MLB Player News
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Danny Jansen C | TEX
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.
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Yasmani Grandal C | PIT
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.
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Christian Bethancourt C | CHC
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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Sam Huff C | BAL
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.
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Martin Maldonado C | SD
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.
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Shea Langeliers C | ATH
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.
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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.
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Yasmani Grandal C | PIT
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.