MLB Player News

Mack is absent from Sunday's lineup against the Nationals.

Mack has struggled at the plate in his last 15 games, slashing just .200/.265/.289 over 49 plate appearances. The 23-year-old will get a breather for the third game of a four-game set against Washington, with Brian Navarreto handling catching duties and batting ninth for Miami.

Flores went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run Saturday against the Cardinals.

Flores gave the Pirates some breathing room when he went yard in the fifth inning of Saturday's win. He's been in roughly a 50-50 split for playing time behind the plate with Henry Davis over the last three weeks, while also picking up a handful of starts at first base. Flores has shown a boom-or-bust profile in that span, tallying six home runs with 15 RBI and nine runs scored across 15 games while also striking out at a 36.4 percent clip.

The Phillies plan to reinstate Marchan (knee) from the 10-day injured list Tuesday, MLB.com reports.

Active rosters expand to 28 players at the start of September, and the Phillies plan to reinstate the switch-hitting Marchan to provide the club with a third option at catcher along with J.T. Realmuto and Garrett Stubbs. Marchan, who's recovering from patellar tendinitis in left knee, is batting .206 with one RBI, five walks and three runs scored in 10 games thus far during his rehab assignment with Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Kelly went 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, a double, a walk and two additional runs scored in Saturday's 17-5 win over the Reds.

Kelly was outshined by Pete Crow-Armstrong's three-homer, six-RBI performance, but he still enjoyed a massive day at the dish in his own right. The veteran backstop amassed at least four RBI for the third time this season. He's on the verge of surpassing last season's career high of 50 RBI, as Kelly's slashing .260/.343/.386 with nine big flies, 49 RBI and 49 runs scored over 359 plate appearances.

Cavanaugh is not in the Giants' starting lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Diamondbacks.

Cavanaugh got the start in the first game, going 0-for-3 with a strikeout in a 7-1 loss to Arizona. He'll be on the bench for Game 2 while Andrew Knizner starts behind home plate and bats sixth while forming a battery with Yunior Marte, the latter of whom is making his major-league debut.

Moreno is not in the Diamondbacks' starting lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Giants.

Moreno went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in Game 1, a 7-1 win for Arizona. He'll be idle for the second game of the twin bill, with James McCann starting behind home plate and batting seventh.

Murphy isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rockies, Lindsay Crosby of BravesToday.com reports.

Murphy has collected five hits, two RBI and three runs scored over his last two games, but Atlanta will keep him in the dugout to begin Saturday's contest. Drake Baldwin will handle catching duties, and Dominic Smith will work as the designated hitter.

Ford went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's win over the Marlins.

He took Patrick Monteverde deep to lead off the seventh inning, Ford's third homer in 23 big-league games this season. While he's flashing some power, Ford isn't doing much else at the plate. Through 48 plate appearances in August, he's compiled a .209/.292/.442 slash line with four doubles, two home runs, four RBI and seven runs.

Murphy went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and an RBI in Friday's win over the Rockies.

The veteran catcher had gone just 5-for-30 (.167) over his first nine games in August after returning from a three-month absence due to a fractured finger, but Murphy has matched that hit total in the last two contests, with three of those hits (two doubles and a homer) going for extra bases. Two productive games doesn't erase the fact that he's managed a poor .198/.287/.378 slash line since the beginning of the 2024 campaign, but a healthy Murphy could be finding a groove as Atlanta gears up for the stretch run.

Contreras went 2-for-4 with three RBI in Friday's 6-1 win over the Rangers.

Contreras opened the scoring with an RBI groundout in the first inning before adding an RBI single in the seventh and a sacrifice fly in the eighth. This was his eighth game of the season with at least three RBI. He has 69 RBI on the campaign and continues to produce, albeit with a relatively modest .268 average and .729 OPS. He's been seeing the ball well of late, as he has five multi-hit games and an impressive .433 average over his last seven contests.