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  • Giants' Patrick Bailey: On bench versus lefty

    Bailey is not in the starting lineup Tuesday against the Cubs.

    Bailey will take a seat as the team faces off with left-hander Justin Steele of Chicago. Curt Casali will take over at catcher and bat ninth Tuesday. Bailey is in a platoon behind the plate with Casali, typically handling the starts versus right-handers while Casali enters the lineup versus southpaws.

  • Joey Bart C | PIT

    Pirates' Joey Bart: Resumes playing catch

    Bart (thumb) was spotted playing catch on the field Monday, Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

    The right-handed Bart is on the injured list with a Grade 1 sprain of his left thumb. Though he wasn't wearing his full catching gear Monday, the fact that he had a baseball glove on his injured hand would seem to indicate that the sprained thumb has healed on some level. The Pirates will likely wait and see how Bart responds to additional baseball activities before sending him out on a minor-league rehab assignment.

  • Sean Murphy C | ATL

    Braves' Sean Murphy: Idle Tuesday

    Murphy is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Tigers.

    Murphy has struggled after missing the first two months of the season with an oblique injury, owning a .408 OPS and a 28.6 percent strikeout rate across 56 plate appearances with Atlanta. As Murphy works through the slow start, Atlanta will turn to Travis d'Arnaud behind the plate Tuesday for the fourth time in nine games.

  • Rockies' Jacob Stallings: Taking seat Tuesday

    Stallings is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Dodgers.

    Stallings had started in five of six games since Elias Diaz's (calf) injury, but he'll yield to Hunter Goodman behind the dish Tuesday. Both Stallings and Goodman have been red-hot at the plate lately, with Stallings riding a six-game hit streak with four extra-base hits and four runs scored since June 10 and Goodman swatting three homers over his last three games. Regardless, Stallings should see most of the catching work moving forward.

  • Pirates' Yasmani Grandal: Absent from lineup

    Grandal is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Reds.

    Grandal has now started every other game across the last nine contests. It was initially Henry Davis (concussion) receiving the other starts, but with Davis sidelined, Jason Delay is doing the catching Tuesday.

  • Nick Fortes C | TB

    Marlins' Nick Fortes: Not in Tuesday's lineup

    Fortes is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cardinals.

    Fortes has started 11 of Miami's first 14 games in June despite going 3-for-31 during that stretch, but he'll take a seat for Tuesday's contest. Christian Bethancourt will work behind the plate and bat ninth in his place.

  • Rockies' Jacob Stallings: Homers against Dodgers

    Stallings went 1-for-3 with a solo home run Monday against the Dodgers.

    Stallings has taken over as the Rockies' primary catcher in the absence of Elias Diaz (calf). He's started six of the team's last seven games, collecting seven hits across 18 at-bats with three RBI and four runs scored. Stallings has also hit cleanup in the past two contests.

  • Giants' Patrick Bailey: Goes deep Monday

    Bailey went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk against the Cubs in Monday's 7-6 victory.

    Bailey brought San Francisco to within two runs with his eighth-inning solo blast. It was just his second extra-base hit over his past 16 contests, a span in which he's batted .264 (14-for-53). Bailey has a modest five long balls on the campaign, but he's been solid offensively with a .286/.360/.435 slash line, 23 RBI, 18 runs, two steals, an 11.5 percent walk rate and a 19.0 percent strikeout rate over 179 plate appearances.

  • Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Collects three hits

    Alvarez went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI in Monday's win against Texas.

    Alvarez singled and scored in the fifth inning before delivering RBI base hits in the sixth and eighth frames. He entered Monday's game in a 2-for-14 (.143) slump since returning from the injured list. Alvarez produced his first multi-hit game since April 11. He's now slashing .243/.282/.338 with 12 RBI through 23 games this season.

  • Phillies' Rafael Marchan: Has career day vs Padres

    Marchan went 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 9-2 victory over the Padres.

    In his third big-league game since 2021, Marchan had a banner night, reaching base in each of his four at-bats and driving in a pair. On Friday, he hit his first home run, and he followed it up nicely with this showing. With J.T. Realmuto going down with a knee injury, Marchan's only competition for playing time is Garrett Stubbs, whose current slash line of .191/.267/.206 leaves a lot to be desired.

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