MLB Player News

Siani is the most prominent inclusion among the big leaguers in this latest batch of cuts from Dodgers camp. The 26-year-old defensive specialist figures to be up with Los Angeles at some point in a bench role. Hope is the biggest prospect in this group as he ranks right up there with Eduardo Quintero, Josue De Paula and Mike Sirota as one of the organization’s top prospects.

Gonzalez will hit the open market instead of accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. The soft-tossing 34-year-old journeyman passed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for assignment over the weekend.

It’s been a long road back for Bautista since undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum and rotator cuff last year. There have been reports of him throwing going all the way back to March, but he’s ramped up his progression with consistent bullpen sessions since June and has been facing live hitters for the last two weeks. The quality of his stuff and velocity during this rehab assignment will tell us a lot about the role we can expect him to fill for the Orioles when he eventually returns.

Duran was acquired by the Royals from the Dodgers at the trade deadline for Kris Bubic and is set to join their big league bullpen. His fastball sits in the upper-90s, he has a great slider, and mixes in a sinker, but has consistently struggled with his command.

It’s been quite a fall from grace for Erceg, who still leads the Royals with 12 saves despite being removed from the closer’s role two months ago after blowing four saves in five chances. His fastball velocity has fallen in each of the last two seasons and he’ll head to Triple-A Omaha with an ugly 6.23 ERA, 31 strikeouts, and 29 walks across 43 1/3 innings.

A regular member of the Pirates’ bullpen churn, this is the fourth time Mattson has been sent down to Triple-A since May 20th. Just wait another week or two and it’s likely he comes back up when they need a fresh arm.

This is the fourth time the Pirates have brought Kelly back up from Triple-A since June 12th. He’s thrown 7 1/3 innings across three big league appearances with a 6.14 ERA, four strikeouts, and four walks.

Gil has been out for over three months with right shoulder inflammation and only threw three total innings between two rehab appearances with High-A Hudson Valley. Perhaps the Yankees are preparing him for a role in their bullpen as the playoffs near. Regardless, don’t expect him to contribute in a major way any time soon.

Sosa has been out since late May with a wrist injury and upon being activated, cleared outright assignment waivers and was sent to Triple-A Buffalo. That means he’s off the Blue Jays’ 40-man roster and is unlikely to contribute to the big league team again this season given that news

This phenomenal and unexpectedly good news for Jax who went on the injured list for elbow discomfort nine days ago and then sought a second opinion from Dr. Keith Meister regarding it. He deemed surgery wouldn’t be necessary and now Jax is back on a mound just one week later. Kevin Cash told Topkin that Jax “looked good” and was able to use all of his pitches. The plan as of now is for him to make a rehab start on Sunday, meaning he could be back with the Rays as soon as next week.

Simpson regularly occupied the lead-off spot for the Rays from mid-April through early June, but hasn’t hit there since June 5th. Instead, he’s mostly hit fifth or sixth over the last few weeks. With him back atop the order, regular lead-off hitter Yandy Díaz shifted down to fourth and Liam Hicks down one spot to fifth.