MLB Player News

Wynns went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 9-3 loss to the Red Sox.

Wynns took Nick Pivetta deep in the second inning to square the game at 3-3. It was the fourth homer of the year for the backup catcher, who has hit half of those within the past week. Wynns is 5-for-17 (.294) in five games during that stretch, collecting hits in four of them.

Gomes is not in the lineup Saturday against the Angels.

Gomes went 1-for-5 with a run and a strikeout Friday and will take a seat for Saturday's contest. Sean Murphy will work behind the plate for the A's.

Kirk remains on the bench for Saturday's game against the Twins.

The bat-first backstop owns a strong .823 OPS on the season, but he's hit just .125/.250/.250 across his last seven games. He sat in favor of Danny Jansen on Friday and will remain on the bench Saturday, with Reese McGuire taking over behind the plate.

Haase will not start Saturday's game against the Rays.

Haase has gone cold at the plate in September, hitting just .171, though he does at least have a pair of homers. Dustin Garneau starts behind the plate Saturday, catching Tarik Skubal.

Perez will not start Saturday's game against the Yankees.

Perez has so far started every other game since he returned from a shoulder injury Tuesday. Austin Hedges takes over behind the plate.

Gallagher (knee) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Friday.

The backstop went on the injured list Sept. 5 with left knee inflammation, but he's now set to resume playing in live games just 13 days later. Gallagher figures to get two or three games under his belt with Omaha before returning to Kansas City's active roster at some point next week.

Stassi is not in the Angels' lineup Friday against the Athletics, Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Stassi drew the start behind the plate Thursday and went 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored. Kurt Suzuki has alternated starts with Stassi behind the plate for much of September and will take over behind the plate and hit sixth Friday.

Stubbs was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Friday, Jake Kaplan of The Athletic reports.

Stubbs joined the Astros when Jason Castro landed on the injured list with a knee injury in late August. He received just 12 at-bats during his latest stint with the big club, tallying two hits, one walk and one RBI while striking out three times. With Castro being activated Friday, Stubbs returns to Sugar Land and likely won't make his way back to the majors this season unless Houston suffers another injury to its usual catching duo.

Murphy is not starting Friday against the Royals.

The backstop will return to the bench for the second time in three games after going 1-for-4 with a run scored in Wednesday's loss to the Red Sox. Cal Raleigh will work behind the plate and bat ninth.

Maldonado is not starting Friday against Arizona, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.

He'll get a breather after walking and scoring twice during Thursday's win over Texas. Jason Castro (knee), who was activated from the injured list Friday, will catch Brandon Bielak and bat ninth.