MLB Player News

Pederson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Pirates.

Pederson gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the second inning with the two-run blast to right field. The 26-year-old is slashing .261/.340/.458 with four home runs and 22 RBI in 142 at-bats this season.

Turner is dealing with left wrist soreness, which explains his absence from Tuesday's starting lineup against the Pirates, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reports.

The issue cropped up over the weekend, but Turner is receiving treatment and expects to be back in the starting lineup Wednesday, according to Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register. That said, the Dodgers will obviously proceed cautiously with the stud third baseman, especially considering the soreness is in the same wrist that he fractured in spring training. He should be considered day-to-day for now. Max Muncy is starting at third base and hitting second in his stead Tuesday.

Turner is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates, Eric Stephen of TrueBlueLA.com reports.

Even after a scheduled off day Monday, Turner, who is hitting .250/.307/.353 across 75 plate appearances this season, finds himself on the bench for Tuesday's series opener. Max Muncy is starting at third base and hitting second in his stead.

Reyes started in right field and went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in an 11-4 win over Atlanta on Monday.

After getting off to a slow start to his major-league career, Reyes has now delivered five homers and a .289 average while starting 11 of the Padres' last 14 games. The Friars will have a tough decision to make regarding a couple of their talented young outfielders once Wil Myers (oblique) and Franchy Cordero (forearm) return, with Reyes being one of the players who could see his role reduced. Until then, the slugging outfielder is doing enough to provide fantasy value, and his owners shouldn't make any rash decisions until this situation plays itself out.

McCutchen went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Monday's win over Arizona.

Zack Godley made a mistake in location with his sinker in the fourth inning, and McCutchen made him pay by depositing the ball into the left field bleachers at AT&T Park. The 31-year-old has now homered in consecutive games after going 36 games between his previous two long balls. McCutchen's power was expected to take a hit based on the cavernous dimensions of his new home park, and it certainly has when you consider he has hit just five home runs through 247 plate appearances. What wasn't expected was his drop in batting average (.246), and his .309 BABIP indicates that he isn't necessarily getting unlucky. Fortunately for McCutchen's fantasy owners, the outfielder's batted ball metrics show that he is actually stroking the ball with more authority than he has for most of his illustrious career (47.8 percent hard-hit rate in 2018 compared to 37.3 percent for his career), which could lead to increased power numbers as we enter the warmer summer months.

McCutchen went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run Sunday against the Phillies.

McCutchen drove a curveball up in the zone from Jake Arrieta to the opposite field in the sixth inning for his fourth home run of the season. The shot was McCutchen's first since April 20, though he has started to show signs of hitting for power with four extra-base hits in his past 10 games. He got off to a similarly slow start last season before going on a hot stretch in June. This gives hope that his performance will turn around at some point this season, but to this point, McCutchen's performance has been a significant disappointment.

Ozuna went 1-for-3 with a grand slam Sunday against the Pirates.

Ozuna came to the plate with the bases full in the first inning and deposited a hanging offspeed pitch into the left field seats. It was his fifth home run of the season and second in as many games. He has now recorded a hit in seven of his past eight games and has gone 11-for-28 in that span.

Cespedes (hip) isn't expected to require a minor-league rehab assignment before being activated from the disabled list, Matt Ehalt of The Bergen Record reports.

Cespedes remains without a firm timeline for his return, but manager Mickey Callaway did go on record Sunday stating that the organization does not believe that Cespedes will need any minor-league at-bats prior his his activation. He's scheduled to take live at-bats against a Mets pitcher Tuesday, at which point the team should provide an update on his recovery timeline.

Harper is not in the lineup Sunday against the Braves.

Harper will sit for the first time since May 18 in what appears to be a routine day of rest following 15 consecutive starts, a stretch in which he slashed just .233/.309/.517 with five homers and 25 strikeouts. Brian Goodwin draws the right field assignment in Harper's absence.

Pederson went 4-for-5 with a double, two solo home runs and four total runs scored in Saturday's 12-4 win over the Rockies.

The 26-year-old didn't waste his Coors Field opportunity, snapping his 37-game homerless drought with authority as he took German Marquez deep in the fourth and sixth innings. Pederson added 82 points to his OPS with the performance, and he's now slashing a respectable .265/.346/.449 on the season, albeit with only three home runs in 54 games.