MLB Player News

Tellez isn't in the Brewers' lineup Saturday against the Phillies.

Tellez will get a breather Saturday after going 3-for-10 with three RBI across his last five games. Christian Yelich will serve as Milwaukee's DH with Mark Canha in left field, and Carlos Santana will get the nod at first base.

Goodman isn't in the Rockies' lineup Saturday against Toronto, Luke Zahlmann of The Denver Gazette reports.

Goodman will take a seat Saturday after starting his big-league career 6-for-18 with three RBI through five games. Elehuris Montero will draw the start at first base and bat eighth.

Vaughn is not in Saturday's lineup against the Tigers.

Vaughn has been on a bit of a heater, slashing .301/.323/.452 with four home runs, 12 runs and 11 RBI over his last 25 games (93 at-bats). However, Gavin Sheets draws the start at first base Sunday, hitting sixth.

Noda entered Friday's win over the Angels as a pinch hitter in the fourth inning and remained in the game at first base, going 2-for-3 with an RBI double and a run.

The 27-year-old lined out to center in his pinch-hit appearance, but he proceeded to deliver in his final at-bat of the night with an eighth-inning double that drove in Zack Gelof. Noda now has five RBI over his last seven games and pushed his OPS back over the .800 threshold (.803) for the season with Friday's production.

Abreu went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Friday against the Yankees.

Abreu led off the second inning with his 12th home run of the season. He continues to swing the bat well in six games since he's been activated from the injured list, tallying seven hits across 24 at-bats with two homers, seven RBI and four runs scored. He should seeing the bulk of the action at first base and has most recently been hitting fifth in the order.

Montero went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored Friday against the Blue Jays.

Montero had been the odd man out in the competition with Hunter Goodman for playing time at first base, sitting out the prior five games. However, he got the start Friday and delivered a two-run homer in the third inning. Montero has displayed an all-or-nothing skillset, as he has three homers in his last 13 games but has struck out at a 32.6 percent clip as well.

Flores went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 7-3 loss to the Padres.

The homer was Flores' 20th of the year, setting a new career high for the 32-year-old infielder. It also opened the scoring, but the Padres quickly took control of the game in their half of the first inning. Flores has swatted five homers over his last 15 games while batting .246 (14-for-57) in that span. Overall, he's maintained a .291/.352/.533 slash line with 50 RBI, 46 runs scored and 20 doubles through 102 games as one of the steadiest bats in the San Francisco lineup.

Walker went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 4-2 win over the Orioles.

Walker lifted a sixth-inning blast to provide Arizona's final runs of the game. He'd ended August in a 10-for-46 (.217) slump over 13 games, with just one extra-base hit (a triple) in that span. The first baseman is up to 29 homers, 89 RBI, 70 runs scored, eight stolen bases and a .271/.347/.524 slash line through 131 contests on the season.

Beaty is not in the starting lineup Friday versus the Red Sox.

Beaty will take a seat as the Royals face left-hander James Paxton. Salvador Perez will slot in at first base while Freddy Fermin enters the lineup at catcher and bats fifth in the opener with Boston.

Solano is not in the starting lineup Friday versus the Rangers.

Solano will get a breather after he went 5-for-10 with an RBI and two runs scored while starting all three games of the team's series with Cleveland. Joey Gallo will take over at first base and bat ninth in the opener with Texas.