MLB Player News

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts is getting a rare day off on Wednesday, as he is being held out of the starting lineup for the first time since June 20. Bogaerts has maintained a hot bat all year, and he is batting .327 with a home run, four doubles and eight RBI over his past 10 games.

Brock Holt will slide over to shortstop for Wednesday's matchup with the Indians.

The Angels have placed reliever Cory Rasmus and infielder Taylor Featherston on the disabled list, per the Orange County Register.

Rasmus is dealing with a forearm strain after losing much of the season to an abdominal injury. He goes down with a 5.06 ERA in seven apparances and four runs allowed in his last four innings pitched.

Featherston, who is sidelined with an upper back strain, owns a terrible slash line of .130/.198/.196 in 92 at-bats. He has been used mostly as a defensive replacement.

The Indians have activated Ryan Raburn from the bereavement list, and optioned Zach Walters to Triple-A Columbus. Rabrun has been away from the team since Tuesday.

Walters went 0 for 3 in his only game since being recalled when Raburn left the team.

Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor went 3 for 5 with a double and RBI in Friday's win over Minnesota. 

The three-hit day extended Lindor's hitting streak to nine straight games. He's hitting .472 over the streak. 

The Braves got a boost from the bottom of the order as shortstop Pedro Ciriaco drove in four runs from the No. 9 hole, but it wasn't enough in a 9-6 loss to the Rays. 

The normally light-hitting Ciriaco drove in two runs with a second-inning single and then connected for his first home run of the season in the fifth. His seventh inning sacrifice fly put Atlanta ahead 5-3, though the Braves would squander that advantage. 

Ciriaco's big night gives him 15 RBIs on the season. 

The Braves have demoted left fielder Todd Cunningham and middle infielder Daniel Castro to Triple-A Gwinnett to make room on the roster for newcomers Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn.

Cunningham had just been brought up Friday. Castro managed nine hits in 30 at-bats in his short stint with the team.

The Blue Jays have announced that they have acquired infielder Cliff Pennington from the Diamondbacks. They are receiving minor league shortstop Dawel Lugo in return. Toronto will receive cash in the deal as well.

Pennington, who would provide depth for Toronto, owns a slash line of .237/.314/.281 with one home run in 135 at-bats. He spent his first five seasons in the American League with Oakland.

Astros shortstop Carlos Correa came through in the clutch once again. The 20-year-old rookie went 2 for 4 on Thursday, including a go-ahead two-run home run in the eventual 5-4 extra-innings win over the A's. 

Correa's home run--his 14th in just 51 games this season--came in the eighth inning with his club trailing 2-1. The two-run blast gave the Astros a 3-2 lead and instantly changed the landscape of the game. 

Correa is batting .300 (12 for 40) with six home runs over his past 10 games. 

Astros shortstop Carlos Correa is certainly making his case for American League Rookie of the Year this season. On Monday, Correa hit his 13th home run of the season, a two-run shot in the first inning. The early lead wouldn't hold however, as the Astros lost 12-9 to the Rangers.

The home run was Correa's fifth in his past seven games, and he is batting .345 with seven RBI over that stretch.

Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford had a big game at the plate in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Braves. Crawford went 2 for 5 with a pair of home runs off starter Mike Foltynewicz. 

Crawford slugged a solo shot in the second inning, and then added a two-run blast in the fourth. This was the second two-home run game of Crawford's career, and he now has four big flies in his past seven games.