MLB Player News

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado unleashed his 14th home run of the season Sunday against the Marlins.

Arenado took Brad Hand deep in the opening frame for a two-run shot. He finished 2 for 4 with a run scored and two RBI in a 7-4 victory. He has 12 hits over his last 22 at-bats, including three doubles, a triple and two home runs.

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson underwent an MRI on his injured knee Sunday, which revealed no structural damage, the Bay Area News Group reports. He is expected to return to the lineup Monday against the Astros in Houston.

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson underwent an MRI on his injured knee Sunday, MLB.com reports.

Donaldson suffered the injury in his last at-bat of Saturday's game. He wanted to play Sunday, but the team wanted him to undergo precautionary testing. Donaldson has hit .249/.335/.458 with 25 home runs and 84 RBI in 478 at-bats.

Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said Sunday that the team has not closed the door on first baseman Pedro Alvarez returning to third base in 2015, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

The team would like to see Alvarez back at third base, but he'll have to do a better job defensively than he did this season in order to stick at the position. Otherwise, he may wind up manning first base on a regular basis. Alvarez has hit .233/.314/.403 with 17 home runs and 55 RBI in 387 at-bats.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado will undergo surgery on his right knee Wednesday, masnsports.com reports. He'll miss the remainder of the season while rehabbing in Florida.

Pirates first baseman Pedro Alvarez hit two home runs Saturday against the Brewers.

Alvarez first struck in the fourth inning. With two men on, Alvarez belted a 97 mph fastball out to left for the three-run shot. He also managed to go yard in his next at-bat. With the bases empty, Alvarez blasted another 97 mph fastball out to left. He finished 2 for 3, with two runs scored and four RBI. 

Slumping shortstop Jean Segura is out of the Saturday lineup for the Brewers against Pittsburgh.

Segura has just five hits in his last 31 at-bats. He hasn't homered since slamming two on June 20.

Perhaps Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe got tired out running around the bases Friday night. But Ron Gardenhire has given him the afternoon off for the first game of the split doubleheader Saturday against Detroit.

Plouffe had three hits and scored four runs in a rout to open the weekend series.

Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe began August on a tear and seems to be setting out to end it the same way.

Plouffe pitched in to a two-touchdown pounding of Detroit on Friday in a big way. He singled, doubled and put the cherry on top with a 422-foot blast in the eighth inning. He scored four runs and drove in three to improve his stat line on the year to .245/.312/.407.

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria snapped out of a slump in a big way Friday, in an 8-0 win over the Blue Jays.

Longoria, who had failed to record multiple hits in his previous six games, brought out with a 3-for-4 performance Friday. He added a double and a home run, driving in three runs and scoring once in the blowout.

Longoria has struggled through the worst season of his career so far, hitting just .254/.327/.397, with 16 home runs and 70 RBI in 128 games.