MLB Player News

Gittens was placed on the injured list at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday with an undisclosed injury, Conor Foley of The Scranton Times-Tribune reports.

Gittens was optioned to Triple-A on June 20 and had been unable to play the past few days for the RailRiders while dealing with the injury. It's unclear when the 27-year-old is expected to return.

Dalbec (hamstring) remains out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Athletics, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.

Dalbec will miss a third straight game due to hamstring tightness, but manager Alex Cora is optimistic that the first baseman could be back in the lineup Saturday. Danny Santana will start at first base and bat eighth Friday.

Bell is out of the lineup Friday against the Dodgers, Matt Weyrich of NBC Sports Washington reports.

Bell will take a seat Friday with southpaw Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles. Ryan Zimmerman will start at first base and bat cleanup in his place.

Rizzo (back) is back in the starting lineup Friday against the Reds.

Rizzo missed the last three games after he left Sunday's game against the Dodgers with lower back tightness. The first baseman said he was targeting a weekend return and he will indeed rejoin the lineup as the cleanup hitter Friday.

O'Hearn is out of the lineup Friday against the Twins, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.

O'Hearn started all 10 games since being recalled by the Royals on June 21, and he's gone 12-for-41 with three homers, seven RBI, five runs and 11 strikeouts in 41 plate appearances. Jorge Soler will bat second as the designated hitter Friday.

Diaz is out of the lineup Friday against the Blue Jays, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Diaz went 2-for-7 with a solo homer during the three-game set in Washington and will head to the bench Friday. Ji-Man Choi will start at first base while Austin Meadows serves as the designated hitter.

Dalbec (hamstring) is expected to remain sidelined Friday with expectations that he will return Saturday. "[Friday], most likely, he won't play. We're shooting for Saturday with him," manager Alex Cora said Thursday.

Dalbec has missed the last two games due to a hamstring injury, and Cora doesn't feel he'll be ready for Friday's series opener in Oakland. Danny Santana and Michael Chavis filled in for Dalbec at first base the last two games.

Vaughn moved from left field to third base after Yoan Moncada (hand) was removed from Thursday's game against the Twins in the fourth inning.

Vaughn handled the assignment cleanly for four innings before he was replaced by Leury Garcia (undisclosed) in the eighth. Garcia had been scratched from the original starting lineup due to an undisclosed injury; that appears to be the reason why he wasn't brought in initially to replace Moncada. Instead Vaughn, a first baseman that's been converted to left field this season, played third base for the first time in the majors. The move appears to be a temporary one, as the fact Garcia felt well enough to enter the game suggests his undisclosed injury is not serious. In addition, the White Sox are considering calling up Jake Burger, a natural third baseman.

The Diamondbacks pulled Calhoun (hamstring) from his rehab assignment after he felt more discomfort, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

Calhoun will be shut down for several days, per manager Torey Lovullo, who said an MRI revealed "inflammation" in the hamstring. It's the same hamstring on which he had surgery in April. During the second game of his rehab assignment, the outfielder aggravated the injury when trying to avoid being hit by a pitch. The news of a delay in Calhoun's rehab means Josh Reddick, Josh Rojas and Pavin Smith will continue to share right field duties for Arizona.

Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a 5-2 loss to Colorado on Thursday.

Goldschmidt singled in the first inning and blasted a solo shot to left in the third to knot the game at 2-2, a score that would hold until the ninth. The veteran first baseman has heated up following a rough April, as he's now slashing .256/.321/.426 with a team-leading 42 runs and 43 RBI in 80 games.