Neil Walker apparently plans to make his year in Flushing count. His tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning not only put the Mets ahead for good, but gave him eight in 18 games — his most prodigious power output in any calendar month of his career.

He’s just too good.

Josh Reddick has been a Tigers nemesis dating back to those A’s-Tigers postseason series a few years back, but he’s still friendly enough to talk with players. So when he singled in the fourth inning of Monday’s 7-3 Detroit win, he saw Miguel Cabrera and said hello.

That is a very good way to pay tribute.

As the weary Red Sox filtered into the lobby of their hotel at 5:30 a.m. ET on Monday, nobody felt worse about the situation than closer Craig Kimbrel. There was no way Kimbrel was going to keep his teammates at Turner Field any longer than they needed to be on Monday night.

Jackie Bradley Jr.’s solo homer blemished Julio Teheran’s best start of the season and provided Rick Porcello all the support he needed while helping the Red Sox claim a 1-0 win over the Braves on Monday night at Turner Field.

Brandon Phillips’ second at-bat of Monday’s 5-3 loss to the Mets was a painful one. Batting in the top of the fourth, the Reds’ second baseman first fouled two balls off his left shin while facing right-hander Noah Syndergaard. Then, on an 0-2 pitch — a 98-mph fastball — Phillips was hit on the left ring finger by Syndergaard.

Orioles righty Kevin Gausman was carrying a little extra fastball in his debut, touching triple digits on the Tropicana Field radar gun on Monday night.

The injuries sustained by Alex Rodriguez and Aaron Hicks over the past few days apparently aren’t serious enough to warrant sending either to the disabled list.

Astros manager A.J. Hinch said Monday he expects to carry 13 pitchers for the immediate future after calling up hard-throwing right-hander Michael Feliz from Triple-A Fresno following Sunday’s 12-inning loss to the Red Sox.

The Dodgers’ Joc Pederson has altered his approach to get off to a solid start at the plate.

Winter has arrived in SF.

Before moving forward with a four-game series against the Dodgers, Marlins manager Don Mattingly on Monday afternoon spent some time looking back at his five-year tenure at the helm in Los Angeles.

A man who was stationed in the center-field batter’s eye with binoculars during the ninth inning in Sunday’s 8-5 loss to the Cardinals was a member of the Padres’ security team, according to a club official.

With Miami left-hander Wei-Yin Chen on the mound Monday and the Los Angeles bullpen gassed after Sunday’s game in which six relievers were used, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made the decision to delay Carl Crawford’s activation from the DL until Tuesday.

Prior to Monday’s game against the Twins, Cleveland placed right-hander Carlos Carrasco on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring, which could keep him sidelined for four to six weeks. The Indians also activated left fielder Michael Brantley from the DL, following his comeback from offseason surgery on his right shoulder.

Cole Hamels threw 26 pitches in his bullpen session on Monday without any issues and could return to the rotation as early as Saturday, against the Angels.