MLB Player News

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Friday that Carroll (wrist) could be activated off the injured list this weekend, Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports.

Carroll kicked off a minor-league rehab assignment with Arizona's ACL team Thursday and went 0-for-2 with two walks. The star outfielder initially seemed set for an extended absence after being diagnosed with a chip fracture in his left wrist in late June, but Carroll now appears to be ready to return to the Diamondbacks in short order. Jake McCarthy has been getting most of the starts in right field while Carroll has been out.

Crow-Armstrong went 4-for-4 with two solo home runs and two additional runs scored in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cardinals.

Crow-Armstrong was perfect at the plate, highlighted by solo home runs in the first and third innings. After going 0-for-11 in a three-game set against Houston to close June, the All-Star starter has opened July with three multi-hit efforts in four games. For the season, he's slashing .274/.309/.559 with 23 home runs, 66 RBI, 64 runs scored and 26 steals across 366 plate appearances.

Doyle isn't in the starting lineup against the White Sox on Friday.

It's the second time in Colorado's past three games that Doyle will begin on the bench, though he's reached safely in six of his past seven contests and has driven in three runs during that span. Mickey Moniak is getting a start in center field Friday, and Tyler Freeman is starting in right.

Castellanos went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in Friday's 9-6 loss to the Reds.

Castellanos put the Phillies up 3-0 early with a two-run homer in the first inning and later added an RBI on a forceout in the third. Over his past 10 games, the 33-year-old has hit safely seven times with three home runs, eight RBI and three runs scored. For the season, he's slashing .278/.321/.450 with 11 long balls, 49 RBI, 39 runs and two steals across 358 plate appearances.

Pham is not in Friday's lineup against the Mariners.

Pham had started four games in a row and is hitting .448 with two home runs over his last eight games. Adam Frazier is drawing the start in left field while batting seventh.

Call went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI in Thursday's win over the Tigers.

The 30-year-old outfielder is thriving in a short-side platoon role, banging out three hits in each of his last two starts. Call is slashing .294/.389/.405 on the season in 59 games with two homers, one steal, 20 RBI and 27 runs, but his workload seems unlikely to increase any time soon -- Daylen Lile has a 10-game hitting streak going on the strong side of the platoon with Call, and Dylan Crews (oblique) is expected back from the IL before the end of July.

Ramos went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a double during Thursday's 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks.

Ramos put the Giants on the board in the first inning, knocking in a run with a double to left field. The 25-year-old outfielder added a single to left in the third, bringing in the Giants' fourth run. Ramos has recorded two multi-hit efforts over his last 10 games, slashing .211/.268/.289 with three doubles, three RBI and a 2:12 BB:K across 41 plate appearances.

Nimmo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's win over the Brewers.

The 32-year-old outfielder went yard for the second straight game when he launched a Jose Quintana sinker into the right-field seats in the second inning. Nimmo has been locked in over the last month, slashing .316/.363/.579 through his last 24 games with seven of his 17 homers on the season, along with five steals, 12 runs and 16 RBI.

Profar went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's loss to the Angels.

The veteran outfielder is doing his best to make up for lost time, going yard in back-to-back games after being reinstated from his 80-game PED suspension. Profar should be a hot commodity on waiver wires this weekend as a result, but his second-half production still isn't likely to match the career-best pace he posted in 2024 at 31 years old, when he delivered 24 homers and an .839 OPS over 158 regular-season games for the Padres.

The Reds optioned Vilade to Triple-A Louisville on Friday.

Vilade was called up by Cincinnati in late June and saw the field once as a defensive replacement during his brief time in the majors. The 26-year-old played in seven major-league games for St. Louis earlier in the campaign prior to being claimed by the Reds and went 1-for-13 with two walks, a run and five strikeouts.