MLB Player News

Perez is not starting Saturday against Detroit, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

Perez owns an excellent 1.304 OPS over his last eight games, hitting four home runs over that stretch. His 11 homers on the season are already three more than his previous career high. Kevin Plawecki will start behind the dish in his place.

Barnhart is on the bench for the third straight game Saturday against Texas.

Barnhart finds himself on the bench yet again in favor of Curt Casali. Barnhart's .199/.298/.329 season slash line is far worse than Casali's .286/.349/.449, so he could continue to lose time going forward.

Vazquez is not in Saturday's lineup against the Orioles, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.

After a mini slump, Vazquez has seven hits in his last four games. Sandy Leon will start behind the dish, hitting ninth.

Garver went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's 2-0 win over the Royals.

His eighth-inning blast off Jake Diekman accounted for the only offense in a game that featured just six total hits. Garver is now slashing .318/.405/.691 with 11 homers and 28 RBI over 33 games.

Narvaez went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and another pair of runs scored in Friday's 9-2 win over the A's.

Narvaez launched a two-run blast off reliever Wei-Chung Wang in the seventh inning to extend Seattle's lead to 6-2. The homer marked his 10th of the season through 190 plate appearances, surpassing his previous best of nine long balls through 90 additional at-bats in 2018 with the White Sox. Overall, Narvaez is batting .284/.363/.468 with 32 runs scored and 25 RBI.

Perez went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and three runs scored in Friday's game against the Tigers.

Perez doubled home a pair of runs in the fourth inning, and he reached base twice more before the night was over. The 30-year-old backstop was 0-for-6 at the dish over his last two contests entering the day, but he managed to show some life with a multi-hit performance.

Barnes isn't in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Cubs, J.P. Hoornstra of the Los Angeles Daily News reports.

Barnes will head to the bench after going 1-for-14 with an RBI over his last five games. Russell Martin is set to handle the catching duties and hit eighth with Barnes out of the mix.

Maldonado is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Twins, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

Maldonado started the last four games behind the plate but will sit for Friday's series opener in Minnesota. Cam Gallagher will catch for Brad Keller and bat eighth in his absence.

Jansen is out of the lineup for Friday's game at Houston.

Jansen is coming off his first three-hit game of the season but will nonetheless take a seat Friday. Luke Maile will start behind the plate and bat ninth in the series opener.

Gomes is not in the lineup Friday against Arizona.

Gomes and Kurt Suzuki have been alternating starts behind the plate over the last seven games. Suzuki takes his turn Friday, but Gomes should be back in action for Saturday's contest if the pattern holds.