MLB Player News

Moncada is not in the lineup Friday against Baltimore.

Moncada is 2-for-14 with four walks and five strikeouts over the past five games, and he'll head to the bench for the third time this season. Danny Mendick will start at the hot corner Friday for the White Sox.

Toro (oblique) was activated from the 7-day injured list and will be in the lineup Friday for Triple-A Sugar Land, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

The 24-year-old landed on the minor-league injured list in early May with a strained right oblique, but he'll make his season debut for Sugar Land on Friday. Toro appeared in six games for the Astros in April and went 1-for-12 with one walk.

Groshans went 2-for-5 with his first home run of the season for Double-A New Hampshire on Thursday.

Out since May 18 while managing a sore back, Groshans made a quick impact in his return to the lineup Thursday. The 21-year-old has a seven-game hitting streak extending back to before his layoff, and he's slashing .261/.358/.370 with a 7:15 BB:K through 12 contests in his first look at upper-minors pitching.

Madrigal batted leadoff for a second consecutive day and went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double and a run scored in Thursday's 5-1 win over Baltimore.

He filled in at leadoff for Tim Anderson, who sat out games Wednesday and Thursday due to a sore left thumb. Madrigal reached base seven times in 10 plate appearances during those two games and has a .908 OPS when batting leadoff this season. Anderson is due back Friday, so Madrigal could return to his customary nine hole, or bat second if Adam Eaton (hamstring) remains out.

Ramirez went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Thursday's 5-2 win over Detroit.

The third baseman has been a bit cold in the last week, going 5-for-25 (.200) with two doubles, an RBI and five runs scored in his last seven games. Ramirez's multi-hit effort Thursday was his first since May 15. The 28-year-old has a .256/.347/.535 slash line with 12 home runs, 26 RBI, 34 runs scored and six stolen bases through 199 plate appearances.

Urshela will sit for the first game of Thursday's doubleheader against Toronto.

The Yankees will likely give many of the regulars a breather in one of the two contests. DJ LeMahieu will slide over to the hot corner for the afternoon game, but Urshela should return for the nightcap.

Devers went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, three RBI and another run scored in Wednesday's 9-5 win over Atlanta.

Devers' two-run homer in the fourth inning tied the game, then his sixth-inning double plated the the go-ahead run. The third baseman is on a five-game run during which he's homered three times and driven in nine runs. He leads MLB with 43 RBI and is fifth with 14 home runs.

Walls is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Walls will head to the bench for the first time since being promoted from Triple-A Durham on Saturday. Joey Wendle will check in at shortstop in place of Walls, who has gotten off to a 4-for-14 start to his big-league career.

LeMahieu is batting leadoff and playing first base in Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.

He missed just one game while on paternity leave. LeMahieu has fallen into a cold 2-for-18 stretch in his last five games, but he has the potential for a solid performance against Toronto starter Alek Manoah, who makes his MLB debut Wednesday.

Triple-A St. Paul reinstated Maggi (undisclosed) from the 7-day injured list Wednesday.

Maggi hadn't played for St. Paul since May 9 due to the injury. The 32-year-old third baseman has yet to make his MLB debut and is viewed as more of an organizational depth piece rather than a prospect at this point.