MLB Player News

Featherston was traded to the Rays on Friday in exchange for cash considerations, Meghan Montemurro of The News Journal reports.

The 27-year-old utility infielder hasn't shown much hitting ability during his stints in the big leagues, but he's shown an advanced eye at the plate this season, as evidenced by his career-best 13 percent walk rate. He has some swing-and-miss to his game, but Featherston's defensive versatility could be useful in a reserve role. To make room for him on the 40-man roster, Matt Duffy (heel) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.

Lindor went 2-for-4 with a double in Thursday's loss to the Rockies.

Among major-league shortstops, Lindor leads the pack with 16 doubles and 12 home runs. He's now on pace to hammer 45 doubles and 34 home runs, both of which would crush last season's career highs of 30 and 15, respectively.

O'Malley (shoulder) was cleared to play catch for the first time since undergoing surgery in early May, Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times reports.

O'Malley still has at least a month to go before returning but progress is a positive start. The 29-year-old underwent arthroscopic surgery after dealing with a shoulder problem that was causing him issues while he was on the disabled list for an appendectomy. O'Malley hit .229/.299/.319 last season in 89 games of work.

Tejada was called up by the Orioles on Tuesday, Eduardo A. Encina of The Baltimore Sun reports.

The Orioles acquired Tejada from the Yankees on Sunday for cash, and he's set to assume Paul Janish's role as the team's utility infielder with Janish designated for assignment. Tejada, 27, has hit .252/.327/.320 with 10 homers and 16 stolen bases in 616 career games in the major leagues (2,262 plate appearances). He figures to stick around until Ryan Flaherty (shoulder) is good to go.

Tejada was traded to the Orioles by the Yankees on Sunday in exchange for cash considerations.

The infielder hasn't set foot on a major-league diamond this season and, as such, will report to Baltimore's Triple-A Norfolk affiliate. Tejada's numbers in 2017 with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre aren't awful (.269 average, 21 RBI, six homers 15:17 BB:K in 130 at-bats), so it'll be interesting to see if he'll get a shot with Baltimore as the season progresses.

Correa went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two walks in Sunday's win over Texas.

Correa extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a home run to center off Martin Perez in the third inning, his 11th long ball of the season. During the hit streak, Correa is 20-for-44 (.455), raising his average to .315 for the season. His 39 RBI rank him first in the majors among shortstops. It seems like the entire Astros lineup is clicking right now, and Correa has been right in the middle of it all. Keep riding this hot streak.

Correa went 1-for-5 with a three-run homer in Friday's 7-1 win over Texas.

Correa is absolutely scorching right now. Since a two-game absence due to illness, the shortstop has hit safely in eight straight games, including multiple hits in six of them. He's 17-for-36 with four homers, two doubles, 13 RBI and eight runs scored during the streak. His 37 RBI lead the team, which isn't too surprising considering how often Jose Altuve gets on base in front of him.

Adames, 21, is hitting .230/.309/.344 with two home runs, 21 RBI and three steals through 46 games at Triple-A.

Adames has struggled to make contact this season, fanning 50 times in those 46 games. With Tim Beckham finally starting to hit and Daniel Robertson proving a capable backup, there does not appear to be a place for Adames right now at the big league level. As a result, he will continue to bide his time at Triple-A.

Lindor went 1-for-4 with his 12th homer Wednesday, accounting for all of Cleveland's scoring in a 3-1 loss to the A's.

His batting average is lingering at .276, thanks in no small part to an identical .276 BABIP -- a far lower figure than the .348 and .324 marks Lindor posted in his first two seasons. There's a detectable reason for that, though -- Lindor's hitting the ball in the air at the highest rate of his career by a huge margin. He's also making more hard contact than ever, so the stats seem to indicate that Lindor is selling out to hit homers, but if that's indeed his goal, he's managing to accomplish it without sacrificing his contact abilities. That suggests he'll be able to pull his average up while continuing to hit for power; he'll more than likely exceed last season's career-best 15 homers well before the All-Star break.

Correa went 3-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 17-6 rout of the Twins.

His first-inning blast, Correa's ninth homer of the season and third in the last week, got the Astros started on what wound up being a six-homer, 19-hit attack. The 22-year-old shortstop is well on his way to a career season, sporting a .316/.390/.524 slash line through 48 games.