MLB Player News

Wood is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game in Miami.

It's a rare day off for the left-handed-hitting Wood, who will get a breather as the Marlins send southpaw Ryan Weathers to the mound. Daylen Lile will patrol left field and Paul DeJong will serve as the Nationals' designated hitter.

Davalan hit .500 with one home run, three steals and a 5:3 K:BB in eight games for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga before being placed on the 7-day injured list after suffering a leg injury Aug. 30.

He was pulled from the Aug. 30 game against Lake Elsinore after his first at-bat. The Quakes' season was wrapping up anyway, so it's unclear how serious the injury is. The expectation coming into the 2025 First-Year Player Draft was that Davalan was a bat-first player who may be limited to left field and second base defensively, although the Dodgers deployed him only in center field after he signed for a hair under $2 million. A lefty hitter who transformed his approach in his lone year with Arkansas, Davalan has a chance to lead off some day while using his speed to steal 20-plus bases. He'll likely spend the bulk of 2026 at High-A and Double-A.

Condon is slashing .239/.345/.484 with 11 home runs, one steal and a 29.1 percent strikeout rate in 52 games for Double-A Hartford.

Condon, who was recently selected to play in the Arizona Fall League, has delivered on his power potential since getting promoted from High-A Spokane on July 1, but Condon's strikeouts and lack of speed portend a three-category player in fantasy. Most of the other top college hitters in his class have ascended to Triple-A or the big leagues, so the Rockies may end up regretting taking Condon third overall in what's looking like a loaded 2024 draft class. He has made 45 starts at first base and two starts at third base since getting to Double-A.

Soto went 3-for-5 with a double, a solo home run, a second run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's loss to the Phillies.

The Mets only had nine hits in total on the night in an 11-3 rout, and Soto had their only extra-base hits. The 26-year-old sits one long ball shy of his second straight 40-homer campaign, and he needs to drive in just five more runs for his third straight 100-RBI season, and the fourth of his career. Soto's been New York's only consistent hitter lately as the team clings to a wild-card spot, and over his last 12 games he sports a blistering .432/.545/1.000 slash line that includes seven home runs and eight steals.

Marsee went 4-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's win over the Nationals.

All four knocks were singles, but the rookie center fielder just keeping on raking. Marsee has seven multi-hit performances in his last 15 games, slashing .344/.412/.443 during that span with three doubles, one homer, three steals, four RBI and nine runs. His .977 OPS in his first 39 big-league games is second only to the A's Nick Kurtz (1.023 OPS) among all rookies with at least 100 plate appearances this season, and only a late promotion is keeping Marsee out of the NL Rookie of the Year discussion.

Bae went 0-for-2 with two walks and two stolen bases in Wednesday's 2-1 extra-inning loss to the Orioles.

The 26-year-old utility player got the start in left field and batted eighth, doing his best to get into scoring position on a night when offense was at a premium. Bae has gotten two starts in three games since returning to the majors Sunday, and while he's still looking for his first hit, he's drawn three walks in seven plate appearances, discipline that reflects the .282/.377/.411 slash line he posted over 64 contests for Triple-A Indianapolis this season. Bae also went 23-for-27 on the basepaths at Triple-A, and he's 4-for-4 in 10 big-league games this year.

Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a 9-0 win against Colorado on Wednesday.

Hernandez capped the scoring in a dominant Dodgers victory with a 445-foot solo shot to center field in the eighth inning. The long ball was his third in his past two contests following a 14-game homerless stretch. Hernandez batted just .122 with a 30.4 percent strikeout rate during that power drought, but he seems to be getting back in tune just in time for the stretch run.

Tatis went 2-for-4 with a solo home run Wednesday in a loss to the Reds.

For a while it looked like Tatis' fifth-inning solo shot would hold up as the lone run of the contest, but the Reds struck for two tallies in the eighth to pull out the victory. Tatis has picked up his power a bit in September, swatting three long balls through nine games after going deep just once across 27 contests in August. Overall, he's at a relatively modest 21 home runs this season, though he's added 29 stolen bases, 63 RBI, 97 runs and an .801 OPS to provide well-rounded production.

Kepler went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, five RBI and a hit-by-pitch in Wednesday's 11-3 win over the Mets.

The veteran outfielder put together an incredible performance, driving in five runs to match his entire RBI total from the month of July and marking his most in a single game since 2016. Kepler's big night was highlighted by his 16th homer of the season, giving him four long balls across his last 15 contests. Consistency has eluded him for much of 2025, and the 32-year-old is now slashing .221/.306/.392 with 50 RBI, 56 runs, eight doubles and three steals over 439 plate appearances.

Moniak isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Dodgers.

After going 0-for-10 with four strikeouts and a walk over his last three games, Moniak will retreat to the bench Wednesday while Jordan Beck, Brenton Doyle and Tyler Freeman start across the outfield for Colorado.