MLB Player News

Ramirez went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Angels.

Ramirez opened up the scoring in a five-run first inning with a two-run blast off Andrew Heaney for his 12th homer of the year. The 28-year-old has historically been a player who starts off slow and finds his groove as the season goes on, but he's been very solid through the first six weeks of the season with a slash line of .264/.349/.583. His 12 long balls are tied for second in baseball as he's also got 27 runs scored, 25 RBI, four stolen bases and an 18:21 BB:K.

Arenado went 2-for-3 with a walk, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Pirates.

He kick-started the Cards' offense with a first-inning blast off JT Brubaker. Arenado has gone yard in four straight games, giving him 10 homers on the season along with a .307/.362/.583 line that is right on pace with the numbers from his Rockies days.

Senzel's absence from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants is due to knee soreness, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic reports.

The injury doesn't appear to be particularly serious, but Senzel will miss at least a start or two. He's a candidate to appear off the bench Tuesday.

Senzel is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants.

Senzel has yet to really get going at the plate this season, hitting .252/.323/.315 with one homer in 124 plate appearances. He's also been successful in just two of his seven steal attempts. Senzel will thus hit the bench after starting two straight games at third base, with Eugenio Suarez shifting to the hot corner and Kyle Farmer starting at shortstop.

Moustakas (heel) remains out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants.

He'll take a seat for the fourth straight game while he manages a heel injury. Moustakas was able to make an appearance off the bench as a pinch hitter in Monday's 6-3 loss, a sign that the Reds anticipate he won't require a stint on the injured list.

Machado went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a double in Monday's win over the Rockies.

Machado blasted his sixth homer of the season in the first inning, and he has connected for three of his six long balls during the current month. The star third baseman has hit safely in three of his last four contests while recording six RBI and three runs scored in that four-game span.

Rendon went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Monday's 7-4 win over Cleveland.

Rendon entered Monday's game in a 1-for-11 skid since he was activated off the injured list but knocked three singles against Cleveland. He raised his season slash line to .274/.349/.425 with 12 RBI through 83 plate appearances. It was his first multi-hit game since May 1.

Donaldson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Monday's 16-4 loss to the White Sox.

The Twins were already down 14-1 when Donaldson took Dallas Keuchel deep in the sixth inning. The veteran third baseman is one of the few Minnesota players performing up to expectations so far this season, hitting .274 with five homers and 16 RBI through 28 games.

Madrigal went 3-for-5 with a walk, a double, a home run, two RBI and three runs scored in Monday's 16-4 rout of the Twins.

He took J.A. Happ deep in the third inning, giving the light-hitting second baseman the first homer of his career. Madrigal came into Monday mired in a miserable May, slashing .200/.200/.220 through 12 games, but this performance could signal the start of a hot streak.

Riley went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Monday's 3-1 loss to the Mets.

Riley gave his team a spark in the eighth inning with a solo home run to right, but it would be the only run Atlanta would muster all night. His homer Monday marked his first since April 28 and his fourth on the season through 41 games.