MLB Player News
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Bo Naylor C | CLE
Guardians' Bo Naylor: Out of Sunday's lineup
Naylor is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.
The 23-year-old usually sits against left-handed pitchers but will take a seat Sunday with righty Aaron Nola starting for Philadelphia. Naylor has a .571 OPS this season and is 3-for-17 since the All-Star break. Cam Gallagher will step in behind the plate to catch for Xzavion Curry.
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Kyle Higashioka C | TEX
Yankees' Kyle Higashioka: Takes over as primary backstop
Higashioka will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Royals.
Higashioka will be making his fourth start in five games and looks poised to serve as the Yankees' top backstop after Jose Trevino was placed on the 10-day injured list earlier in the weekend with a wrist injury that will require season-ending surgery. Over 165 plate appearances this season, Higashioka has hit .227 while providing a modicum of pop (five home runs). Ben Rortvedt will serve as Higashioka's understudy for the time being but could get a look in the No. 1 role if Higashioka's high-strikeout tendencies send his batting average further south.
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Jake Rogers C | DET
Tigers' Jake Rogers: Resting Sunday
Rogers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.
Rogers will take a seat in the series finale after he started behind the plate Friday and Saturday while going 2-for-8 with a double, two runs and an RBI between those contests. Eric Haase will form a battery with starting pitcher Alex Faedo on Sunday.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Powers M's to win
Raleigh went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in Saturday's 9-8 win over the Blue Jays.
The catcher took Kevin Gausman deep in the third and fifth innings, part of a power display that saw seven of the Mariners' nine hits on the night go for extra bases. Raleigh has three homers in his last five starts, giving him 14 long balls and 38 RBI through 84 games on the season to go along with a .221/.302/.421 slash line.
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Alejandro Kirk C | TOR
Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Four hits in Saturday's loss
Kirk went 4-for-5 in Saturday's 9-8 loss to the Mariners.
All four hits were singles, and none of them led directly to runs, but it's still another sign Kirk is beginning to turn his season around. The 24-year-old backstop has seven hits in his last two starts, and since the All-Star break he's batting .471 (8-for-17) to push his slash line on the season up to .252/.331/.330.
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Sam Huff C | BAL
Rangers' Sam Huff: Recalled by Rangers
Huff was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday.
He will take the roster spot that had belonged to Corey Seager, who landed on the injured list with a sprained thumb. Huff doesn't have a path to many at-bats, as the Rangers already have Mitch Garver around to back up Jonah Heim, who's started the second-most games behind the plate in the entire league this season.
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Yasmani Grandal C | PIT
White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: Regaining playing time
Grandal went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk Friday against the Twins.
Grandal began losing playing time to Seby Zavala in early July, but he has now started six of the team's last seven games. Three of those came at designated hitter with Eloy Jimenez sidelined, but Grandal has started consecutive games at catcher since Jimenez has returned. He's homered twice in 20 at-bats across his last six games, though he is striking out at a 34.8 percent clip.
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Danny Jansen C | TEX
Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Hits homer in loss
Jansen went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 3-2 loss to the Mariners.
Jansen opened the scoring with a fifth-inning shot off Bryce Miller. Through 11 games in July, Jansen is batting .303 (10-for-33) with four extra-base hits and eight RBI. The catcher is at a .227/.288/.465 slash line with 12 homers, 41 RBI, 26 runs scored and 11 doubles through 61 contests overall.