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  • Guardians' Cam Gallagher: Hitting ninth vs. Seattle

    Gallagher is hitting ninth and behind the plate for Saturday's game against the Mariners.

    Gallagher will be the backstop with Aaron Civale on the mound. Mike Zunino started the first two games of the year for the Guardians, but he'll get some rest in this contest.

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    Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Resting Saturday

    Raleigh will sit Saturday against Cleveland.

    Raleigh started the first two games of the season behind the plate, going 2-for-8 with a two-run double. Tom Murphy will take over at catcher Saturday.

  • Rays' Christian Bethancourt: Out of lineup

    Bethancourt will be on the bench Saturday against the Tigers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Bethancourt started behind the plate on Opening Day, going 0-for-2 with a walk. Francisco Mejia will be the catcher Saturday. The exact playing-time split between the pair may take some time to determine.

  • Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Day off Saturday

    Kirk will sit Saturday against St. Louis.

    Kirk is expected to split time with Danny Jansen behind the plate this season while also sharing designated hitter duties with Brandon Belt. It was Kirk behind the plate and Belt at DH on Opening Day, but it will be Jansen and Belt who get the starts Saturday.

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    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Resting Saturday

    Heim is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies.

    Heim drew the nod behind the plate Opening Day and went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBI in Thursday's 11-7 win. Though he'll take a seat Saturday and give way to Mitch Garver behind the dish, Heim is still expected to be the Rangers' preferred option at catcher more often than not.

  • Astros' Martin Maldonado: Heads to bench

    Maldonado is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the White Sox, Julia Morales of AT&T SportsNet Southwest reports.

    Maldonado started the first two games of the year behind the plate, going 1-for-6 with a walk. Yainer Diaz will catch for Jose Urquidy on Saturday.

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    Rangers' Mitch Garver: In Saturday's lineup

    Garver will start at catcher and bat seventh against the Phillies on Saturday.

    Garver is making his 2023 debut after ceding catching duties to Jonah Heim in the season opener Thursday. After playing just 14 games at catcher in 2022 due to a forearm injury, he may not qualify at catcher depending on league settings, but Garver is expected to share backstop duties with Heim in 2023. He'll also rotate at designated hitter along with Heim and Brad Miller, who will start at DH on Saturday.

  • White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: Resting Saturday

    Grandal will head to the bench for Saturday's game against Houston.

    Grandal went 2-for-8 with a home run in the first two games of the year, but it's no surprise that the veteran catcher isn't being asked to crouch for three straight days this early in the year. Seby Zavala takes over behind the plate, catching for Lucas Giolito.

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    Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Timely two-bagger in loss

    Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a two-run double in the Mariners' loss to the Guardians on Friday.

    The slugging backstop was one of the few bright spots on the night for the Mariners, knocking in Kolten Wong and Ty France with his third-inning double to knot the game at 3-3. The fact Raleigh already has an extra-base knock on the board in 2023 is par for the course, considering the 26-year-old came into the season having recorded at least a double on 62 of his first 103 major-league hits.

  • Twins' Christian Vazquez: Two hits in season opener

    Vazquez started at catcher and went 2-for-4 in Thursday's season-opening win over Kansas City.

    Vazquez should be the primary catcher for the Twins, with the only question being how much playing time backup Ryan Jeffers will receive. The 32-year-old Vazquez slashed .274/.315/.399 with nine home runs, 52 RBI, one stolen base and 41 runs scored over 119 contests last season between Boston and Houston.

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