MLB Player News

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman has revealed that he has a small bone spur in his right wrist, Kevin McAlpin of 680 The Fan reports.

Freeman and the Braves are currently operating under the belief that surgery will not be necessary, but they will know more later in the week.

The 26 year old is not starting Wednesday and admitted he doesn't know if he will be able to again this season. He was adamant, however, that he will be available in a pinch-hitting role over the final few days.

Freeman missed more than a month earlier this season with an injury to the same wrist.

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman (wrist) is a no-go Wednesday against Washington.

Freeman has dealt with injuries all year, but this time it finally seems to have caught up with him. It has been speculated that Atlanta might rule him out for the rest of the season considering they are well out of the playoff race, but no official statement has been announced. He's at this point considered day-to-day.

Phillies slugger Ryan Howard (knee) was available to pinch-hit Tuesday and could return to the lineup Wednesday, per CSN Philadelphia.

Howard has not played since Sept. 24, when he took a throw off his left knee while playing first base. The knee had to be drained after swelling up. Darin Ruf has been filling in at first base with Howard sidelined.

Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard (knee) is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Mets, according to Stephen Gross of The Morning Call.

The Phillies were hoping that Howard would be able to return to action Tuesday, but he remains sidelined with his knee injury. Darin Ruf will get the start at first base Tuesday.

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo is out of the lineup Monday against the Royals.

Rizzo has now gone hitless in four of his last five games following an 0 for 3 performance at the dish Sunday. Kris Bryant will slide over from third base to replace him at first Monday, while Tommy La Stella will enter the lineup at third, batting cleanup.

Marlins first baseman Justin Bour mashed a pair of home runs in Sunday's win over the Braves, driving in three RBI.

The red-hot rookie is finishing his season with a bang. Bour has gone deep in three straight games and four of his last five contests. Sunday's multi-homer effort was Bour's first of his career, as he bumped his season total up to 23 to go along with 71 RBI over 424 plate appearances.

Bour's strong September (.304/.337/.620) will go a long way towards earning him the opportunity to open 2016 as the Marlins' regular first baseman.

Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard (knee) is expected to return to the Phillies' lineup as early as Tuesday against the Mets, MLB.com's Todd Zolecki reports. 

A bruised left knee has sidelined Howard for nearly two weeks, but he's demonstrated progress in recent days. He resumed taking batting practice Friday and appears fit to take the field as well, putting him on tap to see action in the final week of the regular season.

Marlins first baseman Justin Bour went 2 for 3 with a homer, two RBI and a walk in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the Braves.

Atlanta pitching has brought Bour's bat to life, with the 27-year-old hitting .625 (5-for-8) with two homers, five RBI and three runs scored in the first two games of the series. Bour now has seven round-trippers in September to go along with a remarkable 22 RBI, on the heels of back-to-back 16 RBI months in July and August.

The young first baseman has proven to be an offensive revelation and power source for the Marlins in a season that has seen Giancarlo Stanton miss the last three months with a worrisome hand injury. After hitting only one homer in his initial 74 major-league at-bats last season, Bour has slugged 21 gopher balls and amassed a .474 slugging percentage and .800 OPS in the 2015 campaign.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto went 3 for 5 in a 10-2 loss to the Mets on Saturday.

As a forgettable season winds down for Cincinnati, the All-Star first baseman is hitting the ball the best he has all year. Votto now has nine multi-hit efforts in September and has reached base safely in every game of the month as well. Even more impressively however, the last time Votto failed to get on via either base hit or walk dates all the way back to Aug. 10 against the Padres, an amazing streak of 43 contests.

When the veteran isn't pounding out base hits or homers, he's drawing an incredible number of base on balls, with the 139 he's amassed this season serving as a career high and contributing greatly to the .464 OBP figure he entered Saturday's game with.

Marlins first baseman Justin Bour went 3 for 5 with a homer, three RBI and two runs in Friday's win over Atlanta.

Bour has been on a tear as of late, mashing eight homers and driving in 27 runs over the past month. Though patience remains a weakness, he has managed a dismal 7.7% BB rate this season, Bour may be worth a spot in the lineup simply as a means to tap into that power. Since the All-Star break, Bour ranks among the top 10 first basemen in the league in homers and RBI.