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Pinto is not in the lineup Thursday against the Orioles.

Pinto has posted an impressive .818 OPS with five home runs in 26 games (71 plate appearances) since being called up from Triple-A Durham in late July, but it'll be Christian Bethancourt handling the catching duties for the Rays on Thursday in Baltimore.

Jeffers is not in the lineup Thursday against the White Sox.

Christian Vazquez will catch and bat ninth for the visiting Twins. Jeffers has enjoyed a productive second half overall and hit a double Wednesday versus the Rays, but he is essentially sharing starts with Vazquez here in mid-September.

Perez went 3-for-5 with two RBI in Wednesday's 7-1 win over the White Sox.

Perez has logged multiple hits in five of his 11 games in September, and he's now batting .319 (15-for-47) this month. While his contact is up, he's not hitting for a lot of power -- he has just two extra-base hits in September, and both were home runs Sept. 1. The catcher is at a .253/.293/.415 slash line with 21 home runs, 69 RBI, 55 runs scored and 19 doubles through 131 contests overall, numbers largely similar to his 114-game 2022 campaign.

Lee is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Royals.

Lee started one half of Tuesday's doubleheader and will hit the bench for Wednesday's series finale. Yasmani Grandal will take over behind the plate and bat seventh.

Wong is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.

Wong has an .888 OPS through seven games in September, though he finds himself on the bench Wednesday for the third time in Boston's past four contests. Reese McGuire will receive another look behind the plate with Tanner Houck on the mound for the Red Sox.

Maldonado is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

Astros manager Dusty Baker is going with the stronger bat in Yainer Diaz. Maldonado had started six of the last seven contests for the Astros.

Pinto went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Twins.

Pinto snapped out of a brief 0-for-9 slump with his multi-hit effort. PInto's enjoyed a hot start to September, batting .286 with four home runs and eight total RBI across nine games.

Lee isn't in the White Sox's lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader with the Royals, Vinnie Duber of AllCHGO.com reports.

Lee's offensive woes continued during the first game of Tuesday's action, as he went 0-for-3 to bring his batting average down to just .081. Yasmani Grandal will start behind the plate during the nightcap and bat fifth.

Naylor isn't in the Guardians' lineup Tuesday against the Giants.

With lefty Sean Manaea set to start Tuesday for San Francisco, the lefty-hitting Naylor will stay put in Cleveland's dugout for the beginning of the game. David Fry will fill in behind the dish and bat fourth.

Kirk is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Rangers.

Kirk is hitting .250 with three doubles, five runs and four RBI in 10 games this month. Tyler Heineman is starting behind the plate, batting ninth.