MLB Player News

Reed went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's win over the Mariners.

Reed has struggled to find his footing in the majors, but he now has two homers in his past three games. He's hitting just .120/.207/.360 and has struck out 11 times already, but Reed's power potential is huge, and the future remains bright for the 23-year-old.

Stanton went 3-for-4 with two home runs - his 16th and 17th of the year - and five RBI against the Mets on Tuesday.

The slugger matched his career high for RBI in a game to lift the Marlins to a much-needed with against their divisional foe. Stanton is certainly showing signs of progress after a horrid start to 2016, but that improvement still isn't coming as quickly as owners want. Despite recording hits in eight of his last 12 games, the outfielder's average has only risen 10 points and still sits at a putrid .226 through 265 at-bats. However, Tuesday did mark his first multi-homer game of the season and compensated some for his .091 average in his six previous games against the Mets this year.

Brantley (shoulder) took batting practice Monday for the first time since landing on the DL in mid-May, MLB.com reports. "I feel great. I was able to take BP pain-free, able to swing the bat like I normally do. It's a great feeling," Brantley said following his batting practice session.

The Indians will wait and see how Brantley feels the next few days before deciding on their next course of action but he could be cleared for a rehab assignment by the All-Star break if things continue to progress.

Cabrera was ejected from Tuesday's game for arguing a call in the sixth inning, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.

Cabrera's frustrations boiled over after a questionable call in his third plate appearance, which led to his eighth career ejection. Andrew Romine replaced Cabrera at first base, but Cabrera did nothing to warrant further discipline from the league.

Turner is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Orioles, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Chris Taylor will get the nod at third base as Turner sits following six consecutive starts. Turner has picked it up at the plate considerably over the past month or so, posting a .922 OPS with eight homers in June. He's battled hamstring and toe ailments in recent weeks and this looks like a routine maintenance day for the 31-year-old.

Buxton, listed as day-to-day, is out of the lineup for Tuesday's contest against the Athletics.

Buxton, who was on a four-game hitting streak before running into the outfield wall Friday, will miss his third consecutive game Tuesday. He should return to the lineup in center field as soon as he's fully healthy.

Miller went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs in a 4-2 victory over the Angels on Monday.

The shortstop connected off Nick Tropeano for a solo shot with two out in the third, his second round-tripper of July. Miller has also hit safely in three of the first four games of the new month, and is slashing .248/.297/.462 on the season.

Cespedes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run scored and two RBI in Monday's win over the Marlins.

The two RBI turned out to be the winning runs on an RBI double off Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning. Cespedes extended his hitting streak to eight games with the effort, which includes four multi-hit efforts and now five extra-base hits after his two doubles Monday. His batting line sits at .300/.366/.578 as he continues to show his monster second half last year was no fluke.

Belt had a big day at the plate Sunday, going 2-for-4 with a double, two walks, a pair of RBI and a run scored in a win over Arizona.

The Giants needed this performance from Belt with so many of their regulars sidelined. He came through, as he has all year, with another solid across-the-board effort. Belt continues to progress at the plate, seeing his strikeouts drastically drop to 18.0% and his walks skyrocket to 14.7%. With elite plate discipline numbers like those, he is exponentially more valuable in advanced leagues that use on-base percentage instead of batting average.

Reed is out of the lineup Monday against the Mariners, Angel Verdejo of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Reed has gotten off to an unremarkable 2-for-22 start to his big-league career, striking out in exactly half of those at-bats. The Astros will probably keep him through the All-Star break to see if he can turn it around, but it's certainly not encouraging that he'll be held out of the lineup for the second time in three days. Marwin Gonzalez gets the start at first base.