MLB Player News

Perez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.

After a five-week stint on the injured list due to an inflamed shoulder, Perez returned to the Cleveland lineup Tuesday and went 0-for-3 in the team's 6-3 loss. Austin Hedges will get a turn behind the plate Wednesday in the series finale, and he and Perez will most likely split the catching duties in relatively even fashion over the final two and a half weeks of the season.

Raleigh went 2-for-4 with a double in a loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday.

The reserve backstop has a miserable .178/.222/.288 slash line for the season, but he's at least had a reason to smile over his last two starts. Raleigh is 4-for-8 in that pair of opportunities with the starting nine, which have come within a four-day period. Raleigh has encouragingly gotten good wood on the ball in that brief sample as well, as three of his four hits have been two-baggers.

Vazquez isn't starting Wednesday's game against Seattle, Bill Koch of The Providence Journal reports.

Vazquez will be out of the lineup for a second straight game, but he should be available off the bench after he appeared as a pinch hitter in Tuesday's win. Kevin Plawecki will start at catcher and bat eighth.

Perez went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run, an additional RBI and an additional run scored in Tuesday's win over the Athletics.

Perez had gone four games without a homer -- a relative oddity considering his power surge over the last few weeks -- but he blasted his 43rd long ball of the campaign in the bottom of the sixth, putting the Royals up by one run and giving the team a lead they'd never relinquish. The star catcher has hit .269 with five homers and 15 RBI through 52 at-bats this month.

Jeffers went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and four RBI during a 6-3 win over Cleveland in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader.

After getting the Twins on the board with a two-run double in the fourth inning, Jeffers capped the scoring on the night with a two-run blast to center field off Trevor Stephan. It was the 24-year-old catcher's first multi-hit performance since Aug. 4, while the multi-RBI effort was his first since July 31. Jeffers has supplied some power this season with 13 homers and 34 RBI through 76 games, but his .202/.275/.408 slash line limits his usefulness to deep fantasy formats.

Haase is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Brewers.

With a quick turnaround for the series finale, Haase will be getting a breather after he caught 11 innings in Tuesday's 1-0 win. Dustin Garneau checks in behind the dish in place of Haase, batting eighth.

Vazquez is taking a seat Tuesday against the Mariners.

The 31-year-old will get the night off after starting Monday. He has recorded at least one hit in each of his last six starts. Kevin Plawecki takes over behind the plate and is batting seventh.

Murphy is not starting Tuesday against the Red Sox.

He'll take a seat after going hitless in his last six at-bats. Cal Raleigh is set to catch for Tyler Anderson and bat ninth.

Gomes will sit Tuesday against the Royals, Shayna Rubin of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Gomes has moved ahead of Sean Murphy on Oakland's catcher depth chart recently, starting 10 of the team's last 14 games behind the plate prior to Tuesday's contest. Murphy will fill the position this time around.

Sanchez will sit Tuesday against Baltimore.

Sanchez sits for the second game in a row despite the fact that he hit a walkoff single in the bottom of the 10th inning Monday. Kyle Higashioka will start behind the plate, as he's done for the majority of Gerrit Cole's starts this season.