MLB Player News

Chafin was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a left finger sprain.

Chafin has surrendered six runs on nine hits through 6.2 innings this season, though it's unclear how long he's been battling the finger injury. Matt Grace had his contract selected from the alternate training site in a corresponding move.

Howard (finger) will start Game 1 of Thursday's doubleheader against the Blue Jays, Matt Breen of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Howard was pulled from his previous start due to a blister, but he won't be forced to miss a turn through the rotation as a result. Through two appearances this season, the 24-year-old has allowed seven earned runs on 14 hits across eight innings. Vince Velasquez is scheduled to start the second game of Thursday's twin bill.

Venditte underwent an MRI on his right oblique Wednesday, Andre Fernandez of Sirius XM Radio reports.

Venditte left Tuesday's game against the Mets with an injury which was already diagnosed as a right oblique strain. The MRI should determine the severity of the strain as well as roughly how much time the switch-pitcher will miss.

Suarez was recalled by the Giants on Wednesday, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Suarez continues his shuffle between the active roster and the alternate training site, even though he hasn't appeared in any games so far in 2020. Outfielder Steven Duggar was sent down in a corresponding move.

Yacabonis was sent from San Diego to Seattle in exchange for cash considerations Wednesday.

Yacabonis signed a minor-league deal with the Padres over the offseason but never made it onto the 40-man roster, let alone the active roster. He'll remain off both rosters in Seattle but will be part of the team's player pool. All of the 28-year-old righty's big-league innings to date have come with Baltimore, where he posted a 5.75 ERA in 101.2 innings over the last three seasons, striking out just 16.1 percent of opposing batters while walking 12.2 percent.

Gonzalez was recalled from the Dodgers' alternate training site Wednesday, Eric Stephen of True Blue LA reports.

With Tony Gonsolin getting optioned down since the Dodgers don't need a sixth starter anytime soon, Gonzalez was brought up to help out the bullpen. He gave up one run in one inning in his lone appearance this season and will work in low-leverage situations.

Alzolay (forearm) was recalled by the Cubs on Wednesday and will serve as the 29th man for the doubleheader against the Cardinals, starting the nightcap.

Alzolay was hit by a ball at the team's alternate training site earlier in the week and suffered a forearm contusion, but the injury was never thought to be serious, as Wednesday's move confirms. Alzolay made two starts and two relief appearances for the Cubs last season without much success, posting a 7.30 ERA and a 1.78 WHIP.

The Cubs optioned Miller to their alternate training site Tuesday.

Miller was moved back to South Bend after he was summoned to the big club as the 29th man for Monday's doubleheader with the Cardinals. He ended up receiving the starting nod for the second game of the twin bill, working the first two innings and giving up two runs on one hit and three walks in Chicago's 5-4 win.

Treinen (2-1) picked up the win in Tuesday's 2-1 victory over the Mariners, recording a strikeout over 1.2 perfect innings of relief.

Tony Gonsolin blanked the M's over six innings but Jake McGee and Scott Alexander combined to cough up a run in the seventh. Treinen came on and shut the door the rest of the way, getting rewarded with the win when the Dodgers pushed across another run in the bottom of the eighth. The right-hander continues to impress after a rough 2019, posting a 0.82 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 11:6 K:BB through 11 innings with two wins and four holds in 11 appearances.

Hudson struck out two in a perfect ninth inning Tuesday to record his fifth save of the season in an 8-5 win over Atlanta.

The right-hander was dialed in, firing 14 of his 16 pitches for strikes, and Hudson only needed to work as hard as he did because Matt Adams fouled off four straight 0-2 fastballs before finally waving at a slider. Hudson is now 5-for-7 on save chances, with the two blowups inflating his ERA to 7.00, but his 0.89 WHIP and 14:2 K:BB through nine innings are better indicators of his performance this season. He's now pitched on three straight days, however, so expect Tanner Rainey or Will Harris to get the nod if the Nats have a late lead to protect Wednesday.