MLB Player News

Bell is not in the lineup Thursday against the Brewers.

Bell has received significant playing time since being called up in mid-August, but he'll get a regular day off with Starling Marte returning to the lineup. It's unclear what will happen to Bell's playing time with the All-Star coming back, but the situation should become clearer in the coming days.

Calhoun (personal) is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rangers.

It's his fourth straight day off following the birth of his child. With 40-man September rosters, the Halos have not needed to give him paternity list designation. He's day-to-day heading into Friday action, with Rafael Ortega continuing to occupy right field in Calhoun's stead.

Joseph is not in the lineup Thursday against the Mets, Jack McCaffery of the Delaware County Daily Times reports.

Ryan Howard is expected to get a good number of the starts at first base down the stretch as the Phillies prepare to give him a proper sendoff, so Joseph will begin that trend Thursday now that Howard's knee is back to full health. Joseph's playing time may be down a bit for the remainder of the season, although he'll likely be in consideration for the primary first base job headed into spring training.

Howard (knee) is back in the lineup Thursday against the Mets, Meghan Montemurro of The News Journal reports.

Howard was held out of the lineup four consecutive games due to some issues with his knee, but it seems the extra days off have gotten the slugger back on track to finish out the season. Howard will take over at first base and is expected to get a good number of starts there as the Phillies give him a nice sendoff for all the years he spent with the team.

Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBI against the Padres on Wednesday.

After a 21-game homer drought in which Goldschmidt hit an uncharacteristic .244/.351/.308 with a whopping 28 strikeouts, he's found his stroke again in emphatic fashion over the last two games, banging out three homers among four hits. Obviously, the first baseman is a fantasy star, but in this season of increased offense across baseball, Goldy's fallen surprisingly short of his usual standards -- he's 10 shy of last year's 33 homers and 20 away from last year's 110 RBI with only a week and a half left to play.

Solano went 3-for-5 with a homer, two runs, and two RBI in the Yankees' 14-4 win over the Rays.

It was Solano's third game and his first home run of the year, as he joined Gary Sanchez and the rest of a Yankees lineup that put up 17 hits on the Rays. Solano spent parts of four seasons with the Marlins before heading to New York, and never hit more than three home runs despite garnering 300+ at-bats twice.

Cabrera went 1-for-5 with a first-inning, two-run home run in the Mets' 4-3 loss at the hands of the Braves.

Cabrera followed up a Jose Reyes leadoff walk with a towering, upper-deck home run to right field. Cabrera now has 21 home runs on the year, 20 of them while playing shortstop, breaking a club record previously held by Reyes. The 30-year-old shortstop still has an outside chance of reaching his career high mark in homers of 25 set back in 2011.

Joseph went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, three RBI and two runs in Wednesday's win over the White Sox.

Joseph's third-inning blast off White Sox starter Chris Sale was his 21st of the year, and his fourth in the team's last 10 games. After a brutal month of August (.211/.277/.404), the rookie first baseman has rebounded nicely in September. Through 47 at-bats this month, Joseph is hitting .340, his highest average for any month this season.

Calhoun (personal) remains out of the lineup Wednesday against the Rangers.

Calhoun has been away from the team since Monday afternoon following the birth of his child, and Wednesday will mark his third straight absence from the lineup. With rosters expanded, the Angels don't need to worry about the paternity list designation, so Calhoun should be considered day-to-day in advance of Thursday's series opener against Houston.

Flores (wrist) tried swinging Wednesday but his injured wrist flared up and he's unsure about what the next step will be, The Record's Matt Ehalt reports.

It sounds like Flores is out indefinitely after this setback, and far from a lock to return before the end of the regular season. T.J. Rivera should continue to handle the duties at the keystone in his absence.