MLB Player News

Don Mattingly has announced that Dodgers promising rookie shortstop Corey Seager will be benched when veteran Jimmy Rollins returns from a hand injury.

"When Jimmy gets back, we plan on playing Jimmy," Mattingly told the Los Angeles Times.

Seager made his fifth straight start at that position Saturday. He arrived on a five-game hitting streak.

Guys batting .218 are not supposed to do what Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed did Friday night. But he has been coming on strong lately.

Ahmed slammed a homer, two doubles and a single in a rout of the Dodgers. His two-run clout capped a six-run second inning and gave his team a 10-0 lead.

He has eight hits in his last 18 at-bats with six RBI over his last four games.

Giants infielder Brandon Crawford underwent an MRI on Wednesday to gauge the seriousness of his calf and side injuries, reports the San Jose Mercury News.

Crawford suffered the injuries during Tuesday's contest and was held out Wednesday. Crawford is expected to return to the lineup in a day or two.

Tightness in his calf and left oblique caused Giants infielder Brandon Crawford to leave Tuesday's game prematurely, the team announced.

Crawford recently returned from the DL after battling a calf and oblique issue, but is expected to miss the next couple of games, reports CSN Bay Area. 

Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford is ready to roll Friday in Colorado. He had been sidelined for four days with a back ailment.

Crawford returns in a slump. He has just two hits in his last 23 at-bats.

Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada has just 10 lifetime home runs. Nine have left the yard. The one that didn't helped his team beat Philadelphia on Wednesday night.

His inside-the-park sprint around the bases in the second inning gave New York a 3-0 lead and jump-started what turned out to be a rout.

Tejada also drove in runs with a single and groundout later in the game.

As expected, Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford is again out of the lineup Wednesday night against the host Dodgers with a calf issue.

Bruce Bochy revealed Tuesday that he would be sidelined for at least a couple days.

Crawford is on a 2-for-23 slide. His .263 average is at its lowest point since July 20.

A hamstring pull sustained after hitting a two-run double in the seventh inning Tuesday night at Colorado knocked Diamondbacks third baseman Aaron Hill out the game, per MLB.com. Nick Ahmed replaced him at second base.

Hill was used as a pinch-hitter.

Bruce Bochy has announced that Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford will miss a couple days with a sore calf sustained on a hit-by-pitch, per CSN Bay Area.

Crawford just returned from an oblique injury.

He has just two hits in his last 23 at-bats. His slash line sits at .265/.324/.482.

Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford has returned to the starting lineup for Monday's game against the Dodgers. Crawford has not played since leaving Tuesday's game with an oblique injury.

But he's been given the green light to return on Monday. He'll be at shortstop and bat sixth in the series-opener against the division-rival Dodgers.