MLB Player News

Torres was removed in the top of the 10th inning of Sunday's game against the Astros after he appeared to tweak his right ankle in the previous half inning, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports. He went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base before departing the contest.

Though Torres was able to put weight on the ankle after exiting in the field in the bottom of the ninth inning, he looked to be in pain after he was tagged out at third base on a pickoff attempt. Marwin Gonzalez came on to replace Torres in Sunday's contest, but Joey Gallo could be the bigger beneficiary from a playing-time standpoint if Torres' ankle issue forces him to the 10-day injured list. For now, the Yankees will presumably view Torres as day-to-day.

Stefanic (undisclosed) started a rehab assignment with the Angels' Arizona Complex League team Thursday, Jared Tims of Talkin' Halos reports.

Stefanic was placed on the 7-day minor-league injured list with an undisclosed issue June 8. He's gone 2-for-8 with a run and an RBI through three ACL contests so far. Stefanic will likely soon return to Triple-A Salt Lake, where he was slashing an impressive .337/.421/.417 with one home run, 17 RBI and three stolen bases over 190 plate appearances before the stint on the IL.

Rengifo went 2-for-4 with a pair of base hits in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Mariners.

Per Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register, Rengifo will remain in the lineup for Sunday's series finale with the Mariners, this time playing shortstop while Andrew Velazquez takes a seat. Rengifo has produced exactly two hits in three straight contests and looks to be locked into a full-time role in the middle infield.

Frazier is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.

The lefty-hitting Frazier will stay on the bench for the second straight game with the Angels set to deploy a lefty (Jose Suarez) as their primary pitcher. The righty-hitting Dylan Moore will once again fill in for Frazier after going 1-for-3 with an RBI, a run and a stolen base while drawing the start at second base in the Mariners' 5-3 win Saturday, when southpaw Patrick Sandoval was on the mound for the Angels.

Andrus is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

He'll take a seat while the Athletics wrap up their series in Kansas City with a day game, allowing Nick Allen to receive a start at shortstop. The Athletics are eager to give Allen regular run in the middle infield, but Andrus should be able to hold down a near-everyday role for Oakland while Tony Kemp sees more time in left field to open up the keystone for Allen.

Sosa went 0-for-5 with a run scored and a strikeout Saturday against Baltimore.

Sosa drew his first big-league start playing at second base and leading off. He reached base on an error by Tyler Nevin in the third inning and subsequently came around to score the first big-league run of his career. Sosa won't occupy the leadoff spot regularly so long as Tim Anderson is healthy, though he could find regular playing time due to the extensive number of injuries currently plaguing the White Sox.

Brujan went 1-for-4 with a walk, two RBI and a run scored Saturday against the Pirates.

Brujan delivered a two-RBI single in the bottom of the first inning. He then walked in the final frame before coming around to score the game-winning run on a base hit by Isaac Paredes. Brujan will find it more difficult to get regular playing time with Wander Franco (quadriceps) expected back Sunday, but he has seemingly started to find his footing at the big-league level by collecting six hits in his last 24 at-bats with a home run, five RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base.

Kemp went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a homer, two RBI and three runs scored in Saturday's win over Kansas City.

Kemp had an excellent day at the plate, scoring on a Seth Brown single in the first and again when Brown grounded out to short in the third. Kemp tagged home once more on a two-run blast in the eighth that put the Royals up 8-4. It was his first home run since May 9. Until Friday, Kemp had been on a cold streak, going hitless in six straight games. He now has four total hits in his last two games and raised his batting average to .231.

Castro went 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

Castro knocked an RBI triple to open the scoring in the fourth inning. He was also on base with a single before scoring on Kody Clemens' sixth-inning blast. Prior to Saturday, Castro had gone 0-for-17 in his last five games around a couple of absences due to a calf injury. The infielder has a serviceable .286/.302/.442 slash line with four home runs, 17 RBI and 18 runs scored in 47 contests. He hasn't attempted a stolen base, but he has notched two triples and eight doubles.

Altuve went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and two walks in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Yankees.

Altuve took Michael King deep for a solo shot in the top of the eighth inning, expanding the Astros' lead to 2-0. The long ball was his 14th of the season and second in five games. The second baseman has been hot recently, going 8-for-26 with two homers, two doubles, two RBI and seven runs over the last seven games. Altuve remains one of the best fantasy options at his position in his 12th major-league campaign.