MLB Player News

Cubs outfield prospect Jorge Soler is dealing with a hamstring injury again, according to MLB.com.

Soler injured his left hamstring during spring training, and missed a considerable amount of time recovering from the injury. Now, he's dealing with a right hamstring strain. He's exepected to rehab at the team complex in Arizona. Soler has played in just seven games due to the injuries. 

Phillies outfielder Darin Ruf has been called up Wednesday.

Ruf will take the roster spot of Cliff Lee, who was placed on the disabled list Tuesday night. Ruf has hit .265 over 46 at-bats in the minors. 

Cardinals infielder Matt Carpenter reached base five times Sunday against the Braves.

Carpenter singled in his first at-bat before walking in his next three plate appearances. He added another single in his final at-bat. Carpenter finished 2 for 2, with one run scored and no RBI. Carpenter is hitting .265 in 170 at-bats.

For the first time this season, Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton did not find his name in the starting lineup Sunday against the Giants. He was replaced by Ed Lucas in right field.

Stanton has failed to record a hit in just one of 17 May games. He is batting .410 (25 for 61) with one triple, four doubles, four home runs, 12 RBI, 10 runs and 13 walks in May.

Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, whose career-high 17-game hitting streak ended Friday, homered and tripled in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Giants. Stanton's two-out triple in the third was his first since Sept. 15, 2012.

His solo homer in the seventh gave him 12 long balls and a major-league leading 43 RBI this season. Stanton is hitting .320/.407/.615 after Saturday's 2-for-4 performance.

Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen is dealing with a foot injury, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 

McCutchen injured himself attempting to beat out a hit during the fourth inning of Thursday's game. He remained in the game despite the issue, and was able to run on the foot while in the field. McCutchen attempted to downplay the injury. "I can run on it fine," he said. "It’s more just trying to stop or having to maneuver at the last second."

McCutchen is hitting .306/.425/.483 in 147 at-bats.

Phillies outfielder Darin Ruf has been activated off the disabled list and will remain with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, where he has been on a rehab assignment. He has been dealing with an oblique injury.

Ruf has yet to appear in a major league game this season after a promising 2013 in which he hit 14 home runs in 231 at-bats.

Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton didn't provide his usual power, but still managed to reach base four times Wednesday.

Dodgers starter Paul Maholm could do nothing to stop Stanton. In the first inning, Stanton singled. He doubled in the second and walked in the fourth. Even after Maholm was removed from the game, Stanton managed another single. Stanton was replaced by Marcell Ozuna in the seventh inning, and did not have a chance to receive additional at-bats. He finished the game 4 3 for 3, with one run scored and a walk. 

Giants first baseman Brandon Belt's surgical procedure to insert two pins into his fracture left thumb went off with complications Tuesday, according to MLB.com.

Belt is expected to miss six weeks as a result of the injury, but the San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday that timeline could extend as long as eight weeks, depending on how his recovery progress goes.

"It could be a little longer," manager Bruce Bochy said before Tuesday's game.

Phillies outfielder Darin Ruf is with Lehigh Valley on a rehab assignment, and he will stay there through the weekend as he recovers from an oblique injury.

General manager Ruben Amaro told the Philadelphia Daily News Tuesday he expects Ruf to stay with the IronPigs through Saturday. The next step in his recovery will come later.