MLB Player News

  • Josh Jung 3B | TEX

    Rangers' Josh Jung: Receiving Thursday off

    Jung is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Blue Jays.

    Jung will get a breather for Thursday's day game after he went 1-for-7 with a walk and a run while starting the first two contests of the series with Toronto. Ezequiel Duran will step in for Jung at third base.

  • Yoan Moncada 3B | CHW

    White Sox's Yoan Moncada: First appearance since activiation

    Moncada went 0-for-1 in Thursday's loss to the Angels.

    Moncada appeared in his first game since being activated from the injured list. He entered the contest as a pinch-runner in the 12th inning and struck out in his only plate appearance. Moncada does not appear to have a regular role in the White Sox's lineup to the close the season, as he has yet to start in three opportunities since his activation.

  • Billy Cook 3B | PIT

    Pirates' Billy Cook: Slugs first homer in loss

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

    After going down on strikes in each of his first two at-bats, Cook launched a two-out, three-run homer in the top of the sixth to put Pittsburgh on top 5-4. He would later add a leadoff single in the ninth to give him his second multi-hit performance of the campaign. The long ball was also the first of Cook's big-league career, and he now has five RBI through his first eight games, though he's batting just .208 (5-for-24) over that stretch.

  • Dodgers' Enrique Hernandez: Crushes three-run homer

    Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in an 8-4 victory over the Marlins on Wednesday.

    Hernandez capped a big fourth inning for the Dodgers with a 430-foot, three-run blast. The long ball was his first over his past 16 contests, and the trio of RBI were his first runs batted in over that span. Hernandez has been working in a platoon with Gavin Lux at second base -- the former has started four of Los Angeles' past five games against southpaw starters while Lux has been getting all of the starts against right-handers.

  • Alec Bohm 3B | PHI

    Phillies' Alec Bohm: Knocks homer in loss

    Bohm went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to the Brewers.

    Bohm had the Phillies' lone run with a solo shot in the second inning off Freddy Peralta. Bohm has gone 2-for-11 with two strikeouts over three games since he returned from a hand injury that cost him a couple of weeks. The third baseman is up to 14 homers, 90 RBI, 60 runs scored, five stolen bases, 44 doubles and a .288/.341/.461 slash line through 134 contests this season.

  • Padres' Donovan Solano: Goes yard Wednesday

    Solano went 1-for-4 with a solo home run during Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Astros.

    Solano salvaged his stat line with an eighth-inning solo homer off Kaleb Ort, the infielder's seventh long ball of the campaign. In September, Solano is 8-for-37 (.216) with five runs and two RBI.

  • Padres' Manny Machado: Clubs two more homers

    Machado went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs during Saturday's 4-0 win over the Astros.

    It's Machado's second multi-homer performance in 11 games -- the third baseman is 17-for-45 with eight multi-hit games, six home runs and 18 RBI in that stretch. Machado boasts an .814 OPS in 609 plate appearances for the season.

  • Josh Rojas 3B | SEA

    Mariners' Josh Rojas: Getting rest against lefty

    Rojas isn't in the Mariners' lineup Wednesday against the Yankees.

    Rojas and his .342 OPS against southpaws this season will grab a seat on the bench Wednesday as left-hander Nestor Cortes starts for New York. Dylan Moore will pick up a start at the hot corner as a result and bat ninth.

  • Max Muncy 3B | LAD

    Dodgers' Max Muncy: Getting day off

    Muncy is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Marlins.

    Muncy had started in each of the last 10 games, and with a lefty (Ryan Weathers) on the mound for the Marlins, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts likely decided it was an ideal time to give the lefty-hitting third baseman a day off. Enrique Hernandez will spell Muncy at the hot corner.

  • Brett Baty 3B | NYM

    Mets' Brett Baty: Back in action at Triple-A

    Triple-A Syracuse reinstated Baty (finger) from the 7-day injured list Wednesday. Michael Mayer of MetsmerizedOnline.com reports.

    Baty had been sidelined since late August with a fractured left index finger. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Wednesday that Baty playing again in the majors this season is "in play," per Tim Healey of Newsday. However, given his .633 OPS in 50 games with the Mets this season, it's unlikely he'll have much of a role even if he does get recalled. He'll make his return to the Triple-A lineup Wednesday against Charlotte as Syracuse's designated hitter.

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