MLB Player News

Pennington went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 8-7 loss to the Mariners.

He continues to see sporadic playing time behind a veteran Angels starting infield, and while Pennington has seen action in 12 games this year he's just 5-for-20 at the plate. Barring an injury ahead of him on the depth chart, don't expect the 32-year-old's role to increase any time soon.

Correa went 4-for-5 with a double and a homer in Wednesday's win over the Rangers.

It's been a slow start to the year for Correa, as this was really the first time in 2017 we've seen him flash the sort of game-changing hitting he's capable of. Considering his background, it's quite reasonable to think that this might be the game that ignites Correa on a hot streak that erases the memories of his early-season power outage.

Rojas rapped out four singles in five at-bats and scored three runs in Wednesday's win over Tampa Bay.

The light-hitting utility infielder has a .309 average built on 17 hits this year -- 14 singles and three doubles. He sees enough at-bats that there may be some deep NL-only fantasy utility here, but that's about it.

Owings went 2-for-5 with solo home run during Wednesday's loss to Washington.

It's been a spectacular start to the season for Owings, as he's already up to 14 runs, five home runs, 21 RBI, eight stolen bases and a .313/.358/.525 slash line. He's also spending plenty of time batting second in front of Paul Goldschmidt -- a cushy lineup spot. While it's difficult to envision Owings maintaining this torrid pace, there would have to be a prolonged and crippling slump before it's a legitimate fantasy concern.

Story is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Padres, Jenny Cavnar of Root Sports reports.

After starting each of the last 18 games for the Rockies, Story will head to the bench as Alexi Amarista fills in at shortstop. The 24-year-old is off to a slow start at the plate this season -- slashing .170/.271/.404 across 27 games -- so hopefully the day off will help him straighten things out.

Ahmed will start at shortstop and bat seventh in the order Wednesday against the Nationals.

Ahmed will make his fourth straight start Wednesday, but there's been no indication from the Diamondbacks that he'll be in store for an everyday role in the near future. These last two starts have come as a byproduct of David Peralta (illness) being unavailable, so once he's healthy, Ahmed figures to settle back into reserve duty.

Gordon is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Rays, Roger Mooney of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Despite swiping three bases in Monday's contest, Gordon will head to the bench on the heels of an 0-for-4 showing Tuesday night. Miguel Rojas will man the keystone for the evening.

Bogaerts is batting fifth Wednesday against the Orioles, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.

Bogaerts performed well out of the leadoff spot for Boston, but with Dustin Pedroia finding his swing lower in the order, the Red Sox will head back to the batting order they held earlier in the year. Bogaerts may be in line for a few more RBI opportunities with this new spot in the batting order, as he's now sandwiched between sluggers Hanley Ramirez and Mitch Moreland for the evening.

Baez went 4-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's win over the Phillies.

Baez filled the stat sheet from the No. 9 spot in the order and raised his slash line to .269/.315/.507. He's receiving inconsistent playing time so far this season as a utility player, but games like this show the 24-year-old's potential.

O'Malley (appendectomy) was transferred to the 60-day DL on Tuesday, Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times reports.

This was merely a procedural move to free up a spot on the 40-man roster. O'Malley has already missed a month after undergoing an appendectomy late in spring training, and GM Jerry Dipoto said just last week that O'Malley isn't close to returning.