MLB Player News

White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Tuesday that Jimenez (hamstring) could return from the 10-day injured list as soon as this weekend, James Fegan of The Athletic reports.

Jimenez was initially expected to miss up to three weeks after landing on the IL on April 5, but he's apparently made a fast recovery. The 26-year-old outfielder is first eligible to return Friday versus Baltimore, but it's unclear if he'll be immediately ready to rejoin the lineup or if he'll require a brief minor-league rehab assignment beforehand.

Harper (elbow) took grounders and performed modified sliding drills Tuesday, Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.

Harper also continues to move through a hitting progression that now includes high-velocity batting cage work. The biggest concern right now for the Phillies is that Harper might rupture his surgically repaired UCL on a slide, and so they're drawing up ways to prevent that. The superstar slugger has a follow-up appointment later this month with Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who performed his Tommy John surgery last November. The current belief is that he might be able to return to MLB competition sometime in late May.

McCutchen is out of the lineup Tuesday against the Astros.

Canaan Smith-Njigba will play right field and bat sixth versus the Astros and right-hander Cristian Javier. Ji-Man Choi is serving as the designated hitter and hitting third. McCutchen sits with a shiny .333/.486/.519 slash line through 37 plate appearances on the year.

Carpenter is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Mets.

Nelson Cruz will serve as the Padres' designated hitter and cleanup man with left-hander David Peterson on the mound for the host Mets.

Blackmon is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Cardinals.

Mike Moustakas will take a turn at DH and bat fifth versus the Cardinals and right-hander Miles Mikolas. Jurickson Profar, Yonathan Daza and Kris Bryant are starting across the outfield for Colorado.

Stanton will not be in the Yankees' lineup for Tuesday's game in Cleveland, manager Aaron Boone told the Talkin' Yanks podcast Tuesday.

Boone wants a left-handed heavy lineup against Hunter Gaddis and Stanton played the outfield Monday, so it's a good time to get him a breather. Willie Calhoun will be the designated hitter and Franchy Cordero will be in right field Tuesday.

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo indicated Monday that Lewis (illness) will "probably" require a rehab assignment before returning to the team, Nick Piecoro and Theo Mackie of the Arizona Republic report.

Lovullo didn't go into specifics regarding the illness that landed Lewis on the injured list Saturday. "He's probably gonna need to be built back up," the manager said. "He's gonna be on the injured list and then get into a rehab and try to get back onto his feet as soon as possible." Lewis is eligible to come off the IL next Tuesday, April 18. He had been serving as the primary DH against left-handers and was replaced by Josh Rojas on Monday against Milwaukee southpaw Wade Miley.

Alvarez went 3-for-4 with one double, two RBI and one run scored in Monday's victory over the Pirates.

Alvarez plated a pair of runs in the top of the second inning with a single to left field. He's tallied six RBI over his last three games and has now registered two three-hit performances through the first 10 matchups.

Winker is absent from the Brewers' lineup for Monday's game in Arizona.

It's the rare time when Winker isn't in there against a righty, but Zac Gallen has drastic reverse splits. Luke Voit is at designated hitter.

Reyes is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rangers.

After striking out in all three of his at-bats in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Giants, Reyes will step out of the lineup Monday even though the platoon advantage is in his favor. Rather than Reyes, the Royals will go with Matt Duffy as their extra right-handed bat against Rangers southpaw Andrew Heaney.