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  • White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: In Thursday's lineup

    Grandal (hamstring) is in the White Sox' lineup for Thursday's game versus the Guardians.

    Grandal wasn't expected to play Thursday after his hamstring issue flared up Wednesday, but he's talked his way into the lineup at designated hitter. He'll bat fifth against Logan Allen.

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    Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Walks it off Wednesday

    Jansen went 1-for-4 with a walk and a three-run home run in Wednesday's 3-0 extra-inning win over the Yankees.

    With runners on first and third and one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, Jansen yanked a first-pitch slider from Wandy Peralta into the left-field seats to net the win for the Blue Jays. Jansen is starting to find a groove at the plate after a sluggish start to the season, and over his last seven games he's batting .259 (7-for-27) with three doubles, a homer and eight RBI.

  • White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: Hamstring flares up

    White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Wednesday that Grandal aggravated his right hamstring injury, James Fegan of The Athletic reports.

    Grifol added that the 34-year-old backstop likely won't be in Thursday's lineup against Cleveland. Grandal is officially day-to-day, but there's a chance the team opts to place him on the injured list if his hamstring problems persist.

  • Rays' Christian Bethancourt: Gets Wednesday off

    Bethancourt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Bethancourt will receive some routine maintenance after he caught both of the Rays' past two games. Francisco Mejia will relieve Bethancourt behind the dish Wednesday.

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    Rangers' Sam Huff: Heads back to minors

    The Rangers optioned Huff to Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday.

    Texas needed to clear a spot on the 26-man roster for the return of shortstop Corey Seager (hamstring/illness) from the 10-day injured list, and Huff ended up being the odd man out since the Rangers already have two other available options at catcher (Jonah Heim and Sandy Leon). During his week-long stay with Texas, Huff appeared in five games and went 2-for-10 with a walk and an RBI.

  • Astros' Martin Maldonado: Takes seat Wednesday

    Maldonado is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.

    Maldonado will take a seat after he went hitless over seven at-bats in the first two games of the series. He'll give way to Yainer Diaz, who is catching for starting pitcher J.P. France in the series finale.

  • Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Gets breather Wednesday

    Langeliers is not in the starting lineup against Arizona on Wednesday.

    Langeliers went just 1-for-9 in the first two games of the series against the D-Backs, and he'll get a breather Wednesday with Carlos Perez hitting fifth while handling catching duties.

  • Twins' Christian Vazquez: On bench Tuesday

    Vazquez is not in the starting lineup against the Dodgers on Tuesday.

    Vazquez has gone 5-for-9 over his last two games while seeing his average rise from .212 to .245 in the process, but he'll take a seat against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers on Tuesday. Ryan Jeffers is starting behind the plate and hitting sixth.

  • White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: Returns to lineup

    Grandal (hamstring) is starting Tuesday against the Guardians.

    Right hamstring tightness has kept Grandal out of Chicago's lineup for the past three games, but he's now ready to resume catching duties after a few days of rest. The 34-year-old backstop was slashing .296/.333/.353 in his last five games prior to injury.

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    Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Catching Tuesday

    Jansen is starting at catcher and batting seventh for the Blue Jays on Tuesday against the Yankees, Mike Wilner of the Toronto Star reports.

    He'll be behind the plate for Kevin Gausman while Alejandro Kirk grabs some pine. Jansen has now started three of the last four contests.

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