MLB Player News

Garver is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.

He'll take a seat after starting in each of the Twins' past three games while going a collective 2-for-8 with a double, a walk, two RBI and a run. Ryan Jeffers replaces Garver behind the dish, catching for starting pitcher Michael Pineda.

Stassi went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Rangers.

Stassi put the Angels up early with a two-run blast in the second but the team only managed three hits the rest of the night and was unable to score again. The 30-year-old backstop does have two home runs over his last three games to put him at 13 for the year, but he's hitting a pedestrian .180/.279/.320 with four homers, 13 RBI, 16 runs scored and 14:48 BB:K in 37 games since the beginning of August.

Perez went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double, a walk and three total runs in Tuesday's 6-4 victory versus Cleveland.

Perez exited Monday's contest with an apparent injury, but he turned out to be fine and was back behind the plate Tuesday. He appeared no worse for wear, reaching base three times and belting a 429-foot solo shot in the sixth inning. Perez broke the MLB record for home runs by a primary catcher in a single season last week, and he now leads the league with 47 homers and 118 RBI on the campaign. His RBI total is the highest in a campaign for a catcher since Mike Piazza drove in 124 runs in 1999.

Haase went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Tuesday's loss to the Twins.

Haase recorded two hits in the second straight game, which is a welcome sign after he had just two hits total in his last five contests before Monday. The 28-year-old may have a hot streak in him to end the year and could bolster his already career-best counting stats.

Kirk will sit Tuesday against the Yankees.

Kirk has suddenly gone quite cold at the plate, hitting just .105/.227/.184 over his last 14 games, though his 6:5 BB:K over that stretch indicates that he's still seeing the ball well. Danny Jansen starts behind the plate Tuesday.

Perez (face) is starting Tuesday's game against Cleveland.

Perez was removed from Monday's series opener due to an apparent injury, but he'll be back in action a day later. He'll start behind the dish and bat third.

Plawecki (foot) could be ready to play when the Red Sox open a series against the Orioles in Baltimore.

Plawecki was hit by a pitch on the right foot during Saturday's loss to the Yankees and was unavailable to play Sunday. X-rays came back negative, and the Red Sox are hopeful for a return during the Baltimore series.

Haase went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in Monday's loss to the White Sox.

Haase has been struggling lately, as he came into Monday batting just .121 over his previous 10 contests. This was also his first multi-hit performance since Aug. 14. He's offset that to some degree with 22 home runs and 59 RBI this season, but Haase will need to prove his value again in 2022 given his limited MLB success before this year.

Grandal went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, two runs and a walk in the win over the Tigers on Monday.

The catcher opened the scoring for the White Sox in this one, launching a solo homer off Matt Manning in the top of the fourth inning. He has now hit 23 home runs this season in only 88 games. The multi-hit effort was his third in four contests, and he's batting .500 with three runs and three RBI in those games.

Gomes will sit Monday against Seattle.

Gomes has been slightly ahead of Sean Murphy on the depth chart for much of September, but he's now been on the bench for four of Oakland's last six games. Murphy will catch Cole Irvin on Monday.