MLB Player News
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Gary Sanchez C | MIL
Twins' Gary Sanchez: Not starting Sunday
Sanchez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.
Sanchez has a .304/.360/.435 slash line through seven contests in August, but he'll take a seat for the second time in the past three games. Sandy Leon will start behind the plate Sunday as the pair continues to split playing time.
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Jonah Heim C | ATL
Rangers' Jonah Heim: Not starting Sunday
Heim is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the A's.
Heim started the past three games and will take a seat for Sunday afternoon's series finale versus Oakland. Meibrys Viloria will take over behind the plate for Texas.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Takes seat Sunday
Raleigh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.
Raleigh went 2-for-9 with two doubles, a run and four strikeouts over the first two games of the series and will receive a day off for the finale. Curt Casali will start behind the plate Sunday and form a battery with Logan Gilbert.
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Martin Maldonado C | SD
Astros' Martin Maldonado: Not in Sunday's lineup
Maldonado is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics.
Maldonado has a .917 OPS with two home runs and seven RBI through eight games in August as he's maintained the starting role behind the plate despite the acquisition of Christian Vazquez at the trade deadline. However, Vazquez will enter the lineup Sunday and form a battery with Cristian Javier.
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Sean Murphy C | ATL
Athletics' Sean Murphy: Receives Sunday off
Murphy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Houston.
Murphy started the past 13 games and will take a seat Sunday while in the midst of a 2-for-18 slump. Stephen Vogt will work behind the plate in the series finale versus the Astros.
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Eric Haase C | SF
Tigers' Eric Haase: Receives maintenance day
Haase is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.
Haase started the first two games of the series in Chicago and will take a seat for the finale after going 1-for-7 with a double, an RBI and five strikeouts. Tucker Barnhart will work behind the plate and bat eighth Sunday.
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Danny Jansen C | TEX
Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Not starting Sunday
Jansen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.
Jansen has a .367 OPS through seven games in August and will take a seat Sunday for the third time in Toronto's past four contests. Alejandro Kirk will work behind the plate while Teoscar Hernandez rests his legs as the designated hitter.
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Yasmani Grandal C | PIT
White Sox's Yasmani Grandal: Receives Sunday off
Grandal is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.
Grandal started the past five games and will take a seat Sunday after going 5-for-16 with a home run, two RBI, two runs and four walks during that stretch. Seby Zavala will work behind the plate and bat eighth in the series finale versus Detroit.
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Jonah Heim C | ATL
Rangers' Jonah Heim: Doubles twice
Heim went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored in a 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday.
Heim had a productive night at the plate, rapping out a couple of doubles to give him 18 on the season. Heim's performance could be a sign that he is about to come out of a terrible August slump which had seen him slash .074/.242/.185 over 27 at-bats this month entering Saturday's game. The 27-year-old catcher is still in the midst of a productive season and has a 2.7 WAR, according to Baseball-Reference.
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Christian Vazquez C | HOU
Astros' Christian Vazquez: Not in starting nine
Vazquez will sit Saturday against Oakland, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
Vazquez doesn't appear to have claimed the starting catcher job just yet after moving to Houston at the deadline, as he's now been on the bench for three of the last four games. Martin Maldonado will make another start behind the plate Saturday.