MLB Player News

  • Nick Fortes C | MIA

    Marlins' Nick Fortes: Getting Saturday off

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

    Fortes went 0-for-4 during Friday's series opener and will now hand catching duties over to Jhonny Pereda, who will bat ninth.

  • Kyle McCann C | OAK

    Athletics' Kyle McCann: Draws rare start Friday

    McCann, drawing his first start since Sept. 15, went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Mariners on Friday.

    McCann had been limited to a trio of pinch-hit appearances since his last turn in the starting nine nearly two weeks prior. The rookie backstop's bat faded over the latter portion of the season after a hot start to his big-league career, but his nine extra-base hits, 15 RBI, 15 walks, 13 runs, .241 batting average and .700 OPS give him a foundation to build on going into his first offseason as a major-league player.

  • Jake Rogers C | DET

    Tigers' Jake Rogers: Getting Saturday off

    Rogers isn't in Detroit's lineup for Saturday's game against the White Sox.

    After going 1-for-3 with a run scored in Friday's win, Rogers will turn catching duties over to Dillon Dingler for the penultimate game of the regular season.

  • Korey Lee C | CHW

    White Sox's Korey Lee: Sitting Saturday

    Lee isn't in the White Sox's lineup for Saturday's game against Detroit.

    Lee will sit out Chicago's penultimate game after going 0-for-3 with a strikeout in Friday's loss. Chuckie Robinson will catch instead for Sean Burke and bat eighth.

  • Joey Bart C | PIT

    Pirates' Joey Bart: Idle Saturday

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

    After tallying six hits over his last five games, Bart will take a seat Saturday against Luis Gil and company. Yasmani Grandal will start behind the dish while batting seventh.

  • Angels' Gustavo Campero: Nabs third steal

    Campero went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Rangers.

    The 27-year-old switch hitter swiped his third bag in 11 games since his late-season promotion, a stretch in which he's also batting .260 (10-for-38) with three RBI and five runs. Campero didn't come into the season with much of a prospect profile, but after slashing .279/.392/.472 in 107 games between Double-A Rocket City and Triple-A Salt Lake this year and then holding his own in a big-league cameo, he may have a spot in the Angels' outfield plans for 2025.

  • Carson Kelly C | TEX

    Rangers' Carson Kelly: Halts hitless skid Friday

    Kelly started at designated hitter and went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-2 win over the Angels.

    Kelly, who entered the game hitless in his previous 14 at-bats, snapped that run with a second-inning single. He then launched his second home run as a member of the Rangers in the fourth inning, extending the team's early lead to 4-0. Since being acquired from the Tigers at the trade deadline, Kelly has stolen at-bats from starter Jonah Heim, who has a .543 OPS since the beginning of August.

  • Cal Raleigh C | SEA

    Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Goes yard Friday

    Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-0 win over the Athletics.

    Raleigh has been consistent lately, going 12-for-40 (.300) over his last nine games. The catcher leads all major-league backstops with 32 homers this year, four ahead of the Athletics' Shea Langeliers. Raleigh has added a .218/.312/.426 slash line, 97 RBI, 70 runs scored and six stolen bases over 151 contests. While he's unlikely to hit for average over long spans, Raleigh is among the steadiest sources of power at the catcher position.

  • Sean Murphy C | ATL

    Braves' Sean Murphy: Pops 10th homer

    Murphy went 1-for-3 with two-run homer in Friday's 3-0 victory over Kansas City.

    The Atlanta backstop opened the game's scoring with a 372-foot, two-run shot off Brady Singer in the fourth inning, marking just his fourth September hit in 43 plate appearances. This is the fourth time Murphy has reached double-digit homers in his six-year career. Overall, the 29-year-old is slashing .197/.284/.360 with 18 runs scored and 25 RBI in 257 plate appearances across 70 games.

  • Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Exits early Friday

    Alvarez was removed from Friday's game against the Brewers with back spasms, Will Sammon of The Athletic reports.

    Alvarez was grabbing at his back immediately after sliding into third base during the seventh inning and stayed on the ground for some time before being helped into the dugout by the Mets' trainers. The severity of his injury remains unknown, but Luis Torrens would be the next man up behind the dish if Alvarez needs to miss some time.

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