MLB Player News

Candelario is not in the starting lineup Thursday versus the Guardians, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Candelario will take a seat after he went 4-for-21 with two runs scored and an RBI while starting the last six games. Willi Castro will draw the start at the hot corner and bat fifth in the series finale.

Newman went 3-for-5 with a stolen base and a run in a 6-4 win against Arizona on Wednesday.

Newman was a catalyst atop the team's batting order, rapping three singles and scoring a run. He had been struggling coming into the contest, going 4-for-30 over his first seven games in August. Newman's hits tend to come in bunches -- he has nine multi-hit performances over 40 games this season but is batting a modest .269 overall.

Arenado went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, two total runs and two total RBI in a 9-5 victory against Colorado on Wednesday.

Arenado got the scoring started for St. Louis with a first-inning, run-scoring double. He plated another run in the sixth with a solo homer to left field. Arenado has hit safely in eight straight games and is batting .467 (14-for-30) with four homers and 11 RBI over that stretch.

Muncy left Wednesday's win over Minnesota in the fifth inning after a ground ball hit him in the hand. X-rays after the game were negative, Matthew Moreno of DodgerBlue.com reports.

Muncy went 1-for-2 with a home run before departing. It doesn't sound like a serious injury, but he may need to sit out a game or two.

Rosario has gone 21-for-44 (.477) with four homers, three steals, 13 RBI and 16 runs in his last 11 games for Triple-A El Paso.

These are only the latest in a lengthy series of exploits for Rosario, who's racked up an eye-popping .373/.452/.741 batting line across the last 49 games, lifting his season line to .299/.385/.529 with 18 homers and 18 steals. Rosario's development this season has been nothing short of remarkable, but it's hard to see the competing Padres finding many reps for him at the big-league level this season.

Urshela is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Dodgers.

Urshela rejoined the lineup for the past two games after missing a couple days with an ankle injury, and he'll return to the bench after going 2-for-9 with a triple and a run scored. Jose Miranda will shift to the hot corner while Tim Beckham serves as the designated hitter.

Bride isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Angels.

Bride started the last five games and went 4-for-19 with two walks and four strikeouts. Seth Brown will take over at first base while Stephen Vogt enters the lineup behind the dish.

Moncada went 1-for-7 with a home run and two RBI across both games of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Royals.

Moncada tallied his sixth home run of the season in the second game of the doubleheader. It was his first home run since the All-Star break, and he's hit just .148 with nine RBI and four runs scored across 17 starts. That stretch continues a disappointing season for Moncada, as he's now hitting just .197/.258/.322 across 260 plate appearances.

Wisdom is not in the starting lineup Wednesday versus the Nationals.

Wisdom will get a breather after he went 2-for-8 with three strikeouts over the first two games of the series. P.J. Higgins will take over at first base and bat eighth in the series finale.

Machado went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Giants.

Machado picked a great time for his 20th homer of the year, as it was a walkoff blast to answer the Giants' three-run rally in the top of the ninth inning. Aside from the shortened 2020 campaign, Machado has reached the 20-homer mark in seven straight full seasons. The third baseman has gone 10-for-38 (.263) with two homers and six RBI through 10 games in August. For the season, he's slashing .290/.362/.509 with 63 RBI, 70 runs scored and seven stolen bases in 102 contests.