MLB Player News
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Shea Langeliers C | ATH
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Smacks 10th homer of 2025
Langeliers went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Friday's 11-7 loss to the Blue Jays.
Langeliers cut the Athletics' deficit to three runs in the fourth inning when he took Chris Bassitt deep to left-center field for a 417-foot solo home run. It was Langeliers' 10th home run of the season, which is third most among major-league catchers behind Cal Raleigh (20) and Logan O'Hoppe (14).
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Josue Briceno C | DET
Tigers' Josue Briceno: Career day at High-A
Briceno went 4-for-4 with three home runs, a double, four runs, five RBI and a stolen base Thursday for High-A West Michigan.
The steal was of home, to put an exclamation point on a massive performance. Briceno is hitting .429 with six home runs, seven walks and just two strikeouts over his last eight games, so a promotion to Double-A could be coming soon. The lefty-hitting 20-year-old has made more starts at first base (14) than catcher (12) this year and could eventually lose catcher eligibility. He has a .268/.383/.610 slash line with 11 home runs and a 19.5 percent strikeout rate in 34 games, good for a 169 wRC+.
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Blake Hunt C | SEA
Mariners' Blake Hunt: DFA'd Thursday
The Mariners designated Hunt for assignment Thursday.
Hunt was designated for assignment Thursday in order to create room on the 40-man roster as the Mariners selected Casey Lawrence from Triple-A Tacoma. Hunt has hit for an OPS of .678 in Triple-A during 2025 and has yet to crack an active major league roster since starting his MiLB career in 2017. In a corresponding move, Casey Lawrence was selected from Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday.
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Danny Jansen C | TEX
Rays' Danny Jansen: Riding pine Thursday
Jansen isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Astros, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
After going 1-for-6 with a two-run home run during the Rays' previous series against Minnesota, Jansen will grab a seat on the bench Thursday. His absence will allow Matt Thaiss to make his Rays debut behind the plate while batting ninth.
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Chuckie Robinson C | LAD
Angels' Chuckie Robinson: Jettisoned from 40-man roster
The Angels designated Robinson for assignment Wednesday.
The Angels DFA'd Robinson and Tim Anderson, which made room on the 40-man roster for Scott Kingery and Robert Stephenson (elbow). Robinson was traded by the White Sox to the Angels in December, but the 30-year-old catcher was unable to crack the Halos' Opening Day roster. Robinson is slashing .272/.315/.388 with one home run and 18 RBI across 112 plate appearances in Triple-A this season, and he could garner interest from teams looking to add depth behind the plate.
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Logan O'Hoppe C | LAA
Angels' Logan O'Hoppe: Back in starting nine
O'Hoppe (head) will serve as the designated hitter and bat sixth in Wednesday's game against the Yankees, Jack Janes of TheSportingTribune.com reports.
O'Hoppe took a backswing off his head during Monday's contest and missed out on the starting lineup Tuesday, though he still managed to get into the game as a pinch hitter. Now set to start as the DH, the 25-year-old will look to stay hot after going 10-for-32 with four homers across his last 10 games.
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Alejandro Kirk C | TOR
Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Sitting down Wednesday
Kirk isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against Texas.
Kirk will get a chance to rest during Wednesday's series finale after going 2-for-6 with an RBI through the first two games. Ali Sanchez will catch for starter Paxton Schultz instead and bat eighth.
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Jonah Heim C | TEX
Rangers' Jonah Heim: On bench Wednesday
Heim is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.
Heim will yield to Kyle Higashioka behind the dish Wednesday. Heim is 2-for-18 (.111) with eight strikeouts over his last six appearances.
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Adley Rutschman C | BAL
Orioles' Adley Rutschman: Back in lineup Wednesday
Manager Tony Mansolino said that Rutschman will be in the lineup at designated hitter for Wednesday's game against the Cardinals, Jacob Calvin Meyer of The Baltimore Sun reports.
Rutschman missed back-to-back games after taking a foul tip to the mask Sunday, but the catcher will avoid a stint on the IL and has been cleared to return to the lineup. It's unclear if Rutschman will need multiple games at DH before being put back behind the dish.