MLB Player News

Santana, who went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a win over the Yankees on Wednesday, now has 16 RBI in 30 games with the Mariners after posting just 21 in 52 contests with the Royals prior to being traded.

Santana's blast off Gerrit Cole on Wednesday locked in double-digit homers for the veteran for the 11th time in 12 seasons and extended a welcome stretch of RBI production for him since arriving in Seattle via trade June 27. Santana is hitting just .196 over his first 115 plate appearances with the Mariners, but he's managed a much more palatable .243 figure with men on base and has laced nine (three doubles, six home runs) of his 19 hits for extra bases.

Calhoun was placed on the 10-day injured list with right heel irritation Thursday, retroactive to Aug. 3.

Calhoun was slated to miss a second consecutive game Thursday against the White Sox, but his absence was apparently due to an ankle injury that will keep him sidelined until at least next weekend. The severity of the issue isn't yet clear, but prospect Bubba Thompson will have a chance to carve out playing time in the outfield after his contract was selected Thursday.

Dalbec is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Royals, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.

Even with southpaw Kris Bubic taking the hill for Kansas City, the Red Sox won't find room in the lineup for the righty-hitting Dalbec, who started each of the past 12 games at either third base or first base. Dalbec's path to playing time at the hot corner closed Tuesday when Rafael Devers was reinstated from the injured list, and Dalbec won't have a regular spot in the lineup at first base either with Eric Hosmer (neck) having been cleared to make his team debut Thursday after being acquired from the Padres earlier in the week. The lefty-hitting Hosmer also has a stronger track record against left-handed pitching at the big-league level than Franchy Cordero did prior to being demoted to Triple-A Worcester, so Dalbec may not even be in line for a short-side platoon role moving forward.

Calhoun isn't in the lineup Thursday against the White Sox, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Calhoun has hit just .135 with a double, two runs and two RBI over 13 games since the All-Star break, and he'll be on the bench for a second consecutive matchup. Bubba Thompson is starting in left field and batting ninth.

Raley is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Tigers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The lefty-hitting Raley will take a seat against a right-hander (Drew Hutchison), marking the third time in four games he's been excluded from the lineup. Though Raley appeared poised to get regular playing time in the outfield when the Rays moved Josh Lowe and Brett Phillips off the active roster, the trade-deadline pickups of David Peralta and Jose Siri may result in Raley settling into more of a part-time role.

Pratto is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Red Sox.

Pratto is 2-for-24 with seven walks and 14 strikeouts over his past nine contests and will head to the bench Thursday. Michael Massey will enter the lineup in his place, with Hunter Dozier shifting to first base.

Abreu went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 4-1 victory over the Royals.

Abreu launched a three-run blast in the third inning that scored Tim Anderson and Eloy Jimenez and put the White Sox up 4-0. It was his 14th home run of the year. The first baseman now has homers in back-to-back games and has nearly matched his total of three home runs in July. Abreu has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball since the start of June and is continuing to perform well, going 4-for-13 for a .308 average to begin August.

Guerrero went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Rays.

All of a sudden, the 23-year-old slugger is a five-category threat. Guerrero has four steals on the season, and all of them have come in the last seven games. He also extended his hitting streak to 14 games with Wednesday's performance, a stretch in which he's batting .418 (23-for-55) with seven doubles, a homer, seven RBI and 13 runs.

France (wrist), who isn't starting Wednesday against the Yankees, is expected to return to the lineup Friday against the Angels, Shannon Drayer of 710 ESPN Seattle reports.

France is out of the lineup for a fourth consecutive game Wednesday but played catch on the field prior to the matchup. He'll have an additional day to rest since the Mariners don't play Thursday, but he should be back in action Friday.

Santana went 1-for-3 with a double and three RBI in Tuesday's 8-6 win over the Yankees.

Santana drove in two runs on a fifth-inning double and plated another on a sacrifice fly. Since being acquired from the Royals in late June, Santana is slashing .183/.297/.376 across 29 games. He'll remain in the starting lineup for Wednesday's series finale, manning first base and batting cleanup.