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  • Orioles' Adley Rutschman: Average drops under Mendoza Line

    Rutschman went 0-for-4 with a walk in Saturday's win over the Reds.

    Rutschman began the season with hits in 12 of his first 14 outings, but he's now hitless in his last 19 at-bats to drop his batting average under the Mendoza Line at .192 on the season. However, he entered play Saturday with an elite 38.8 percent squared-up rate, per Statcast, which suggests Rutschman is still seeing the ball quite well in the early going. Fantasy managers should keep exercising patience with the switch-hitting All-Star backstop, who continues to regularly occupy a premium spot in Baltimore's lineup.

  • Rangers' Kyle Higashioka: Hits first homer of 2025

    Higashioka went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers.

    Higashioka put the Rangers on the board in the third winning with a two-run shot off Roki Sasaki. It was Higashioka's first home run of 2025, and he's started the season slashing .278/.316/.444 with two walks, two runs scored and five RBI over 38 plate appearances this season.

  • Royals' Freddy Fermin: Belts first homer of 2025

    Fermin went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Tigers.

    The 29-year-old backstop supplied the only offense of the afternoon for the Royals, spoiling Casey Mize's shutout bid by launching a seventh-inning slider over the fence in left-center field. it was Fermin's first long ball of the season, and through 12 games he's batting .214 (6-for-28) with two RBI and four runs.

  • Twins' Christian Vazquez: Returns to lineup

    Vazquez (hand) will start at catcher and bat eighth Saturday against Atlanta.

    Vazquez has been held out of action ever since suffering a hand injury during Monday's contest, but a few days of rest has him feeling well enough to return behind the dish Saturday. The 34-year-old backstop is off to a poor start to the year, slashing .115/.172/.192 over his first 29 plate appearances.

  • Danny Jansen C | TEX

    Rays' Danny Jansen: Idle Saturday

    Jansen isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Jansen will get a day off Saturday after going 2-for-15 with eight strikeouts across his last six games. Ben Rortvedt will draw the start behind the plate and bat ninth.

  • Austin Wells C | NYY

    Yankees' Austin Wells: Back in action Saturday

    Wells (illness) will start at catcher and bat third Saturday against the Rays.

    Wells missed Friday's contest due to a bout of food poisoning, but he's now feeling better and will return behind the plate to form a battery with Carlos Carrasco on Saturday. The 25-year-old backstop has gone 2-for-16 with a homer and two RBI across his last five games.

  • Tigers' Dillon Dingler: Returns to lineup Saturday

    Dingler is starting at catcher and batting fifth in Saturday's game against the Royals.

    Dingler got a breather Friday with Tomas Nido picking up the start, but the former will return to the lineup Saturday. Dingler is Detroit's top catching option at the moment with Jake Rogers (oblique) on the injured list, and he's done well with the expanded opportunity, posting a .306 average and .830 OPS across 14 games.

  • Jonah Heim C | TEX

    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Idle Saturday

    Heim isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.

    Heim will get a day off Saturday after going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts during Friday's series opener. Kyle Higashioka will do the catching instead for Nathan Eovaldi.

  • Tomas Nido C | DET

    Tigers' Tomas Nido: Records three hits in win

    Nido went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Friday's 7-3 win over the Royals.

    Making just his third appearance for Detroit, Nido posted his first multi-hit effort of the season. The veteran catcher is getting a chance to back up Dillon Dingler while Jake Rogers (oblique) is on the 10-day injured list. Once Rogers is able to return, Nido figures to return to Triple-A Toledo, and he has limited fantasy appeal in the meantime.

  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Slugs second homer

    Naylor went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI in Friday's 10-7 win over the Pirates.

    The 25-year-old backstop took Carmen Mlodzinski deep for a solo shot in the third inning before bringing home two more runs in the next frame with a double. Naylor has had a sluggish start to the season overall, but over his last seven games he's batting .318 (7-for-22) with both his long balls on the year, as well as five runs, five RBI and a sharp 4:3 BB:K.

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