MLB Player News

Vogelbach is not in the starting lineup Friday versus the Guardians.

Vogelbach will be on the bench for the fifth time in six games Friday as Mark Vientos takes over at designated hitter and bats seventh. Vogelbach no longer appears to be a lock to be in the lineup against right-handers, as New York faces righty Cal Quantrill in the series opener Friday against Cleveland.

Meneses was reinstated from the paternity list Friday, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.

Meneses will return to the Nationals after he missed the team's last two contests while attending the birth of his child. He'll step back into his everyday role while Jake Alu heads back to Triple-A in a corresponding move.

Torrens signed a minor-league contract Thursday with the Nationals.

Torrens will join the roster at Triple-A Rochester. The 27-year-old catcher slashed .250/.318/.300 over 13 major-league games earlier this season with the Cubs before then spending less than a week in the Orioles organization. He's a career .227/.289/.352 hitter in the bigs.

Canha is not in the starting lineup Thursday against the Rays.

Canha has slashed just .227/.300/.371 through 39 games (150 plate appearances) this season. Getting on base is usually his calling card, but it hasn't happened enough this year. Tommy Pham, Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil will start across the outfield for the Mets on Thursday afternoon.

Vientos is not in the lineup Thursday versus the Rays.

Vientos slugged a two-run homer Wednesday in his season debut with the Mets, building on his blistering start to the year at Triple-A Syracuse, but he'll head to the bench for Thursday's series finale at Citi Field. Daniel Vogelbach will serve as New York's designated hitter.

Reyes signed a minor-league contract with the Nationals on Thursday, Talk Nats reports.

Reyes was released by the Royals a week ago but has quickly latched on in another organization. The 27-year-old batted just .186/.231/.288 with a 36.9 percent strikeout rate during his time in Kansas City but figures to get another shot soon on a rebuilding Nats club.

Soler went 1-for-3 with a walk, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Nationals.

He crushed a MacKenzie Gore fastball to center field in the fourth inning to put the Marlins in the lead for good. Soler has gone yard in back-to-back games and has launched six of his 11 homers on the season over the last 12 contests, a stretch in which the 31-year-old is slashing .326/.404/.739 with 14 RBI.

Vientos went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run against the Rays in an extra-inning win Wednesday.

Vientos was called up from Triple-A Syracuse prior to the contest and provided a big spark in his first major-league game of the campaign, putting the Mets on the board with a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh inning. The long ball was the second of his big-league career, as he went deep once over 36 at-bats with the Mets last season. Vientos was dominating in the minors this year prior to his call-up, slashing .333/.416/.688 with 11 doubles, 13 homers and 37 RBI over 166 plate appearances.

Morel went 3-for-5 with a solo home run, a walk and two total runs scored in Wednesday's 7-6 loss to the Astros.

This was Morel's first three-hit effort of the season, and he's hit safely in all eight games he's played so far. The 23-year-old is making loud contact too, with five homers and two doubles through 36 plate appearances. He's slashing .371/.389/.857 with 10 RBI, nine runs scored and a stolen base.

Harper went 1-for-4 with one run scored and one steal in Wednesday's loss to San Francisco.

Harper and Nick Castellanos pulled off a double steal in the fourth inning. Harper stole a career-high 21 bases back in 2016. Despite the late start to 2023, Harper could push for 15 or so steals again, as he already has two in 13 games.