MLB Player News

Longoria went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Sunday's 12-4 loss to Colorado.

Longoria finally broke out of his slump, hitting his first home run since April 7 while also receiving his first walk since April 14. In his last six appearances leading up to Sunday's contest, Longoria was 1-for-20 (.050) at the plate without a single run scored. Considering his struggles with the bat, his minuscule role platooning with Josh Rojas and the ascension of Emmanuel Rivera, it's difficult to see Longoria etching out a fantasy-relevant role this season.

Davis went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Padres.

Davis took advantage of the increased elevation in Mexico City, taking Yu Darvish yard for a solo homer in the second inning. He followed up the long ball with a single off Darvish in the fourth that advanced Michael Conforto to third, who would eventually come around to score. Davis now has six homers on the season, a threshold he has surpassed just twice in six years in the bigs.

Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 8-7 extra-inning loss to the Red Sox.

Ramirez provided the game-tying RBI single in the ninth inning. The third baseman is 7-for-13 with four walks over his last four contests. That small surge has lifted his slash line to .291/.380/.485 with three home runs, 17 RBI, 14 runs scored and five steals in seven attempts through 27 contests.

Miranda is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.

Miranda is 5-for-14 with a double, three home runs, four RBI and five runs scored over the past four contests, and he'll take a seat Sunday after starting Minnesota's first 28 games of the campaign. Willi Castro will step in at the hot corner for the Twins in the series finale.

Rendon is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Brewers.

Rendon went 1-for-7 in the first two games of the series. Gio Urshela will be the starting third baseman for Sunday's finale against Milwaukee with Jake Lamb hitting eighth and playing first base .

Castro is out of the starting lineup for Sunday's battle against the Nationals.

Castro continues to hit well as the everyday shortstop for the Pirates, but he'll get a day of rest in the series finale against the Nationals. Tucupita Marcano will handle shortstop duties and hit seventh.

The Pirates returned Maggi to Double-A Altoona following Saturday's doubleheader against the Nationals.

Maggi remained with the club for Saturday's twin bill and picked up his first big-league hit in the nightcap, going 2-for-2 with a double, an RBI and a run. The minor-league journeyman finally received a taste of the big leagues but is now headed back to Altoona, where he has a .468 OPS in eight games to open the season.

Urias is not in the starting lineup against the Red Sox on Sunday.

Urias has failed to pick up a hit over seven at-bats in the series against the Tigers in two games of work. Gunnar Henderson will man the hot corner and hit sixth with Ryan O'Hearn hitting ninth as the designated hitter.

Devers went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 8-7 extra-inning win over the Guardians.

Devers launched his AL-leading 10th home run in the first inning to give Boston an early lead. The third baseman is on pace for 60 homers over a 162-game season. He appears to have a made a conscious decision to leave the park more often, which has come at the expense of batting average. Devers has career highs in launch angle (15.0) and flyball percentage (33.3) in his pursuit of the long ball but is hitting just .239 (.208 BABIP).

Longoria started at designated hitter and went 0-for-5 in Saturday's 11-4 win over the Rockies.

Longoria has just one hit over the late 21 at-bats, lowering his season average to .208. He could be in danger of losing plate appearances to Emmanuel Rivera, who started at third base and had three hits Saturday.