MLB Player News

The Angels recalled Stefanic from Triple-A Salt Lake on Friday.

Stefanic will likely operate as a backup on the Angels' infield as he returns to the majors with rosters expanding from 26 to 28. The 27-year-old carries a .195/.290/.232 career slash line in 94 plate appearances at baseball's highest level.

The Mariners recalled Haggerty from Triple-A Tacoma on Friday.

As MLB rosters expand to 28 players, Haggerty will return to Seattle to give the team a bench bat capable of filling in at multiple positions. His versatility may buy him semi-regular playing time, but with a .613 OPS on the season through 62 plate appearances, it's unlikely he makes much of an impact for the Mariners.

Rodriguez was recalled from Double-A Binghamton on Friday.

Rodriguez was up briefly with the White Sox back in June but didn't receive a plate appearance. He's posted a .747 OPS with 18 home runs and 28 stolen bases in 87 games with Binghamton this season. The 22-year-old can handle second base, third base and shortstop.

Short went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Thursday's extra-inning win over the Yankees.

Short put up the first run of the contest in the fifth inning, swatting a solo shot to left field off Clarke Schmidt. The shortstop hit three long balls over his first 29 at-bats this season but has gone deep just three times across 76 at-bats since. Short had been struggling prior to Thursday, going 2-for-23 with no RBI over his previous 14 games while working mostly in a bench role.

Drury went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, a walk, three total RBI and two total runs in Wednesday's 10-8 win over the Phillies.

Drury knocked in a run with a single in the first inning to put the Angels up 5-2. Philadelphia stormed back to carry a one-run lead into the ninth, but Los Angeles tied the score on a Luis Rengifo sacrifice fly before Drury put the team ahead with a two-run blast to right-center field off Craig Kimbrel. The long ball was the 19th of the campaign for Drury, the second-highest total of his career behind last season's 28. Over 23 games in August, Drury slashed .245/.258/.447 with five homers, 19 RBI and 11 runs.

Frazier went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Wednesday's 10-5 loss to the White Sox.

Frazier singled in his first at-bat to drive home Ryan O'Hearn and give the Orioles an early 3-0 lead before then stealing second. He also added a single in the ninth, giving him just his second multi-hit game this month. The second baseman has now hit safely in three straight while the stolen base was only his second since June 24.

Torres went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a walk, two total runs and a stolen base in Wednesday's 6-2 victory versus Detroit.

Torres slammed his 23rd homer of the campaign in the fourth inning, driving a solo shot to right-center field. He's now gone deep in three straight contests, going 6-for-10 with five extra-base hits, three walks, four RBI and four runs over that span. Torres has added 13 thefts on the campaign, one shy of his career-high mark, which he established in 2021.

Massey is not in the lineup Wednesday versus the Pirates.

Samad Taylor will start at second base and bat eighth in Wednesday's series finale after Massey went 0-for-7 with a strikeout across the first two games of the three-game set. Massey, 25, has posted a rough .220/.265/.351 batting line in 378 plate appearances this season for Kansas City.

Kemp is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mariners.

Kemp will hit the bench for the matinee game after he started in left field and batted fifth in each of the past six contests, going 5-for-18 with a solo home run, three walks, a double and three additional runs. Esteury Ruiz will replace Kemp in left field Wednesday.

Dubon is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.

Dubon has now been squeezed out of the starting nine twice in the past three days and could be relegated to more of a part-time role with Michael Brantley returning from the 60-day injured list Tuesday. After starting in left field Tuesday, Brantley will occupy the designated hitter spot Wednesday. With the Astros likely to lean heavily on the trio of Brantley, Yordan Alvarez and Yainer Diaz to handle DH duties in any given game while one of Alvarez or Brantley starts in left field, Chas McCormick could end up more frequently poaching work from Dubon in center field. Dubon has at least helped his case for not falling out of favor by producing a .919 OPS in August.