MLB Player News
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dillon Dingler C | DET
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.
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Jonah Heim C | ATL
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.
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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.
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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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Carlos Narvaez C | BOS
Red Sox's Carlos Narvaez: Productive night at plate in rout
Narvaez went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored in Friday's win over the White Sox.
Narvaez lined his fourth double already this season in the fourth inning, later crossing the plate on Ceddanne Rafaela's two-run blast. Top backstop Connor Wong is still recovering from a fractured finger, so Narvaez should at least remain Boston's primary catcher for the time being. Narvaez is slashing just .208/.269/.354 with one home run, five RBI and six runs scored over 52 plate appearances (14 games), and his fantasy appeal will remain restricted by his consistent placement near the bottom of Boston's batting order.
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Connor Wong C | BOS
Red Sox's Connor Wong: Hitting off tee
Wong (finger) has progressed to hitting off a tee, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
Recovering from a fractured left pinky finger, Wong hasn't done much catching yet but is expected to be cleared for that soon. Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Friday that Wong could return in around two-and-a-half weeks, while the catcher believes it'll be sooner than that.
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Austin Wells C | NYY
Yankees' Austin Wells: Battling food poisoning
Wells is not in the lineup for Friday's game versus the Rays due to food poisoning, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
Wells received a routine day off Thursday and will miss a second straight game after he woke up ill overnight. Consider him day-to-day. J.C. Escarra will do the catching and bat sixth for the Yankees on Friday.