MLB Player News

Teel isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Kansas City.

After going 2-for-5 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's blowout victory, Teel will grab a seat on the bench while Drew Romo starts behind the plate, batting ninth.

Higashioka isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Toronto.

Higashioka will get a breather after going 2-for-6 with a pair of walks through the first two games of the series. Elias Diaz will handle catching duties and bat eighth.

Dingler isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Astros.

Dingler will get a day off after going 2-for-7 with a homer and two RBI through the first two games of the series. Jake Rogers will fill in for him behind the plate and bat ninth.

Gasper isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees.

Gasper appears to have moved down a spot on the depth chart, as he will move to the bench for the fourth time in Boston's last five games while Carlos Narvaez starts behind the plate for the third time in the team's last four.

McCann (quadriceps) will start playing games in the Arizona Complex League next week, MLB.com reports.

The report indicates McCann's activity will begin toward the end of next week, and it's unclear how many plate appearances the catcher will need. His return may be more about innings behind the plate than what McCann does with a bat in hand. He was placed on the injured list May 19 and given a recovery timeline of 4-to-6 weeks. At this point, McCann is closer to the six-week end of that range and could rejoin Arizona in early July.

Goodman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and three total RBI in Friday's extra-inning loss to the Twins.

Goodman delivered his home run in the top of the ninth inning, giving the Rockies a brief lead in the contest. He is coming off a poor homestand in which he went only 2-for-21 with eight strikeouts, but he snapped out of that slump with his showing Friday. Goodman now has 22 homers on the campaign and has an exceptional .271 ISO across 319 plate appearances.

Langeliers went 2-for-5 with one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 9-3 win over the Angels.

Langeliers has logged two steals this season, both coming in June. The catcher had gone 13 games without a multi-hit effort prior to Friday, batting just .167 (9-for-54) in that span. He's now hitting .266 on the year while adding an .833 OPS, 19 home runs, 43 RBI, 49 runs scored and 16 doubles over 74 contests.

Teel went 2-for-5 with a home run, a walk, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 22-1 win over the Royals.

Teel hit his first homer of the season in the fifth inning before adding an RBI single in the seventh. In three games since returning from the injured list June 22, the 24-year-old has gone 3-for-12 with one home run, three RBI, three runs scored and a 2:4 BB:K while catching and hitting in the heart of the order in each of his three starts.

The Giants placed Susac on the 10-day injured list Friday with a lower-back strain, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Susac was forced out of Thursday's game in the sixth inning with back tightness, and his injury will keep him out until at least July 6. Eric Haase will presumably take over as San Francisco's main backstop until Susac returns. However, Drew Cavanaugh will get the nod behind the plate Friday after coming up from Triple-A Sacramento in a corresponding move.

Kirk is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Rangers.

Kirk will get a break Friday after he went 1-for-7 at the plate while catching 18 innings over the past two days. Brandon Valenzuela will step in at catcher for Kirk and will bat eighth.