MLB Player News

Massey's contract was selected from Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday, Lynn Worthy of The Kansas City Star reports.

Massey had a brief stint on the active roster in mid-July as a replacement player during the Royals' series in Toronto, and he went 3-for-8 with a strikeout over three games. He's starting at second base and batting seventh Wednesday against the Twins and should provide infield depth for Kansas City after Whit Merrifield was traded to the Blue Jays.

The Shortcode="annotation" data-id="306" data-text="Tigers" data-canon="Detroit Tigers" data-type="SPORTS_OBJECT_TEAM" data-league-abbreviation="MLB" data-team-abbreviation="DET">Tigers optioned Short to Triple-A Toledo on Wednesday.

Short's stay with the Tigers lasted just one day, with the 27-year-old going unused in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Twins. He'll be replaced on the active roster by Daz Cameron, who was recalled from Toledo to bolster the Tigers' outfield depth after Robbie Grossman was shipped to Atlanta earlier this week.

Frazier went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs, an RBI and a stolen base in Tuesday's 8-6 win over the Yankees.

Frazier has been a solid source of batting average and steals dating back to the beginning of July, as he's hitting .323 while chipping in four stolen bases over a stretch of 26 games. After making each of his last three starts in the outfield, Frazier will be back at his natural second base position Wednesday while batting second in the series finale in New York.

Arraez isn't starting Wednesday against the Tigers.

Arraez has drawn three starts against left-handed pitchers over the last week but will head to the bench with southpaw Tyler Alexander on the mound Wednesday. Jose Miranda is serving as the designated hitter while Mark Contreras enters the lineup in right field.

Miller will start at first base and bat cleanup in Wednesday's game against the Diamondbacks.

He'll pick up his third consecutive start after going 1-for-8 with a home run, two RBI and an additional run in the first two contests of the series. Miller has typically been occupying a short-side platoon role at first base in recent weeks with Josh Naylor -- who is sitting Wednesday with lefty Tommy Henry on the hill for Arizona -- but manager Terry Francona could find room for both hitters to play more frequently against right-handers in the wake of top designated hitter Franmil Reyes being optioned to Triple-A Columbus.

The Guardians optioned Clement to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday.

Clement will surrender his role as the Guardians' top utility infielder to Tyler Freeman, who was called up from Columbus in a corresponding move. The 26-year-old Clement had seen scarce playing time at the big-league level this season, with most of his opportunities coming against left-handed pitching. He hit just .203 with three extra-base hits -- all doubles -- in 158 plate appearances with Cleveland.

Haggerty (forehead) is starting Wednesday against the Yankees.

Haggerty wasn't in the lineup over the last three games due to a cut on his forehead, but he appeared as a pinch hitter Tuesday and went 2-for-2 with a solo homer and two runs. He'll start in right field while Kyle Lewis serves as the designated hitter.

Merrifield isn't starting Wednesday against the Rays.

Merrifield was traded from the Royals to the Blue Jays on Tuesday but won't make his team debut during Wednesday's series finale in Tampa Bay. Santiago Espinal is starting at the keystone and batting eighth.

Lowe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Along with Lowe, fellow left-handed-hitting regulars Ji-Man Choi and Luke Raley will take a seat while southpaw Yusei Kikuchi takes the hill for Toronto. Yu Chang will step in at second base as a replacement for Lowe, who went 8-for-38 (.211 average) with four extra-base hits (two home runs, two doubles) over his last 10 games.

Haggerty (forehead) went 2-for-2 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 8-6 victory over the Yankees.

Haggerty entered Tuesday's game as a pinch hitter for Jarred Kelenic and launched a go-ahead solo shot in the seventh inning. This was his first home run since July 14. Haggerty has seen limited time this season with just 72 at-bats, but he has performed well. The outfielder has five multi-hit performances across 18 appearances since the start of July. Haggerty is slashing .306/.351/.528 on the season, with three home runs and five steals.