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.

Bethancourt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

After going 4-for-30 at the plate with 11 strikeouts over his last eight games, Bethancourt is beginning to see his playing time trend downward. He'll find himself on the bench for the fourth time in seven contests and may need to turn things around quickly to remain a regular in the Oakland lineup.

Murphy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

He'll be getting a breather in the series finale after starting each of Oakland's last six games at either catcher or designated hitter. Stephen Vogt will step in behind the dish Sunday while Seth Brown serves as the Athletics' DH.

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.

Hedges is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

With Sunday's contest beginning at 1:40 p.m. ET, Hedges will get the game off after he caught all nine innings of Saturday's 4-2 loss. Luke Maile replaces Hedges behind the dish.

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.

Gallagher went 2-for-3 with three RBI off two doubles in Saturday's loss against Oakland.

Gallagher has played in only 10 games this season but may have earned himself more playing time after Saturday's productive outing. He doubled home MJ Melendez and Carlos Santana on a double in the fourth inning, then doubled home Michael Taylor in the sixth. Gallagher is batting .350 across 20 at-bats.

Murphy went 2-for-5 with two RBI in Saturday's victory over the Royals.

Murphy sent home Ramon Laureano on a groundout in the first inning, then singled home Seth Brown in the seventh. It was Murphy's second two-hit game in a row and his third in four games. After struggling through April and May, the catcher has raised his season batting average to .222 thanks to a June slash line of .277/.338/.446.