MLB Player News

Springer is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Red Sox.

Kazuma Okamoto will serve as the Blue Jays' designated hitter as he comes back from a knee issue, so Springer will grab a seat Wednesday. Springer has gone just 3-for-22 at the plate over his last seven contests.

Pederson went 1-for-1 with a solo home run and three walks in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Angels.

Pederson opened the game by taking Ryan Johnson deep for his seventh leadoff homer and 22nd long ball of the season. It was his fifth home run over his last 15 games, prompting Los Angeles to pitch around his hot bat and walk him in each of his final three plate appearances. The strategy paid off, as Texas managed only two runs in the loss. Pederson is now one homer shy of matching his highest single-season total since 2020. Through 108 games this season, he owns an .854 OPS

Benintendi is absent from Tuesday's lineup against the Reds.

With southpaw Nick Lodolo taking the ball for the Reds on Tuesday, the left-handed-hitting Benintendi will sit out his second consecutive game. Colson Montgomery will serve as the designated hitter and bat sixth for the White Sox.

Springer went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Monday's win over the Red Sox.

The veteran slugger singled in the sixth inning and swiped second before coming home with the winning run in a 2-1 victory. Springer's had a tough season on the health front, seeing action in 89 of the Blue Jays' 120 games, but he appears to be back in top form -- since the All-Star break he's delivered a .287/.360/.463 slash line with three of his 12 homers and three of his nine steals on the year, to go along with 11 runs and 14 RBI in 23 contests.

Diaz went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a second RBI and two total runs scored in Monday's 10-6 win over the Athletics.

Diaz has collected seven hits over his last two games. He started this contest with a homer on Jacob Lopez's second pitch of the game. Diaz has hit .235 since the All-Star break, adding three homers and 12 RBI over 23 games in that span. For the season, the 35-year-old is batting .302 with an .835 OPS, 16 homers, 67 RBI, 64 runs scored, 21 doubles, one triple and three stolen bases over 113 contests.

Yoshida (illness) will start at designated hitter and bat fifth in Monday's game against the Blue Jays.

After sitting out the previous two games while recovering from a bug that had been making its way around the Red Sox clubhouse, Yoshida has made enough progress in his recovery from the ailment to rejoin the lineup. The Red Sox will hope that the abbreviated absence won't disrupt Yoshida's rhythm at the plate; over his last seven games, he's gone 10-for-27 with a home run, three doubles, two walks, seven RBI and five runs.

Springer (shoulder) will start at designated hitter and bat cleanup in Monday's game against the Red Sox.

Springer will make his return to the starting nine after a tight left shoulder kept him on the bench for the Blue Jays' final two games of their weekend series in Philadelphia. The 36-year-old was able to make an appearance as a pinch runner in Saturday's 7-5 win in 11 innings, and the shoulder issue apparently is no longer inhibiting him at the plate either.

Diaz went 4-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Mariners.

Diaz and Chandler Simpson led the way with four hits apiece as the Rays used small ball effectively in this win. While Diaz has hit safely in just three of his seven games in August, those three performances have included multiple hits. He's 8-for-32 (.250 batting average) with two RBI this month, and he's batting .298 with an .821 OPS, 15 home runs, 65 RBI, 62 runs scored, 20 doubles, one triple and three stolen bases through 112 contests overall.

Pederson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles.

After going 1-for-7 with a home run and two RBI as the designated hitter in the first two contests of the series, Pederson will head to the bench against lefty Cade Povich. Corey Seager will get a break from playing shortstop but will stay in the lineup at DH.

Grichuk will start in left field and bat cleanup in Sunday's game against the Guardians.

Grichuk will enter the lineup for the third time in four games, but each of those starts have come against left-handed pitching. The 34-year-old is slashing a scintillating .288/.336/.568 with seven home runs over 119 plate appearances against lefties for the season, but his .207/.203/.397 line against righties keeps him on the short side of a platoon.