MLB Player News
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Austin Wells C | NYY
Yankees' Austin Wells: Not in Sunday's lineup
Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Milwaukee.
Wells went 2-for-6 with a double, a run and two walks in the first two games of the series and will take a seat for the finale. Jose Trevino will step in behind the plate to catch for righty Marcus Stroman.
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Danny Jansen C | TEX
Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Receives breather Sunday
Jansen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.
Jansen started the first two games of the series but will sit for the finale versus Los Angeles. Alejandro Kirk will step in behind the plate to catch for right-hander Kevin Gausman on Sunday.
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Ryan Jeffers C | MIN
Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Homers, extends hitting streak
Jeffers went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk in Saturday's win over the Angels.
Jeffers recorded a single in his second at-bat to extend his hitting streak to six games and then added a two-run homer in the top of the ninth as the Twins ran away with the win. The catcher has now homered in two of his last three contests and has recorded at least one RBI in three straight. All five of his home runs have come in April, where he's batting .333 with 16 RBI and 11 runs scored.
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Shea Langeliers C | ATH
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Gets Sunday off
Langeliers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game in Baltimore.
Langeliers had caught each of Oakland's last six games, so his absence from the lineup for the series finale is likely just a routine maintenance day. Kyle McCann checks in behind the dish and will bat ninth for Oakland.
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Ben Rortvedt C | NYM
Rays' Ben Rortvedt: On base five times
Rortvedt went 3-for-3 with two walks, a stolen base and two runs scored Saturday against the White Sox.
The former Yankee has had a relatively even share of the playing time at catcher alongside Rene Pinto, but Rortvedt has started three of the Rays' last four games. He had a big performance Saturday and narrowly missed his first home run of the season, which was originally ruled to have cleared the fence only to be overturned on replay. Rortvedt has benefitted from a .548 BABIP to inflate his batting average early on, though he has a 10.2 percent walk rate across 225 career big-league plate appearances, which gives him a boost in on-base leagues.
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Adley Rutschman C | BAL
Orioles' Adley Rutschman: Clubs third homer
Rutschman went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Athletics.
Rutschman is on fire with an eight-game hitting streak, going 15-for-36 (.417) in that span with two homers, nine RBI and four runs scored. The catcher's surge has him up to a .324/.368/.438 slash line with three homers, 16 RBI, 16 runs scored and three doubles through 25 games. Rutschman's power numbers are more or less in line with his first two seasons and he's making more contact, but he's also posted a 6.1 percent walk rate so far. He's locked in as the Orioles' No. 2 hitter.
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Carson Kelly C | CHC
Tigers' Carson Kelly: Won't start, but available Saturday
Kelly (ribs) is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Royals.
Kelly was scratched ahead of Friday's game against Kansas City due to left ribcage soreness. While Kelly won't start Saturday, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said that the backup catcher is available for the contest, per Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic.
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Martin Maldonado C | SD
White Sox's Martin Maldonado: Slugs first homer
Maldonado went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and scored twice in Friday's 9-4 win over Tampa Bay.
Maldonado hasn't exactly been the greatest offensive catcher in the big leagues this season, as his sixth-inning three-run homer gave him his first three RBI of 2024. The 37-year-old is still batting just .087 on the year, and fantasy managers should not expect him to have many more games similar to Friday's showing.
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Carson Kelly C | CHC
Tigers' Carson Kelly: Wasn't available after all
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said that Kelly (ribs) wasn't available off the bench after all Friday, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.
Kelly was a late scratch from the lineup after his left ribcage "locked up" on him pregame. While the team isn't overly concerned about the injury, Hinch indicated that the injured list is a possibility since the club doesn't want to play short at catcher. Jake Rogers will be the Tigers' primary backstop while Kelly recovers.
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Bo Naylor C | CLE
Guardians' Bo Naylor: Out of lineup again Friday
Naylor is absent from the lineup for Friday's game in Atlanta.
It's the second straight game on the bench for the left-handed hitting Naylor, with this one coming against southpaw Chris Sale. Austin Hedges will do the catching for Logan Allen.