MLB Player News

Moustakas is not in the lineup against the Padres on Thursday.

Moustakas will take a seat with southpaw Robbie Erlin on the mound for San Diego. In his place, Travis Shaw will man the hot corner while Hernan Perez gets a start in the infield.

Devers will not play in Thursday's series finale against the Blue Jays, Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald reports.

Devers, who had been sidelined by a hamstring injury, had a triumphant return from the disabled list Wednesday when he doubled and homered in four at-bats. The decision to hold him out Thursday appears to be a precautionary one.

Moncada went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts and was caught stealing in Wednesday's 7-3 loss to the Yankees.

The good news is that Moncada snapped an 0-for-18 stretch with a single in the fifth inning, but those two strikeouts give him nine over his last 13 at-bats and raised his league-leading total to 163. The struggling leadoff hitter is the subject of stories on the team's official web site, in the Chicago Tribune and in the Chicago Sun-Times. They all report that Moncada needs to be more aggressive. He's got a great eye and can run up pitch counts, but when he sees a pitch he can drive, Moncada needs to swing.

Devers went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 10-5 win over the Blue Jays.

The 21-year-old has been out of action since July 28 with a hamstring strain, but Devers looked none the worse for wear in his return to the lineup. Injuries have cut into his production during his sophomore campaign, but Devers still has 16 homers in 97 games and an opportunity for a big finish to 2018 if he can stay healthy.

Escobar went 1-for-3 with a double and three RBI in Wednesday's 6-0 win over the Phillies.

Escobar put Arizona up 3-0 with a sacrifice fly in the third inning before extending the lead to 6-0 with a two-run double in the seventh. The 29-year-old has been locked in since joining the Diamondbacks at the of July, going 13-for-39 with five doubles and seven RBI in 10 games.

Segura went 1-for-4 with a walk, two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's loss to the Rangers.

It was Segura's second stolen base in the last three games and his 17th of the season. While the shortstop is hitting just .129/.156/.129 through seven games this month, he still owns a solid .305/.335/.427 slash line to go with eight homers, 53 RBI and 75 runs through 107 games this year.

Groshans is hitting .373/.437/.582 with four home runs in 29 games (126 plate appearances) in the Gulf Coast League.

Selected by the Blue Jays with the No. 12 overall pick in this year's draft, Groshans was seen as a prep third baseman with a lot of offensive upside, and so far it looks like the Jays nailed the pick. His batting average is obviously a bit inflated (.420 BABIP), but his 15.9 percent strikeout rate and 9.5 percent walk rate are excellent indicators. He missed a week at the beginning of August for an undisclosed reason, and is 0-for-6 in the two games since he returned to the lineup. Groshans could soon receive a promotion to a more advanced league, and should be viewed as one of the top fantasy prospects from this year's draft class.

Devers (hamstring) was activated from the 10-day disabled list and will bat eighth and play third base Wednesday against Toronto, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.

Devers ended up missing the minimum amount of time with a hamstring strain, as expected. Prior to the injury, Devers had gone 8-for-27 in seven games since the All-Star break. His return will bump Eduardo Nunez from third base, leaving him to fight for playing time with Brock Holt at second.

Duffy went 2-for-4 with a run in a win over the Orioles on Tuesday.

Duffy produced a pedestrian .250 average in July after an outstanding first three-plus months of the season, but he looks to be heating back up as August unfolds. Factoring in Tuesday's production, the 27-year-old has hit safely in five of the first six games of the month, and eight of his last nine overall. What's largely been missing this season has been power, as Duffy has only four home runs and hasn't gone deep since June 16.

Newman went 5-for-5 with a home run, triple, two doubles and three RBI for Triple-A Indianapolis in its 12-5 rout of Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.

Newman was one of two Indianapolis players to hit for the cycle Tuesday, as catcher Jacob Stallings also achieved the feat. Lauded primarily for his plus hit tool when he was selected out of Arizona in the first round of the 2015 first-year player draft, Newman has shown slightly more gap power in his fourth season in the professional ranks. He's up to 29 doubles on the campaign, good for second place in the International League.