MLB Player News

Narvaez went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in a victory against the Cardinals on Tuesday.

Narvaez ended the night of Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty with his 389-foot blast in the fifth inning. The strong start to July bodes well for another productive month in Narvaez's consistent season; he has hit at least .282 with exactly three homers in each full month thus far in 2019. Overall, the Venezuelan catcher is slashing .292/.365/.471 with 12 homers and 31 RBI in his finest season as a pro.

Vazquez went 3-for-5 with a double, home run, two RBI and three runs in a 10-6 victory against the Blue Jays on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old has hit home runs on multiple continents in the last few days. He is 5-for-10 (.500) with two homers and five RBI in the last two games, the first of which was in London on Sunday. This mini-hot streak has raised his average to .296 and his slugging percentage to .502. He also has 12 homers, 36 RBI, 34 runs and a stolen base in 233 at-bats this season.

Sanchez (thumb) will bat cleanup and start behind the plate Tuesday against the Mets, Zach Braziller or the New York Post reports.

Sanchez left Sunday's game against the Red Sox in the ninth inning with a jammed thumb, but the injury evidently wasn't particularly serious, and he won't wind up missing any time.

Hernandez was designated for assignment Tuesday.

Hernandez has struggled at Triple-A Pawtucket this season, slashing .188/.250/.290 with a homer and three RBI over 23 contests. As a result, he's been removed from the 40-man roster to make room for the addition of Trevor Kelley.

Garver is not starting Tuesday against Oakland.

Garver sits for the third time in four games. He finished June with a respectable .724 OPS, a fine number for a catcher but far below the 1.161 mark he posted in March and April and his 1.166 OPS in the month of May. Jason Castro starts behind the plate in his absence.

Bemboom (knee) is 4-for-8 with two RBI and two runs over his last two rehab games.

Not only has Bemboom's performance with the bat been encouraging recently, but it's worth noting he generated a portion of that production at Triple-A Durham on Monday after beginning his rehab in the Gulf Coast League. Furthermore, Bemboom caught a full seven innings Monday, the highest workload of his rehab assignment thus far and a good sign for the health of his recovering knee.

Vazquez went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, three RBI and two runs in a 12-8 loss against the Yankees on Sunday.

London Stadium was friendly for power hitters this weekend, but Vazquez has been displaying a good slugging percentage all season. He already has 11 homers this year, which is more than what he had in his career coming into 2019. Vazquez is also batting .289 with a .482 slugging percentage, 21 extra-base hits, 34 RBI, 31 runs and one steal in 228 at-bats this season.

Sanchez was removed from Sunday's 12-8 win over the Red Sox in the ninth inning after jamming his left thumb on a pitch in the bottom of the eighth, Brendan Kuty of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.

Sanchez went 1-for-5 with a walk, a run and two RBI before departing in favor of Austin Romine for the final frame. The 26-year-old told reporters after the contest that he isn't worried about the injury, but he'll wait and see how his thumb feels prior to Tuesday's series opener against the Mets before committing to playing.

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

Jansen will take a seat after starting each of the past four games behind the dish. The backstop is riding a five-game hitting streak during which he's gone 7-for-17 with a pair of home runs, a double and six RBI. That'll be enough for Jansen to maintain the larger portion of the timeshare at catcher with Luke Maile.

Jansen went 1-for-4 with a walkoff two-run homer in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Royals.

Jansen came to the plate with one out in the ninth inning and came through on a full count for the Blue Jays. The 24-year-old has struggled this season with a .560 OPS, but he's looked better in June with a .246/.328/.404 slash line in 18 games.