MLB Player News

Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's victory over the Red Sox.

Ohtani clubbed a 420-foot homer in the third inning for his only hit of the night. He is on pace for his third straight season of 30 home runs or more. Ohtani has been remarkably consistent this season and is on pace to top 90 runs and 90 RBI.

Soler went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two total runs scored in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Rockies.

Soler crushed a fastball 445 feet in the seventh inning to give him three homers in the last four games. The 31-year-old is tied for third in the big leagues in homers with 14. Soler already has more home runs than he did in 72 games last season and could top 40 homers for the second time in his career. May has treated Soler well, as he has a .631 slugging percentage this month and is up to an .872 OPS for the season.

Rooker is not in the starting lineup Wednesday at Seattle.

Rooker has pretty much been carrying the A's offense all year and will grab some well-earned rest in the third game of this four-game set against the Mariners. He's sitting on a .919 OPS with 11 home runs and 32 RBI through 43 games.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Stanton (hamstring) will undergo imaging Thursday and could be cleared to begin a minor-league rehab assignment this weekend, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.

Boone noted that Stanton will see action in the outfield in addition to designated hitter while he's on his rehab assignment. Assuming Stanton does gain clearance to head to a minor-league affiliate this weekend, he could be ready to return from the 10-day injured list in advance of the Yankees' series with the Dodgers the following weekend. Stanton has been on the shelf since mid-April with a strained left hamstring.

Vogelbach is starting at designated hitter and batting seventh Wednesday versus the Cubs, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports.

It's just his third start in seven contests since Mark Vientos was promoted from Triple-A Syracuse. Vogelbach has collected just two hits over his last 19 at-bats and appears to have been supplanted as the Mets' primary DH versus right-handed pitching.

Belt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays.

The lefty-hitting Belt will retreat to the bench while the Rays bring ace southpaw Shane McClanahan to the mound Wednesday. George Springer will get a day out of the outfield and will replace Belt as the Blue Jays' designated hitter.

Vientos is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports.

Vientos has now started four games and been on the bench three times since his promotion a week ago. All three times he's been out of the lineup have been against righties, and Daniel Vogelbach has been the designated hitter in each case as he will be Wednesday.

Lewis (illness) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday and went 2-for-6 with a home run, three RBI and an additional run.

Lewis served as Reno's designated hitter and made six trips to the plate in his first official game action at any level since April 7. Due to the length of his absence on account of the undisclosed illness, Lewis will almost certainly remain on assignment with Reno through the weekend, and it's possible that his stay on the 10-day injured list could bleed into the upcoming week. Lewis has two minor-league options remaining, and since he doesn't project to hold anything more than a short-side platoon role for the big club, the Diamondbacks could choose to keep him at Reno once he's activated.

Martinez went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run Tuesday in an 8-1 win against Atlanta.

With the Dodgers up 5-1 in the ninth, Martinez provided the knockout punch with a three-run shot off Michael Tonkin. The homer was the third in the past two contests for Martinez and extended his hitting streak to eight games. Over that stretch, the veteran slugger is slashing .314/.324/.714 with four home runs and 12 RBI.

Buxton went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a stolen base in Tuesday's loss to the Giants.

Buxton got things started quickly with a two-run blast to center in the opening frame and then swiped his fifth bag of the year after reaching in the fourth. The 29-year-old has four multi-hit efforts over his last eight games and seems to be past the knee issue that cost him a game over the weekend. He's now slashing .238/.346/.494 with 10 homers, 23 RBI, 31 runs and a 25:52 BB:K over 188 plate appearances.