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  • Red Sox's Carlos Narvaez: Receiving night off

    Narvaez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles, Tim Healey of The Boston Globe reports.

    He'll hit the bench for the second time in the series while the Red Sox give Connor Wong a look behind the plate. Narvaez has had a stranglehold on the No. 1 catching job for most of the season, but his job security might have slipped a bit while his production has fallen off during the second half. Since the All-Star break, Narvaez is slashing just .158/.210/.316 with a 26.8 percent strikeout rate over 21 games.

  • Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Getting breather Wednesday

    Kirk is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest versus the Twins.

    Kirk will get a routine night off after he started at catcher in the first two games of the series. Tyler Heineman will be behind the dish and bat eighth for the Blue Jays.

  • Guardians' Austin Hedges: Filling in for resting Naylor

    Hedges will start at catcher and bat ninth in Wednesday's game against the Rays.

    Hedges will pick up his 43rd start of the season while top backstop Bo Naylor rests for the day game after a night game. Though Hedges continues to bring value through his game-calling abilities, he's remained an easy out at the plate in his age-32 season, slashing .140/.232/.240 across 141 plate appearances.

  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Resting Wednesday

    Naylor is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays.

    The Guardians will hold Naylor out of the starting nine for the matinee contest, after the catcher was behind the plate for all nine innings of a 3-0 win Tuesday night. Austin Hedges will get the nod at catcher in the series finale.

  • Kyle Teel C | CHW

    White Sox's Kyle Teel: Piling up hits

    Teel went 3-for-4 with an RBI on Tuesday against the Royals.

    Teel has gotten on track at the plate since mid-August, and he's now recorded multiple hits in seven of his last 12 games. In that span, he's hit .419 with two home runs, 10 RBI and eight runs scored. Teel remains the White Sox's primary catcher, though he's also started six games at designated hitter since the start of August, limiting the amount of time he's been out of the lineup.

  • Rangers' Kyle Higashioka: Goes deep in win

    Higashioka went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 7-3 win over the Angels.

    Higashioka contributed to the win with a solo blast in the fourth inning that finished Texas' scoring for the game. It was his ninth homer of the season and snapped an 0-for-13 run.

  • Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Racks up three hits in win

    Langeliers went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 7-6 extra-inning win over the Tigers.

    Langeliers wasn't able to lift another homer, but he logged his first multi-hit effort since Aug. 15 versus the Angels. The catcher has been sensational this month, batting .306 with 11 home runs and 22 RBI over 22 games in August. That surge has him up to a .266/.311/.547 slash line with 29 homers, 65 RBI, 60 runs scored, 23 doubles and five stolen bases through 101 contests on the year. He is on track for career-best numbers across the board in his third full major-league season.

  • Tigers' Dillon Dingler: Getting rest Tuesday

    Dingler isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Athletics, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.

    Dingler will get a breather Tuesday after going 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in Monday's series opener. Jake Rogers will bat ninth while catching for right-hander Charlie Morton.

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    Astros' Yainer Diaz: Taking seat Tuesday

    Diaz is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rockies.

    Over his last 11 games, Diaz is slashing an impressive .333/.391/.476 with a pair of home runs, but he'll head to the bench for the second time in three contests nonetheless. Though Victor Caratini will get the nod behind the plate Tuesday, Diaz still appears to have a firm grasp on the No. 1 catcher job.

  • Ryan Jeffers C | MIN

    Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Receiving Tuesday off

    Jeffers is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Blue Jays.

    Jeffers started the previous four games but will take a seat Tuesday after going 2-for-14 with two walks, a double and two runs in that span. Mickey Gasper is starting behind the plate and batting eighth.

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