MLB Player News

Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in an extra-inning win over the Pirates on Sunday.

The slugging backstop's fourth-inning solo shot gave the Mariners a 2-0 lead and marked his first time leaving the yard since May 15. Raleigh has also now hit safely in four of his last five games, a stretch where he's hitting .333 with just one strikeout across 20 plate appearances.

Vazquez is out of the lineup for Monday's game in Houston.

Ryan Jeffers will check in at catcher for Vazquez, who was behind the plate for Sunday's 3-0 loss to the Blue Jays. The two backstops have now made three starts apiece over the past six games and could be moving into more of a timeshare arrangement with Vazquez slashing just .223/.296/.250 through his first 125 plate appearances with the Twins.

Rutschman is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Guardians, Nathan Ruiz of The Baltimore Sun reports.

With the Orioles and Guardians kicking off their series with a matinee game, Rutschman will head to the bench in what appears to be a routine maintenance day. James McCann will check in behind the dish in place of Rutschman, who started at either catcher or designated hitter in each of the Orioles' previous 13 games.

Higashioka went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored in Sunday's 10-7 win over the Padres.

It's the first multi-hit game of the season for Higashioka, who'd been stuck in a 1-for-18 slump coming into Sunday's contest. The 33-year-old backstop is now slashing .203./259/.380 with three homers and 13 RBI in 85 plate appearances this season. Higashioka should continue to see the majority of starts behind the plate while Jose Trevino (hamstring) is sidelined, though Trevino could return as soon as Tuesday against Seattle.

Maldonado is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics.

After starting behind the plate in each of Houston's last three games, Maldonado will get a respite in the series finale. Yainer Diaz will form a battery with starting pitcher Cristian Javier on Sunday.

Thaiss is back in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins, starting at catcher and batting seventh.

According to J.P. Hoornstra of the Los Angeles Daily News, manager Phil Nevin said Thaiss has been dealing with a minor hip issue, which may explain why the backstop was out of the lineup each of the past three games. Assuming he comes out of Sunday's contest no worse for the wear, Thaiss should see the bulk of the starts at catcher over Chad Wallach heading into the Angels' upcoming seven-game week.

Wallach is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.

Wallach was behind the dish for each of the Angels' last three games and went 1-for-5 with three walks and two runs, but he still appears to be the No. 2 option at catcher behind Matt Thaiss. According to J.P. Hoornstra of the Los Angeles Daily News, Angels manager Phil Nevin noted prior to Sunday's contest that Thaiss had been battling a minor hip issue, which may have explained Wallach's increased usage of late.

Perez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Nationals.

Perez has three homers and seven RBI over his last six games while batting .360 (9-for-25) in that span. The catcher is over halfway to matching his 23 homers from last season -- he now has 12 through 47 contests. He's also been one of the few reliable bats in the Royals' lineup, slashing .288/.327/.549 with 32 RBI, 26 runs scored and 12 doubles while primarily batting near the top of the order.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Trevino (hamstring) will travel with the team to Seattle and has a chance to be activated from the 10-day injured list before Tuesday's game against the Mariners, Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record reports.

Prior reports suggested that Trevino could be activated prior to Sunday's game against San Diego, but that didn't come to pass. The backstop is currently on the shelf with a left hamstring strain, but Trevino looks like he'll be ready to return to action for the Yankees by the middle of next week. Kyle Higashioka and Ben Rortvedt have been holding down the fort at catcher while Trevino has been on the IL.

Langeliers went 2-for-4 with a two-run single and a double in a loss to the Astros on Saturday.

Langeliers had the only multi-hit effort of the night for Oakland and drove in the final two runs of the game with his eighth-inning single. Like several of his teammates, Langeliers had been mired in a serious funk coming into Saturday, as he was just 1-for-21 over the previous six games and had seen a 23-point drop in batting average over the last nine contests overall. Despite the struggles, Langeliers' standing as the everyday catcher doesn't appear to be in any jeopardy, especially with veteran Manny Pina (wrist) still sidelined for the foreseeable future.