MLB Player News

Castro is not in Thursday's lineup against the Twins.

He is hitting .333 with one home run and zero steals in 21 games this month. Ronny Rodriguez will start at second base and hit cleanup.

Polanco is not in Thursday's lineup against the Tigers.

All of Minnesota's regulars are resting after they clinched the division Wednesday. Ronald Torreyes will start at shortstop and hit ninth.

Dubon appeared to suffer an injury in Wednesday's contest against the Rockies, but he just had the wind knocked out of him and stayed in the game, Hank Schulman of The San Francisco Chronicle reports.

There was an initial scare that Dubon took a shot from Tony Wolters' knee to the head/neck area, but he ended up absorbing the blow with his chest and simply had the wind knocked out of him. The rookie second baseman was able to stay in the game and finished with two hits in three at-bats. Perhaps manager Bruce Bochy will give Dubon the day off with an early start for Thursday's series-finale against the Rockies.

Arraez went 2-for-3 with a walk and two-run home run Wednesday against the Tigers.

Arraez took Drew VerHagen deep in the seventh inning to record his fourth homer of the season. Though power hasn't been Arraez's calling card, he's maintained an impressive .344 batting average and is currently in the midst of a four-game hitting streak. In addition to the strong batting average, Arraez has shown the ability to get on base -- he's maintained a .409 on-base percentage -- and has also scored 53 runs in 90 appearances this season.

Altuve is expected to be out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Angels, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Altuve started the last seven contests and will take the day off with the Astros expected to make a pre-dawn arrival into Los Angeles on Thursday. The 29-year-old has a .284/.329/.541 slash line with five home runs through 19 games in September.

McNeil was diagnosed with a distal ulnar fracture in his right wrist Wednesday, Justin Toscano of The Bergen Record reports.

McNeil will see his season come to an end four games early after being hit by a pitch during the sixth inning Wednesday against the Marlins. It's unclear if surgery will be necessary, but it's a tough way to end a spectacular season for the 27-year-old. McNeil will finish 2019 with a .318/.384/.531 slash line with 38 doubles, 23 home runs and 75 RBI in 133 games.

McNeil was removed from Wednesday's game against the Marlins after being hit by a pitch around his right hand, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

McNeil appeared to be in significant pain and left the contest after being examined by the athletic trainer. The 27-year-old went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI to help the Mets build a 9-0 lead before being removed.

Wong reported to the Angels on Wednesday.

Wong was claimed off waivers Tuesday and is likely to get into a few games during the final week of the season as the Angels evaluate his role for next year. The 24-year-old fared well with Triple-A Durham this season, slashing .307/.375/.464 with 10 homers, 29 doubles, 63 RBI and six stolen bases in 113 games.

Lopez went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI in Tuesday's 9-6 win over the Braves.

Lopez picked up right where he left off following Monday's off day; after going 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles Sunday against the Twins, the rookie added three more hits -- including two run-scoring doubles -- in Tuesday's series opener. He's now slashing 294/.310/.412 with one home run and seven doubles over his past 25 games.

Andrus went 3-for-3 with a walk, a double, three RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 12-10 loss to Boston.

Since being put on notice that he'll face competition for his starting job next season, Andrus has hits in three straight games, going 5-for-11 with three extra-base hits and five RBI. Prior to his mini-outburst, Andrus was batting just .227 over 242 at-bats since the All-Star break, hence the Rangers making public a desire to open up the competition at shortstop next spring.