MLB Player News

Perez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.

Perez started the first two games of the series and will receive Sunday off after going 1-for-7 with a run. Tyler Heineman will start behind the plate for Pittsburgh in the series finale.

Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins, Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post reports.

Diaz started the past four games and will receive the day off for the series finale in Minnesota. Brian Serven will work behind the dish in his place.

Stallings is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Stallings started the first two games of the series and will receive a breather after going 1-for-7 with a run scored. Nick Fortes will work behind the plate in the series finale.

Nido is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.

Nido is on the bench for the second straight contest and is expected to see his opportunities take a steep hit moving forward after the Mets reinstated top backstop James McCann (wrist) from the 10-day injured list Friday. Before McCann's return, Nido had started in seven of the Mets' previous eight games while going 3-for-22 with a run and an RBI.

Smith went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's loss to Atlanta.

The backstop tied the score with his eighth-inning solo blast to left field, but Atlanta took the lead for good in the bottom of the frame. Smith has gone deep three times in his past five games to push his total to 11 homers on the campaign. Though his .260/.347/.462 season slash line isn't eye-popping, Smith ranks in the top 10 percent leaguewide in both xBA (.301) and xSLG (.587), per Statcast.

Realmuto went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk, a stolen base and two total runs scored in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Padres.

Realmuto took Padres starter Blake Snell deep in the fifth inning to open the scoring. In the sixth, the catcher walked, stole second and scored again on an Alec Bohm double. Realmuto has homered twice in the last three games to rediscover his power touch, and five of his nine stolen bases this season have come in June. He's added a .237/.316/364 slash line with 28 RBI and 35 runs scored in 65 contests.

Manager David Bell said Saturday that he hopes Stephenson (thumb) could begin a rehab assignment in the next week to 10 days, Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Stephenson sustained a fractured right thumb June 9 and initially carried a return timetable of 4-to-6 weeks, but he appears to be slightly ahead of schedule in his recovery. He shed his cast this week and will likely resume baseball activities in the coming days as he prepares for a minor-league rehab assignment.

Casali isn't starting Saturday's game against the Reds, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Casali will get a breather after he went 3-for-5 with an RBI over the last two games. Austin Wynns is starting behind the dish and batting eighth.

Narvaez is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Blue Jays.

Narvaez went 1-for-4 with a double and a run Friday to end a four-game hitless streak, but he'll take a seat Saturday with lefty Yusei Kikuchi pitching for Toronto. Victor Caratini will work behind the dish for Milwaukee.

Diaz is starting Saturday's game against the Twins.

Diaz lost out on playing time last week but appears to be the Rockies' primary catcher for now, as he'll start in a fourth consecutive game Saturday. Over his last four games, he's gone 5-for-13 with two homers, a triple, six RBI, two walks and a strikeout.