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Canha is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Dodgers, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports.

Canha has gotten off to a slow start this season and is just 3-for-20 over his last six games. The Mets are going with Jeff McNeil in left field and Luis Guillorme at second base while Canha sits.

Ozuna will sit Wednesday versus the Padres.

Ozuna will take a seat after he went 1-for-7 with a double, a walk and a strikeout in the first two games of the series against San Diego. Eddie Rosario will slot in at designated hitter while Kevin Pillar enters the lineup in left field and bats ninth in the series finale.

Vientos is slashing .364/.446/.764 through 15 games with Triple-A Syracuse to begin the season with four doubles, six home runs, 14 runs and 17 RBI.

The 23-year-old nearly slugged his way onto the big-league roster this spring, and Vientos has carried over his hot hitting into the regular season. Francisco Alvarez and Brett Baty have already been promoted to the Mets' roster, but it might take an injury to one of the team's 1B/DH options for Vientos to join them in New York despite his impressive production.

Soler went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Tuesday's victory over the Giants.

Soler doubled with one out in the fourth inning before coming around to score on Jazz Chisholm's home run. Soler would add a pair of singles later in the game in the Marlins' 4-2 win. The 31-year-old outfielder has swung the bat well of late, going 7-for-16 with three doubles and two home runs in his last six games. Overall, Soler is slashing .263/.323/.649 with five homers, 10 RBI and eight runs scored through 62 at-bats this season.

Martinez went 4-for-5 with two homers, four RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-0 victory over the Mets.

After having just one hit over his previous four games, Martinez showed why the Dodgers signed him over the offseason. He showed off his vintage power, spraying homers to dead center and the opposite field in back-to-back at-bats. With Trea Turner and Justin Turner no longer on the team, Los Angeles will certainly be looking to Martinez as a centerpiece of the lineup going forward.

Winker (oblique) is back in the lineup Tuesday against the Mariners.

Winker will serve as the Brewers' designated hitter and bat second versus the Mariners and right-hander Logan Gilbert. He was scratched from Sunday's series finale against the Padres due to right oblique tightness and also sat out Monday's series opener in Seattle.

McCutchen is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Rockies.

This appears to be a routine day of rest for the veteran McCutchen, who slugged a solo homer in the Pirates' rout of the Rockies on Monday and is slashing .302/.418/.528 on the year. Canaan Smith-Njigba is starting in right field Tuesday and Carlos Santana is taking a turn as the designated hitter.

Atlanta claimed Solak off waivers from the White Sox on Tuesday and optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett.

Solak will now join his fourth organization in less than two months after his brief stint with the White Sox was preceded by stops with the Reds and Mariners. The 28-year-old showed promise during his first taste of MLB action back in 2019, but he's posted a rough .246/.317/.354 batting line in 839 big-league plate appearances since the beginning of the 2020 campaign.

Harper (elbow) is scheduled to take live batting practice against Ranger Suarez (forearm) on Tuesday, Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.

It will be the first time Harper faces a left-hander in his ongoing recovery from Tommy John surgery. He took at-bats against right-hander Nick Nelson (hamstring) over the weekend. Harper still has a lot of hurdles to clear and there is no exact timetable for a return, but recent reports suggest that he might be allowed to skip a minor-league rehab assignment and jump back onto the Phillies' active roster before June.

McCutchen went 2-for-6 with a solo home run in Monday's 14-3 win over the Rockies.

McCutchen took Kyle Freeland deep in the first inning to tally his third home run of the season. He later added a single to extend his hitting streak to five games, during which he's chipped in four RBI and four runs scored while maintaining a .273 average. McCutchen has had a strong start to the campaign overall, maintaining a 151 wRC+ and .408 wOBA across 67 plate appearances.