MLB Player News

Burger will be optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Friday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.

Burger has gotten off to a dreadful start in his first season with the Rangers, hitting just .190 with a 29.6 percent strikeout rate across 108 plate appearances. Nevertheless, his demotion comes as a significant surprise. Rosenthal reports that Burger's time in the minors should be short and is viewed as a way for him to reset.

Santana is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Twins.

The Guardians will give Santana a breather for the day game after he started in each of the last four contests while going 4-for-11 with two walks, a stolen base and a run scored. Kyle Manzardo will fill in for Santana at first base.

Pasquantino went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's win over the Rays.

Pasquantino has mostly struggled to begin the season, but he's now belted a homer in two of his past four outings. Over 99 at-bats in April, the first baseman hit just .172 with three long balls, two doubles, 14 RBI and eight runs scored. Despite the slow start, Pasquantino continues to regularly occupy a premium spot in Kansas City's batting order, which should offer him plenty of RBI chances.

Mountcastle went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Yankees.

Mountcastle, who went 0-for-18 over his six prior games, squared things up at 2-2 in the second inning, when he took Carlos Carrasco deep to left field for a two-run homer. It was Mountcastle's second home run of the season. He's started the year with a career-low .546 OPS, but perhaps his effort Wednesday is a sign of things to come for the 28-year-old first baseman.

Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to Baltimore.

Goldschmidt didn't have the most efficient performance from the plate, but he made up for it in the fifth inning with a solo shot to center field off Cade Povich. Goldschmidt has seven 30-homer seasons in his career but has just two long balls on the season. However, his 42 hits and .356 batting average rank second in the majors behind teammate Aaron Judge (50 hits and .427 average).

Aranda is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.

The lefty-hitting Aranda will get the night off while the Royals send southpaw Noah Cameron to the hill Wednesday. Curtis Mead will check in for Aranda at first base.

Tellez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.

With southpaw Tyler Anderson on the hill for the Angels, the left-handed-hitting Tellez will take a seat along with switch hitter Jorge Polanco, who hasn't been batting from the right side of late while managing a side injury. Cal Raleigh will get a day off from catching and will fill in for Polanco as Seattle's designated hitter, while Donovan Solano covers Tellez's usual post at first base.

Torkelson is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game in Houston.

It's the first day off this season for Torkelson, who is in a bit of a mini-slump in going just 4-for-31 at the dish over the last nine games. Colt Keith will play first base and bat fifth for the Tigers.

Guerrero went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox.

The Blue Jays managed just four hits as a team, but Guerrero was able to get a hold of one off Garrett Crochet in the third for his third homer of the year. Guerrero leads the Blue Jays in home runs and RBI (14), though that's not saying a ton, as Toronto has just 15 homers this season. He's hitting just .160 over his last seven games but holds a .271 average and .368 on-base percentage so far this season.

France went 3-for-4 with a solo home run during Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Guardians.

The 30-year-old was the only Minnesota player to collect multiple hits, and his solo homer during the fifth inning accounted for the club's lone run of the day. France has been on a tear over the past four games with three multi-hit performances, and he's gone 8-for-16 with three doubles and a home run during that stretch. He's enjoyed a decent start to the campaign with a .267/.345/.410 slash line and three long balls in 30 games while serving as the Twins' primary first baseman.