MLB Player News

Indians catcher Yan Gomes only played in the first game of a doubleheader in Chicago Friday. He certainly contributed enough. 

Gomes, batting seventh, went 3 for 5 in the 19-10 victory. He drove in two runs and scored twice. Gomes hit a ground-rule double in the fifth inning to plate Nick Swisher. He added an RBI single in the eighth. 

He was just 5 for 36 (.139) in June entering Friday's game. He's still hitting just .195 for the month and .268 overall through 112 at-bats with six homers and 20 RBI. 

Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal went 2 for 4 with one double, one RBI and two runs in Friday's 9-2 win over the Marlins. He's 8 for 20 with five doubles and six runs over his last six games.

Grandal has a .237 batting average, one home run, nine RBI and a 14:14 K:BB ratio in 76 at-bats.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez was held out of the starting lineup for the first time in 18 games Sunday, the Kansas City Star reports. Manager Ned Yost gave him the game off. 

"It’s a chance to, with the off day tomorrow, give him two (rest days) in a row," said Yost.

Perez can use the rest as he's gone just 2 for 24 (.083) at the plate over his last six games. He's batting .293 overall with three homers and 28 RBI.  

Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal went 1 for 3 with his fourth double of the season and scored his team's only run in a 6-1 loss to the Dodgers Saturday. He has doubled in back-to-back games after recording just two doubles in his first 56 at-bats.

Grandal has hit .210/.333/.323 with one home run and eight RBI in 62 at-bats since rejoining the team in late May.

Mets catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud has been running in a rehabilitation pool that reduces the amount of weight being placed on his fractured left foot, assistant general manager John Ricco told ESPN on Friday.

d'Arnaud fractured his left foot in mid-April and shed his walking boot last week. He was hitting .250/.429/.472 in 36 at-bats at Triple-A Las Vegas before the injury. 

Yankees catcher Chris Stewart is not in the starting lineup Friday.

Stewart will be replaced by Austin Romine, who will hit ninth against Rays' pitcher Roberto Hernandez. Stewart is hitting .256/.321/.331 in 121 at-bats. 

Josh Thole will catch for the Blue Jays with R.A. Dickey starting Friday.

Thole was acquired in the offseason but wasn't called up until June. He has two hits in five games. Thole will hit seventh against Orioles pitcher Jason Hammel. 

Mets catcher prospect Kevin Plawecki was promoted from low Class A Savannah to high Class A St. Lucie Thursday, according to ESPN. Plawecki hit .314 with a .494 slugging percentage, .884 OPS, six home runs, 24 doubles and 43 RBI in 65 games for Savannah.

However, Plawecki's numbers gradually declined after a torrid April. He hit .391 with four homers, 12 doubles and 20 RBI in 23 April games. He then hit .300 with two homers, 10 doubles and 19 RBI in 29 May games. Finally, he hit .208 with no homers, two doubles and four RBI in 13 June games.

The Mets announced Monday catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud has been cleared to begin a running program, MLB.com reports.

He fractured his left foot in mid-April and shed his walking boot last week. He has hit .250/.429/.472 in 36 Triple-A at-bats.

Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco is in the team's starting lineup Monday.

Mesoraco has been splitting time with Ryan Hanigan this season. He's hitting .254/.331/.390 in 118 at-bats this year. Mesoraco will face Pirates starter Francisco Liriano.