MLB Player News

Valera had already been designated for assignment on Tuesday as the Guardians tried to make some room on their 40-man roster, so it’s not shocking to see that he wasn’t tendered a contract. It’s possible that they could still attempt to bring the 24-year-old outfielder back into the fold on a minor league contract.

Ryan will be making his first start in the minors since April 11 when he suffered a hamstring injury. The 27-year-old top pitching prospect looked sharp in spring training coming off Tommy John surgery and figures to get a shot in Los Angeles’ rotation mix at some point later this summer.

Teoscar Hernández is at DH with Alex Call taking over in left field. Ohtani had been scuffling at the plate, hitting .200/.321/.300 with one home run over his previous 26 games before going deep off Giants starter Adrian Houser during Tuesday’s contest. The Dodgers are making a concerted effort to reduce the 31-year-old two-way sensation’s workload to keep him fresher at the plate moving forward. He’ll get a full day off Thursday before returning for Friday’s series opener against the Angels.

The Mariners are going to closely monitor Donovan’s workload after missing time this season in an attempt to prevent further groin issues related to last year’s sports hernia surgery. It’ll be Leo Rivas taking over at the hot corner on Wednesday night in his place.

Pepiot is facing a six-month rehabilitation process from the procedure and is expected to be a full-go for the outset of spring training. The 28-year-old hit the injured list just prior to Opening Day with hip inflammation and ended up requiring surgery following a setback in late April.

Barnett returns to the Athletics relief corps with Brooks Kriske heading to the injured list with a shoulder impingement. The 25-year-old reliever tossed two scoreless frames in his lone outing in the big leagues last month.

No word yet regarding how much time Kriske will miss. The 32-year-old journeyman reliever was just called up from Triple-A Las Vegas last week. He tossed 2 2/3 scoreless frames in a pair of appearances for the Athletics prior to the injury.

Bolte receives his first opportunity after being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas earlier this week where he was slashing an other-worldly .348/.418/.658 with 12 homers and 17 steals across 37 games in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. The 22-year-old offers an interesting power/speed combo skillset and made some significant strides in the contact department this season, slashing his strikeout rate from 33 percent last year to just 22 percent. There are some playing time concerns that could chip away at his immediate fantasy upside, but he’s at least worthy of a speculative roster spot in deeper mixed leagues.

Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly told reporters Turner could potentially be available off the bench. The 32-year-old power/speed combo threat has hit a bit of a rough patch recently, hitting .182 (8-for-44) with 10 strikeouts since the start of May. It’ll be Edmundo Sosa taking over at shortstop and hitting ninth with a sizzling-hot Kyle Schwarber moving up to the leadoff spot to face Red Sox veteran righty Sonny Gray at Fenway Park.

Ewing scalded an RBI triple, walked three times and stole a base during his major-league debut on Tuesday night at Citi Field. The 21-year-old top prospect has a relatively unobstructed path to everyday at-bats in center field with Luis Robert Jr. (back) not progressing as quickly in his rehab as originally hoped. He has the skillset required to serve as a dynamic top-of-the-order catalyst, but the Mets aren’t going to put too much pressure on him right out of the gate. Still, Ewing projects as a strong batting average and stolen base source for fantasy managers and is worthy of a speculative roster spot in all leagues until further notice.

Dingler has been moved up to the second spot in Detroit’s lineup, behind rookie standout Kevin McGonigle, for the first time in his career. The 27-year-old backstop is hitting just .196 (11-for-56) with two homers over his last 15 games. He’s mashed seven homers through 36 games, which puts him on pace to easily shatter last year’s career-high 13 round-trippers in 136 contests.