MLB Player News

Mejia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Mejia heads to the bench while he and Mike Zunino alternate turns behind the dish for the sixth game in a row. Both catchers have been exceptionally productive with the bat this season, so expect a fairly even timeshare at catcher to remain in place for the foreseeable future.

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

Hedges will get a breather after starting behind the plate in six of Cleveland's last seven games. Rene Rivera will catch starting pitcher Triston McKenzie on Wednesday.

Rogers will start at catcher and bat ninth Wednesday against Cleveland.

The Tigers appear to view Rogers as their primary option at catcher ahead of Eric Haase while the top two options at the position -- Wilson Ramos (back) and Grayson Greiner (hamstring) -- are both on the 10-day injured list. Rogers will be behind the plate Wednesday for the third time in four games.

Haase is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Cleveland.

Haase will be on the bench against a right-handed pitcher (Triston McKenzie) for the second day in a row, which seemingly suggests that the Tigers aren't prepared to hand him a full-time role just yet. The righty-hitting Haase should still draw regular starts against left-handed pitching while filling in at either catcher or left field when he's included in the lineup.

Gomes isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Reds, Matt Weyrich of NBC Sports Washington reports.

Gomes went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Reds and will retreat to the bench for the second time in the last three games. Alex Avila will start behind the dish and bat seventh.

Murphy isn't in the lineup Wednesday against Seattle, Shannon Drayer of 710 ESPN Seattle reports.

Murphy had gone 0-for-7 with three strikeouts across the last two games. Aramis Garcia will serve as the starting catcher and bat ninth.

Godoy will start at catcher and bat ninth Wednesday against the Athletics.

After spending nearly a decade in the minors before earning his first promotion to the big leagues last week, Godoy appears to have made a positive early impression with the Mariners' coaching staff. He'll be awarded his third start in four games Wednesday while the struggling Tom Murphy (.507 OPS, 34.8 percent strikeout rate on the season) sits. Godoy hasn't done much damage at the plate either, but the Mariners may be inclined to go with the better defensive option until Murphy's bat heats up.

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

On the bench for the third time in four games, Murphy doesn't seem to have as much of a stranglehold on the No. 1 catching job as expected following Luis Torrens' demotion to Triple-A Tacoma last week. Jose Godoy will instead get another start behind the plate over the struggling Murphy, who is sitting on a .185 on-base average over 92 plate appearances on the season.

Trevino isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Angels.

Trevino will be out of the lineup for the second time in the last three games. Jonah Heim will take over behind the plate and bat ninth.

Garver isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.

Garver had gone 4-for-9 with three doubles, three runs, two RBI and four walks in the last three games. Willians Astudillo will start at catcher and bat seventh.