MLB Player News

Heim (undisclosed) was placed on the COVID-19 injured list Tuesday, Levi Weaver of The Athletic reports.

Heim was scratched from the lineup Monday due to health and safety protocols, and now he has been moved off the active roster. It's still not known if the backstop has tested positive for the virus, but he'll be away from the team for at least the next few games in any scenario.

Hedges is not starting Tuesday's game against the Rangers.

Hedges went 1-for-2 with a double and a run Sunday, boosting his average to .206 with three doubles and six runs in the last 10 games. Wilson Ramos is catching and batting fifth Tuesday.

Jeffers is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Red Sox.

He'll be on the bench for the series opener while Mitch Garver checks in behind the dish, but Jeffers may have turned the Twins' catching situation into more of a timeshare. Jeffers caught in three of the Twins' previous four games and has posted an .816 OPS over 22 contests since the All-Star break.

Raleigh will sit Tuesday against Oakland.

Raleigh is a fairly highly rated prospect, and he's been given the chance to earn everyday at-bats recently, but he hasn't made the most of the opportunity. Through his first 91 MLB plate appearances, he's homered just once while slashing .179/.231/.286. Tom Murphy starts behind the plate in his absence.

Gomes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI as Oakland fell 5-3 to Seattle on Monday.

Gomes opened the game's scoring with his first-inning RBI groundout and slugged a 398-foot blast to left off Mariners starter Marco Gonzales in the fourth. The backstop has been splitting time fairly evenly with Sean Murphy since joining Oakland and is slashing .250/.250/.479 in 14 games with his new team.

Perez went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two walks as Kansas City defeated Houston, 7-1 on Monday.

Perez singled in the first inning, launched his 33rd home run off Zack Greinke in the third, and walked in the fifth and ninth to record his fourth game reaching base four times this season. In addition, Perez's two bases on balls marks the second time he's drawn multiple walks all season -- both occurrences coming in August. The backstop's 81 RBI rank 14th in MLB and sets a new career mark for the seven-time All-Star.

Murphy is out of the lineup Monday against the Athletics, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.

The 26-year-old finds himself on the bench for the second consecutive contest, as Yan Gomes receives another start behind the plate. Murphy has a .939 OPS so far in August, but he and Gomes are now splitting time at catcher, as they each have 10 starts in the past 20 games. Additionally, the Associated Press reports Murphy was dealing with a tender wrist Sunday that limited him to just a cameo as a defensive replacement for the final game of the weekend series against the Giants.

Trevino will start at catcher and bat ninth Monday against the Red Sox.

Trevino had been in line to receive Monday off, but he was a late addition to the lineup after No. 1 catcher Jonah Heim was scratched due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols, per Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News. Considering that the Rangers have placed four players on the COVID-19 injured list within the past four days, Heim could be a candidate to move to the IL ahead of Texas' three-game series in Cleveland that begins Tuesday. If that's the case, Trevino would be in store for at least a short-term run as Texas' top backstop.

Heim was scratched from the lineup for Monday's game against Boston due to health and safety protocols, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.

It's unclear if Heim has tested positive for COVID-19 or been exposed to someone who has, or if he's merely feeling sick and the team scratched him just to be safe. Jose Trevino will take over behind the plate in his absence.

Vazquez is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rangers, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.

Though Vazquez caught each of the Red Sox's last three games, he had the benefit of a de facto off day Sunday, when Boston's series finale with Texas was postponed due to the expected impact of Hurricane Henri. Vazquez will still get another day to rest up, allowing Kevin Plawecki to work in a battery with starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi on Monday.