MLB Player News
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Jonah Heim C | TEX
Rangers' Jonah Heim: Out of Sunday's lineup
Heim is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics.
Heim has a .550 OPS in his past 10 games and will sit Sunday for the second time in the series versus Oakland. Carson Kelly is working behind the plate and batting seventh.
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Alejandro Kirk C | TOR
Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Receiving breather Sunday
Kirk is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.
Kirk started the first two games of the series and will sit for the finale after going 2-for-8 with a walk, a double and a run scored. Brian Serven will step in behind the plate to catch for righty Yariel Rodriguez.
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Jake Rogers C | DET
Tigers' Jake Rogers: Resting in series finale
Rogers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
Rogers will get the afternoon off after starting at catcher in both of the previous two contests. Dillon Dingler will handle catching duties for Detroit in the series finale.
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Bo Naylor C | CLE
Guardians' Bo Naylor: Getting afternoon off
Naylor is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates.
After going 1-for-3 while catching all nine innings of Saturday's 3-0 loss, Naylor will rest up for the series finale. Austin Hedges will check in for Naylor behind the plate.
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Jonah Heim C | TEX
Rangers' Jonah Heim: Homers in win
Heim went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Athletics.
Heim poked his 12th homer of the season in the second inning, giving the the Rangers an early lead. He's lost playing time over the second half to Carson Kelly, largely due to a .186 average. Second-half fades are not new for Heim, who has a career line of .188/.254/.336 following the break.
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Connor Wong C | BOS
Red Sox's Connor Wong: Making first career start at 2B
Wong will start at second base and bat sixth Saturday against the Tigers, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
As Smith notes, Wong has played 21 innings at second base in his major-league career, but this will be his first career start at the position. Wong homered and doubled in Friday's win over Detroit, and overall he's slashing .285/.339/.432 with 12 homers in 401 plate appearances this season. He could end up playing more at second base than Nick Sogard in the absence of David Hamilton (finger).
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Ryan Jeffers C | MIN
Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Taking seat Saturday
Jeffers is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Blue Jays.
Christian Vazquez will step in behind the plate to catch for starting pitcher Zebby Matthews. Jeffers has enjoyed a productive month with a .926 OPS and five homers, and for the season he's been a top-10 fantasy catcher.
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Shea Langeliers C | OAK
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Launches 23rd homer Friday
Langeliers went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in a win over the Rangers on Friday.
The Athletics' offense remained hot Friday, and Langeliers produced one of four multi-hit efforts. The power-hitting backstop snapped a 12-game homerless drought with the ninth-inning round tripper, and the pair of RBI it produced were only his second and third since he drove in four during a 4-for-5 performance against the Mets on Aug. 13.
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Connor Wong C | BOS
Red Sox's Connor Wong: Homers in win
Wong went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBI in Friday's 7-5 extra-inning win over Detroit.
Wong doubled a run home in the fourth inning and then increased Boston's lead with a homer in the sixth. He'd gone eight games without an RBI and 11 without a home run. The catcher's unsustainable BABIP from earlier in the season has caught up to him in the second half, but Wong continues to be a clutch hitter for the Red Sox, posting a .309 average with runners in scoring position.