MLB Player News

Wade (knee) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Wade has dealt with knee inflammation since late March, but he's been able to ramp up his baseball activities in recent weeks. The Giants haven't indicated how many rehab appearances he'll require, but the 28-year-old could rejoin the major-league club as early as next week.

Tellez isn't starting Friday's game against the Phillies.

Tellez has started against just one left-handed pitcher this season, and he'll take a seat with southpaw Ranger Suarez on the mound for Philadelphia on Friday. Keston Hiura will start at first base and bat fifth.

Bell (knee) is starting Thursday's game against the Diamondbacks.

Bell exited Wednesday's loss to Arizona due to a knee injury, but he underwent an MRI that came back clean and tested the issue ahead of Thursday's matchup. He'll ultimately be able to start at first base and bat cleanup against Arizona. The 29-year-old is hitting .354/.456/.521 with two homers, 11 RBI and 10 runs this season.

Bell (knee) underwent an MRI on Thursday that came back clean, Matt Weyrich of NBC Sports Washington reports.

Bell felt his knee tighten up while playing first base in Wednesday's loss to Arizona, and he's testing his injury ahead of Thursday's series finale. Even if he's held out Thursday, he should be considered day-to-day following the encouraging MRI results.

Goldschmidt went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Marlins.

Goldschmidt has only hit safely in five of his 10 games this season. He's posted a shaky .162/.295/.216 slash line with an RBI, seven runs scored, a pair of stolen bases and two doubles through 44 plate appearances. He tore the cover off the ball in spring training, so there's little reason to be concerned about Goldschmidt's long-term numbers -- he's never hit lower than .250 in any season of his career, and that came in his rookie year.

Hiura went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Pirates.

After going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts to start the day, Hiura gave the Brewers a couple of important insurance runs with his first home run of the season in the seventh inning off Pirates reliever Miguel Yajure. Through 21 plates appearances, Hiura is slashing .222/.333/.722 with eight strikeouts and three walks.

Tellez went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Pirates.

Tellez went deep off a Pittsburgh starter for a second straight game and has three home runs and eight RBI through his first 12 contests. The lefty first basemen is slashing .270/.325/.920 through 40 plate appearances with seven strikeouts and three walks.

Alonso went 3-for-4 and scored a run in a loss to the Giants on Wednesday.

The first baseman registered his second three-hit game of the campaign in the loss, collecting a single in each of the fourth, sixth and eighth innings. Alonso came into the contest having gone just 2-for-16 over his previous five games, and Wednesday's performance boosted his season batting average 43 points to .260. He's tied for second in the National League with 14 RBI on the season.

Cronenworth went 0-for-1 with three walks and a run scored Wednesday against the Reds.

Cronenworth managed to reach base multiple times for the first time in six starts, and he's now hitless across his last 19 at-bats. Given that, it's little surprise that he's hitting just .174, though he has managed to maintain a .339 on-base percentage. Importantly, Cronenworth has struck out at an acceptable 18.6 percent clip and currently has just a .222 BABIP across 59 plate appearances. If he continues to make contact, Cronenworth should see improved results as the season wears on.

Cron went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run during Wednesday's 9-6 loss to Philadephia.

Cron didn't add to his MLB-leading total of six home runs Wednesday, but he still delivered another multi-hit, multi-RBI performance. The 32-year-old is slashing .333/.365/.813 with 16 RBI and 10 runs through 12 games in 2022.