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  • Giants' Patrick Bailey: Activated off IL

    The Giants reinstated Bailey (neck) from the 10-day injured list Wednesday, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

    Bailey needed only a minimum stint on the injured list to recover from a neck strain. Logan Porter was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento in a corresponding move and Andrew Knizner will serve as the backup catcher now that Bailey is back in the mix.

  • Giants' Logan Porter: Sent back to Triple-A

    The Giants optioned Porter to Triple-A Sacramento on Wednesday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

    Porter was brought up from Triple-A last week when Patrick Bailey hit the IL with a neck strain. Now that the latter is healthy, Porter will return to the minors, where he's slashed .237/.350/.319 across 161 plate appearances this season.

  • Sean Murphy C | ATL

    Braves' Sean Murphy: Back on bench Wednesday

    Murphy is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.

    Murphy had started both of Atlanta's last two games, marking the first time he's been behind the dish for consecutive contests since May 27 and 29. The veteran backstop has produced a .487 OPS thus far in June, so he doesn't seem to have built much momentum toward overtaking Drake Baldwin as Atlanta's No. 1 catcher. Though Baldwin will get the start Wednesday, he's also started to slow down at the dish following a hot start to the season, so the playing time between him and Murphy could be distributed in fairly equitable fashion for the foreseeable future.

  • Henry Davis RF | PIT

    Pirates' Henry Davis: Back in No. 2 role

    Davis is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.

    Davis' brief run as the Pirates' No. 1 backstop appears to have come to an end after Pittsburgh activated Joey Bart from the 7-day injured list Tuesday. Bart will make his second straight start behind the plate Wednesday, while Davis takes a seat for the third game in a row after he had previously received a breather in Sunday's loss to the Cubs before Bart was activated.

  • Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Exiting starting nine

    Alvarez is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest in Atlanta.

    Luis Torrens will do the catching and bat sixth as the Mets try to even the series. Alvarez went hitless in Tuesday's game and is 1-for-14 over his last four tilts.

  • Reds' Tyler Stephenson: Day off Wednesday

    Stephenson is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Twins.

    Stephenson will get a routine day off after he started the last four contests, with three coming at catcher. Jose Trevino will replace him behind the dish and bat sixth.

  • Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Out again with hand injury

    Moreno (hand) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.

    Jose Herrera will draw another start behind the dish while Moreno takes a seat for the third game in a row as he continues to manage a sore right hand. The Diamondbacks haven't called up another catcher from the minors, so Moreno is likely being viewed as day-to-day and could make his return to the lineup as soon as Thursday's series finale.

  • Hunter Goodman RF | COL

    Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Day off Wednesday

    Goodman is not in the lineup for Wednesday's tilt against the Nationals.

    Goodman will get a well-earned day after starting in each of the last five and 13 of the last 14 contests. The Rockies will go with Braxton Fulford at catcher Wednesday and will plug him into the No. 9 spot in the batting order.

  • Hunter Goodman RF | COL

    Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Huge month continues

    Goodman went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in Tuesday's 10-6 win over the Nationals.

    His seventh-inning shot off Cole Henry was one of seven homers on the night for the Rockies, tying a franchise record. Goodman's gone yard three times in the last two games and seven times in 15 June contests, a month in which he boasts a .350/.361/.850 slash line with seven other extra-base hits (five doubles and two triples), 13 runs and 15 RBI despite a concerning 1:20 BB:K.

  • Rob Brantly C | MIA

    Marlins' Rob Brantly: Begins rehab assignment

    Brantly (lat) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Jacksonville on Tuesday, going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.

    Brantly has missed nearly two months of action with a right lat strain. With the Marlins already carrying three catcher on their active roster, Brantly is a good bet to be designated for assignment once activated from the 60-day injured list.

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