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Roberto Perez C | BOS
Indians' Roberto Perez: Resting Sunday
Perez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.
With the Tribe eliminated from playoff contention earlier in the weekend, Perez will close the season with two straight turns on the bench after he had handled one of the larger workloads among all catchers in baseball in 2019. Kevin Plawecki will fill in for Perez behind the dish.
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Travis d'Arnaud C | LAA
Rays' Travis d'Arnaud: Day off Sunday
D'Arnaud is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Toronto, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports.
D'Arnaud will sit for the second straight contest but was coming off eight starts in the previous nine games, so he's likely just receiving a bit of extra rest heading into Wednesday's Wild Card Game. Mike Zunino is starting behind the plate Sunday.
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Reese McGuire C | CHW
Blue Jays' Reese McGuire: On bench Sunday
McGuire is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.
McGuire finds himself on the bench for a second consecutive game despite having an .845 OPS in 15 appearances during September. Luke Maile will start behind the plate in the season finale.
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Christian Vazquez C | HOU
Red Sox's Christian Vazquez: Returns for season finale
Vazquez (hamstring) is starting behind the plate and batting sixth Sunday against the Orioles, jJen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
Vazquez exited Wednesday's contest with left hamstring tightness and didn't start the last three games, but he'll rejoin the starting nine for the season finale. The 29-year-old has enjoyed a quality season with a .274/.319/.477 slash line with 23 homers and 71 RBI in 137 games.
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Mitch Garver C | SEA
Twins' Mitch Garver: Hits two doubles
Garver went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and a pair of doubles in Saturday's win over the Royals.
Garver scored half of his team's runs in the 4-3 win. He's continued his remarkable season at the plate, slugging .630 and hitting 31 homers, good for second among all catchers and blowing his previous career high of seven out of the water.
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Matt Thaiss C | BOS
Angels' Matt Thaiss: Not starting Saturday
Thaiss is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Astros.
The 24-year-old has been splitting time at third base with Kaleb Cowart over the last week, and the latter receives the starting nod Saturday. Thaiss has a .196/.281/.364 slash line in 160 major-league appearances this season.
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Gary Sanchez C | MIL
Yankees' Gary Sanchez: Sitting Saturday
Sanchez is not in Saturday's lineup against the Rangers, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.
He went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts Friday in his first game back from a groin injury. Austin Romine is starting behind the dish and hitting eighth.
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Austin Nola C | COL
Mariners' Austin Nola: On base thrice in win
Nola went 2-for-3 with an RBI single and a walk in a win over the Athletics on Friday.
Nola is seemingly getting back on track at the plate as the season comes to a close. He's now hit safely in three straight games after a brief 0-for-14 skid and has driven in a run in each of the last two contests, pushing him over the 30-RBI mark for the season. The 29-year-old rookie has generally made good use of his long-awaited first exposure to big-league pitching, slashing a solid .268/.341/.455 across 259 plate appearances.