MLB Player News

  • Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Getting Thursday off

    Kirk is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rangers.

    Kirk will take a seat for the day game after a night game, opening up room in the lineup for No. 2 catcher Tyler Heineman. Through 12 games in September, Kirk has hit .283 with eight RBI and two runs.

  • Carson Kelly C | TEX

    Rangers' Carson Kelly: Entering lineup Thursday

    Kelly will start at catcher and bat eighth in Thursday's game against the Blue Jays.

    Texas will make room in the lineup for both of its catchers Thursday, as top backstop Jonah Heim will get a day off behind the plate and serve as the Rangers' designated hitter. Even though Heim sits atop the depth chart, Kelly has still received a fair amount of playing time by the standards of No. 2 catchers since he was acquired from the Tigers on July 28. In 26 games with Texas, Kelly has slashed .250/.308/.333 with one home run, seven RBI and 10 runs.

  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Day off Thursday

    Naylor is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Twins.

    Naylor started behind the plate in each of the last four contests, so he was due for a day off, especially since Thursday's game is an afternoon affair. Austin Hedges will catch and bat ninth for the Guardians.

  • Royals' Freddy Fermin: On bench again Wednesday

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

    Fermin is on the bench for the third time in four games, this time against a lefty (Tarik Skubal) after his previous two absences came against right-handed pitching. The Royals had been opening up regular playing time for Fermin behind the plate by using Salvador Perez at first base, but Perez has been taking on more work at catcher lately with Yuli Gurriel gaining traction as a regular in the Kansas City infield.

  • Astros' Victor Caratini: Sitting Wednesday

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

    Caratini is on the bench for the second day in a row after he had previously started four consecutive games. He should continue to see semi-regular playing time while the Astros have been rotating a number of players at first base, including Caratini and fellow catcher Yainer Diaz.

  • Orioles' Adley Rutschman: Getting night off

    Rutschman is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Giants.

    After breaking out of an extended slump with a home run among his two hits in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Tigers, Rutschman was back on the struggle bus in Tuesday's 10-0 loss to San Francisco, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. He'll give way to James McCann behind the plate Wednesday, but Rutschman should continue to see the bulk of the starts at catcher over the final week and a half of the season as the Orioles hope to get him back in peak form at the dish heading into the postseason.

  • Ryan Jeffers C | MIN

    Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Retreating to bench

    Jeffers is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.

    Jeffers will get a break Wednesday after he had started in each of the last three games (two at catcher, one at designated hitter). Christian Vazquez will step in behind the plate for Jeffers and will form a battery with starting pitcher Bailey Ober.

  • Matt Thaiss C | LAA

    Angels' Matt Thaiss: Starting in place of O'Hoppe

    Thaiss will start at catcher and bat sixth in Wednesday's game against the White Sox, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.

    Thaiss will get the nod behind the plate Wednesday in place of the resting Logan O'Hoppe, as the Angels and White Sox wrap up their series with a day game after a night game. The 29-year-old Thaiss will be entering the lineup in the midst of a cold spell, as he's gone hitless in 30 at-bats over his last 11 contests.

  • Angels' Gustavo Campero: Swipes first big-league bag

    Campero went 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base in Tuesday's 5-0 win against the White Sox.

    One day after notching his first major-league hit -- a run-scoring single -- Campero posted his first multi-hit performance with a pair of singles. He also recorded his first theft with a fifth-inning swipe of second base, which led to a run on a Nolan Schanuel double. Campero is starting in right field for the third straight game Wednesday, per Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com, and if he gets enough playing time down the stretch he could be a sneaky source of steals, as he swiped 33 bags in 40 attempts over 107 games in the minors prior to his Sept. 15 promotion to the majors.

  • Angels' Logan O'Hoppe: Absent from lineup

    O'Hoppe is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

    O'Hoppe will give way to Matt Thaiss at catcher for the second time during the three-game series. The 24-year-old O'Hoppe has gone just 3-for-23 with 11 strikeouts over his last seven contests.

Around the Web Promoted by Taboola