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  • Orioles' Samuel Basallo: Idle against lefty

    Basallo is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.

    The Orioles have been giving the left-handed-hitting Basallo more exposure to same-handed pitching in recent weeks, but he'll hit the bench Wednesday while southpaw Noah Schultz starts for the White Sox. With Basallo taking a seat, Adley Rutschman will handle catching duties and Pete Alonso will serve as the Orioles' designated hitter.

  • Orioles' Dom Keegan: Booted off 40-man roster

    The Orioles designated Keegan for assignment Wednesday.

    Keegan was just claimed off waivers from the Rays last week and is now set to go through the waivers process again. The catcher has hit a disappointing .191/.327/.303 at the Triple-A level this season.

  • Guardians' Patrick Bailey: Hitting bench Wednesday

    Bailey is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rangers.

    Bailey will get a breather for the Wednesday afternoon game after playing nine innings behind the plate in a 4-2 loss Tuesday night. Austin Hedges will handle catching duties for the Guardians.

  • Kyle Teel C | CHW

    White Sox's Kyle Teel: Sitting out day game

    Teel is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest in Baltimore.

    Teel started behind the dish each of the last three days, so he'll get some rest during Wednesday's afternoon game. Drew Romo is doing the catching and batting ninth for the White Sox.

  • Austin Wells C | NYY

    Yankees' Austin Wells: Hitting bench while Skubal starts

    Wells is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Tigers.

    With an ace lefty (Tarik Skubal) on the bump for Detroit, Wells will be one of the four left-handed Yankees batters who will head to the bench. Jazz Chisholm (head), Cody Bellinger and Spencer Jones will also exit the starting nine.

  • Orioles' Adley Rutschman: Taking seat Tuesday

    Rutschman is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game versus the White Sox.

    Rutschman started each of the last two days after being activated from the 7-day concussion injured list, but he'll get a breather Tuesday. Samuel Basallo is doing the catching for the Orioles.

  • Rays' Caden Bodine: Promoted to Double-A

    Bodine has been promoted from High-A Bowling Green to Double-A Montgomery, Evan Closky of 10 Tampa Bay News reports.

    Bodine began the season at Single-A Charleston, and between two stops he's collected a .360/.422/.545 batting line with nine home runs and a 25:16 BB:K over 65 games. The 22-year-old's .360 batting average and 5.3 percent strikeout rate lead all minor leaguers. Bodine was taken in the first round of the 2025 First-Year Player Draft by the Orioles before being traded to the Rays over the offseason in the Shane Baz deal.

  • Twins' Victor Caratini: Reaches three times, clubs homer

    Caratini went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and two walks against Houston in a 5-4 victory Monday.

    Caratini went back-to-back with Royce Lewis in the fourth inning to give the Twins a 2-0 lead. After going deep just three times over his first 52 contests of the campaign, Caratini has swatted four home runs across his past 10 games. He's had a standout June, batting .355 with five homers, 13 RBI, 12 runs and a 9:11 BB:K over 19 contests. Ryan Jeffers (hand) could return to action at some point in July, but Caratini may have done enough in Jeffers' absence to retain more than a typical backup's workload.

  • Yainer Diaz C | HOU

    Astros' Yainer Diaz: Resting up Monday

    Diaz is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins.

    Diaz will get a breather for the series opener after he started in each of the Astros' last three games. Christian Vazquez will handle catching duties Monday.

  • Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Taking seat Monday

    Kirk is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Mets.

    Kirk will be given a breather after he started at catcher in the final two games of the Blue Jays' weekend series versus the Rangers. Brandon Valenzuela will step in behind the plate Monday and form a battery with starting pitcher Trey Yesavage.

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