Skip to Main Content

MLB Player News

  • White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: Good to go Wednesday

    Grandal (knee) will start at catcher and bat seventh in Wednesday's game against the Yankees.

    Grandal was lifted after five innings in Tuesday's 7-1 loss due to a sore left knee, but the injury won't be significant enough to keep him on the bench for the series finale. The veteran backstop will take a .683 OPS -- the second-lowest mark of his career -- into Wednesday's contest.

  • Carlos Perez C | HOU

    Athletics' Carlos Perez: Makes rehab debut

    Perez (thumb) filled the designated hitter role in Triple-A Las Vegas' win over Sacramento on Tuesday, going 0-for-4 with an RBI groundout before being pinch-hit for in the eighth inning.

    Perez jumped back into game action for the first time since July 1 and appeared to get through his four plate appearances without issue. The veteran will likely test out his recovering thumb on defense as the next step in his rehab assignment and could be back up with the big-league club before the middle of August.

  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Taking seat Wednesday

    Naylor is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Blue Jays.

    Naylor started five of Cleveland's last six contests but had just one hit over that stretch. Cam Gallagher will handle catching duties Wednesday while Naylor rests.

  • Rays' Christian Bethancourt: Hits bench Wednesday

    Bethancourt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cardinals.

    Bethancourt will be getting a breather Wednesday after he started at catcher in three of the Rays' last four games. Rene Pinto will step in behind the dish and form a battery with starting pitcher Jalen Beeks.

  • Jake Rogers C | DET

    Tigers' Jake Rogers: Sitting out Wednesday

    Rogers is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest versus the Twins.

    Eric Haase will do the catching for Alex Faedo after Rogers started the last two games and homered in Tuesday's contest. Rogers has gone deep twice so far in August to push his season total to 14.

  • Connor Wong C | BOS

    Red Sox's Connor Wong: Gets Wednesday off

    Wong is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.

    He'll take a seat Wednesday while Reese McGuire gets the nod behind the plate, catching for starting pitcher Nick Pivetta. Wong started in both of the first two games of the series, going 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI.

  • Jonah Heim C | ATL

    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Could return early next week

    Heim (wrist) could be activated from the 10-day injured list early on in the Rangers' upcoming homestand, which begins Aug. 14, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.

    Heim will face live pitching for the second day in a row Wednesday and looks to be progressing ahead of schedule as he works his way back from a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist. The injury has sidelined Heim since late July. The switch-hitting catcher is in line to bat only left-handed initially upon his return in order to protect his wrist.

  • Mitch Garver DH | SEA

    Rangers' Mitch Garver: On bench Wednesday

    Garver is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game in Oakland.

    The Rangers are playing a day game after a night game, and Garver had started 12 of the previous 13 contests, so he appears to be receiving a breather Wednesday. Sam Huff will do the catching for Jordan Montgomery.

  • Twins' Christian Vazquez: Back to bench Wednesday

    Vazquez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.

    Vazquez and Ryan Jeffers continue to alternate starts behind the dish, and it'll be the latter's turn to catch Wednesday. Since the All-Star break, Vazquez has been a serviceable performer with a .256 average, two home runs and seven RBI in 13 games, but being stuck in a timeshare with Jeffers limits his overall fantasy upside.

  • Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom: Sitting against lefty

    Soderstrom is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rangers.

    The lefty-hitting Soderstrom will ride the bench for the series finale while the Rangers bring southpaw Jordan Montgomery to the hill. With Soderstrom sitting out, Shea Langeliers will start at catcher and Jordan Diaz will serve as Oakland's designated hitter.

Around the Web Promoted by Taboola