas.

All three of his hits were singles. Wade hit safely in seven of nine games while Brandon Belt was out with an oblique injury. Now that Belt is back, Wade is likely to play in the outfield mostly -- he started in right field Tuesday. The 27-year-old is slashing .310/.408/.548 with three home runs, five RBI, six runs scored and a stolen base across 49 plate appearances. He'll compete for extra time in the outfield while Mike Yastrzemski (thumb) is out.

Walker went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run in a 5-2 loss to Oakland on Tuesday.

Walker and teammate Pavin Smith were the only Diamondbacks clicking Tuesday as the pair combined for four of the team's six times on base with Walker doing the heavy lifting. His second-inning home run off Chris Bassitt opened the scoring and he later scored after a seventh-inning single to account for both Arizona runs in the game. The hits broke a 3-for-20 stretch for Walker, who should end up performing closer to his combined .815 OPS from 2019 and 2020 rather than a current .570 mark.

Manager Craig Counsell said Tuesday that Hiura may be in store for a longer stint at Triple-A Nashville than his previous demotion this season, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

The 24-year-old was optioned to Nashville on Monday after going 2-for-29 with 16 strikeouts for Milwaukee following his three-week stint in the minors. Hiura may not rejoin the Brewers until after the All-Star break, and it wouldn't be surprising to see some tweaks to his swing mechanics given his 39.3 percent strikeout rate.

Votto (thumb) is in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the Brewers, batting fourth and playing first base.

Manager David Bell announced earlier Tuesday that Votto would be activated from the injured list for the series opener, and that's indeed the case.

Wade is starting in right field Tuesday against the Rangers.

With Brandon Belt returning from an oblique injury, Wade will remain atop the Giants' lineup but shift from first base to right field. He'll likely see the majority of his time in the outfield going forward.