MLB Player News

Arias (hand) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.

Arias will be held out for the second day in a row due to a right hand contusion, which he sustained when he was hit by a George Kirby sinker Friday. While X-rays on Arias' hand came back negative, the infielder is still considered day-to-day. The Guardians are hoping that he'll be ready to rejoin the starting nine for a series in Boston beginning Monday.

Narvaez went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Saturday's 10-3 loss to the Pirates.

Narvaez evened the game at 1-1 in the third inning with his 12th home run of the season. After overtaking the primary catching job from Connor Wong in the first half, Narvaez has cooled off significantly. He's slashing .167/.213/.337 over 24 games since the All-Star break.

Naylor is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.

After starting behind the plate in both of the first two games of the series, Naylor will get some rest for the finale. Austin Hedges will handle catching duties for the Guardians on Sunday.

Wells went 1-for-5 with a solo home run against the White Sox in a 5-3 extra-innings victory Saturday.

Wells broke a 1-1 tie with a 410-foot shot in the seventh inning. The third-year backstop has been perking up in the power department of late -- he's gone deep twice in his past three games and four times across his past eight contests. While Wells is still slashing a paltry .210/.267/.429 on the season, he's tied for fifth among MLB catchers with 19 long balls and is sixth at the position with 61 RBI.

Judge went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, an additional run and a walk Saturday in a 5-3 extra-innings win over the White Sox.

Judge's fourth-inning blast opened the scoring in the contest, and he also scored an insurance run in the 11th after drawing an intentional walk. The All-Star slugger's homer pace has slowed down a bit this month -- he's gone deep a modest (for him) five times over 23 games since returning from an elbow strain Aug. 5. Judge is also batting just .218 in that span, though he's posted an elite .408 OBP on the strength of a 23.3 percent walk rate.

Mangum is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Unless he's used off the bench Sunday, Mangum will put his four-game hitting streak on hold and get a breather as the Rays wrap up their series in Washington. Everson Pereira will spell Mangum in center field and bat sixth.

Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Diaz will receive a breather after starting six stright games while going 8-for-23 with a solo home run, three doubles, two walks and two additional runs. Bob Seymour will start at first base and Brandon Lowe will serve as the Rays' designated hitter.

Neto went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a 4-1 win over Houston on Saturday.

Neto accounted for the first run of the contest with his 403-foot shot to left field in the third inning. The long ball was his 24th of the campaign through 116 games, giving him one more homer than he hit across 155 contests last season. Neto's .815 OPS is also a step up from his .761 OPS last year, and he's added 24 stolen bases, 59 RBI and a career-high 78 runs.

Pederson went 1-for-5 with a double and a run scored in Saturday's 9-3 win over the Athletics.

Pederson smacked a seventh-inning double to extend a hit streak to eight games, easily his best stretch of a trying season. He's gone 10-for-33 with five extra-base hits, nine RBI and six runs scored during the streak. The Rangers are finally getting what they paid for when they signed Pederson to a one-year, $18.5 million contract this past winter with a player option for 2026 -- he's slashing .277/.338/.554 with five home runs and 12 RBI over 23 contests in August.

Kirk is out of the lineup for Sunday's game versus the Brewers.

Kirk went 1-for-7 with a walk and a double while starting the first two games of the series and will take a seat for Sunday's finale. Tyler Heineman will do the catching for Max Scherzer while batting eighth.