MLB Player News

Baez was scratched from the lineup for Saturday's game against the Cardinals with a bruised right heel, Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Baez's heel issues date back nearly two weeks to when he was forced to exit a game May 19 after making a defensive play. He missed the next two games but had since been in the lineup for nine straight contests prior to Saturday's scratch. Addison Russell will replace him at shortstop.

Herrera went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Padres.

For the second time this week, Herrera entered the game as a pinch hitter and went yard, this time stepping to the plate for Caleb Smith in the sixth inning and spoiling a potential shutout bid for San Diego pitcher Joey Lucchesi. Those are his only two homers of the year, however, and Herrera's .222/.293/.344 slash line will likely keep him in a bench role.

Seager went 1-for-4 with a two run homer in Friday's 6-3 win over the Phillies.

Seager's two-run blast was enough to put the Dodgers ahead for good, capping a three-run fifth inning. It's the shortstop's seventh homer of the year, but also his third in the last six games. Seager has 36 runs and 29 RBI in 56 games this season.

Story went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double, two home runs, four runs scored and seven RBI in Friday's 13-6 rout of the Blue Jays.

A pair of two-run homers and a bases-loaded double accounted for the damage as Story set a new career single-game high in RBI. The shortstop closes the books on May slashing .309/.382/.609 through 26 games with eight homers and 23 RBI, and he's banged out at least three hits in each of the last three contests.

DeJong, who went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a win over the Phillies on Thursday, was deployed out of the two hole in the lineup for the first time this season, Paul Casella of MLB.com reports.

DeJong, who's mired in a 1-for-26 slump over the last eight games, ceded his usual No. 3 role to Paul Goldschmidt. Manager Mike Shildt stated his primary goal with the move was to afford Goldschmidt a bump in RBI opportunities, implying that the arrangement might stick for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, DeJong's average has already dropped 36 points to .284 during his aforementioned funk, and it remains to be seen if a different spot in the order might help break him out of the doldrums.

Crawford went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored Thursday against the Marlins.

Crawford supplied the majority of the Giants' offense, doubling in the go-ahead runs in the eighth inning. Even with this effort, he has just 10 extra-base hits on the season and a .309 slugging percentage across 201 plate appearances. He'll have a chance to keep his performance at the plate going for the team's weekend series at hitter-friendly Camden Yards.

Marcano was placed on the 7-day injured list with a sprained left thumb, Emily Waldon of The Athletic reports.

Prior to suffering the injury, Marcano was hitting .304/.364/.386 with one homer, 17 RBI and four stolen bases in 43 games for Low-A Fort Wayne. It remains to be seen how long the injury will keep the 19-year-old sidelined.

Seager is not in the lineup Thursday against the Mets.

Seager will head to the bench for what appears to be a regular day off after starting the past 15 games, going 17-for-58 (.293) with four homers, a stolen base and a 6:7 BB:K during that stretch. In his place, Chris Taylor is starting at shortstop and hitting leadoff against lefty Jason Vargas.

Turner went 3-for-6 with a triple, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's rout of Atlanta.

That's now six hits and two steals in the last two games for Turner, who always seems to do well in Atlanta -- his career slash line between SunTrust Park and old Turner Field stands at .328/.376/.574 in 28 games with seven homers, 14 stolen bases 16 RBI and 27 runs. The shortstop is now slashing .288/.333/.466 on the year through 17 games, and Turner's a perfect 8-for-8 on steal attempts.

Seager went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles, a walk and another run scored in Wednesday's 9-8 victory over the Mets.

Seager's first hit of the night was just shy of going the distance in the second inning off Noah Syndergaard. He soon made up for it with another double in the fifth, followed by a leadoff homer in the eighth off Jeurys Familia. The 26-year-old is currently on a six-game hitting streak and is batting .249/.341/.415 with six home runs, 35 runs scored and 27 RBI.