MLB Player News

The Rays recalled Brujan from Triple-A Durham prior to Monday's game against the Red Sox, Ryan Bass of Bally Sports Sun reports.

Brujan will return to the Rays after he was sent down May 25, replacing Brandon Lowe (back), who was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday. Over 21 plate appearances with the big club this season, Brujan has produced a .250 average with three RBI and five runs. He'll likely serve as a utility man while he's up with Tampa Bay and may see sporadic playing time.

The Rays placed Lowe on the 10-day injured list Monday with low back inflammation.

After sitting out Sunday's 6-2 win over the Red Sox due to the back problem, Lowe will now be shelved for at least nine more days while he recovers from the injury. The diagnosis of low back inflammation doesn't seem overly serious, so Lowe could be in store for a minimum-length stay on the IL, or close to it. Tampa Bay called up utility man Vidal Brujan from Triple-A Durham on Monday to provide additional depth in the infield, but Lowe's absence is expected to open up steady playing time for both Taylor Walls and Isaac Paredes.

Valdez is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.

The lefty-hitting rookie will retreat to the bench for the series finale while the Rays bring a tough southpaw in Shane McClanahan to the hill. Christian Arroyo (hamstring), who was reinstated from the injured list earlier Monday, will step in for Valdez as the Red Sox's starting second baseman for this one.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Monday that Hernandez will play center field versus left-handed pitching, with his role against righties to be determined, Alex Speier of The Boston Globe reports. Hernandez will start in center field and bat sixth in Monday's series finale with the Rays.

Hernandez has 13 throwing errors from shortstop this season and recently seems to have developed the yips. As a result, he could be pushed off the position for the foreseeable future, and he might not see much playing time at another spot versus right-handed pitching for a while. Pablo Reyes is starting at shortstop Monday, and the Red Sox also have Christian Arroyo and at some point Yu Chang (wrist) as options at short. Eventually, the spot will belong to Trevor Story (elbow), who could return from the 60-day injured list later this summer.

Rengifo went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Astros.

Rengifo took J.P. France deep to right center in the sixth to knot the game up at one apiece. It was the 26-year-old's first home run since May 4 and just his third of the year. Rengifo surprised everyone last season by clubbing 17 homers in 127 games, which was good for fourth on the team, but that power has not translated over to this season. He continues to own a low strikeout rate (18.8 percent) and is taking more walks this season (10.8 percent in comparison to just 3.4 percent last year) but is slashing just .221/.313/.314 with 17 RBI, 21 runs and a 17:30 BB:K over 160 plate appearances.

Brujan will join the Rays' taxi squad in Boston and could be called up from Triple-A Durham prior to Monday's series finale with the Red Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Brandon Lowe (back) and Wander Franco (hamstring) are both banged up, so Brujan will be ready to join the roster in case either infielder is moved to the 10-day injured list. Brujan has gone 5-for-20 at the plate during his time with the big club this season.

Hernandez is starting in center field and batting sixth on Monday versus the Rays, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.

This is Hernandez's first start in the outfield since April. It could just be Red Sox manager Alex Cora wanting to get extra right-handed bats in there against Shane McClanahan, although it's worth noting that Hernandez has had some major issues with his throws from shortstop recently. Pablo Reyes will be at short Monday.

The Red Sox reinstated Arroyo (hamstring) from the 10-day injured list Monday. He'll start at second base and bat ninth in the Red Sox's series finale versus the Rays.

Boston designated outfielder Raimel Tapia for assignment to open up room on the 26-man active roster for Arroyo, who recently wrapped up a six-game rehab assignment at Triple-A Worcester. Now that he's healthy again, Arroyo will likely occupy the short side of a platoon at second base with Enmanuel Valdez.

Biggio went 0-for-3 with a walk and his second stolen base of the season in Sunday's win over the Mets.

While he didn't do anything with his bat, the 28-year-old utility player salvaged some fantasy value on the back half of a double steal with Whit Merrifield in the sixth inning. Biggio has seen an uptick in playing time the last couple weeks while Santiago Espinal (hamstring) has been on the shelf, and he's responded by batting .292 (7-for-24) over his last 10 games with two homers, one steal, four RBI and five runs.

Merrifield went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a steal in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Mets.

Merrifield got the scoring started Sunday with a two-run double off Kodai Senga in the second inning before swiping his 16th stolen base in the sixth. Merrifield has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball of late -- he's gone 22-for-57 (.386) over his last 16 games, boosting his slash line to .299/.349/.392 with two homers, 23 RBI and 28 runs scored through 212 plate appearances this season.