MLB Player News

Gomes isn't starting Friday's game against the Rangers, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Gomes went 3-for-6 with two runs and an RBI across his last two appearances but will be out of the lineup for a second straight game. Sean Murphy will start behind the dish and bat eighth.

Heim isn't starting Friday's game against the Athletics.

Heim has gone 0-for-16 with an RBI, a walk and four strikeouts across his last four appearances, and he'll be out of the lineup for a second straight game. Jose Trevino will start at catcher and bat seventh.

Stassi isn't starting Friday's game against the Astros, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.

Stassi went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Wednesday's loss to San Diego and will be on the bench for the second time in the last three games. Kurt Suzuki will start behind the plate and bat seventh.

Hedges is not starting Friday against the Brewers.

He'll get a breather for the second time in three games as Ryan Lavarnway handles the catching duties and bats eighth.

Sanchez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a hit-by-pitch in Thursday's 6-4 loss to Toronto.

The catcher tried to spark a ninth-inning rally with his long ball, and Luke Voit followed up with a pinch-hit blast, but the comeback effort fell short. Sanchez has clubbed three homers in six games in September, but he has just one other hit in that span. He's slashing .213/.315/.446 with 21 homers, 50 RBI, 50 runs scored and 13 doubles across 384 plate appearances.

Jeffers isn't starting Thursday's game against Cleveland.

Jeffers went 1-for-3 with a double, a run and a strikeout Wednesday, but he'll be out of the lineup for the second time in the last three games. Ben Rortvedt will start at catcher and bat eighth.

Gomes isn't starting Thursday's game against the White Sox.

Gomes had started each of the last three games, and he went 3-for-9 with two runs, an RBI and three strikeouts. Sean Murphy will start at catcher and bat eighth.

Perez went 1-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-8 loss to the Orioles.

The 31-year-old continued a power surge that has seen him slug four homers in the last five games and 10 in his last 16. Perez's 42 homers and 104 RBI on the year have shattered his prior career highs, and the latter mark leads the majors while being just one long ball behind Shohei Ohtani for the HR crown. It's been half a century since a catcher led the league in home runs (Johnny Bench in 1972) and three decades since one led MLB in RBI (Darren Daulton in 1992), but Perez has a legitimate chance to make history in both categories.

Trevino went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's 8-5 win over the Diamondbacks.

Trevino was in the middle of a three-run eighth inning that rendered Arizona's two-run ninth meaningless. He drove in two with a single then scored on Jason Martin's ground-rule double. Earlier, he drove in a run on a fielder's choice. While Jonah Heim has surged ahead of Trevino on the depth chart, the 28-year-old veteran is not going away quietly. Over the last 13 games, Trevino is batting .313 (15-for-48) with an .857 OPS and 10 RBI.

Murphy is out of the lineup Wednesday against the White Sox, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.

The 26-year-old finds himself on the bench for the third consecutive game and for the eighth time in the past 10 contests. Murphy is 3-for-28 with a 40 percent strikeout rate in his past nine appearances, paving the way for Yan Gomes to take over as Oakland's primary catcher.