MLB Player News

Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal connected off Allen Webster in the fourth inning for his 11th home run of the season during Monday's 10-6 loss to the Diamondbacks.

Grandal finished the game 2 for 3 with one RBI and two walks. Prior to Monday's performance, Grandal was hitting .167 with two home runs and three RBI in his last 10 games.

The Reds will shuffle the bottom of their lineup against the Mets on Saturday.

Outfielder Marlon Byrd will take over center field over Billy Hamilton and bat fifth in the lineup. Left fielder Skip Schumaker will hit sixth, taking over for Chris Dominguez who held the spot for Friday's game. Ivan De Jesus will replace Eugenio Suarez at the shortstop position while batting out of the seventh spot. Finally, Tucker Barnhart will replace Brayan Pena at the catcher spot and will hit from the eighth spot.

Reds rookie catcher Tucker Barnhart went 3 for 4 against the Pirates on Wednesday.

The three-hit performance was the first of his career. During his last three games, Barnhart is hitting .461 with six hits, two doubles and two runs.

Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Brewers. Plawecki has had a rough go of it since making his debut in mid-April. However, the young backstop has been hitting better in the month of June, batting at a .296 clip through 11 games this month. 

Manager Terry Collins said he wants Plawecki to be behind the plate for Jacob deGrom on Thursday afternoon, so he will get the night off on Wednesday, according to ESPN.com.

Johnny Monell, who was called up when Travis d'Arnaud hit the disabled list on Tuesday, will make his third start of the year for the Mets behind the plate on Wednesday.

Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp hit his first career home run in his 48th MLB game on Tuesday. 

Rupp hit a two-run homer to key a five-run fourth inning in the Phillies' win over the Yankees. 

Rupp went 1 for 5 and recorded his sixth RBI of the season. 

The Mets have recalled catcher Johnny Monell from Triple-A Las Vegas, the team announced on Tuesday. Monell will be available off the bench for the game against the Brewers in Milwaukee. 

The 29-year-old spent 12 games with the Mets earlier this season, but has had most of his reps with Las Vegas. In 41 games at Triple-A, Monell is batting .374 with five home runs and 34 RBI.

Monell will take the roster spot of Travis d'Arnaud, who was placed on the disabled list on Tuesday.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud has been placed on the 15-day disabled list. The 26-year-old was injured in Saturday's game against the Braves, and hasn't played since, due to a hyperextended left elbow.

d'Arnaud, who was officially diagnosed with a sprained elbow, is heading back to New York to meet with doctors after receiving an MRI on Monday in Milwaukee, according to ESPN.com. 

The young backstop just recently returned from a two-month stay on the disabled list with a broken finger. He's hitting .267 with two home runs and seven RBI in eight games since returning in June 10. 

Johnny Monell has been recalled from Triple-A to take d'Arnaud's place on the roster. 

The Dodgers are welcoming outfielder Andre Ethier, catcher Yasmani Grandal and shortstop Jimmy Rollins back to the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cubs. 

Grandal and Rollins both were off on Monday and Ethier missed the past two games. Grandal will bat fifth, Ethier is hitting sixth and Rollins is slated for eighth. 

Marlins manager Dan Jennings opted to move catcher J.T. Realmuto into the second spot in the lineup Tuesday against the Cardinals. It's the first time he has hit higher than fifth this season.

The rookie catcher is batting .314 (16 for 51) with a .471 slugging percentage, .810 OPS, one triple, three doubles, one home run, eight RBI, five runs and six strikeouts in his last 13 games.

The Mets are not considering moving catcher Travis d'Arnaud to a new position despite his recent spate of injuries.

d'Arnaud missed 46 games this season with a broken pinkie, which was the result of a hit-by-pitch. But he also suffered a concussion last season when Alfonso Soriano hit him in the head with a backswing and broke his toe when a foul ball slammed off his foot in 2013. He is now dealing with a hyperextended elbow sustained while making a tag at the plate.

Terry Collins, however, is not about to move him elsewhere.

"I don't know why we would," he told the New York Daily News. "Number one, I don't know where he is going to go. Is he going to play third? I don't think so. Is he going to go play second, or center field or left field? If he plays, somebody doesn't."

Collins added that he hopes d'Arnaud can return to the lineup Tuesday in Milwaukee.