MLB Player News

Segura went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and an additional run scored in Friday's 4-2 win over the Nationals.

Segura put the Phillies up 1-0 with his first-inning homer off Jeremy Hellickson, his second long ball of the season. The shortstop added a single in the sixth inning, marking his second consecutive multi-hit game and raising his average to a healthy .345 on the season.

Senzel went 1-for-5 with two walks, two strikeouts and one run scored in Friday's loss to the Giants.

The 2016 No. 2 overall pick didn't stuff the stat sheet in his big-league debut, but he was impressive; Senzel put together several good at-bats and made a nice running catch in center field. Somewhat surprisingly, Senzel was slotted into the two hole right away for his first game, between lefties Joey Votto and Jesse Winker. Senzel should play close to every day now that he's up, and he projects to hit for average and decent power with some speed, although the Reds as a team haven't been running much early on.

Muncy is not in the lineup Friday against the Padres, Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Muncy will head to the bench for Friday's series opener to avoid a matchup against left-handed starter Eric Lauer. In his place, Cody Bellinger is starting at first base and hitting second, opening up a spot in the outfield for Chris Taylor to pick up a start.

McMahon is not starting Friday against Arizona.

McMahon has just a single hit in his last four games. Garrett Hampson gets the call at second base against lefty Robbie Ray.

Donaldson (calf) is back in the lineup Friday against Miami.

Donaldson returns after a three-game absence due to right calf soreness. He'll bat second and play third base Friday, sending Johan Camargo back to the bench.

Suarez is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Giants.

Suarez will head to the bench after starting the last 14 games at third base, having slashed .200/.262/.455 with two doubles, four home runs and nine RBI. Kyle Farmer will enter the starting lineup in his absence, batting seventh.

Senzel's contract was selected from Triple-A Louisville on Friday.

Reports from earlier in the week suggested Senzel would be up Friday for the start of a weekend series at home against the Giants, and indeed the Reds' top prospect did get the call. He shouldn't have much competition for at-bats in center field with Scott Schebler hitting .127/.258/.228. The Reds will waste no time putting Senzel into an important role in the lineup, as he'll bat second in his debut Friday, sandwiched between Joey Votto and Jesse Winker.

Arenado went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run in an 11-6 victory against the Rockies on Thursday.

His start to the season wasn't horrible, but Arenado has really turned it on as of late. He is batting .362 (17-for-47) with six homers, 15 RBI and 12 runs in the last 12 games. In the last three contests of the four-game series against the Brewers, Arenado went 6-for-13 (.462) with three home runs and seven RBI. Most of that has been away from Coors Field too. Over the entire season, he's batting .297 with nine homers, 27 RBI, 24 runs and one steal in 128 at-bats.

Manager Brian Snitker said Donaldson (calf) should be good to go for the Braves' weekend series against the Marlins, Gabe Burns of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

It sounds like Donaldson is on track to rejoin the starting lineup against the Marlins over the weekend after missing a trio of games due to a sore right calf. The veteran third baseman is slashing .258/.395/.495 with five homers through 28 games this season.

Kieboom is not in the lineup Thursday against the Cardinals.

Kieboom has gone just 3-for-22 (.136) with a pair of homers and nine strikeouts in six games since earning a promotion near the end of April. As such, he'll take a seat for Thursday's series finale as he looks to hit the reset button. Wilmer Difo is starting at shortstop and hitting eighth in his place.