MLB Player News
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Jonah Heim C | ATL
Rangers' Jonah Heim: Receives breather Monday
Heim is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Astros.
Heim started the past six games and will take a seat for Monday's matchup with Houston. Andrew Knizner will step in behind the plate to catch for lefty Andrew Heaney.
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Austin Wells C | NYY
Yankees' Austin Wells: Out against left-hander
Wells is not in the lineup for Monday's contest against the Marlins, Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record reports.
The Marlins are starting left-hander Jesus Luzardo, so the lefty-hitting Wells will yield to Jose Trevino at catcher. Wells has made six starts at catcher thus far (all against righties), while Trevino has been behind the plate five times (twice versus righties).
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Martin Maldonado C | SD
White Sox's Martin Maldonado: Not in Monday's lineup
Maldonado is not in the lineup for Monday's contest in Cleveland, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Korey Lee will do the catching for opener Tanner Banks. Maldonado had started each of the previous games and has now been behind the plate in seven of the White Sox' 10 contests thus far.
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Bo Naylor C | CLE
Guardians' Bo Naylor: Absent from lineup
Naylor is not in the lineup for Monday's contest against the White Sox.
Naylor had started each of the previous six games (four at catcher, two at designated hitter) but will take a seat Monday against left-handed opener Tanner Banks. He's a possibility to pinch hit at some point for Austin Hedges, who will do the catching for Triston McKenzie.
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Reese McGuire C | MIL
Red Sox's Reese McGuire: Homers, swipes bag
McGuire went 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's win over the Angels.
McGuire filled the stat sheet Sunday, highlighted by his three-run blast in the sixth inning. He's gone deep twice in the last three games and posted his second multi-hit game of the season. The 29-year-old catcher is slashing .333/.385/.625 with three extra-base hits and eight RBI through nine games.
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Ben Rortvedt C | NYM
Rays' Ben Rortvedt: Playing time trending up
Rortvedt will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Rockies.
Billed as a glove-first catcher, Rortvedt has brought more to the table than expected as a hitter in the early going. He's driven in a pair of runs in both of the past two games in Colorado and has two extra-base hits -- both doubles -- in just 15 plate appearances this season. Rortvedt still looks to be behind Rene Pinto on the depth chart on catcher, though he'll be making his third start in four games and is making a case for the Rays to embrace a timeshare at the position.
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Rene Pinto C | PHI
Rays' Rene Pinto: On bench again Sunday
Pinto is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies.
Pinto will take a seat for the third time in four games as Ben Rortvedt gets another turn behind the plate. Though Pinto is still seemingly viewed as the Rays' top backstop, he appears set to play less frequently than most No. 1 catchers around the league.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Gets breather Sunday
Raleigh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Brewers.
Raleigh looks to be receiving a maintenance day after he went 1-for-8 with an RBI while starting at catcher in both of the first two games of the series in Milwaukee. Seby Zavala will replace Raleigh behind the plate for the finale in Milwaukee.
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Jake Rogers C | DET
Tigers' Jake Rogers: Sitting for second straight game
Rogers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.
Rogers is on the bench for the second day in a row and the fourth time in six games, with each of those absences coming against right-handed pitching. At least for the time being, he may have moved into the smaller side of a timeshare with Carson Kelly behind the dish.