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  • Austin Wells C | NYY

    Yankees' Austin Wells: Resting up Wednesday

    Wells is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.

    Wells will get the night off after he started behind the plate in the first two games of the series while going 2-for-7 with a double, an RBI and two runs. Ben Rice will handle catching duties for the Yankees in the series finale.

  • Joey Bart C | PIT

    Pirates' Joey Bart: Homers in loss

    Bart went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in Wednesday's 8-4 loss to the Cubs.

    Bart got Pittsburgh on the board in the first inning with a two-out, 419-foot blast off Matthew Boyd, his third homer of the year and his first in 19 games. Bart had gone just 1-for-14 in his last seven contests coming into Wednesday. Overall, he's batting .240 with a .671 OPS, 26 RBI and 19 runs scored across 317 plate appearances this season.

  • Padres' Freddy Fermin: Resting Wednesday

    Fermin is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.

    He'll receive a breather after starting behind the dish the past two games while going 3-for-7 with a home run and two RBI. Elias Diaz will fill in for Fermin at catcher Wednesday.

  • Chad Wallach C | ATH

    Angels' Chad Wallach: Outrighted to Salt Lake

    Wallach cleared waivers Wednesday and was sent outright to Triple-A Salt Lake.

    The 33-year-old was called up from Triple-A last Friday to provide emergency depth behind the plate, but he was pushed back off the 40-man roster once Logan O'Hoppe returned from the 7-day injured list Tuesday. Wallach will now likely finish the season at Triple-A, where he's slashed .256/.311/.464 across 137 games.

  • Angels' Logan O'Hoppe: Exiting starting nine

    O'Hoppe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's contest in Milwaukee, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.

    O'Hoppe started Tuesday's 9-2 loss in his first day back from the 7-day concussion injured list, but he'll take a seat Wednesday. Sebastian Rivero will fill in for O'Hoppe behind the plate.

  • Jonah Heim C | ATL

    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Re-emerging as top catcher

    Heim will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game versus the Astros.

    Heim has now started eight of the last 11 contests (10 at catcher, one at designated hitter), including five of the last eight versus right-handers. The switch hitter is slashing .333/.455/.556 over his last eight games and looks to have inched past Kyle Higashioka on the Rangers' catcher depth chart.

  • Rangers' Kyle Higashioka: Grabbing seat Wednesday

    Higashioka is not in the lineup for Wednesday's tilt in Houston.

    Higashioka started in Tuesday's 6-5 loss, but he'll be on the bench Wednesday for the fourth time in the last six contests. Jonah Heim will start at catcher Wednesday and looks to have edged ahead of Higashioka in the pecking order at the position.

  • Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Sitting again Wednesday

    Feduccia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Feduccia is on the bench for the third time in four games and for the second time in three matchups versus a right-handed starting pitcher (Kevin Gausman). Nick Fortes appears to have at least moved into a timeshare with Feduccia, if he hasn't already overtaken him as the Rays' preferred option behind the plate.

  • Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Good to go after HBP

    Alvarez (triceps) will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Padres.

    Alvarez was lifted for a pinch runner in the eighth inning of Tuesday's 8-3 win after he was plunked by a Bradgley Rodriguez 100-mph fastball during his fourth and final plate appearance. Though Alvarez -- who has been playing through a broken pinkie finger on his left hand and a torn UCL in his right thumb -- has now been hit on the left arm by a pitch three times in the last three weeks, he'll be able to fight through any lingering soreness and step back in behind the dish Wednesday.

  • Mets' Hayden Senger: Back to minors

    The Mets optioned Senger to Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday.

    Francisco Alvarez (triceps) was cleared to play Wednesday and Luis Torrens (forearm) is back from the injured list, so the Mets no longer had room on the active roster for Senger. The 28-year-old Senger has produced a .415 OPS in 33 games with the Mets in 2025.

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