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  • Kyle McCann C | OAK

    Athletics' Kyle McCann: Checking into starting nine Sunday

    McCann will start at catcher and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.

    With top backstop Shea Langeliers getting a breather for the series finale, McCann will step in behind the dish Sunday, catching for starting pitcher JP Sears. McCann has appeared in four games since the All-Star break, going 2-for-13 with seven strikeouts.

  • Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Resting up Sunday

    Langeliers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.

    Langeliers will get a breather for the series finale after he starred in Saturday's 1-0 win, going 4-for-4 with four singles. Kyle McCann will spell Langeliers behind the plate.

  • Jonah Heim C | TEX

    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Getting afternoon off

    Heim is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.

    Though he started in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader before bowing out of the lineup for the nightcap, Heim will get another breather Sunday as the Rangers wrap up their series in New York. Carson Kelly will handle the catching duties, forming a battery with starting pitcher Andrew Heaney.

  • Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Four-hit game in win

    Langeliers went 4-for-4 in a win over the Blue Jays on Saturday.

    Langeliers accomplished the rare feat of an all-singles, four-hit performance in a game where his team still managed to score only one run. It was the 15th multi-hit effort of the season for Langeliers, who had been mired in a 2-for-24 skid across the previous seven games. The backstop's .217 average and .278 on-base percentage this season both have plenty of room for improvement, but Langeliers' .445 slugging percentage and .723 OPS are both career highs.

  • Angels' Logan O'Hoppe: Receiving Sunday off

    O'Hoppe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

    O'Hoppe started the previous 10 games and will receive a rest Sunday after he posted a .486 OPS and 30.4 percent strikeout rate during that stretch. Matt Thaiss will step in behind the plate to catch for righty Jack Kochanowicz.

  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Launches ninth homer

    Naylor went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Twins.

    Naylor's sixth-inning blast gave the Guardians just enough breathing room for the win. The catcher has gone just 6-for-28 (.214) over his last 10 games, though he has five extra-base hits and eight RBI in that span while sharing the catching duties with Austin Hedges. For the year, Naylor is slashing .203/.264/.363 with nine homers, 33 RBI, 33 runs scored, four stolen bases, 10 doubles and two triples over 88 contests.

  • Royals' Salvador Perez: Goes deep Saturday

    Perez went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in an 8-3 win against St. Louis on Saturday.

    Perez's seventh-inning, two-run blast gave the Royals a 6-2 lead. It was the catcher's second homer thus far in August, and he's batting .303 with five RBI through nine contests on the month. Perez is up to 21 long balls on the campaign, tied for second most among MLB backstops behind Cal Raleigh (24).

  • Orioles' Adley Rutschman: Two doubles in three-hit effort

    Rutschman went 3-for-5 with two doubles, one RBI and one run scored in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Rays.

    Rutschman has rebounded from a quiet end to July by going 9-for-28 (.321) over his first eight games in August. The catcher has added three extra-base hits and seven RBI this month, though he hasn't hit a home run since July 19. Rutschman is at a .267/.335/.429 slash line with 17 homers, 68 RBI, 58 runs scored, 16 doubles and one stolen base over 108 contests this season.

  • Rays' Ben Rortvedt: Not starting Saturday

    Rortvedt isn't in the Rays' lineup Saturday against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Rortvedt will get a chance to regroup Saturday after going 5-for-22 with nine strikeouts to begin the month of August. Alex Jackson will start instead behind the plate and bat ninth.

  • Austin Wells C | NYY

    Yankees' Austin Wells: Sitting out nightcap

    Wells isn't in the Yankees' lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Rangers.

    Wells went 2-for-5 and drove in four runs during a win in Game 1, and he'll get a chance to rest to end the day while Carlos Narvaez starts behind the plate and bats eighth.

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