MLB Player News

Perez went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and an RBI double during Monday's 9-3 win over the Pirates.

Perez homered for a second consecutive night, tagging Chase Shugart for a solo shot in the fifth inning. The veteran catcher has been crushing the baseball in July, going 9-for-28 (.321) with four doubles and a pair of long balls across seven games. Perez is slashing .238/.290/.406 on the year.

Del Castillo (back) is 5-for-17 with three walks and two runs scored in four games with Triple-A Reno since being activated from the 7-day injured list Tuesday.

Del Castillo landed on the 7-day injured list June 20 due to lower back discomfort but was only shut down for one week before gaining clearance to embark on a rehab assignment. He's batting .294 with two home runs, eight RBI and 10 runs through nine appearances this season for the Aces.

Millas is expected to be called up from Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.

Millas is set to join the Nationals in St. Louis ahead of the team's three-game set with the Cardinals beginning Tuesday. The catcher was sent down to Triple-A on Friday, but he'll make a quick return to the big-league roster. It's unclear who will be displaced from Washington's roster in a corresponding move.

O'Hoppe isn't in the starting lineup for Monday's game against the Rangers, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.

O'Hoppe appears poised for a regularly-scheduled day off after making four consecutive starts for the Angels. Travis d'Arnaud will get the call behind the dish and bat eighth in O'Hoppe's place Monday.

Herrera is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Padres.

Herrera and James McCann have now made four starts apiece behind the plate over the Diamondbacks' last eight games, but the playing time could eventually tilt in the latter catcher's favor. Since he signed with Arizona on June 23, McCann has posted a 1.259 OPS over five games, while Herrera has slashed just .176/.300/.176 over that same period.

Bart is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Royals.

After starting behind the dish in the Pirates' first two games of the weekend series in Seattle, Bart sat out Sunday's 1-0 loss, and he'll remain on the bench for Monday's opener in Kansas City while Henry Davis gets another nod at catcher. Batting just .211 with no extra-base hits since returning from the injured list June 17, Bart may have to settle for a timeshare with Davis until his bat begins to heat up.

Fermin is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Pirates.

Fermin will take a seat for the series opener versus Pittsburgh after he had started in each of the Royals' last five games, catching in four of them. Salvador Perez will get a turn behind the plate Monday while Mark Canha enters the lineup as Kansas City's designated hitter.

High-A Quad Cities reinstated Mitchell (wrist) from the 7-day injured list Monday.

Mitchell has been cleared to make his 2025 debut in the Midwest League after he broke his right wrist in late February and required surgery, which kept him on the shelf for the first three months of the season. The catching prospect received the green light to join Quad Cities after he slashed .286/.487/.464 with one home run and three stolen bases in 39 plate appearances during his rehab assignment in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League.

Murphy went 2-for-4 with a double and a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Orioles.

The backstop was the only Atlanta hitter to have much success against Trevor Rogers and the Baltimore bullpen, accounting for his team's only extra-base hits and its only run with his ninth-inning shot off Seranthony Dominguez. Murphy has gone yard four times in his last seven games, batting .318 (7-for-22) over that impressive span with two doubles and nine RBI. As a result, the playing-time split between him and rookie Drake Baldwin may be tipping Murphy's way heading toward the All-Star break.

McGuire went 2-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI in Sunday's 11-0 win over the Cardinals

McGuire picked up a start in place of Carson Kelly in the series finale, and the former delivered his first multi-hit performance since June 10. While McGuire is batting just .237 with a .262 on-base percentage, he has provided some degree of fantasy utility by tallying five home runs, 10 RBI and 10 runs scored in only 18 games so far this season, though his ceiling is certainly limited due to his backup role. The veteran catcher is best viewed as a DFS dart throw on days when he's in the lineup.