MLB Player News

Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal was forced to leave Sunday's game after taking a foul ball off the mask. 

Manager Don Mattingly was concerned after watching Grandal get injured. "I thought he broke his jaw," Mattingly said, per the LA Times.

X-rays were negative. Grandal will undergo more testing on Monday. 

Reds catcher Brayan Pena isn't in the starting lineup for Monday's game against the Cubs. 

Pena has started 56 games behind the plate, including four of the last five. 

Pena is replaced by Tucker Barnhart, who gets the call for 29th time. He's started four of the last eight at catcher. 

The Mets optioned catcher Johnny Monell to Las Vegas on Sunday, per ESPN. Monell hit .182 in 23 games with the Mets. 

To replace him, the team recalled catcher Anthony Recker . He hit .143 in 19 games in a previous stint with the Mets this year. He was hitting .293 with seven home runs and 19 RBI at Las Vegas. 

Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal left Sunday's game in the bottom of the sixth inning after he took a foul pitch off his facemask. A.J. Ellis took over behind the plate for Grandal, who was 1 for 1 with a walk before leaving the game.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud is scheduled to take live batting practice Monday, reports the Daily News.

d'Arnaud has been sidelined since June 20 with an elbow injury. If he continues to progress from the injury, he will likely begin his rehab assignment later this week.

“If he feels good swinging there, he has been swinging off a tee, but if he can do that in live BP for a couple days, the plan is to try to get him in a Gulf Coast League or Florida State League game later this week,” assistant general manager John Ricco said.

Padres rookie catcher Austin Hedges gave his club an early 1-0 lead, as he belted a solo home run in the third inning on Saturday. It was his only hit of the game, as the Padres went on to beat the Rockies 5-4.

It was Hedges' second home run of the year, as he has been seeing partial playing time behind Derek Norris. Saturday's start was just his second in the last seven games.

Brewers first baseman Adam Lind isn't in the starting lineup for Saturday's game, snapping a string of 12 straight starts. 

Catcher Jonathan Lucroy moves to first to give Lind a rest. Lucroy is starting his second game of the season at first base. His other appearance there was on April 18. 

Replacing Lucroy behind the plate is Martin Maldonado, who starts for the first time since July 6.

Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto had one hit in three at-bats on Friday, a solo home run in the ninth inning of the 6-3 loss to the Phillies. Realmuto's homer came in the top of the ninth off Jonathan Papelbon, but with the Marlins already down by four runs, they were unable to extend the rally and avoid the defeat.

Realmuto has five home runs this season, and two over his last three games. 

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud is swinging and catching as he continues ti work his way back from an elbow injury that landed him on the 15-day disabled list, per The Wall Street Journal.

d'Arnaud will need to participate in a rehab game before returning to the team, but manager Terry Collins said he is not sure when that will happen.

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson indicated that catcher Travis d'Arnaud has begun doing "limited baseball actvities", according to Newsday. d'Arnaud is currently on the disabled list with a sprained elbow , but he is no longer wearing a brace around that elbow.

The Mets young backstop could be nearing a rehab assignment in the near future.