MLB Player News

Arenado went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Saturday against the Nationals.

Arenado took Stephen Strasburg deep in the sixth inning to record his 35th homer of the season. That's good enough for third in the National League, but he will almost certainly end up with his lowest home run total since 2014. Still, it's been a good campaign for Arenado, as he topped both 100 RBI and runs scored and is currently hitting .296.

Vargas went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, a stolen base, and three RBI on Saturday against the Padres.

Vargas recorded his first career home run in the fourth inning, taking Jacob Nix deep. He later added his first career stolen base in the sixth inning, capping off a productive night. The 27-year-old got a taste of the majors for the second consecutive season, but the only standout skill he's shown throughout his minor-league career is the ability to get on base.

Muncy was 2-for-6 with a double, a triple and two RBI in Saturday's 10-6 win over the Giants.

Muncy came through with a clutch two-run double with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to help pad the lead to 9-5. The 28-year-old has a .260/.389/.568 slash line with 33 home runs in 389 at-bats with one game to go in the regular season.

Suarez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run Saturday during the Reds' 3-0 win over the Pirates.

Suarez lifted an offering from Jameson Taillon over the center-field wall in the fourth inning. His 34th big fly was the latest highlight of his breakout season, during which he's slashing an impressive .284/.368/.528 with 104 RBI, 79 runs and 10.6 percent walk rate.

Newman is out of the lineup against the Reds on Saturday.

Newman went 1-for-4 with one RBI during Friday's series opener and will receive a breather for the matinee while Jordy Mercer picks up a start at third base.

Muncy is not in the lineup against San Francisco on Friday, Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group reports.

As expected, Muncy will take a seat for the series opener with southpaw Madison Bumgarner on the mound for the Giants. In his place, David Freese will bat third and man first base.

Newman is not in the starting nine versus the Cubs on Thursday.

Newman will receive a standard day off after starting six of the previous seven games. During this series against Chicago, he's gone 3-for-12 with one run scored. Jordy Mercer will snag a start at the shortstop position in his stead.

Anderson went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in Wednesday's loss to the Nationals.

Anderson's three-run shot off Jefry Rodriguez in the seventh inning accounted for all of Miami's offense in Wednesday's 9-3 loss. The 25-year-old is now in the midst of a six-game hit streak, going 9-for-22 (.409) with a homer and six RBI over that stretch.

Longoria is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Padres, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Longoria will take a seat for the first time all month as manager Bruce Bochy looks to rest the veteran third baseman with the Giants out of playoff contention. Alen Hanson is starting at the hot corner and hitting sixth in his stead.

Escobar came off the bench to deliver a walkoff solo home run in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers.

Escobar entered the contest in the bottom of the seventh inning as a pinch hitter for John Ryan Murphy, drawing a walk in the plate appearance before getting stranded at third base. He stayed in the game to spell Chris Owings at the hot corner and came through with the game-winning hit off Kenta Maeda after the Dodgers had tied things up in the top of the ninth. The 29-year-old is closing the season on a positive note with hits in each of his last seven games, but he's not a safe bet to play in all of the Diamondbacks' remaining four contests with the team in evaluation mode following its elimination from postseason contention a few days ago.