MLB Player News
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Slugs 28th homer Monday
Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a loss to the Athletics on Monday.
Raleigh squared up an Osvaldo Bido four-seam fastball in the first inning with J.P. Crawford aboard, giving the Mariners an early 2-0 lead via a 386-foot shot to right field. The power-hitting backstop snapped a 12-game homerless drought in the process, not to mention an 0-for-18 skid that had encompassed the previous four games. Raleigh now sits just three home runs away from surpassing the career-high 30 he belted in 2023, while his total of 82 RBI is already a new personal best.
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Pedro Pages C | STL
Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Lifts two homers
Pages went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs during Monday's 9-3 loss to the Cardinals.
Pages was the only Cardinal to have success against Brewers starter Freddy Peralta, tagging Peralta for solo homers in the third and fifth innings. It was the 25-year-old catcher's first career multi-homer game, bringing his season total to five long balls. Pages is slashing .248/.292/.389 in 162 plate appearances and should continue to split playing time with Ivan Herrera in the absence of Willson Contreras (finger).
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Shea Langeliers C | OAK
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Homers twice in win
Langeliers went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Monday's 5-4 win over the Mariners.
Langeliers gave the Athletics a 4-3 lead on a three-run homer in the third inning and then played hero with a walk-off blast in the bottom of the ninth. The 26-year-old has three multi-hit efforts with four extra-base hits and six RBI over his past five contests. On the season, he trails only Cal Raleigh (28) at the catcher position with 25 long balls and is hitting .223 with 68 RBI, 50 runs scored and four steals across 454 plate appearances.
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Kyle Higashioka C | SD
Padres' Kyle Higashioka: Back in action Monday
Higashioka (illness) will start at catcher and bat eighth in Monday's game versus the Tigers, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Higashioka missed the previous two contests because he was under the weather. However, he's feeling well enough to give it a go in the series opener Monday.
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Victor Caratini C | HOU
Astros' Victor Caratini: On bench for second straight
Caratini is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Reds.
Caratini had seen an uptick in playing time lately while the Astros continue to rotate a number of different players at first base, but he'll hit the bench for a second straight matchup against a right-handed pitcher. The lefty-hitting Jon Singleton has started at first base in both of those games and looks to be the Astros' preferred option for now, though he doesn't have much job security.
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Ryan Jeffers C | MIN
Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Resting up Monday
Jeffers is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.
The Twins continue to employ a near-even split of the catching duties between Jeffers and Christian Vazquez. After Jeffers caught all nine innings of Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays, Vazquez will get a turn behind the plate in Monday's series opener.
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Chuckie Robinson C | CHW
White Sox's Chuckie Robinson: Retreats to bench Monday
Robinson is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Orioles.
After filling in behind the plate for a resting Korey Lee in Sunday's 2-0 loss to the Mets, Robinson will return to his usual bench role for the series opener in Baltimore. Since getting called up from Triple-A Charlotte on July 19 to replace Martin Maldonado as the White Sox's No. 2 catcher, Robinson has picked up just 12 starts while batting .152 with no extra-base hits.