MLB Player News

Winker is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Brewers.

Winker doesn't seem to have fully earned manager David Bell's trust when lefties are starting for the opposition. The outfielder will sit for the second time in three matchups versus southpaws after he was benched over the weekend when Rich Hill started for the Dodgers. Jose Peraza replaces Winker in left field as the Brewers bring Gio Gonzalez to the hill in the series opener.

Reyes went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer Monday against the Diamondbacks, providing all the offense the Padres would need in their 2-1 victory.

Reyes' sixth-inning shot off Luke Weaver put his team up by one, and the bullpen would do its job the rest of the way. The outfielder's 15 homers tie him for fourth in the league, and his .258 batting average could easily go up should his .247 BABIP rise as expected, with Statcast putting his expected batting average at .299.

General manager Brodie Van Wagenen said Cespedes (heel) suffered multiple right ankle fractures over the weekend, Tim Britton of The Athletic reports.

The accident apparently happened at Cespedes' ranch in Port St. Lucie on Saturday. According to Tim Healey of Newsday, the veteran outfielder is currently in New York being further evaluated, and the Mets don't know what this could mean for Cespedes in 2019 and beyond. Cespedes is already on the 60-day injured list rehabbing from heel surgeries he underwent in August and October.

Ozuna went 2-for-4 with a double and a walk in an extra-inning loss to the Rangers on Sunday.

Ozuna generated his first multi-hit effort since May 10 in the narrow loss, which also included his seventh extra-base hit of the month. Ozuna has continued to be a solid RBI producer during May, but he's having a tough month at the plate overall. Sunday's solid production only brought his average to .194 since the calendar flipped, and he's already just three strikeouts short of the 20 he totaled in all of April.

Harper went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI on Sunday against the Rockies.

Harper recorded his first RBI by grounding out with the bases loaded in the second inning. However, the highlight of his afternoon came on a two-run homer in the sixth inning that broke a 5-5 tie. It was his ninth home run of the season and second in as many days. While he hadn't gone yard in nine contests prior to Saturday's blast, Harper has still maintained a strong .235/.371/.476 line across 202 plate appearances.

Blackmon went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two runs in a 7-5 loss for the Rockies against the Phillies on Sunday.

That's now 10 long balls on the season for the hot-hitting outfielder, who led off the game for Colorado with a blast off Jerad Eickhoff. The 32-year-old is now slashing .294/.354/.567 through 187 at-bats.

Belt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Arizona, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Belt missed a few games early in the week as he was dealing with knee discomfort, but this just appears to be a maintenance day for the 31-year-old. Tyler Austin will start at first base and bat third Sunday for the Giants.

Reyes is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates.

Reyes started the last 18 games and slashed an impressive .319/.342/.708 with eight home runs in that stretch, though he also struck out 21 times in 72 at-bats. Hunter Renfroe slides over to right field while Alex Dickerson receives the starting nod in left.

Carpenter is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Carpenter has started 18 of the last 19 games but will head to the bench for Sunday's series finale at Texas. The 33-year-old is slashing .212/.307/.348 over 17 games in May. Harrison Bader will enter the leadoff spot and man center field while Jedd Gyorko starts at third base and bats eighth.

Carpenter went 2-for-5 with an RBI ground-rule double and a run in a win over the Rangers on Saturday.

Carpenter's fifth-inning blast, which hit the top of the 14-foot wall in left field at Globe Life Park, was originally ruled a home run. However replay review ultimately rendered it Carpenter's eighth two-bagger of the season instead, but it still served to jump-start an impressive four-run inning for the Cardinals. The veteran is still hitting just .212 in May, but he's now reached safely in six straight games while rattling off three extra-base hits (two doubles, one homer) during that stretch.