MLB Player News

Castillo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Saturday against the Rays.

Castillo took Corey Kluber deep in the third inning to record his seventh home run of the season. Castillo did not homer and had only five extra-base hits in a 27-game span between May 8 and June 12, but he has connected for five home runs in his last 10 starts. However, he's still hitting just .171 in that span. For the season, Castillo has maintained a .197/.240/.348 line across 192 plate appearances.

Swanson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Saturday in a 5-3 victory against the Dodgers.

Swanson plated the game's first runs with his third-inning, two-run shot to center field. The long ball was his fourth in his past four games and 13th overall this season. Swanson has enjoyed a big June, slashing .383/.448/.660 with seven homers, 19 RBI, 22 runs and three stolen bases over 23 contests.

Adames went 1-for-4 with an RBI single and two runs scored in Saturday's win over Toronto.

Adames scored on a Tyrone Taylor single in the first and an Andrew McCutchen homer in the second, just after sending Keston Hiura home on an RBI single of his own. Adames has been productive lately, with an RBI in three straight games. He has a hit in seven of his last nine games but has also struck out 11 times during that span, giving him a .206 batting average on the season.

Edman went 1-for-5 with an RBI-single and a stolen base in a 5-3 win over the Cubs on Saturday.

Edman now has 17 steals on the season to tie him for fourth in the majors. The 27-year-old second baseman has been caught stealing only twice this season and is on pace to well surpass his career-high 30 stolen bags in 2021. With an impressive 89% stolen-base success rate, the Cardinals should continue to give him free reign on the basepaths.

Crawford is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Reds, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Crawford missed two games with a bruised left knee before rejoining the lineup Friday, and he went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a hit-by-pitch. Thairo Estrada will shift to shortstop Saturday while Wilmer Flores starts at the keystone.

Berti isn't starting Saturday's game against the Mets, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Berti is in the midst of a nine-game hitting streak in which he's hit .351 with a triple, two doubles, five runs, four RBI and nine stolen bases. However, he'll get a breather Saturday while Willians Astudillo starts at the hot corner and bats seventh.

Rojas (foot) will start Saturday's game against the Mets, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Rojas was scratched from Friday's lineup to a right foot bone contusion, but it's apparently not a serious issue since he'll retake the field Saturday. The veteran shortstop has a .278/.338/.389 slash line with two home runs and nine RBI through 22 games in June.

Turner went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Friday's 4-1 win over Atlanta.

His fifth-inning blast off Ian Anderson gave the Dodgers an insurance run. Turner has at least three hits in three of the last four games and has hit safely in 15 of the last 16, slashing a sizzling .388/.417/.642 over that stretch with five of his 10 homers and four of his 14 steals on the year, along with 10 RBI and 14 runs.

Berti went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Mets.

Despite reaching base three times, Berti didn't find his usual success as a runner. He got picked off at first base by Taijuan Walker in the first inning, then got thrown out trying to steal second in the ninth -- the first time Berti's been caught stealing since April 28, snapping a streak of 20 straight pilfers. The 32-year-old utility man is in no danger of losing playing time however, given his .318/.389/.400 slash line in 22 contests in June.

Lindor went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and four RBI in Friday's 5-3 win over the Marlins.

The shortstop connected on a solo shot off Sandy Alcantara in the first inning before providing the game-winning hit with a bases-loaded double in the sixth. Lindor is hitting only .212 (17-for-80) in June, but he's still been somewhat productive with four homers, a steal, seven runs and 14 RBI through 20 games.