MLB Player News

Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper was 3 for 3 with two homers, four RBI and a walk in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Phillies.

There likely isn't a superlative that hasn't already been attached to the 22-year-old phenom, who appears to be peaking during the stretch run of what has been an absolutely dominating season. Harper is now 18 for 43 (.419) in September with eight homers and 13 RBI.

He accounted for all of the Nationals' scoring on Tuesday, breaking a scoreless tie with a two-out solo shot in the first and then adding a two-run dinger in the eighth. Harper has also notably notched 14 walks in 14 September games, which adds yet another element to his seemingly inexhaustable offensive repertoire and is a contributing factor into the absurd 1.444 OPS that he came into Tuesday night's contest.

Mariners infielder/outfielder Brad Miller (neck) is in the lineup Tuesday, the Tacoma News Tribune reports.

Miller missed the previous two games, and three of the last four, due to neck spasms, but he'll return to action Tuesday, manning center field and batting eighth in the lineup.

Neck spasms prevented Mariners shortstop Brad Miller from starting Monday for the second straight game, but he did come off the bench to strike out against the Angels.

Miller is in a 2-for-13 slide and has had a mediocre season. He owns a slash line of .253/.328/.393.

There seems to be no stopping Yoenis Cespedes. The Mets outfielder went deep again on Monday night, as the Mets defeated the Marlins 4-3. Cespedes' solo shot gave the Mets 1-0 lead in the third inning. 

Cespedes has now hit 17 home runs in 41 games since being acquired by the Mets at the July 31 trade deadline. He hit 18 in 102 games with the Tigers before being dealt. There have only been three games in the month of September in which Cespedes did not go deep.

After a brief scare on Sunday, Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper is in the starting lineup for Monday's series opener against the Phillies. Harper left Sunday's game in the first inning after he collided with Marlins second baseman Derek Dietrich.

But Harper has seemingly recovered well enough to not miss any additional action. He'll be back in right field while batting third in Philadelphia.

Nationals slugger Bryce Harper has been removed from the game Sunday at Miami after colliding with second baseman Derek Dietrich.

The team has yet to reveal specifics about the injury.

Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes, who homered Saturday after declining an offer to take the day off, will sit instead Sunday, per ESPN.

Cespedes has started all but one game since arriving in The Big Apple from Detroit on July 31.

Cubs rookie outfielder Jorge Soler slammed an RBI double and scored in a rehab game Friday night for Class A Myrtle Beach. He also walked in three plate appearances.

Soler has been sidelined for three weeks with an oblique injury. He owns a slash line of .265/.325/.385.

The Cubs sent outfielder Jorge Soler to play in a Class A rehab assignment game on Friday, according to CSN Chicago.

Indians left fielder Michael Brantley went deep twice on Thursday, as Cleveland took care of the Tigers 7-5. Brantley's seventh-inning solo shot gave broke a 3-3 tie. He then blasted another go-ahead homer, a two-run bomb in the eighth inning to give the Indians their final 7-5 score.

The homers give Brantley 15 for the season. In nine games this month, Brantley is batting .278 with four home runs and eight RBI.