MLB Player News
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Sam Huff C | BAL
Rangers' Sam Huff: Bumped to Triple-A
Huff was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday.
Huff saw limited playing time since being recalled Sept. 1, securing two hits in five at-bats while recording two home runs, three RBI and two runs scored in five games. He was optioned to make room for the return of Adolis Garcia (knee) and Josh Jung (thumb) from the injured list. Jonathan Ornelas was also optioned in the flurry of transactions.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Catches breather Monday
Raleigh is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the A's.
Raleigh will get a break after starting seven straight games behind the plate. Luis Torrens will take Raleigh's place in Seattle's lineup.
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Yasmani Grandal C | PIT
White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: Filling in for resting Lee
Grandal will start at catcher and bat seventh in Monday's game in Washington, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Grandal was on the bench for each of the White Sox's last four games but will pick up a start Monday while top backstop Korey Lee gets a breather. Though Lee is off to a 3-for-46 (.065 average) start to his time with the White Sox, he could still get the bulk of the starts at catcher over Grandal for the final two weeks of the season while the non-contending club plays out the string.
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Reese McGuire C | MIL
Red Sox's Reese McGuire: Heads to bench Monday
McGuire is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rangers.
He'll give way to Connor Wong behind the dish as Boston opens a three-game set in Texas. McGuire and Wong have been splitting work at catcher in relatively equitable fashion thus far in September, with the former getting seven starts to the latter's 10. With a .154/.241/.231 slash line so far this month, McGuire hasn't made a compelling case to push for a larger share of the playing time.
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Korey Lee C | CHW
White Sox's Korey Lee: Sits amid slump
Lee is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Nationals, according to Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Lee did not record a hit over his last five games and owns just a .270 OPS at the big-league level this season, so he will get a day to clear his head after starting three of Chicago's last four contests. Yasmani Grandal will replace Lee behind the dish.
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Freddy Fermin C | SD
Royals' Freddy Fermin: Transferred to 60-day IL
Fermin (finger) was transferred to the 60-day injured list from the 10-day IL on Monday.
The move frees up a spot on the 40-man roster for fellow catcher Tyler Cropley, whose contract was selected from Omaha. Fermin had already been ruled out for the season following surgery last week to repair a fractured left middle finger.
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Salvador Perez C | KC
Royals' Salvador Perez: Lands on 7-day concussion IL
Perez was placed on the 7-day injured list Monday with a concussion.
The Royals said initially that Perez avoided a concussion when he was removed from Saturday's game versus the Astros following a foul tip to the mask. However, some symptoms must have cropped up since then, forcing Perez to the IL. Perez will be eligible for activation Sunday, but as is the case with all players recovering from concussions, it's difficult to project when he might be ready. With Freddy Fermin (finger) out for the season, the Royals are left with Logan Porter and Tyler Cropley as their available catchers.
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Adley Rutschman C | BAL
Orioles' Adley Rutschman: Three hits, homer in win
Rutschman went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, two RBI and an additional run scored in Sunday's 5-4 victory over the Rays.
Rustchman cut Baltimore's deficit to 3-2 in the eighth inning with his 19th homer of the year, a solo shot off Pete Fairbanks. He added a second RBI with a base hit in the 10th before scoring the winning run in the 11th. It's Rustchman's first multi-hit game since Sept. 8 -- he'd been slumping a bit of late, going 4-for-29 (.138) over his previous eight games. Overall, the 25-year-old catcher is batting .270 with a .789 OPS, 79 runs scored and 73 RBI through 639 plate appearances this season.
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Jake Rogers C | DET
Tigers' Jake Rogers: Swats two homers Sunday
Rogers went 2-for-3 with two home runs, a walk and four RBI in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Angels.
Rogers was the engine for the Tigers' offense in this game, hitting a solo shot in the second inning and a three-run blast a frame later. The catcher has hit safely in his last five games, going 9-for-19 (.474) with three homers and five RBI in that span. While it's a short stretch of success, it's some of his best work this season -- he's slashing .220/.289/.444 with 19 homers, 44 RBI, 45 runs scored and one stolen base through 99 contests overall.
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Yainer Diaz C | HOU
Astros' Yainer Diaz: Not in lineup Sunday
Diaz is not in the lineup Sunday against the Royals.
Diaz boasts an .847 OPS with 22 home runs and 57 RBI in 97 games this season for Houston, but he's been riding the pine on a fairly regular basis since Michael Brantley (shoulder) joined the active roster. Brantley is playing left field Sunday as Yordan Alvarez fills the designated-hitter role and Martin Maldonado handles catching duties.