MLB Player News
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Jacob Stallings C | COL
Rockies' Jacob Stallings: Filling in for resting Diaz
Stallings will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.
Stallings will pick up his third start in four games, but his playing time is set to take a hit now that top backstop Elias Diaz has shaken the calf injury that kept him out of the lineup Sunday and Monday. Diaz is back on the bench Wednesday, but his absence looks to be a byproduct of the Rockies playing a day game after a night game. Though his playing time has been mostly sporadic this season, Stallings has performed well at the dish when called upon; he'll take a .770 OPS into Wednesday's contest.
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Matt Thaiss C | LAA
Angels' Matt Thaiss: Fills in for resting O'Hoppe
Thaiss will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Mariners.
Thaiss will step in behind the plate for the series finale while top backstop Logan O'Hoppe rests for the day game after catching all nine innings of Tuesday's 5-1 win. Expect Thaiss' opportunities to remain fairly limited moving forward while O'Hoppe continues to handle one of the heavier workloads among all catchers.
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Shea Langeliers C | OAK
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Day of rest Wednesday
Langeliers is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest versus the Astros.
Langeliers handled catching duties for each of the previous three games for the Athletics, so he will get a breather for Wednesday's afternoon tilt. Oakland will turn to Kyle McCann behind the plate for the series finale against Houston.
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Miguel Amaya C | CHC
Cubs' Miguel Amaya: Resting Wednesday
Amaya is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Brewers.
Amaya will hit the bench after he had started at catcher in three of the past four games while going 5-for-8 with two walks and a run during that stretch. Tomas Nido will spell Amaya behind the dish Wednesday.
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Garrett Stubbs C | PHI
Phillies' Garrett Stubbs: Losing work to Realmuto
Stubbs will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Twins.
Though he's included in the lineup for the series finale in Minnesota, Stubbs has moved back into the No. 2 role at catcher after JT Realmuto was reinstated from the injured list Saturday. Realmuto has been on the bench twice in the Phillies' five contests since his activation, but both of his absences came in day games after night games.
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J.T. Realmuto C | PHI
Phillies' J.T. Realmuto: Hitting bench for series finale
Realmuto is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.
Garrett Stubbs will draw the start behind the plate while Realmuto receives a breather for the day game after catching all nine innings of Tuesday's 3-0 win. Since being activated from the injured list Saturday, Realmuto has gone 2-for-9 with three walks and a run over his three starts.
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Shea Langeliers C | OAK
Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Homers in blowout win
Langeliers went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Astros.
Langeliers joined the home run party with a seventh-inning blast for the team's fifth long ball of the night. The home run was his second since coming back from the All-Star break and his 19th of the year, as he's well on his way to surpassing his career-high mark of 22 he set last season. The 26-year-old is still having trouble hitting for average and may go a third consecutive season hitting under .220. Langeliers is currently slashing .211/.265/.441 with 53 RBI, 36 runs and a 21:94 BB:K in 332 plate appearances.