MLB Player News

Raleigh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.

Seattle will continue to utilize a three-man rotation behind the plate, with Luis Torrens receiving the starting nod Sunday. However, Raleigh leads the team with four starts and has an .812 OPS early in the campaign.

Stassi is not in the lineup for Sunday's game at Texas, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Stassi will head to the bench for the second time in the past three games. Kurt Suzuki will work behind the plate in his place during Sunday's series finale.

Vazquez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports.

Vazquez started the past three contests and will take seat for the day game in Sunday's series finale. Kevin Plawecki will work behind the plate in his place.

Jeffers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

Jeffers will take a seat for the third time in six games while Gary Sanchez gets a turn behind the plate. Though his superior defense should be enough to earn him at least a handful of starts per week, Jeffers isn't yet offering much from a fantasy standpoint. He's gone hitless with five strikeouts in 10 at-bats over his past three games and is slashing .158/.238/.158 on the season.

Maldonado went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in a 4-0 victory over the Mariners on Saturday.

After going hitless in his first 15 at-bats of the season, Maldonado finally connected for a two-run shot off Seattle starter Chris Flexen to triple Houston's early lead. Maldonado is in the lineup for his defense and is a career .211 batter.

Murphy went 2-for-4 with a double, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Blue Jays.

The backstop took Hyun Jin Ryu (forearm) deep in the third inning, giving the A's a 5-1 lead they nearly squandered. Murphy is on a tear, going 7-for-19 (.368) over the last four games with three doubles, two homers and six RBI.

Murphy went 1-for-2 with two walks and three runs in a win over the Astros on Friday.

The hot-hitting catcher pushed his average and on-base percentage to .500 and .636, respectively, with his highly active day at the plate and on the basepaths. The sample size of 11 plate appearances on the season for Murphy is miniscule, but it's nevertheless encouraging to see the veteran backstop hit safely in each of his first three games after producing a disappointing .202/.304/.350 slash line across 97 games a season ago.

Higashioka is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Orioles.

Higashioka started five of the first six games behind the plate but has now been on the bench for two of the last three. Jose Trevino will start in his absence.

Garver isn't starting Saturday's game against the Angels.

Garver was in the lineup for the last five games and went 4-for-19 with two runs, an RBI, four walks and six strikeouts. Jonah Heim will take over behind the plate and bat sixth.

Hedges isn't starting Saturday's game against the Giants.

Hedges started in each of the last four games and went 0-for-12 with two runs, two walks and five strikeouts. Bryan Lavastida will start behind the plate and bat ninth.