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  • James McCann C | ARI

    White Sox's James McCann: Receives breather Sunday

    McCann is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the tigers.

    McCann worked as Chicago's primary backstop and will finish with 102 starts behind the plate this season since he's sitting Sunday. Zack Collins will catch the season finale for the White Sox.

  • Indians' Roberto Perez: Resting Sunday

    Perez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

    With the Tribe eliminated from playoff contention earlier in the weekend, Perez will close the season with two straight turns on the bench after he had handled one of the larger workloads among all catchers in baseball in 2019. Kevin Plawecki will fill in for Perez behind the dish.

  • Rays' Travis d'Arnaud: Day off Sunday

    D'Arnaud is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Toronto, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports.

    D'Arnaud will sit for the second straight contest but was coming off eight starts in the previous nine games, so he's likely just receiving a bit of extra rest heading into Wednesday's Wild Card Game. Mike Zunino is starting behind the plate Sunday.

  • Blue Jays' Reese McGuire: On bench Sunday

    McGuire is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

    McGuire finds himself on the bench for a second consecutive game despite having an .845 OPS in 15 appearances during September. Luke Maile will start behind the plate in the season finale.

  • Mitch Garver C | SEA

    Twins' Mitch Garver: Out of Sunday's lineup

    Garver is not in the lineup for Sunday's game at Kansas City.

    Garver went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored and will receive a breather in the season finale. Jason Castro will catch Sunday's contest for the Twins.

  • Yan Gomes C | CHC

    Nationals' Yan Gomes: Sitting out finale

    Gomes is not in Sunday's lineup against the Indians.

    The Nationals just got Kurt Suzuki back from an elbow injury this weekend, so they are trying to get him up to speed before the postseason. Suzuki is hitting third in the season finale, and the two backstops should split time fairly evenly if they make it past the Wild Card Game.

  • Padres' Luis Campusano: Stumbling in Arizona Fall League

    Campusano is hitting .077 (1-for-13) in four games for Peoria of the Arizona Fall League.

    Campusano batted .325 with 15 homers for High-A Lake Elsinore this season but has struggled to find his groove in the more competitive AFL, striking out six times in 15 plate appearances. He is one of three top Padres prospects competing in Arizona this fall.

  • Red Sox's Christian Vazquez: Returns for season finale

    Vazquez (hamstring) is starting behind the plate and batting sixth Sunday against the Orioles, jJen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.

    Vazquez exited Wednesday's contest with left hamstring tightness and didn't start the last three games, but he'll rejoin the starting nine for the season finale. The 29-year-old has enjoyed a quality season with a .274/.319/.477 slash line with 23 homers and 71 RBI in 137 games.

  • Cubs' Victor Caratini: Hits 11th home run

    Caratini went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Cardinals.

    Caratini launched a moonshot off of St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright in the fifth inning, giving him a career-high 11 home runs this season. In fact, the 26-year-old came into 2019 with only three career MLB home runs in 107 games. Caratini has some definite talent, though the likes of Willson Contreras and Anthony Rizzo are keeping him from receiving everyday playing time in Chicago.

  • Mitch Garver C | SEA

    Twins' Mitch Garver: Hits two doubles

    Garver went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and a pair of doubles in Saturday's win over the Royals.

    Garver scored half of his team's runs in the 4-3 win. He's continued his remarkable season at the plate, slugging .630 and hitting 31 homers, good for second among all catchers and blowing his previous career high of seven out of the water.

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