MLB Player News

Fortes is out of the lineup Tuesday versus the Cardinals.

Jacob Stallings will start at catcher and bat ninth for the visiting Marlins. He and Fortes have been trading off playing time since the All-Star break, and neither backstop offers much in the way of fantasy production.

Maldonado will sit Tuesday versus the Rockies.

Maldonado will get a breather after he went 2-for-12 with a double, two RBI and a run scored while starting all three of the Astros' games during their series with Angels. Yainer Diaz will take over behind the plate and bat sixth in the series opener with Colorado.

Kirk is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game versus the Padres, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

It will be Danny Jansen catching Alek Manoah. Kirk is in the midst of a 3-for-39 slump at the plate, which has his OPS on the year down to .610.

San Diego optioned Nola to Triple-A El Paso on Tuesday.

Nola has failed all year to find a groove offensively and the Padres no longer have to practice patience with him because Luis Campusano (thumb) is back to full health.

San Diego activated Campusano (thumb) from the 60-day injured list Tuesday.

Finally recovered from May 12 surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb, Campusano is back to help out at catcher and DH in San Diego. He posted an encouraging .920 OPS with one homer and three doubles in eight rehab games between the Arizona Complex League and Triple-A El Paso.

Moreno is not in the lineup Tuesday against Atlanta.

Carson Kelly will make a third straight start at catcher and hit eighth as the Diamondbacks try to get his bat going. No matter who's played behind the plate in Arizona, the position has not been fruitful for fantasy purposes so far in 2023.

Fermin went 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Tigers.

Fermin tallied half of the Royals' six hits in the contest. It was his third three-hit effort since June 21, a span in which he's hitting .370 with one home run, 11 RBI, seven runs scored and four doubles. Fermin should have a chance to play more this week as Salvador Perez recovers from a low-grade hamstring strain. Through 117 plate appearances, Fermin is slashing .275/.319/.440 with four home runs, 19 RBI, 11 runs scored, four doubles and a triple.

Quero has been a league-average hitter (100 wRC+) while slashing .240/.378/.322 with two home runs in 63 games for Double-A Rocket City.

Quero has displayed stellar plate skills (16.5 BB%, 17.5 K%) as the third-youngest qualified hitter at Double-A, but he hasn't hit for much impact (0.82 ISO, 23.0 percent hard-contact rate). He was pushed very aggressively over High-A this season, so Quero's performance thus far should not be seen as a disappointment.

Ruiz went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double, a walk, two runs and two RBI in a 7-5 win over the Cubs on Monday.

Ruiz reached in all four of his plate appearances Monday, falling a triple shy of a cycle. The backstop has come out of the All-Star break swinging a hot bat, going 5-for-10 with a pair of homers, four RBI, a stolen base and a 2:1 K:BB through three games. Ruiz has already surpassed his total last season with 11 homers in 2023, and he's just one RBI shy of last year's mark despite logging more than 100 fewer plate appearances thus far.

Rutschman went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Dodgers.

Rutschman is 7-for-19 (.368) with two homers and four RBI over his last five contests. The catcher provided the Orioles' last run in this game with his fifth-inning blast. Through 90 contests, he's up to 13 homers, matching his total from 113 games a year ago. The 25-year-old has added a .276/.376/.434 slash line, 41 RBI, 47 runs scored and 15 doubles this year.