MLB Player News

Ryan Weathers (finger) was taken off the 60-day injured list for a start Wednesday, so the Marlins needed to boot someone off the 40-man roster. They chose Lindgren, who will hit the waiver wire and likely not see much interest.

Mills loses his spot on Los Angeles’ 40-man roster during their flurry of trade deadline moves. The 31-year-old has made six relief appearances for the Dodgers this season.

Piper received his first call up to the big leagues prior to Monday’s series opener against the Rockies. The 28-year-old has hit .253/.358/.498 with 11 homers and 11 steals in 266 plate appearances for Double-A Montgomery this season.

Cook was sent back to the minors prior to Monday’s series opener against the Rockies. The 25-year-old allowed three runs over 3 2/3 innings across two appearances for Tampa Bay.

Alvarez was brought back to take the ball for Monday’s series opener against the Phillis. The 27-year-old lefty has posted a pedestrian 4.06 ERA across 57 2/3 innings of work this season.

It doesn’t sound like Sheets is headed to the injured list yet, but he’s been battling plantar fasciitis recently. There should be some additional clarity on his status at some point this week.

It sounds like Moreno is headed to the paternity list. The 26-year-old backstop will likely be away from the club for a couple days. It’ll be James McCann taking over behind the plate.

Manzardo has been limited to mostly facing right-handed starters and the Guardians are going to roll with newly acquired Nathaniel Lowe in that role at first base for the final two months. The 26-year-old former top prospect heads back to the minors after hitting .215/.306/.378 with 13 homers and 39 RBI in 356 plate appearances over 102 games this season. He’s simply not a fantasy-relevant option at first base anymore.

Fry heads back to the minors after hitting .182/.304/.336 with six homers and 13 RBI across 168 plate appearances in a reserve role this season. The fact that he’s no longer catching extinguishes his only real path to fantasy relevance at this stage of his career.

Armstrong is facing a lengthy absence after hitting the shelf with a left calf strain back in late July. He’s likely to miss the remainder of the regular season. The procedural move opened up a spot on Cleveland’s 40-man roster at the trade deadline.

Sanmartin rejoins San Francisco’s relief mix for the first time since mid-June following the front office’s avalanche of moves at the trade deadline. He’s a non-factor for fantasy purposes.