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Patrick Bailey C | CLE
Guardians' Patrick Bailey: Blasts sixth home run Sunday
Bailey went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks.
Bailey opened the scoring by taking Merrill Kelly deep for a solo shot in the third inning. Four of the catcher's six home runs this season have come over his last 15 games, though he's collected just 11 hits during that stretch. Through 76 games, Bailey is slashing .193/.247/.311 with six home runs, five doubles, one triple, 22 RBI, 21 runs scored and two stolen bases.
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Cal Raleigh C | SEA
Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Belts three-run homer Sunday
Raleigh went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Twins.
Raleigh crushed an elevated slider for a three-run homer to give the Mariners a 6-0 lead in the seventh inning. He has recorded at least one RBI in four straight games but has still struggled to find a rhythm at the plate, having not logged a multi-hit effort since June 7. Overall, the catcher is hitting .162/.266/.311 with 12 homers, 43 RBI, 26 runs and two stolen bases across 80 games.
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Eduardo Valencia C | DET
Tigers' Eduardo Valencia: Drives in four
Valencia went 2-for-5 with two doubles, four RBI and one run scored in Sunday's 11-0 win over the Athletics.
Valencia has gone 9-for-19 with five extra-base hits and eight RBI over five contests since his recall from Triple-A Toledo on Monday. The catcher isn't guaranteed to get a ton of playing time behind Dillon Dingler, but Valencia is at least making a good case for himself. Over a couple of stints in the majors this season, the 26-year-old is batting .452 (14-for-31) with four home runs, three doubles, 11 RBI and nine runs scored across 11 games.
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Travis d'Arnaud C | LAA
Angels' Travis d'Arnaud: Relegated to bench Sunday
D'Arnaud is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Brewers.
D'Arnaud will take a seat for the series finale, but he looks to be the Angels' new No. 1 catcher after Logan O'Hoppe was traded to the Rangers on Wednesday. Tyler Heineman will get the nod behind the dish in place of d'Arnaud, who went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts while starting the first two contests of the series.
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Yainer Diaz C | HOU
Astros' Yainer Diaz: Taking seat Sunday
Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.
Diaz will get a chance to catch his breath after starting the last three games behind the dish. Christian Vazquez will handle catching duties for Houston in the series finale.
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Hunter Feduccia C | LAD
Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Idle against southpaw
Feduccia is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
The left-handed hitter will be on the bench for a second straight day, as White Sox southpaw Anthony Kay takes the mound after lefty Noah Schultz worked in bulk relief Saturday. Nick Fortes will get another turn behind the dish over Feduccia on Sunday.
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Elias Diaz C | TEX
Rangers' Elias Diaz: Homers in loss
Diaz went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Astros.
Diaz drove in a game-tying run in the fourth inning on a sacrifice bunt and then homered in the sixth to bring Texas within one run. The RBI were his first in 18 contests. He's getting most of the starts at catcher with Kyle Higashioka (forearm) on the injured list.
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Sam Huff C | BAL
Orioles' Sam Huff: Accepts assignment to Triple-A
Huff accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday after clearing waivers, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.
Huff was booted off the Orioles' 40-man roster Monday in order to make room for Yohel Pozo. He'll opt to stay in the organization and will head to Triple-A, where he's produced a .189/.265/.302 slash line with three home runs across 117 plate appearances this season.
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Patrick Bailey C | CLE
Guardians' Patrick Bailey: Sitting Saturday
Bailey isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Arizona.
After going 0-for-10 with a walk and three strikeouts across his last four games, Bailey will move to the bench for a second straight game while Austin Hedges handles catching duties.