MLB Player News
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Bo Naylor C | CLE
Guardians' Bo Naylor: Homers, drives in winning run
Naylor went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and a walk in Wednesday's come-from-behind win over the White Sox.
Naylor's two-run shot off Erick Fedde in the bottom of the fourth brought the Guardians back to within two runs of Chicago and came just three at-bats after his older brother Josh's solo home run -- on National Siblings Day. The young catcher then played the role of hero in extra innings, driving home Tyler Freeman with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th as Cleveland improved to 9-3 on the season. Naylor is still batting just .194 following the two-hit performance, though he's now homered in two of his last six games. It also marked his third multi-hit game this month.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Homers in extras
Raleigh went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Wednesday's 5-1 win over Toronto.
Raleigh provided the game-deciding blow Wednesday, launching a two-run homer off Tim Mayza in the 10th inning in an eventual 5-1 Seattle win. It's the second homer in three days for Raleigh, though he's gotten off to a slow start overall, going 6-for-36 with four RBI through his first 10 games.
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Reese McGuire C | CHW
Red Sox's Reese McGuire: Sits against lefty
McGuire is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
The lefty-hitting McGuire will give way to the righty-hitting Connor Wong behind the plate while southpaw Cole Irvin takes the hill for Baltimore. McGuire still appears to have a firm grasp on the primary catching gig when the Red Sox face right-handed pitching; he's slashing .350/.435/.550 over 23 plate appearances versus righties so far this season.
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Austin Wells C | NYY
Yankees' Austin Wells: Gets Wednesday off
Wells is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Marlins.
Wells will be on the bench for the second time in the series with Miami, with both of his absences from the lineup coming against left-handed starting pitchers. Jose Trevino will handle the catching duties for the Yankees on Wednesday.
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Martin Maldonado C | SD
White Sox's Martin Maldonado: On bench Wednesday
Maldonado is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.
Maldonado will retreat to the bench for the series finale after catching in four of Chicago's last five games. Korey Lee will step in behind the plate in Maldonado's stead and will bat sixth.
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Rene Pinto C | PHI
Rays' Rene Pinto: Resting Wednesday
Pinto is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Pinto will take a seat for the series finale after he was behind the dish for the first two games in Anaheim, going 2-for-7 with three strikeouts. Ben Rortvedt will start at catcher Wednesday.
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Danny Jansen C | TEX
Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Beginning rehab assignment
Jansen (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday, Kaitlyn McGrath of The Athletic reports.
Jansen will serve as Buffalo's designated hitter Wednesday and, if that goes well, he will catch for them Friday. It's been reported that Jansen is targeting a late-April return, so it would seem he will be with Buffalo for a little while before being activated. He's been out since mid-March with a small fracture in his right wrist.
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Jonah Heim C | ATL
Rangers' Jonah Heim: Goes deep Tuesday
Heim went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Athletics.
Heim took Alex Wood deep in the second inning for his first home run of the year. It also happened to be the first home run the Rangers had hit against a lefty this season. Heim has had a sluggish start so far, hitting .237/.237/.368 with just three extra-base hits and five RBI in 38 plate appearances.