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  • Yainer Diaz C | HOU

    Astros' Yainer Diaz: Knocks in two

    Diaz went 1-for-3 with two RBI on Wednesday against the Rangers.

    Diaz delivered a two-run single in the first inning to start the scoring for Houston. He's been excellent at the plate in his last 10 games, hitting .351 with one home run, 12 RBI and four runs scored.

  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Guardians' insurance provider

    Naylor went 1-for-5 with two RBI in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Tigers.

    Naylor picked a good time to extend his hit streak to six games, when he stroked a two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to give the Guardians insurance runs. The catcher, who is batting just .188 this season, has gone 8-for-22 with three doubles, one home run and seven RBI during his six-game streak. Cleveland, which is 2.5 games outside a playoff spot, has won all six games in its fight to sneak into the posteason.

  • Royals' Salvador Perez: Socks 29th homer

    Perez went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run and two walks in Wednesday's 7-5 win over the Mariners.

    Perez is now up to 29 long balls and 92 RBI this year, putting him on the precipice of his first 30-homer campaign since 2021 and the second of his career. The veteran backstop has six big flies in September and four in his past four games. Over his last 57 at-bats, Perez is batting just .211 but is slugging .561 with 15 RBI as he also pushes for the third 100-RBI season of his career.

  • Astros' Victor Caratini: Drawing third straight start

    Caratini will start at designated hitter and bat fifth in Wednesday's game against the Rangers.

    Caratini had initially been serving as a part-time player upon recovering from a concussion and getting activated from the 7-day injured list Sept. 3, but he'll be making his third consecutive start Wednesday. The significant left ankle sprain that Yordan Alvarez suffered in Monday's 6-3 win over Texas has created an opening in the everyday lineup, though Caratini could be at risk of seeing his playing time get cut if Isaac Paredes (hamstring) returns from the 60-day IL this weekend.

  • Austin Wells C | NYY

    Yankees' Austin Wells: Resting up Wednesday

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

    Wells will get the night off after he started behind the plate in the first two games of the series while going 2-for-7 with a double, an RBI and two runs. Ben Rice will handle catching duties for the Yankees in the series finale.

  • Chad Wallach C | LAA

    Angels' Chad Wallach: Outrighted to Salt Lake

    Wallach cleared waivers Wednesday and was sent outright to Triple-A Salt Lake.

    The 33-year-old was called up from Triple-A last Friday to provide emergency depth behind the plate, but he was pushed back off the 40-man roster once Logan O'Hoppe returned from the 7-day injured list Tuesday. Wallach will now likely finish the season at Triple-A, where he's slashed .256/.311/.464 across 137 games.

  • Angels' Logan O'Hoppe: Exiting starting nine

    O'Hoppe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's contest in Milwaukee, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.

    O'Hoppe started Tuesday's 9-2 loss in his first day back from the 7-day concussion injured list, but he'll take a seat Wednesday. Sebastian Rivero will fill in for O'Hoppe behind the plate.

  • Jonah Heim C | TEX

    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Re-emerging as top catcher

    Heim will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game versus the Astros.

    Heim has now started eight of the last 11 contests (10 at catcher, one at designated hitter), including five of the last eight versus right-handers. The switch hitter is slashing .333/.455/.556 over his last eight games and looks to have inched past Kyle Higashioka on the Rangers' catcher depth chart.

  • Rangers' Kyle Higashioka: Grabbing seat Wednesday

    Higashioka is not in the lineup for Wednesday's tilt in Houston.

    Higashioka started in Tuesday's 6-5 loss, but he'll be on the bench Wednesday for the fourth time in the last six contests. Jonah Heim will start at catcher Wednesday and looks to have edged ahead of Higashioka in the pecking order at the position.

  • Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Sitting again Wednesday

    Feduccia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

    Feduccia is on the bench for the third time in four games and for the second time in three matchups versus a right-handed starting pitcher (Kevin Gausman). Nick Fortes appears to have at least moved into a timeshare with Feduccia, if he hasn't already overtaken him as the Rays' preferred option behind the plate.

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