MLB Player News

Cubs outfielder Jorge Soler began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Monday. He was hitless in three at-bats and struck out once, but he also drove in a run.

Soler has been sidelined since early June due to a sprained ankle.

Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson slugged his 20th home run of the season Monday, but it was not enough as the Dodgers lost 10-6 to the Diamondbacks.

Pederson hit the solo shot off Allen Webster in the fourth inning. It was his only hit in four at-bats during the contest. He also walked once and scored two runs.

Prior to Monday's loss, Pederson was hitting .105 with one double and one RBI in his last six games.

Phillies outfielder Ben Revere and first baseman Ryan Howard are not in the lineup of the second game of Sunday's doubleheader against the Nationals. 

In Game 1, Revere went 0 for 4 and Howard went 0 for 3 with a walk. Howard's performance saw him strike out three times. Playing first base for the Phillies in Game 2 will be Darin Ruf and manning center field will be Odubel Herrera. 

Bryce Harper will get some rest in Game 2 of the Nationals' doubleheader with the Phillies on Sunday, sitting out of Washington's starting lineup. 

Harper has been dealing with a sore right hamstring, and with the Nationals playing in a traditional doubleheader, the team got him out of the lineup after he went 1-for-4 in Washington's Game 1 win. 

Harper is hitting .339 with 24 homers and 58 RBIs this season. 

Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton underwent surgery Sunday to repair a fracture in his wrist, reports MLB.com.

Stanton suffered the injury during Friday's contest and he is expected to need 4-6 weeks to recover.

The Rockies held outfielder Charlie Blackmon out of Sunday's lineup against at San Francisco, the team announced. He was replaced by Brandon Barnes in center field, who will bat eighth.

Blackmon is on an 11-game hitting streak. The Rockies are the underdogs (+240) at San Francisco on Sunday.

Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen is in the starting lineup for Sunday's game. 

McCutchen was forced to leave Saturday's game after getting hit in the arm by a 91 mph pitch. 

X-rays were negative, and McCutchen won't miss a game. He'll bat third in the lineup on Sunday. 

Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was back in the lineup for Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader at Philadelphia on Sunday.

Harper will hit third and play in right field. Harper missed the last three games because of a leg issue. He will face Kevin Correia, who he is 1 for 3 against in his career.

The Nationals are favored (-150) in Game 1 at Philadelphia on Sunday.

Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon pushed his hitting streak up to 11 games on Saturday, as he went 1 for 3 with a double and an RBI in the 7-5 loss to the Giants.

Blackmon, who also stole his 21st base of the season on Saturday, is batting .364 with five doubles, a triple and a home run during the current hitting streak.

Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner has been a pleasant surprise since he arrived in Los Angeles last season. But few could have expected him to embark on what has become practically a homer-a-game roll.

Turner blasted off for the fifth time in his last eight starts Saturday. His solo job in the first inning gave him 11 home runs in just 175 at-bats this season. He had 15 taters in 1,129 career at-bats previously.

He added a single in the loss to Miami to improve his slash line to .320/.392/.584. His slugging percentage ranks sixth in the National League.