MLB Player News

Swanson is not in the Braves' lineup Monday against the Nationals

It looks to be nothing more than a scheduled day off for Swanson as the Braves go with Gordon Beckham at shortstop. Beckham will bat eighth in the order against the Nats' Max Scherzer.

Cecchini will be added to the Mets' 40-man roster and promoted to the majors Tuesday, Marc Carig of Newsday reports.

The Mets will make room for Cecchini by placing Neil Walker on the 60-day disabled list. Cecchini has morphed from a good-field, little-hit shortstop when he was drafted to one who is more known for his offense. He likely won't see much action, but can back up both middle-infield spots after seeing time at second base recently at Triple-A Las Vegas.

Seager is out of the lineup Sunday against the Padres.

Seager rarely sees time off, as the young shortstop has started 124 of 135 games for the Dodgers this season. He'll get a regular maintenance day against lefty Christian Friedrich, however, with manager Dave Roberts electing to avoid the lefty-lefty matchup by awarding Charlie Culberson the start for the afternoon matchup.

Sardinas is out of the lineup Sunday against the Dodgers.

Sardinas had just been starting to see regular starts at shortstop, a situation that will only improve following the release of Alexei Ramirez. It will be Alexi Amarista that gets the call for the Sunday afternoon contest, however.

Gordon is out of the lineup Sunday against the Indians, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports.

Gordon has started five straight games for the Marlins, but even with the DH spot available Sunday, he'll take a seat for a regular day off. Derek Dietrich will man the keystone in his stead.

Crawford is out of the lineup Sunday against the Cubs, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Crawford didn't receive a day off the entire month of August, so this appears to just be a long overdue maintenance day. Ehire Adrianza will start at shortstop in his place Sunday afternoon.

Baez is out of the lineup Sunday against the Giants.

Baez started the first two games of the series, going 2-for-6 with a double and two strikeouts. He'll take a seat for Sunday's finale, however, allowing Ben Zobrist to move in from the outfield to start at second base.

Anna was designated for assignment by the Cardinals on Sunday.

Anna was serving as organizational depth at the Triple-A level, but the team needed his 40-man roster spot to execute multiple activations Sunday morning. He hasn't seen much action in the majors over the past few seasons anyway, and he posted a .685 OPS for the Redbirds over 106 games in 2016.

Diaz (thumb) began a rehab assignment at High-A Palm Beach on Saturday, going 0-for-3 with a walk.

Diaz played the full nine innings and is expected to play in another rehab game Sunday as he looks to work back from the thumb injury. If all continues to go well down on the farm, he could be activated from the DL at some point this week to rejoin the Cardinals. Diaz's return would likely result in Greg Garcia seeing his at-bats fall by the wayside.

Turner was named the National League Rookie of the Month for August, the Washington Post reports.

He set a franchise rookie record with 45 hits in the month en route to a .357/.366/.571 slash line with five home runs, 15 RBI, a mammoth 27 runs scored and 11 steals. Turner becomes the third National to win the award after Bryce Harper (who won it twice) and Ryan Church.