MLB Player News

Hernandez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

Hernandez will sit for the third time in five games while Max Muncy draws the starting nod at second base. Since going 4-for-5 with five RBI in the Dodgers' season opener July 23, Hernandez has slashed .200/.241/.291 over 18 games. Chris Taylor has seemingly supplanted Hernandez as manager Dave Roberts' top utilityman.

Dubon will start in center field and bat ninth Sunday against the Athletics, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.

Dubon will be making his sixth straight start, this time getting a look in the outfield after his prior five assignments came at either second base or shortstop. Two of the starts came while top second baseman Donovan Solano was sidelined with an abdominal injury, and Dubon started at shortstop over Brandon Crawford in the past two games while the Giants faced left-handed pitchers. At this stage, Dubon still looks like a short-side platoon player when the Giants are at full strength, though his versatility should at least earn him part-time work versus right-handed pitching.

Kemp will start at second base and bat second Sunday against the Giants.

After batting out of the eighth or ninth spot in the lineup in his first 10 starts of the season, Kemp will slot into the two hole for the third game in a row while Ramon Laureano serves a suspension. Kemp came up big in Saturday's 7-6 win with three hits and a walk in five plate appearances, but he'll likely move back near the bottom of the lineup when Laureano is reinstated from his suspension ahead of Tuesday's game in Arizona.

Andrus will start at shortstop and bat eighth Sunday against the Rockies.

Manager Chris Woodward's patience with Andrus appears to be wearing thin amid the veteran's slow start to the season. Andrus, who is sporting a .480 OPS through 78 plate appearances, will occupy a spot in the bottom third of the lineup for the seventh game in a row. He's unlikely to rise back up in the order until he can put together at least a few quality hitting performances in a row.

Castro is starting in right field and batting second in Sunday's game against Cleveland.

Both Victor Reyes and Cameron Maybin are out of the lineup Sunday, setting the versatile Castro up for a start in the outfield. The 26-year-old has so far been unable to replicate his success from 2019, as he's slashing just .182/.280/.227 through 13 games this season.

The Astros recalled Mayfield from their alternate training site Sunday, Julia Morales of AT&T SportsNet Southwest reports.

He'll assume the active roster spot of outfielder Michael Brantley (quadriceps), who was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday. Mayfield will provide depth at second base, third base and shortstop, but he's not expected to see regular at-bats unless one of Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa misses time.

McNeil (knee) is not in Sunday's lineup against the Phillies but is available off the bench, Justin Toscano of The Bergen Record reports.

He was available off the bench Saturday as well but was not used. With Dominic Smith, Andres Gimenez and Luis Guillorme all swinging hot bats, the Mets can afford to be a little patient with McNeil.

Rosario is not in Sunday's lineup against the Phillies.

He is 1-for-16 with seven strikeouts and zero walks over his last four starts and missed time with an illness earlier this week. Luis Guillorme will start at second base while Andres Gimenez starts at shortstop and Robinson Cano shifts to designated hitter.

Altuve batted seventh in the order and went 1-for-3 with an RBI in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Mariners.

Altuve was scheduled to bat third but requested of manager Dusty Baker a drop from the top of the order, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports. This was the first time Altuve's hit out of the seven-hole since his rookie season. His OPS is now at .566, which puts him ahead of only six major-league hitters with at least 75 plate appearances.

Marte went 2-for-5 with an RBI in Saturday's win over the Padres.

Marte has driven in a run in each of his last five games, a span in which he's hitting .409 with a .940 OPS. Marte has been seeing the ball well all year long, and he is currently hitting .321 with a .717 OPS, seven RBI and eight runs scored in 53 August at-bats.