MLB Player News

Newman is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox.

With Zach Neto (shoulder) on the shelf, Newman began the season as the Angels' top shortstop, starting the team's first two games while going 0-for-6 with a strikeout. He'll give way to Tim Anderson at shortstop Sunday, and Newman will likely need to pick up the pace at the plate if he's to remain atop the depth chart until Neto returns.

O'Hoppe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox.

O'Hoppe will take a seat for the series finale after going 2-for-8 with a solo home run while catching the first two games of the season. Travis d'Arnaud will check in behind the dish Sunday.

Misner will start in left field and bat sixth in Sunday's game against the Rockies.

Misner will pick up his second straight start against a right-handed pitcher (Ryan Feltner) after he manned right field in Saturday's 2-1 loss while going 2-for-4 at the dish. With Josh Lowe (oblique) on the injured list, the lefty-hitting Misner looks like he could hold down a strong-side platoon role in the corner outfield.

Melendez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.

Melendez went 0-for-6 with two strikeouts in the first two games of the year and will sit for Sunday's series finale. Jonathan India will move out to left field against Cleveland righty Tanner Bibee.

Jansen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies.

Jansen was tending to a rib injury late in spring training, but he was cleared ahead of Opening Day and started behind the plate in the Rays' first two games of the season, going 0-for-6 with a walk. The Rays haven't indicated that Jansen is dealing with a setback, so he'll likely just be picking up some rest Sunday while Ben Rortvedt handles catching duties.

Morel is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.

Morel went 2-for-4 with two walks and a run scored in the first two games of the series but will take a seat for Sunday's contest. Kameron Misner will start in left field and bat sixth in the series finale versus Colorado.

Caminero is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.

Caminero went 4-for-9 with a double and a run scored in the first two games of the season but will hit the bench for Sunday's series finale. Jose Caballero will instead start at third base and bat seventh.

Adell (hip) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox.

The 25-year-old departed Saturday's contest due to hip tightness and will sit out at least one game. It's not believed to be a serious injury, and Adell said Sunday that he's feeling much better and hopes to rejoin the lineup Monday in St. Louis, per Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com. Kyren Paris is starting in center field in the series finale versus Chicago.

Story is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com reports.

Story batted fifth in the first three games of the season but will head to the bench Sunday after going 1-for-11 with a walk, two stolen bases and two runs. David Hamilton will step in at shortstop and bat eighth in the series finale at Texas.

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said that he expects deGrom to be limited to around 75 pitches or five innings in Sunday's game against the Red Sox, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.

In an effort to help deGrom stay healthy after he was limited to just nine starts over the last two seasons while recovering from his second Tommy John surgery, the Rangers brought him along slowly during spring training. He made just three spring appearances and built up to four innings and 70 pitches in his final outing, so deGrom will see only a slight increase in his projected workload in his season debut. While the potential five-inning limit caps deGrom's upside as a DFS option for Sunday, fantasy managers in redraft leagues will likely still want to keep the right-hander in their lineups.