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  • Max Stassi C | SF

    Angels' Max Stassi: Sitting out Thursday

    Stassi is not in the starting lineup Thursday against the Rays, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.

    Stassi will get a breather after he went 0-for-9 with four strikeouts while starting the last two contests. Kurt Suzuki will replace him behind the plate and bat seventh in the series finale.

  • Rays' Francisco Mejia: Gets rest Thursday

    Mejia will sit Thursday versus the Angels, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

    Mejia will take a seat after he went 0-for-4 with a run scored and a strikeout in Wednesday's win. The red-hot Christian Bethancourt will replace him behind the plate and bat sixth in the series finale.

  • Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Records three hits Wednesday

    Kirk went 3-for-5 with an RBI in Wednesday's extra-inning victory over the Red Sox.

    The All-Star catcher recorded three hits Wednesday after going hitless in his previous two games. The multi-hit effort pushed Kirk's batting average back over .300. Of catchers with at least 200 plate appearances, Kirk is the only one with an average over that mark, with the second being Chrsitian Vazquez at .288, followed by Will Smith at .270. Sporting an elite batting average, double-digit home runs, and solid counting stats hitting in the middle of Toronto's lineup, Kirk has been one of the greatest surprises of the 2022 season.

  • Luke Maile C | KC

    Guardians' Luke Maile: Continues hot August

    Maile went 2-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored in Wednesday's 7-0 win over San Diego.

    Maile tallied an RBI single off lefty starter Blake Snell with one out in the fourth to put Cleveland up 4-0. The catcher has been swinging a hot bat in August with a .394 average and 1.065 OPS over 33 at-bats in 10 games. Furthermore, the 31-year-old has eight RBI during that span and at least one hit in nine of those contests.

  • Danny Jansen C | TEX

    Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: On bench for third straight

    Jansen is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.

    Jansen has been one of the big losers of the Blue Jays' reluctance to use George Springer in the outfield for the past few weeks while he's contended with elbow and knee injuries. With Springer clogging up the designated hitter spot for the second straight game Wednesday, Alejandro Kirk will serve as the Blue Jays' catcher. Though Jansen is the superior defender behind the plate, Kirk's bat is too potent for the Blue Jays to take him out of the lineup.

  • Gary Sanchez C | MIL

    Twins' Gary Sanchez: Sitting out Wednesday

    Sanchez will sit Wednesday versus the Astros.

    Sanchez will take a seat after he went 0-for-3 with a strikeout in Tuesday's series opener. Sandy Leon will take over behind the plate and bat ninth against Houston.

  • Red Sox's Kevin Plawecki: Gets rest day

    Plawecki is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Bill Koch of The Providence Journal reports.

    Plawecki appears to have reclaimed Boston's No. 1 catching job after starting each of the past three games while going 5-for-9 at the plate, but he'll get a breather Wednesday. Reese McGuire will catch for starting pitcher Brayan Bello while Plawecki rests.

  • Guardians' Austin Hedges: Resting Wednesday

    Hedges is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Padres.

    Hedges returned Tuesday from a one-game absence due to a sprained ankle, starting at catcher while going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in the Guardians' 3-1 win. Though he didn't suffer any apparent setbacks with the ankle Tuesday, Hedges will get a breather nonetheless while the two teams wrap up their series with a day game after a night game. Luke Maile will draw the start behind the plate.

  • Seby Zavala C | LAD

    White Sox's Seby Zavala: Reaches base three times

    Zavala went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk Tuesday against the Orioles.

    Zavala has started both games since Yasmani Grandal (knee) has been out. He hit ninth on each occasion but has reached base in five of his eight plate appearances. In 151 plate appearances this season, Zavala is hitting .284/.342/.403, and he should continue to get regular at-bats so long as Grandal is sidelined.

  • Sean Murphy C | ATL

    Athletics' Sean Murphy: Rips two more doubles Tuesday

    Murphy went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run in a loss to the Marlins on Tuesday.

    Murphy continued his extra-base-hit barrage Tuesday, with his pair of two-baggers pushing his tally to a career-high 30 doubles and 47 extra-base knocks overall. Murphy's current .255 average is also the highest of any end-of-season figure he's ever produced in that category, and he now owns a .333/.422/.583 slash line in August along with a modest 15.7 percent strikeout rate.

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