MLB Player News

Owings went 2-for-5 with solo home run during Wednesday's loss to Washington.

It's been a spectacular start to the season for Owings, as he's already up to 14 runs, five home runs, 21 RBI, eight stolen bases and a .313/.358/.525 slash line. He's also spending plenty of time batting second in front of Paul Goldschmidt -- a cushy lineup spot. While it's difficult to envision Owings maintaining this torrid pace, there would have to be a prolonged and crippling slump before it's a legitimate fantasy concern.

Story is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Padres, Jenny Cavnar of Root Sports reports.

After starting each of the last 18 games for the Rockies, Story will head to the bench as Alexi Amarista fills in at shortstop. The 24-year-old is off to a slow start at the plate this season -- slashing .170/.271/.404 across 27 games -- so hopefully the day off will help him straighten things out.

Ahmed will start at shortstop and bat seventh in the order Wednesday against the Nationals.

Ahmed will make his fourth straight start Wednesday, but there's been no indication from the Diamondbacks that he'll be in store for an everyday role in the near future. These last two starts have come as a byproduct of David Peralta (illness) being unavailable, so once he's healthy, Ahmed figures to settle back into reserve duty.

Gordon is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Rays, Roger Mooney of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Despite swiping three bases in Monday's contest, Gordon will head to the bench on the heels of an 0-for-4 showing Tuesday night. Miguel Rojas will man the keystone for the evening.

Bogaerts is batting fifth Wednesday against the Orioles, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.

Bogaerts performed well out of the leadoff spot for Boston, but with Dustin Pedroia finding his swing lower in the order, the Red Sox will head back to the batting order they held earlier in the year. Bogaerts may be in line for a few more RBI opportunities with this new spot in the batting order, as he's now sandwiched between sluggers Hanley Ramirez and Mitch Moreland for the evening.

Baez went 4-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's win over the Phillies.

Baez filled the stat sheet from the No. 9 spot in the order and raised his slash line to .269/.315/.507. He's receiving inconsistent playing time so far this season as a utility player, but games like this show the 24-year-old's potential.

O'Malley (appendectomy) was transferred to the 60-day DL on Tuesday, Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times reports.

This was merely a procedural move to free up a spot on the 40-man roster. O'Malley has already missed a month after undergoing an appendectomy late in spring training, and GM Jerry Dipoto said just last week that O'Malley isn't close to returning.

Diaz went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-5 extra-inning loss to the Brewers.

Diaz kickstarted the Cardinals' comeback by opening the scoring with a 371-foot shot to left in the fifth off Zach Davies. It was the 26-year-old's first homer since April 22 and marked the ninth time in the last 10 games that he's reached safely. While he boasts excellent strikeout (10.1 percent) and contact rates (90 percent), Diaz's walk rate is a paltry 2.0 percent and he sports an unsustainable .207 BABIP, helping explain his .227 average and ghastly .242 OBP.

Gordon went 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, three stolen bases and a run scored in Monday's loss to the Rays.

He nearly single-handedly produced the Marlins' first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning, drawing a free pass, stealing second and then going to third when Derek Norris threw the ball into center field, and trotting home on a Christian Yelich sac fly. Gordon's now slashing .297/.330/.376 through 24 games with 16 runs and seven steals on eight attempts.

Correa went 1-for-3 with a two-run double in the seventh inning of Monday's 6-2 win over Texas.

Correa's double, his sixth extra-base hit in the last eight games, was just the fourth time in 30 at-bats he's delivered a base knock with runners in scoring position. It was also his first hit with a man on third base with less than two outs. He'd been 0-for-9 in such situations entering Monday's game, Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle reports. Correa said he's been chasing pitches outside the zone, trying to make a play instead of taking a walk. The numbers at Baseball Info Solutions back that up. Entering Monday, the shortstop had swung at 32 percent of the pitches he saw outside the zone, up from 29 percent in 2016. "I feel like it's more about being patient at the plate," he said. "Try to take the pitches I don't want to hit and be able to put in play the pitches I want to hit and be able to put it in play hard."