MLB Player News
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Salvador Perez C | KC
Royals' Salvador Perez: Four hits, homer
Perez went 4-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI singles during Monday's 10-4 loss to the Yankees.
Perez entered Monday's game 4-for-40 in his last 11 outings but burst out of the slump in extravagant fashion. The 34-year-old launched his 26th home run of the season and reached safely in all four at-bats. Perez is slashing .275/.335/.474 with 98 RBI and 56 runs in 2024.
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Austin Wells C | NYY
Yankees' Austin Wells: Lifts three-run homer
Wells went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and an RBI double during Monday's 10-4 win over the Royals.
Wells tied his season high in RBI on Monday, launching a three-run home run off James McArthur in the seventh inning before tacking on a double in the eighth. Wells is up to 13 home runs on the season, and he's slashing .252/.342/.438 across 358 plate appearances.
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Logan Driscoll C | TB
Rays' Logan Driscoll: Dealing with quad bruise after fall
Driscoll was diagnosed with a left quadricep contusion after he was removed in the seventh inning of Saturday's 7-1 win over the Orioles, MLB.com reports.
He suffered the injury in question in the bottom of the fifth inning, when he was tracking a popup off the bat of the Orioles' Adley Rutschman. Driscoll reeled in the catch for the out, but his momentum carried him into a post near the Tampa Bay dugout, and he stumbled down the stairs. The rookie backstop eventually got back on his feet in obvious pain and stayed in the game, but he was pulled from the contest after he was noticeably limping down the first-base line on a two-run infield single in the top of the seventh. The Rays didn't call up another catcher from the minors, so the expectation is that Driscoll will be ready to play the next time he's needed to replace No. 1 backstop Ben Rortvedt.
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Alex Jackson C | TB
Rays' Alex Jackson: Passes through waivers
Jackson cleared waivers Saturday and was outrighted to Triple-A Durham.
Jackson has served as the Rays' No. 2 catcher for much of the season and was one of baseball's least-productive hitters during his time in the big leagues. Among the 393 players who have logged at least 150 plate appearances in 2024, Jackson's 29 wRC+ placed him 392nd. Since the Rays elected to drop Jackson from their 40-man roster, Logan Driscoll has taken over as the top backup to Ben Rortvedt.
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Freddy Fermin C | KC
Royals' Freddy Fermin: Getting rest Monday
Fermin is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Yankees.
Fermin will get a breather for the series opener after he caught both of the Royals' final two games of the weekend series with the Twins. Salvador Perez will pick up a start behind the dish Monday while Yuli Gurriel draws a start at first base.
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Yasmani Grandal C | PIT
Pirates' Yasmani Grandal: Starting, but likely to lose work
Grandal will start at catcher and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Marlins.
Though he's included in the starting nine Monday, Grandal is expected to move into the No. 2 role at catcher after the Pirates reinstated top backstop Joey Bart from the injured list Friday. Grandal is slashing .333/.469/.569 since the beginning of August, but his .681 OPS on the season still lags well behind Bart's mark of .848.
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Joey Bart C | PIT
Pirates' Joey Bart: Resting up Monday
Bart is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Marlins.
Bart will get a breather for the series opener after he started at catcher in Sunday's series finale versus the Nationals while going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Yasmani Grandal will spell Bart behind the dish and will bat seventh.
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J.T. Realmuto C | PHI
Phillies' J.T. Realmuto: Aiming to return to action Friday
Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Monday that Realmuto (knee) could be ready to play by the start of the team's series against the Mets on Friday, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Realmuto will miss a third straight start Monday against the Rays while he deals with a left knee contusion. Thomson noted that the catcher is still dealing with swelling and fluid in the knee, which will prevent him from catching a bullpen session Monday as originally planned. The hope is that Realmuto will be able to test out the knee by catching a bullpen session Tuesday, but that doesn't seem to be a given, as the club monitors his status on a day-to-day basis. Garrett Stubbs will start at catcher for the Phillies on Monday, and he and Aramis Garcia will likely continue to spilt work behind the dish during the team's three-game series with Tampa Bay.
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Chadwick Tromp C | ATL
Braves' Chadwick Tromp: Back in big leagues
Atlanta recalled Tromp from Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday.
He will be the club's backup catcher behind Sean Murphy after Travis d'Arnaud was placed on the paternity list Monday. Tromp has slashed .250/.259/.365 in 19 games at the major-league level in 2024.
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Travis d'Arnaud C | LAA
Braves' Travis d'Arnaud: Placed on paternity leave
Atlanta placed d'Arnaud on the paternity list Monday.
He will likely miss the next three games before rejoining the active roster for the weekend series against the Dodgers. Chadwick Tromp was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett in a corresponding move and will back up Sean Murphy at catcher for the next few days.