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  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Resting against lefty

    Naylor is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.

    With the Guardians concluding their series against the Rangers with a day game and with Texas sending a lefty (Cody Bradford) to the bump, the lefty-hitting Naylor will get the afternoon off. Austin Hedges will check in for Naylor behind the plate.

  • Carson Kelly C | TEX

    Rangers' Carson Kelly: Losing work to Heim

    Kelly is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.

    Kelly appeared to have worked his way into a timeshare at catcher with Jonah Heim earlier this month while the latter was slumping, but the playing time behind the dish seems to be tilting back in Heim's favor. Heim will pick up his third start at catcher in four games while Kelly returns to the bench after he had caught in Saturday's 13-5 loss.

  • Austin Wells C | NYY

    Yankees' Austin Wells: On bench versus lefty

    Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies.

    For the second time in the series, Wells will give way to platoon mate Jose Trevino behind the dish while southpaw Austin Gomber toes the rubber for the Rockies. Wells should continue to see the bulk of the starts at catcher when the Yankees face right-handed pitching.

  • Jake Rogers C | DET

    Tigers' Jake Rogers: Productive in win Saturday

    Rogers went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBI in Saturday's 13-4 win over the White Sox.

    After getting Friday off, Rogers returned with a bang Saturday to help power the offense. The 29-year-old is splitting time behind the plate with rookie Dillon Dingler, who will likely get Sunday's matinee contest. Rogers has taken a step back from 2023, when he blasted 21 home runs and posted a .730 OPS. This season, Rogers has nine long balls and a .603 OPS through 78 games, and Dingler may see his role grow down the stretch if the Tigers fall out of contention and want to take a look at younger players.

  • Ryan Jeffers C | MIN

    Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Clean X-rays on right hand

    X-rays on Jeffers' injured right hand were negative, MLB.com reports. He did not play in Saturday's game after being removed late in Friday's game due to the injury. "He was having a little trouble gripping the bat downstairs, so we got him out of the game," manager Rocco Baldelli said. "That was why he came out. But he should be OK going forward."

    Jeffers was lifted for a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of Friday's loss to St. Louis due to a sore hand. He took balls off his hand twice while behind the plate but was able to continue playing defense. It sounds like he could return to the lineup Sunday, but he may need another day or two off.

  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Pops 10th homer

    Naylor went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 13-5 win over the Rangers.

    Naylor's up to 10 homers on the year, three of which he's hit over his 18 games in August. Despite the slight uptick in power, he's batting just .226 (12-for-53) this month, though that's a little better than his .207 batting average for the year. The catcher has added a .626 OPS, 36 RBI, 34 runs scored and four stolen bases over 311 plate appearances. The Guardians have mostly stuck to a strict platoon at catcher between the left-handed Naylor and right-handed Austin Hedges in August, so Naylor should continue to see a healthy share of playing time.

  • Rays' Ben Rortvedt: On bench Saturday

    Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.

    Rortvedt was reinstated from the family emergency list Saturday, but he's absent from the starting nine against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers. Alex Jackson will bat ninth and fill in for Rortvedt behind the dish.

  • Jonah Heim C | TEX

    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Getting rest Saturday

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

    Heim went 0-for-4 with a strikeout to begin the series Friday, and he'll now take a seat while Carson Kelly catches for right-hander Jon Gray and bats eighth.

  • Rob Brantly C | TB

    Rays' Rob Brantly: Dropped from 40-man

    The Rays designated Brantly for assignment Saturday.

    The return of Ben Rortvedt from the family emergency list will leave Brantly without a spot on the active and 40-man rosters. The 35-year-old backstop went 1-for-9 over three games during his stint with the Rays, and the owns a .741 OPS across 155 plate appearances in the minors.

  • Rays' Ben Rortvedt: Back on active roster

    The Rays reinstated Rortvedt from the family emergency list Saturday.

    Rortvedt was moved to the family emergency list Thursday so that he could spend more time with his family following the birth of his child. Now that he's returned to the team, he'll resume duties as Tampa Bay's primary catcher. Rob Brantly was DFA'd in a corresponding move.

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