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  • Rays' Christian Bethancourt: Losing time to Pinto

    Bethancourt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.

    Bethancourt will sit for the third time in four games and may have slipped behind Rene Pinto on the depth chart at catcher. Since being acquired from the Athletics on July 9 to add depth behind the dish, Bethancourt has batted .160 with one extra-base hit in his first eight games with Tampa Bay.

  • Sean Murphy C | ATL

    Athletics' Sean Murphy: Slugs 12th homer

    Murphy went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the White Sox on Saturday.

    Murphy took Johnny Cueto deep in the first inning with a 425-foot shot to left field that gave the Athletics an early lead. The long ball was Murphy's third in the last eight games, a stretch of 33 plate appearances during which the slugging backstop has forged an outstanding 1.061 OPS with the help of an 18.2 percent walk rate.

  • Jose Trevino C | CIN

    Yankees' Jose Trevino: Idle Sunday

    Trevino is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.

    Trevino looks to be getting a routine rest for the day game after he caught all nine innings of Saturday's 8-2 win while going 1-for-4 with two runs scored. Kyle Higashioka will check in behind the dish for the series finale.

  • Tigers' Tucker Barnhart: Starting series finale

    Barnhart is starting at catcher and batting eighth in Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.

    Barnhart will pick up the start with Eric Haase getting a breather in the series finale. Haase has overtaken Barnhart as the team's primary catcher, largely due to his superior offensive performance. Haase has a .729 OPS and eight home runs across 64 games, while Barnhart has just a .496 OPS and no home runs across 63 games.

  • Eric Haase C | SF

    Tigers' Eric Haase: Sits in series finale

    Haase is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.

    Haase is on the bench for the second time in the series, but he still appears to have supplanted Tucker Barnhart -- who starts behind the plate Sunday -- as Option 1A at catcher for the Tigers. Though Barnhart is regarded as the superior game caller and pitch framer, Haase has sported the far more potent bat this season. Haase (.729) owns a 233-point edge in OPS over Barnhart (.496).

  • Cal Raleigh C | SEA

    Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Not starting Saturday

    Raleigh isn't in the lineup Saturday against Houston.

    Raleigh started the last two games and went 2-for-8 with a double and three strikeouts. Luis Torrens will take over behind the plate and bat ninth.

  • Royals' Salvador Perez: Homers in return

    Perez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Friday's 11-5 loss to the Yankees.

    Perez made a quick return from surgery to repair the UCL in his left thumb, and he was able to make a big impact in his first game back. He hit .254 with an .875 OPS in 19 games in June prior to undergoing the procedure, so he had some momentum that he'll look to recapture. The catcher owns a .211/.254/.436 slash line this season while adding 12 homers, 37 RBI, 26 runs scored, 13 doubles and a triple through 58 contests. After serving as the designated hitter Friday, Perez will be behind the dish and batting third Saturday.

  • Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Not in Saturday's lineup

    Kirk isn't starting Saturday against the Tigers.

    Kirk started the last four games and went 4-for-16 with a home run, a double and two RBI. George Springer is serving as the designated hitter while Raimel Tapia starts in center field.

  • Guardians' Austin Hedges: Takes seat Saturday

    Hedges isn't in the lineup Saturday against the Rays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Hedges started Friday against Tampa Bay and went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He'll be out of the lineup for the second time in the last three games while Luke Maile starts behind the dish and bats eighth.

  • Rays' Christian Bethancourt: Not in Saturday's lineup

    Bethancourt isn't starting Saturday against Cleveland, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Bethancourt went 0-for-4 with a strikeout Friday and will be on the bench for the second time in the last three games. Rene Pinto is starting behind the plate and batting ninth.

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