MLB Player News

Schmitt has been dealing with back tightness since last Friday. It’ll be Rafael Devers handling the cold corner on Monday night for the second consecutive contest with Jerar Encarnacion at DH to face Phillies rookie Andrew Painter.

Boyd returns to Chicago’s rotation to take the ball on Wednesday evening against the Phillies at Wrigley Field following a two-week absence recovering from a biceps strain. The 35-year-old southpaw posted 10 strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball in his final start before hitting the shelf. He’s in line for an extremely favorable matchup against a struggling Philadelphia lineup in his return from the injured list. Fantasy managers should make sure he’s back in lineups for this one.

Little heads back to the minors with Matthew Boyd returning from the injured list to start Wednesday’s game against the Phillies.

The Marlins were up 4-0 heading into the ninth inning, but Ivan Herrera clubbed a home run, and Nolan Gorman walked, which prompted the team to bring in Fairbanks to close out the game. He got a quick flyout and strikeout to record his fifth save of the season for the Marlins. His ERA may be inflated, but he’s only had two bad appearances this season, right before and after going on the Paternity List. We would not be worried.

There should be a clearer picture regarding Garcia’s outlook once he undergoes further evaluation and testing to determine the severity of the issue. The 26-year-old third baseman made an early exit from the sixth inning of Wednesday’s contest after going 0-for-3 at the plate. He’s off to a bit of a slow start following last year’s 16-homer, 23-steal breakthrough campaign, hitting .265/.336/.388 with two homers, 10 RBI and two steals across 25 games this season.

Marsee brought in one run with a walk in the second inning and then drove in another with an RBI single in the fourth. He’s gotten off to a slow start this season, but he’s making an elite amount of contact and walking at a really high rate. He may be putting the ball in the air too much, but this is the profile of a hitter who should be producing at a higher level. We may be starting to see that since he’s 4-for-8 with three RBI and one home run over his last two games. He also has nine steals on the season and should be added if he was dropped in any formats.

Stubbs gets the call to join Philadelphia’s active roster with veteran backstop J.T. Realmuto hitting the shelf with back spasms. The 32-year-old will handle the backup catching duties in his absence.

Realmuto attempted to play through the lingering back issue earlier this week, but the Phillies decided to give him some extra time off to put the issue to bed. Rafael Marchán will handle the bulk of the catching duties in his absence with Garrett Stubbs up to take his roster spot.

It’s merely a paperwork move to get catcher Garrett Stubbs back on Philadelphia’s 40-man roster. The 26-year-old reliever has been on the shelf recovering from an oblique strain since the end of spring training.

It was Herrera’s third home run and 12th RBI of the season. The batting average hasn’t been there with a .230/.387/.379 slash line so far this season, but Herrera is hitting the ball as hard as he ever has and making more contact than ever with a nearly 95 percent zone contact rate. The production should come soon.

Leahy walked three, struck out two, and threw only 55 percent of his pitches for strikes while posting a nine percent swinging strike rate. The move to the rotation has not gone great for Leahy so far this season, but the Cardinals don’t have any starting pitching options knocking down the door in Triple-A. We would not recommend using Leahy in fantasy, even next week against the Pirates.