Alex Verdugo News: Sitting against righty

Verdugo is absent from the lineup for Monday's game versus the Mets.

Verdugo has re-established himself as Atlanta's go-to left fielder against right-handed pitching, making seven straight starts in such situations, but he is sitting out Monday as the Mets send righty Paul Blackburn to the bump. Eli White will play left field and bat eighth.