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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Sitting again Wednesday
Hunter Feduccia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.Feduccia is on the bench for the third time in four games and for the second time in three matchups versus a right-handed starting pitcher (Kevin Gausman). Nick Fortes appears to have at least moved into a timeshare with Feduccia, if he hasn't already overtaken him as the Tampa Bay Rays' preferred option behind the plate.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Sitting against right-hander
Hunter Feduccia is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Blue Jays, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.After taking a seat against Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga in Sunday's 4-3 loss, the left-handed-hitting Feduccia will now give way to Nick Fortes behind the plate while the Tampa Bay Rays face off against a right-hander (Trey Yesavage) in the series opener. Feduccia is batting just .156 since being acquired from the Dodgers at the trade deadline and could be at risk of losing out on his strong-side platoon role at catcher.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Exiting starting nine Sunday
Hunter Feduccia is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.He'll give way to Nick Fortes behind the plate for the matinee contest after he started at catcher in Saturday's 5-4 win. Since being acquired from the Dodgers on July 30 and being called up to the majors a few days later, Feduccia has slashed .156/.273/.203 over 28 games with Tampa Bay.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Resting Wednesday
Hunter Feduccia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.Feduccia will get a breather Wednesday after he had started behind the plate in three of the Tampa Bay Rays' previous four contests. Nick Fortes will handle catching duties.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Sitting versus righty
Hunter Feduccia is absent from the lineup for Monday's game versus the Mariners.Feduccia has been starting at catcher against most right-handers, but he'll begin Monday's tilt on the bench as the Mariners send righty Luis Castillo to the bump. Nick Fortes will do the catching and bat eighth.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Idle against lefty
Hunter Feduccia is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.With southpaw Matthew Liberatore toeing the rubber for the Cardinals, Feduccia will give way to Nick Fortes behind the dish. Feduccia has produced a minuscule .506 OPS in 15 games since being acquired from the Dodgers at the trade deadline.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Not in Wednesday's lineup
Hunter Feduccia is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Angels.Feduccia and Nick Fortes have split the Tampa Bay Rays' catching duties evenly since the former was added to the roster this past Friday. Fortes will be behind the dish and bat ninth in Wednesday's series finale.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Joins active roster
The Tampa Bay Rays recalled Hunter Feduccia from Triple-A Durham on Friday.Feduccia will join the Rays to provide some much-needed offensive help behind the plate after logging an .866 OPS in 333 plate appearances with the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate in Los Angeles prior to being dealt to Tampa Bay ahead of Thursday's trade deadline. Now that he's up with the big club, the 28-year-old will most likely work in the strong side of a platoon at catcher with Nick Fortes.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Traded to Tampa Bay
The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Hunter Feduccia on Wednesday in a three-team trade with the Reds and Dodgers, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.Feduccia has performed well in Triple-A this season with a .287/.398/.460 slash line through 329 plate appearances, but he was unlikely to spend a lot of time in the majors with Will Smith and Dalton Rushing already on the Dodgers. The path to playing time is much more favorable in Tampa Bay, as the Rays' catcher room currently consists of Nick Fortes (.632 OPS) and Matt Thaiss (.638 OPS).
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Dodgers' Hunter Feduccia: Headed back to minors
Hunter Feduccia was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.Feduccia was recalled to take the roster spot of Freddie Freeman (ankle), but he's logged only three plate appearances since March 4. Feduccia will be optioned to create space for Freeman to return Friday.