MLB Player News

Cleveland placed Freeman on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to Aug. 2, with right shoulder soreness, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

There's no exact diagnosis yet, but Freeman will be sidelined until at least next weekend. Jose Tena is joining the Guardians on Friday to provide additional middle infield depth behind Andres Gimenez, Brayan Rocchio and Gabriel Arias.

Mead was recalled Friday from Triple-A Durham, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Mead missed all of May and most of June because of a wrist injury, but the 22-year-old top infield prospect had slashed .355/.460/.438 in 113 plate appearances since returning to Durham's active roster. He doesn't offer a ton of immediate counting-stat upside, but Mead is a very polished hitter for his age with the capability to play either third base or second base for the Rays. He could draw starts against lefties in a platoon with Brandon Lowe in his first stint in the majors.

Freeman wasn't available for Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Astros due to a sore right shoulder, MLB.com reports.

Freeman picked up the injury in Tuesday's 2-0 loss, when his shoulder acted up as he grounded out in the fourth inning. He stayed in the game for the bottom of the fourth before being replaced by Andres Gimenez in the field in the next inning. Follow-up exams on Freeman reportedly were encouraging, so he could be ready to play at some point during this weekend's series with the White Sox. The Guardians have an opening at shortstop after trading away Amed Rosario last week, but the team has thus far favored Gabriel Arias as the primary option at the position, and top prospect Brayan Rocchio was just called up Wednesday.

Suarez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 5-3 win against the Angels on Thursday.

The game was a scoreless tie through five frames before Suarez swatted a solo homer to right field in the sixth. The long ball was his second in three days and extended his streak of games with at least one RBI to nine. Over that span, Suarez is batting .324 (12-for-37) with two homers and 12 RBI.

Oakland recalled Bride from Triple-A Las Vegas on Thursday.

Bride will get another shot in the bigs as the Athletics play out the string on a predictably ugly 2023 season. The 27-year-old has slashed just .189/.313/.208 with zero homers and zero steals in 22 games (65 plate appearances) this summer at the MLB level.

LeMahieu is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Astros.

The 35-year-old has hits in four of his past five games and is 5-for-20 with a walk, an RBI and seven strikeouts during that span. Isiah Kiner-Falefa will man the hot corner Thursday with LeMahieu on the bench.

Suarez went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a run scored and a steal in Wednesday's victory over the Red Sox.

It's Suarez's third multi-hit effort in his last four games -- he's gone 8-for-17 (.471) with six RBI in that span. The veteran third baseman has an .883 OPS in his last 16 games and is slashing .234/.326/.394 across 460 plate appearances on the season. Suarez has added 15 homers, 69 RBI, 44 runs scored and a pair of stolen bases.

Jung went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, an additional RBI and a double in Wednesday's 11-1 victory versus the White Sox.

Jung was one of four Rangers with multiple RBI in the rout, with two of the runs he plated coming on a 409-foot shot to center field in the fifth inning. The third baseman is tied with Francisco Alvarez and Corbin Carroll for the MLB rookie lead with 21 homers on the season, and he tops all first-year players with 64 RBI. Jung has complemented those numbers with a .272/.322/.487 slash line, 66 runs and rookie-leading 24 doubles to make his case among a strong field for AL Rookie of the Year honors.

Garcia went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Mets.

Garcia extended his hitting streak to six games, though this was his first multi-hit effort in that span. The infielder has also driven in at least one run in four of those games despite hitting out of the leadoff spot. He's slashing .280/.327/.391 with four home runs, 15 stolen bases, 35 RBI and 33 runs scored through 75 contests while enjoying an everyday role at third base.

Urias is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Blue Jays.

Gunnar Henderson will start at third base and Jordan Westburg is playing second base. Urias has a six-game hitting streak in the works, though he's slashed just .252/.316/.380 across 275 total plate appearances this year with Baltimore.