MLB Player News
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Dillon Dingler C | DET
Tigers' Dillon Dingler: Drawing second straight start
Dingler will start at catcher and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Giants.
Dingler will pick up a second straight start and could see the larger portion of the work behind the plate while fellow backstop Jake Rogers has fallen into a skid at the plate over his last seven contests (1-for-23, 11 strikeouts). Though he hasn't been especially productive in his own right since getting called up on July 29 (.150 average, .477 OPS through 22 plate appearances), Dingler turned in a .938 OPS over a larger sample of 71 games at Triple-A Toledo and would seem to bring more upside to the table.
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Jake Rogers C | DET
Tigers' Jake Rogers: Sitting again Sunday
Rogers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.
Rogers is on the bench for the second day in a row while the Tigers go with Dillon Dingler behind the dish. The back-to-back absences from the lineup come while Rogers has gone just 1-for-23 with 11 strikeouts over his last seven games.
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Ryan Jeffers C | MIN
Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Out of Sunday's lineup
Jeffers is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.
Jeffers and Christian Vazquez continue to split playing time behind the plate, and Jeffers will sit Sunday after going 1-for-3 during Saturday's contest.
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Adley Rutschman C | BAL
Orioles' Adley Rutschman: Not in Sunday's lineup
Rutschman is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
Rutschman went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run during Saturday's contest but will sit Sunday for the second time in the series. James McCann will step in behind the plate to catch for righty Albert Suarez.
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Kyle McCann C | ATH
Athletics' Kyle McCann: Checking into starting nine Sunday
McCann will start at catcher and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.
With top backstop Shea Langeliers getting a breather for the series finale, McCann will step in behind the dish Sunday, catching for starting pitcher JP Sears. McCann has appeared in four games since the All-Star break, going 2-for-13 with seven strikeouts.
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Shea Langeliers C | ATH
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Resting up Sunday
Langeliers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.
Langeliers will get a breather for the series finale after he starred in Saturday's 1-0 win, going 4-for-4 with four singles. Kyle McCann will spell Langeliers behind the plate.
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Jonah Heim C | TEX
Rangers' Jonah Heim: Getting afternoon off
Heim is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Though he started in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader before bowing out of the lineup for the nightcap, Heim will get another breather Sunday as the Rangers wrap up their series in New York. Carson Kelly will handle the catching duties, forming a battery with starting pitcher Andrew Heaney.
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Shea Langeliers C | ATH
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Four-hit game in win
Langeliers went 4-for-4 in a win over the Blue Jays on Saturday.
Langeliers accomplished the rare feat of an all-singles, four-hit performance in a game where his team still managed to score only one run. It was the 15th multi-hit effort of the season for Langeliers, who had been mired in a 2-for-24 skid across the previous seven games. The backstop's .217 average and .278 on-base percentage this season both have plenty of room for improvement, but Langeliers' .445 slugging percentage and .723 OPS are both career highs.
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Logan O'Hoppe C | LAA
Angels' Logan O'Hoppe: Receiving Sunday off
O'Hoppe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
O'Hoppe started the previous 10 games and will receive a rest Sunday after he posted a .486 OPS and 30.4 percent strikeout rate during that stretch. Matt Thaiss will step in behind the plate to catch for righty Jack Kochanowicz.
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Bo Naylor C | CLE
Guardians' Bo Naylor: Launches ninth homer
Naylor went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Twins.
Naylor's sixth-inning blast gave the Guardians just enough breathing room for the win. The catcher has gone just 6-for-28 (.214) over his last 10 games, though he has five extra-base hits and eight RBI in that span while sharing the catching duties with Austin Hedges. For the year, Naylor is slashing .203/.264/.363 with nine homers, 33 RBI, 33 runs scored, four stolen bases, 10 doubles and two triples over 88 contests.