MLB Player News

Gomes is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates.

Gomes is hitless with six strikeouts in his past 16 at-bats and will take a seat Sunday for the second time in the past three games. P.J. Higgins will start behind the plate and bat seventh in the series finale at Pittsburgh.

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

Stallings is 6-for-18 over his past five contests but will take a seat Sunday for the third time in Miami's past four games. Nick Fortes will receive another start behind the plate.

Realmuto is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports.

Realmuto started the past five games and will take a seat Sunday after he went 9-for-22 with two home runs, three RBI, five runs and a stolen base during that span. Garrett Stubbs will step in behind the plate and bat ninth.

Mejia is not in Sunday's lineup against the Blue Jays.

Mejia is in a 4-for-27 (.148 AVG) slump over his last nine games. Christian Bethancourt will start behind the dish, hitting seventh.

Huff started at catcher and went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 4-2 loss to Cleveland.

Huff was the catcher du jour after sitting the previous two games. Jonah Heim and Kevin Plawecki made starts before Huff returned to the lineup. Since being called up in September, Huff is batting .207 (6-for-29) with two homers, one double, two walks, four RBI and two runs scored while striking out 32.3 percent of the time.

Contreras went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, an RBI single and a walk in a 6-3 victory over the Phillies on Saturday.

Contreras went deep off Bailey Falter for his 20th home run of 2022. It has been a breakout season for the young catcher, who has proven himself as one of top power bats at the thin position. Atlanta has given Contreras only 344 plate appearances this season, so he could be a 30-home run hitter with more playing time. The 24-year-old has a solid slash line of .279/.349/.519 on the campaign.

Sanchez went 1-for-3 with a home run and four RBI in Saturday's 8-4 win against the Angels.

Sanchez produced a sacrifice fly in the first inning and broke the game open in the fifth, slugging a 432-foot, three-run homer to give Minnesota a 7-3 lead. The long ball was his first since Sept. 5 -- a span of 17 games. Sanchez has struggled this month, slashing .174/.231/.290 with a 30.8 percent strikeout rate, though he has knocked in 12 runs over 22 games.

Raleigh went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and three total RBI in Saturday's 6-5 win against Kansas City.

Curt Casali got the start behind the plate for Seattle, but Raleigh came in to pinch hit for his fellow backstop in the sixth inning. The substitution paid immediate dividends, as Raleigh blasted a 444-foot two-run homer to right field to tie the score 5-5. He came through in the clutch again in the ninth inning, knocking a run-scoring double to plate the winning run. Raleigh leads all major-league catchers with 25 homers on the season and ranks sixth at the position with 59 RBI.

Raleigh will be on the bench Saturday against the Royals.

Raleigh is a switch hitter, but he's been on the bench against the last four lefties the Mariners have faced, including Saturday's starter Kris Bubic. Curt Casali will get the nod behind the plate.

Haase isn't starting Saturday against the White Sox.

Haase continues to alternate starts behind the plate and will get a breather after going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a strikeout Friday. Tucker Barnhart will start at catcher and bat eighth.