MLB Player News

Walls is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Walls owns a .459 OPS across 30 plate appearances over his last eight games and will now take a day to collect himself. Jose Caballero will fill the resulting void at shortstop and bat eighth.

Jansen isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Jansen will get a day off Saturday after going 2-for-15 with eight strikeouts across his last six games. Ben Rortvedt will draw the start behind the plate and bat ninth.

Bellinger isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Tampa Bay.

Bellinger has gone just 2-for-20 across his last six games, and he'll now get a chance to regroup with a day off Saturday. Trent Grisham will take his place in center field and bat seventh.

Wells (illness) will start at catcher and bat third Saturday against the Rays.

Wells missed Friday's contest due to a bout of food poisoning, but he's now feeling better and will return behind the plate to form a battery with Carlos Carrasco on Saturday. The 25-year-old backstop has gone 2-for-16 with a homer and two RBI across his last five games.

Maton is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Red Sox.

The lefty-hitting Maton will stay put in Chicago's dugout with left-hander Garrett Crochet set to start on the bump for Boston. Maton's absence will create an opening for Jacob Amaya to join the starting nine as the White Sox's shortstop.

Baldwin isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Boston.

Baldwin has gone 6-for-20 with a homer, four RBI and two runs scored over his last six games. The White Sox will give him a break Saturday while Michael Taylor starts in right field, batting eighth.

Dingler is starting at catcher and batting fifth in Saturday's game against the Royals.

Dingler got a breather Friday with Tomas Nido picking up the start, but the former will return to the lineup Saturday. Dingler is Detroit's top catching option at the moment with Jake Rogers (oblique) on the injured list, and he's done well with the expanded opportunity, posting a .306 average and .830 OPS across 14 games.

Sweeney is starting at shortstop and batting seventh in Saturday's game against the Royals.

Sweeney received Friday off with Kansas City starting southpaw Cole Ragans but will return to the lineup against righty Seth Lugo. The young shortstop hasn't really gotten going yet, as he's batting just .228 with a .641 OPS, though he has gone 3-for-6 over his last two games.

Thomas is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against Pittsburgh, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.

Thomas went 2-for-5 and scored two runs Friday, snapping what had been an 0-for-11 drought at the plate. He'll now grab a seat on the bench against Paul Skenes and the Pirates, giving Angel Martinez an opportunity to start in center field.

Arias isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Pirates, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.

Arias will get a chance to rest Saturday after going 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored during Friday's series opener. While he sits, Daniel Schneemann will take over at the keystone and bat eighth.