MLB Player News

Pederson is out of the lineup Sunday against the Rockies.

With the left-handed Tyler Anderson set to take the mound for Colorado, Pederson will have the day off. Enrique Hernandez will head to center field and start in place of Pederson.

Turner went 3-for-3 with two RBI, two runs, a stolen base and two walks in a 14-1 victory over the Rockies on Saturday.

The third baseman is 5-for-6 the last two nights since sitting out Thursday. He has multiple hits in three of his last five games. Turner is hitting .274 with 27 home runs, 89 RBI, 75 runs and four steals in 533 at-bats this season.

Dickerson is out of the lineup Saturday against the Giants.

After the call-ups of Manuel Margot and Hunter Renfroe, the Padres are going to really spread around the outfield playing time over the final nine days of the season. Jon Jay will start in left field and hit second Saturday.

McCutchen went 2-for-4 with a triple, two walks and a run in Friday's 6-5 extra-inning victory over the Nationals.

The veteran slugger has salvaged his season in the second half and is now slashing .318/.406/.612 with six homers and 18 RBI in 85 September at-bats. That tally includes four straight multihit efforts and a current 11-game hitting streak for McCutchen, who has also eclipsed the 20-homer mark for the sixth straight season.

Harper went 3-for-6 with a double in Friday's 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Pirates.

The slugger's multihit effort was his first since Sep. 6, a testament to how lackluster his month has been at the plate overall. Harper has slashed .203/.333/.297 over 64 September at-bats with only one homer and seven RBI, following an August where he managed a stellar .310/.398/.536 line and drove in 19 runs.

Soler (side) is in the lineup Saturday against the Cardinals, Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald reports.

Soler hasn't been in the lineup in more than a week, missing five straight games with discomfort in his side before serving as a pinch hitter in Friday's win over St. Louis. He'll return to the field Saturday, starting in left field and batting seventh.

Turner is not in the lineup Thursday against the Rockies.

Turner has started the past 10 games for Los Angeles, so he'll get a regular day off to rest up before the final week of the season. Howie Kendrick will slide over to the hot corner to fill in for him, while Andrew Toles takes over in left field to round out the lineup.

Dickerson is not in the lineup Thursday against the Giants.

Dickerson has acted as the primary left fielder for the Padres since being called up to the big leagues, but he'll take a day off with a host of players coming up from Triple-A following the conclusion of the Pacific Coast League playoffs. Travis Jankowski will slide over to left field to fill in for him while Manny Margot enters the lineup in center field.

Stanton is in the lineup Thursday against the Braves, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports.

Stanton sat out Wednesday, but will return to the lineup Thursday evening. Prior to sitting out Wednesday, Stanton had hit home runs in two consecutive games.

McCutchen went 2-for-4 with his 24th homer Wednesday against the Brewers.

He's now hit safely in nine straight, going 15-for-39 (.385) with four homers and 13 RBI in that span -- vintage McCutchen production that we haven't often seen this season. It's probably too little, too late for fantasy owners who have been burned by the 29-year-old outfielder this year, but if he can carry this hot streak to the regular season's conclusion, he'll certainly raise his stock for next year. After all, McCutchen's still too young for the sort of precipitous decline he's had this season to be considered the new normal.