MLB Player News

Narvaez went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in a victory against the Cardinals on Tuesday.

Narvaez ended the night of Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty with his 389-foot blast in the fifth inning. The strong start to July bodes well for another productive month in Narvaez's consistent season; he has hit at least .282 with exactly three homers in each full month thus far in 2019. Overall, the Venezuelan catcher is slashing .292/.365/.471 with 12 homers and 31 RBI in his finest season as a pro.

Vazquez went 3-for-5 with a double, home run, two RBI and three runs in a 10-6 victory against the Blue Jays on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old has hit home runs on multiple continents in the last few days. He is 5-for-10 (.500) with two homers and five RBI in the last two games, the first of which was in London on Sunday. This mini-hot streak has raised his average to .296 and his slugging percentage to .502. He also has 12 homers, 36 RBI, 34 runs and a stolen base in 233 at-bats this season.

Realmuto (hamstring) is catching and batting fifth Tuesday against the Braves.

Realmuto exited Sunday's matchup against the Marlins with a left hamstring issue, but he's returned to the starting nine following a day off Monday. He's pieced together back-to-back multi-hit performances and will look to keep it rolling at the dish in Tuesday's series opener.

Sanchez (thumb) will bat cleanup and start behind the plate Tuesday against the Mets, Zach Braziller or the New York Post reports.

Sanchez left Sunday's game against the Red Sox in the ninth inning with a jammed thumb, but the injury evidently wasn't particularly serious, and he won't wind up missing any time.

Diaz isn't in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cubs.

Diaz collected a base knock and a walk in Monday's series opener, but he'll ride the bench Tuesday. Jacob Stallings will handle the catching duties and bat eighth in Diaz's absence.

Grandal failed to record a hit but walked three times and collected an RBI and a run Monday in the Brewers' 8-6 win.

Aside from smacking a ball foul in the sixth inning, Grandal didn't even make contact in any of his five plate appearances on the night but still managed to fill the leadoff role admirably. He took 26 pitches on the night and gave the Brewers the lead for good in the top of the seventh, when he walked with the bases loaded. Grandal is now slashing .222/.400/.519 out of the table-setting role and should stick atop the lineup regularly with Lorenzo Cain displaying few signs of breaking out of his season-long funk.

Hernandez was designated for assignment Tuesday.

Hernandez has struggled at Triple-A Pawtucket this season, slashing .188/.250/.290 with a homer and three RBI over 23 contests. As a result, he's been removed from the 40-man roster to make room for the addition of Trevor Kelley.

Garver is not starting Tuesday against Oakland.

Garver sits for the third time in four games. He finished June with a respectable .724 OPS, a fine number for a catcher but far below the 1.161 mark he posted in March and April and his 1.166 OPS in the month of May. Jason Castro starts behind the plate in his absence.

Casali is not in the lineup Tuesday against Milwaukee.

Casali is now the Reds' primary catcher with Tucker Barnhart out with an oblique injury, but he won't start every day. Kyle Farmer gets the nod behind the plate in his absence.

Bemboom (knee) is 4-for-8 with two RBI and two runs over his last two rehab games.

Not only has Bemboom's performance with the bat been encouraging recently, but it's worth noting he generated a portion of that production at Triple-A Durham on Monday after beginning his rehab in the Gulf Coast League. Furthermore, Bemboom caught a full seven innings Monday, the highest workload of his rehab assignment thus far and a good sign for the health of his recovering knee.