MLB Player News

Arenado isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

Arenado will get a day off after he went 2-for-16 with two runs, two RBI, two walks and a strikeout over the last four games. Brendan Donovan will start at third base while Lars Nootbaar takes over in right field.

Paredes is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Cardinals.

Paredes started in the last five games and went 2-for-13 with a homer, three runs, three RBI and five walks. Vidal Brujan will take over at the keystone and bat sixth Thursday.

Lewis has demonstrated some healing since landing on the 10-day injured list May 30, but he has yet to progress to baseball activities while recovers from a bone bruise of his right knee, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.

Hayes relays that the Twins are still planning on sending Lewis in for a follow-up MRI, but that seems merely designed to confirm the first diagnosis that he's dealing with a bone bruise. In any case, Lewis looks to be at least a week away from resuming activities, so a late-June return from the IL could be a best-case scenario for the hotshot rookie at this juncture.

Senzel went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs in Tuesday's 14-8 win over the Diamondbacks.

Senzel has served as the Reds' leadoff man in each of the team's first seven games of June and has produced a .323/.364/.355 slash line to go with two stolen bases. While the power production is lacking from the former top prospect, Senzel likely won't be in danger of sliding down in the order until Jonathan India (hamstring) is cleared to return from the 10-day injured list.

Farmer went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Tuesday's 14-8 win over the Diamondbacks.

Despite missing three consecutive games in late May while tending to general soreness, Farmer hasn't missed a beat at the plate. Over his last 15 games dating back to May 17, he's slashing an incredible .442/.500/.750 with four home runs, 17 RBI and 10 runs and two stolen bases. While the production he's turned in the past three weeks is obviously unsustainable -- he's turned in a .475 BABIP during that stretch -- Farmer may be swinging too hot of a bat to ignore in shallower leagues where he may still be available.

Ramirez went 0-for-7 with a pair of walks and a stolen base in Tuesday's doubleheader versus the Rangers.

Ramirez has now gone hitless in three straight games for the first time all season. The steal was a nice consolation prize for fantasy managers -- he's now 8-for-10 on the basepaths this year. Overall, the star third baseman has a .280/.386/.608 slash line with 14 homers, 53 RBI, 33 runs scored, four triples and 12 doubles in 51 contests. It's safe to assume his current mini-slump at the plate won't last much longer.

Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Wednesday that Newman (groin) is pain-free with all baseball activities, Justice delos Santos of MLB.com reports.

Newman resumed running Sunday and continues to build up while participating in all baseball activities. The 28-year-old isn't eligible to return from the 60-day IL until June 26, but it wouldn't be surprising to see him begin a rehab assignment in the coming weeks prior to rejoining the major-league club.

LeMahieu went 3-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Twins.

LeMahieu was productive on the basepaths, scoring on home runs by Anthony Rizzo and Aaron Judge. The veteran righty picked up his RBI on a bases loaded walk. The three-hit outing was his third such instance this season and brought LeMahieu's batting average up to .264.

Walls went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run Tuesday in the Rays' 4-2 win over the Cardinals in 10 innings.

Walls made his lone hit of the game count, taking Drew VerHagen deep in the bottom of the 10th for a two-out walkoff blast, his third of the season. Now that he's moved past the calf issue that sidelined him for a few days last week, Walls is expected to maintain an everyday role at shortstop while Wander Franco (quadriceps) is on the 10-day injured list.

Urias went 1-for-3 with a home run, a hit-by-pitch and two total runs scored in Tuesday's 9-3 win over the Cubs.

Urias went 0-for-7 in his last two games, and he was well on his way to another lackluster line Tuesday before going yard in the sixth inning. His was one of five homers hit by the Orioles in the contest. Urias is now one shy of his career high with six homers through 48 contests this season. He's added 18 RBI, 22 runs scored, 10 doubles and a .225/.273/.387 slash line.