MLB Player News

The Giants gave Buster Posey a day off from behind the plate on Saturday. 

Posey will play first base for the 22nd time this year and second time in the last three games. 

Regular first baseman Brandon Belt will move to left field for the 10th time. 

Andrew Susac replaces Posey at catcher. It's his 29th start and fourth in the last seven games. 

Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon put his team on the board with a solo home run in the fifth inning, but it wasn't enough as the Rockies fell 4-2 to the Padres on Friday. The home run was Blackmon's 12th of the year.

Blackmon went 2 for 4 on the night, and also stole his 24th base of the year. The red-hot Blackmon is batting .455 with two homers and seven RBI over his last 10 games. 

Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson started in left field in Tuesday's All Star Game. He was the first Dodgers' rookie to appear in the game since Hideo Nomo in 1995.

Pederson was also the first Dodger to start in left field since Tommy Davis in 1963. 

Pederson went 0 for 2 with two strikeouts in the game. 

Nationals' right fielder Bryce Harper went 0 for 3 in Tuesday's All Star Game. Harper has started the last two All Star Games and appeared in the last three. 

In his career, Harper is 0 for 6. No Nationals player has gotten an All Star hit since Dmitri Young in 2007. 

Pirates centerfielder Andrew McCutchen hit a home run in Tuesday's All Star Game. 

McCutchen started his second straight All Star Game and appeared in his fourth in a row. He went 1 for 3, hitting in his second consecutive All Star Game. 

McCutchen hit a solo home run to start the sixth inning. It was the first All Star RBI by a Pirate since Bobby Bonilla in 1991 and the first Pirate homer in the game since Dave Parker in 1981. 

Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper sat out the Home Run Derby in Cincinnati on Monday, and he said he won't be hitting in next year's Derby either, nor the year after that. 

Harper said, "I'm not doing the Home Run Derby the next 2 years," per Turner Sports. Harper will return to the contest in 2018, when the Nationals host the All Star Game. 

The National League released its starting lineup for the 2015 All-Star game on Monday.

Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen will bat leadoff and play center. He will be followed by Reds 3B Todd Frazier at third, Nationals OF Bryce Harper in right field, Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt at first, Giants catcher Buster Posey will be behind the plate, Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo will DH, Cardinals infielder Jhonny Peralta will play shortstop, Dodgers OF Joc Pederson will be in left with Rockies infielder DJ LeMahieu at second.

Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke will be the starting pitcher and face Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel.

Leadoff hitter Charlie Blackmon registered three hits and drove in four runs as the Rockies rolled to a sweep of the Braves with an 11-4 triumph Sunday. 

Blackmon had two-run singles in the second and sixth innings as Colorado had no problem wrapping up its fourth straight victory. Blackmon now has 40 RBIs on the season and has hits in eight of his last nine contests to raise his average to .291. 

As expected, Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday won't play in Tuesday's All Star Game. Holliday is on the disabled list with a quadriceps injury. 

Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun was chosen to take Holliday's spot on the NL All Star roster. 

Replacing Holliday in the starting lineup will be the Dodgers' Joc Pederson, who becomes the first Dodgers' rookie position player to start an All Star Game, per the Orange County Register. 

Giants catcher Buster Posey gets a break from behind the plate on Sunday. Posey will instead start at first base for the final game before the All Star Break. 

It's Posey's 21st start at first this season. Andrew Susac replaces him at catcher. 

Regular first baseman Brandon Belt shifts to left for Sunday's game for the ninth time this year.