MLB Player News
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Johanfran Garcia C | BOS
Red Sox's Johanfran Garcia: Healthy again, playing at High-A
The Red Sox reinstated Garcia (knee) from Single-A Salem's 60-day injured list June 10 and assigned him to High-A Greenville.
Garcia has played in five games since joining Greenville, making three starts at catcher while going 5-for-18 with a double and three walks. While playing with Salem in 2024, Garcia sustained a knee injury that required season-ending surgery. He was held out of action for just over a year before he began a rehab assignment in the rookie-level Florida Complex League on May 20. The 20-year-old backstop slashed .316/.333/.632 with three home runs in 12 games in the FCL before he was cleared to join Greenville.
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Connor Wong C | BOS
Red Sox's Connor Wong: Filling in for resting Narvaez
Wong will start at catcher and bat ninth in Wednesday's game against the Mariners.
Though he'll get the start behind the dish in the series finale, Wong doesn't appear to be making a serious push to supplant Carlos Narvaez as the Red Sox's No. 1 catcher. Narvaez has produced a .917 OPS since the beginning of May, while Wong is slashing just .179/.289/.179 over that same stretch of action.
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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.
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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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Will Smith C | LAD
Dodgers' Will Smith: Goes yard in three-hit game
Smith went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run, a double and a second run scored in Tuesday's 8-6 win over the Padres.
Smith put the Dodgers ahead 5-3 with his sixth-inning blast. The catcher has logged five multi-hit efforts and six extra-base hits over his last nine games, going 13-for-36 (.361) in that span. Smith's .947 OPS ranks second among all qualified catchers in the majors this season, trailing only Cal Raleigh (.998). Smith is also batting .330 with seven homers, 40 RBI, 35 runs scored, 14 doubles, two stolen bases and one triple over 58 contests.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Sensational campaign continues
Raleigh went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, six RBI, an additional run scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 8-0 win over Boston.
It was an outstanding performance by Raleigh, who piled up a season-high six RBI while recording the eighth steal of his sensational campaign. The switch-hitting backstop is already up to 27 homers through 263 at-bats in 2025, matching his total from his first full MLB season in 2022, and his eight pilfers also represent a career high. After smashing a career-high 34 long balls a year ago, Raleigh is well on pace to shatter that figure this season.
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Ryan Jeffers C | MIN
Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Suffers right hand contusion
X-rays on Jeffers' right hand revealed no structural damage after he exited Tuesday's 6-5 loss to the Reds upon getting struck on his right hand by a foul ball in the fifth inning, Bobby Nightengale of The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
Jeffers has been diagnosed with a contusion and is considered day-to-day. Christian Vazquez replaced him behind the plate Tuesday and is likely to start Wednesday, but Jeffers isn't expected to be out of the lineup for long.
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Salvador Perez C | KC
Royals' Salvador Perez: First multi-homer game of 2025
Perez went 3-for-4 with two home runs, four RBI and a double in Tuesday's 6-1 win over the Rangers.
It was the fourth three-hit game this season for Perez, as well as his fourth game with multiple extra-base hits. The veteran slugging backstop is still batting just .240 with a .674 OPS for the year, but he's really starting to pick things up at the plate in June. Through 57 at-bats this month, Perez is hitting .316 with four long balls, three doubles and 12 RBI.
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Ryan Jeffers C | MIN
Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Exits early Tuesday
Jeffers exited Tuesday's contest against the Reds in the top of the fifth inning with a hand/arm injury, Bobby Nightengale of The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
Jeffers took a ball off his hand/arm while behind the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning and was ultimately forced to leave the game before his at-bat in the top of the fifth. Christian Vazquez replaced him at catcher in the contest, and more information on the status of Jeffers will likely be provided in the near future.