MLB Player News

Albies (hamstring) has rejoined Atlanta in San Francisco but is not expected to be activated from the injured list this weekend, Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Albies is eligible for activation Friday as he works his way back from a left hamstring strain. He's not quite ready yet, though, and the NL East leaders have no incentive to push him. Atlanta continues its road trip next week in Colorado and Los Angeles, and it would appear Albies has a shot to return for one or both of those series.

Alu isn't in the Nationals' lineup Friday against the Marlins, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.

Southpaw Braxton Garrett will begin Friday's contest on the mound for Miami, meaning the left-handed bat of Alu will stay put in the dugout. Ildemaro Vargas will start in left field while Alu sits, and Michael Chavis will get the nod at second base.

Diaz is not in the lineup Friday versus the White Sox.

Diaz, who also sat out of Thursday's series opener, is slashing just .159/.264/.333 over his last 22 games (72 plate appearances) dating back to July 29. His season OPS has fallen from .716 to .676 in that span.

Dubon is not in the lineup Friday against the Tigers.

Dubon has slashed .313/.382/.458 in 55 plate appearances since the calendar flipped to August, but he is currently struggling to carve out regular playing time with the Astros getting healthier as a whole. Yordan Alvarez, Chas McCormick and Kyle Tucker will start across the outfield Friday and Jose Altuve is covering second base.

Frazier is out of the lineup Friday against the Rockies.

Jordan Westburg will start at second base and bat seventh as the Orioles take on left-hander Kyle Freeland. Frazier has slashed just .200/.290/.346 in 62 plate appearances this year versus southpaws.

Andrus is not in the lineup Friday against the Athletics.

Lenyn Sosa will cover second base and bat eighth. Andrus is presumably getting a routine breather after coming to life with a .352/.361/.578 slash line across his last 72 plate appearances dating back to Aug. 4.

The Cardinals reinstated Gorman (back) from the injured list Friday, Lynn Worthy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Gorman landed on the injured list last week with a lower-back strain and will now return after a minimum stay. The 23-year-old was slashing .235/.350/.412 through 40 plate appearances in August prior to getting injured, but he will remain in the dugout for Friday's game with left-hander Cristopher Sanchez on the mound for the Phillies. Gorman's return will force Jose Fermin back to Triple-A Memphis in order to clear a roster spot.

Fermin was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Friday, Lynn Worthy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Fermin has managed just four hits in 25 at-bats for the Cardinals this season and had started just one of the last five games. With Nolan Gorman back from the injured list, Fermin's playing time was about to be cut even more. Instead, he'll head back to Memphis to play regularly.

Kemp went 2-for-4 with a double, a solo home run and an additional run in a win over the White Sox on Thursday.

It was an unusual night for Kemp, considering he hit out of the No. 5 spot in the order for only the third time all season and proceeded to belt just his fourth long ball of the campaign. Kemp got off to a quiet start in August, but he's heated up over the last six games by going 5-for-11 with two doubles, Thursday's homer, two RBI, two walks and Thursday's pair of runs.

Hernandez went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's win over the Guardians.

Hernandez doubled in his first at-bat before coming around to score on a Mookie Betts single, giving the Dodgers their first run of the game. The utility player then chipped in an RBI double and a solo homer in his final two plate appearances, giving him his first long ball since Aug. 7. It was just his third three-hit performance this season, but two of them have come since he was re-acquired by Los Angeles. He's now batting .292 in August with two homers, 15 RBI and 11 runs scored and has driven in two runs in back-to-back games.