MLB Player News

Perez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Friday's loss to Oakland.

The Royals were held without a run for six innings Friday before Perez broke the drought with a solo homer in the seventh. He went deep again in the next frame to tie the score, though the Athletics eventually secured the win. Perez is up to 16 long balls on the season, tied for sixth in the league and tops among all catchers. He has notched three two-homer games in June.

Hedges exited Friday's game against the Mariners after getting hit in the face by a 93 mph fastball from Justin Dunn, Tom Withers of the Associated Press reports.

He stayed in initially but was later removed. It's unclear if he will go through the concussion protocol. Rene Rivera replaced him behind the dish.

Stassi is not in the starting lineup Friday against the Diamondbacks.

Stassi will get a chance to rest his legs after starting the previous three games behind the plate. Kurt Suzuki will catch Shohei Ohtani and bat seventh Friday.

Murphy is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against Kansas City, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Murphy will get a rest after starting the past four games behind the plate. Aramis Garcia will start at catcher and bat ninth Friday.

Grandal is not in the starting lineup Friday against the Tigers.

Grandal will get a rest after starting behind the dish for all three games of the previous series against the Blue Jays. Zack Collins will catch Lucas Giolito and bat eighth Friday.

Grullon was designated for assignment by the Rays on Friday, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Grullon is evidently seen as good enough to be worth picking up but not good enough to be worth keeping around. He's been designated for assignment five times since the end of last season, moving from the Red Sox to the Reds in December, then on to the Rays for a brief period in April before moving to the Mets and back to the Rays. It remains to be seen whether or not he'll be claimed off waivers yet again this time around, as none of the teams who've claimed him this year have liked him enough to call him up to the active roster. The move clears a 40-man roster spot for Matt Wisler, who was picked up in a trade with the Giants in a corresponding move.

Grandal went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Thursday's win over the Blue Jays.

Grandal launched his 10th homer of the season in the bottom of the first inning, but he was largely ineffectual the rest of the way. The star catcher has hit safely in five of the White Sox's last seven games and could be close to turning things around, but his miserable BABIP translates to a meager .160 average. Grandal has produced across the board excluding the low batting average, though, as evidenced by an .829 OPS that ranks sixth in baseball among catchers with at least 40 games played.

Vazquez went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's 12-8 win over Houston.

Vazquez had a pair of RBI singles, and he was also hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in a run. Thursday was the catcher's fifth three-hit game of the season. The 30-year-old is slashing .259/.300/.360 with three home runs, 27 RBI, 25 runs scored and five stolen bases across 203 plate appearances.

Rogers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a triple, two RBI and two runs scored Thursday against the Mariners.

Rogers took Justus Sheffield yard in the second inning. It was his second homer in as many games and third of the season. Five frames later, he tripled in his second RBI of the game. Rogers should continue to get periodic playing time so long as Grayson Greiner (hamstring) and Wilson Ramos (back) remain sidelined.

Jeffers is out of the lineup Thursday against the Yankees.

Jeffers started the past four games but will receive a maintenance day for Thursday's series finale. Ben Rortvedt will take over behind the plate for Minnesota.