MLB Player News
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Salvador Perez C | KC
Royals' Salvador Perez: Four hits, homer
Perez went 4-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI singles during Monday's 10-4 loss to the Yankees.
Perez entered Monday's game 4-for-40 in his last 11 outings but burst out of the slump in extravagant fashion. The 34-year-old launched his 26th home run of the season and reached safely in all four at-bats. Perez is slashing .275/.335/.474 with 98 RBI and 56 runs in 2024.
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Austin Wells C | NYY
Yankees' Austin Wells: Lifts three-run homer
Wells went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and an RBI double during Monday's 10-4 win over the Royals.
Wells tied his season high in RBI on Monday, launching a three-run home run off James McArthur in the seventh inning before tacking on a double in the eighth. Wells is up to 13 home runs on the season, and he's slashing .252/.342/.438 across 358 plate appearances.
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Logan Driscoll C | TB
Rays' Logan Driscoll: Dealing with quad bruise after fall
Driscoll was diagnosed with a left quadricep contusion after he was removed in the seventh inning of Saturday's 7-1 win over the Orioles, MLB.com reports.
He suffered the injury in question in the bottom of the fifth inning, when he was tracking a popup off the bat of the Orioles' Adley Rutschman. Driscoll reeled in the catch for the out, but his momentum carried him into a post near the Tampa Bay dugout, and he stumbled down the stairs. The rookie backstop eventually got back on his feet in obvious pain and stayed in the game, but he was pulled from the contest after he was noticeably limping down the first-base line on a two-run infield single in the top of the seventh. The Rays didn't call up another catcher from the minors, so the expectation is that Driscoll will be ready to play the next time he's needed to replace No. 1 backstop Ben Rortvedt.
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Alex Jackson C | TB
Rays' Alex Jackson: Passes through waivers
Jackson cleared waivers Saturday and was outrighted to Triple-A Durham.
Jackson has served as the Rays' No. 2 catcher for much of the season and was one of baseball's least-productive hitters during his time in the big leagues. Among the 393 players who have logged at least 150 plate appearances in 2024, Jackson's 29 wRC+ placed him 392nd. Since the Rays elected to drop Jackson from their 40-man roster, Logan Driscoll has taken over as the top backup to Ben Rortvedt.
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Freddy Fermin C | KC
Royals' Freddy Fermin: Getting rest Monday
Fermin is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Yankees.
Fermin will get a breather for the series opener after he caught both of the Royals' final two games of the weekend series with the Twins. Salvador Perez will pick up a start behind the dish Monday while Yuli Gurriel draws a start at first base.
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Christian Vazquez C | MIN
Twins' Christian Vazquez: Goes on paternity list
The Twins placed Vazquez on the paternity list Monday.
Vazquez will likely be away for the entirety of the three-game series against the Angels before rejoining the active roster for the weekend series versus the Reds. Jair Camargo has been added to the roster and will back up Ryan Jeffers at catcher while Vazquez is away.
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Shea Langeliers C | OAK
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Multi-hit effort in loss
Langeliers went 2-for-4 with a run in a loss to the Tigers on Sunday.
Despite the disappointing team loss, Langeliers was a bright spot by keeping up his recent stretch of productive hitting. The 26-year-old generated his fourth two-hit effort in the last 10 games, a stretch where he's produced a .268 average and .780 OPS while striking out at an acceptable 19.5 percent clip across 41 plate appearances. Langeliers is up to a .223 average on the season, close to a high point for him after the first month of the campaign.
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Yainer Diaz C | HOU
Astros' Yainer Diaz: Three hits Sunday
Diaz went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Sunday's loss to the Diamondbacks.
Diaz posted his first three-hit game since Aug. 7 and his eighth multi-hit game since Aug. 17. He's got nine RBI over his last eight games and leads all catchers with 153 hits and a .299 average for the year. Overall, he's slashing .299/.325/.451 with 16 homers, 81 RBI, 63 runs, two steals and a 22:91 BB:K in 544 plate appearances.
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Connor Wong C | BOS
Red Sox's Connor Wong: Three hits, home run in loss
Wong went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and a double in Sunday's loss to the White Sox.
Wong took Chris Flexen deep in the second inning for this 13th home run of the season before adding a double and a single to record his first three-hit game since Aug. 2. Wong has cooled off considerably after a hot start to the season, but he is still enjoying a career year, batting .286 with 13 home runs, 48 RBI, 51 runs scored and six stolen bases in 110 games.
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Logan O'Hoppe C | LAA
Angels' Logan O'Hoppe: Not in Sunday's lineup
O'Hoppe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Texas, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.
O'Hoppe has a .089/.128/.222 slash line and 48.9 percent strikeout rate over the past 13 games, and he'll receive a day to reset Sunday. Matt Thaiss will catch for right-hander Caden Dana in the series finale.