MLB REPORT

CHICAGO CUBS

The club put INF Addison Russell on the 10-day disabled list with a sprained left middle finger, retroactive to Monday.

INF Daniel Murphy was added to the 25-man roster after being acquired on Tuesday in a trade with Washington.

Russell is hitting .259 with five homers and 37 RBIs this season.

CLEVELAND INDIANS

OF Leonys Martin will sit out the rest of the season because of a bacterial infection.

The 30-year-old Cuban player became ill following a game Aug. 8. Doctors determined he had the life-threatening bacterial infection that entered his bloodstream and created toxins that damaged his internal organs, compromising their function.

“The news is really good, he is doing fantastic, but he is not going to play baseball this year,” manager Terry Francona said. “Overall, he has done so well. We’re so thrilled that he’s OK.”

Martin was released from the hospital on Sunday.

NEW YORK YANKEES

All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman has been placed on the 10-day DL with tendinitis in his left knee.

Chapman said he hopes to be be ready to pitch again as soon as he's eligible to be activated.

Chapman said his knee discomfort dates back to May, but this is his first stint on the DL this year.

SAN DIEGO PADRES

INF Wil Myers was scratched from Wednesday’s lineup with a lacerated nose after a groundball struck him in the face during batting practice.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

RHP Aaron Sanchez acknowledged on Wednesday that the bruised right index finger that has sidelined him for the past two months occurred when his finger got caught in a falling suitcase.

Sanchez said part of the reason he stayed quiet about his injury was the attention Kansas City’s Salvador Perez received for spraining the MCL in his left knee while carrying a suitcase up the stairs in his home just before opening day.