MLB Player News

LeMahieu's absence from the lineup for Tuesday's game against Toronto is due to the birth of his child, Marly Rivera of ESPN.com reports.

The news explains why LeMahieu finds himself on the bench for the second time in three games. The Yankees have yet to officially place him on the injured list, but such a move could be coming soon.

LeMahieu is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against Toronto.

LeMahieu finds himself sitting for the second time in three games, which suggests he could be dealing with an unreported minor injury. Rougned Odor will be the second baseman Tuesday.

Groshans hasn't played at Double-A New Hampshire since May 18 due to mild lower-back soreness, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.

The Blue Jays don't appear to be overly concerned about the injury and believe that with some extra rest, Groshans will be able to avoid an extended absence. The 21-year-old dabbled at both shortstop and third base through his first 11 games with New Hampshire, batting .244 with no home runs and no stolen bases while striking out 13 times in 48 plate appearances (27.1 percent).

Henderson is slashing .339/.417/.661 with five home runs and three stolen bases across 72 plate appearances in his first 15 games with Low-A Delmarva.

Henderson and one of the Orioles' other top middle-infield prospects in Jordan Westburg (1.157 OPS in 15 games) have both hit the ground running at Low-A after the two missed out on a year of development time due to the cancellation of the 2020 minor-league season. An early summer promotion to High-A Frederick should be in the cards for Henderson if he can continue to find success at the dish while keeping his strikeout rate (23.6 percent) in check.

Devers went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and two strikeouts in Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Phillies.

Devers has now struck out twice in six of his last seven games, but he's also displayed impressive power recently. Across his last five games, Devers has blasted two home runs with three doubles, five RBI and four runs.

Walls will start at shortstop and bat eighth Sunday against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Walls will be awarded a second straight start after he went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and a run scored in his MLB debut Saturday in the Rays' 3-1 win. With Willy Adames now in Milwaukee, the right-handed Walls should at least serve as a short-side platoon option at shortstop, and it wouldn't be surprising if the Rays gave him a look as a full-time player.

Moncada went 0-for-3 with a walk in Saturday's 7-0 loss to the Yankees.

Moncada had hit safely in 10 straight games (13-for-31, .419) before Gerrit Cole and the Yankees snuffed out the streak. The walk, however, kept alive his on-base streak, which reached 15 contests (.484 OBP). Moncada's 28 walks ranks ninth in MLB.

Walls was called up as expected Saturday and will bat eighth and play shortstop in his major-league debut against the Blue Jays, Adam Berry of MLB.com reports.

Walls isn't necessarily the Rays' shortstop of the future, as that would appear to be Wander Franco, but he's the one who will get the first crack at the job after the Rays dealt Willy Adames to the Brewers on Friday. Walls is a fine prospect in his own right, albeit not at Franco's level, with the potential to make a good amount of contact while playing strong defense. He's hit .279/.369/.417 with a strong combination of a 12.5 percent walk rate and 18.8 percent walk rate in 276 career minor-league games.

LeMahieu is not starting Saturday's game against the White Sox.

The day off comes at a good time for LeMahieu, who has gone 0-for-10 in his last three games, reaching base just once on a walk in that span. The 32-year-old has performed far below his lofty expectations with a .260 average thus far this season, but improvement is likely for LeMahieu, who has hit above .300 in five of the past six seasons.

Madrigal went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Yankees.

Madrigal plated Chicago's lone run with a bloop to right field in the eighth inning before the Yankees pushed a run across in the ninth. The second baseman, who popped his first career home run earlier this week, has slumped otherwise. Madrigal is 5-for-26 (.192) over the last seven games.