MLB Player News

Sanchez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, two runs scored and a walk in Friday's 10-2 win over the Dodgers.

Sanchez knocked a solo shot off Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu in the third inning, and then added another run on Didi Gregorius' fifth inning grand slam. The catcher is up to 29 homers with 67 RBI and 51 runs scored across 89 games this season. He has hit safely in eight of his last nine games, going 12-for-33 with four homers, eight RBI and seven runs scored over that span.

Jansen isn't in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Mariners.

Jansen is 0-for-9 at the dish over his last three contests, so he'll take a seat for Friday's series opener. Reese McGuire will handle the catching duties and hit ninth with Jansen out of the mix.

Stassi isn't starting Friday's game against the Astros.

Stassi went 2-for-4 with a run scored Wednesday against the Rangers, but he'll take a seat for Friday's series opener. Anthony Bemboom will handle the catching duties and hit ninth in Stassi's absence.

Trevino is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the White Sox.

Trevino and Jeff Mathis have alternated starts behind the plate for the last nine contests, and that trend continues Friday with Mathis receiving the starting nod. Trevino has a .194/.216/.306 slash line since being promoted in early August.

D'Arnaud is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

D'Arnaud started the last two contests but will head to the bench for Friday's game. Mike Zunino will start behind the plate and bat ninth in his absence.

Garver is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Tigers.

Garver will sit for the fourth time in five games in favor of Jason Castro behind the plate. Garver has a .178/.229/.444 slash line with three doubles and three home runs through 12 games in August.

McCann went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and another run scored in Thursday's win over the Rangers.

McCann launched a 416-foot homer in the third inning off Ariel Jurado to extend Chicago's lead to 5-0. Through 97 games this season, the 29-year-old catcher has found much success at the plate, batting .289/.340/.482 with 15 home runs, 54 runs scored and 50 RBI.

Perez is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Mets.

Kevin Plawecki will handle catching duties and hit seventh against right-hander Noah Syndergaard. Perez remains the Indians' starting catcher despite slashing just .154/.241/.288 across 16 games during August. The right-handed-hitting backstop owns a .223 batting average and has 63 strikeouts in 202 at-bats against righties.

D'Arnaud went 3-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and a run in a win over the Mariners on Wednesday.

The veteran's bat seems to be heating up again after a sluggish start to August. Factoring in Wednesday's production, d'Arnaud is now 8-for-23 with two doubles, two RBI, a walk and two runs over his last seven games. The multi-hit effort against the Mariners was d'Arnaud's first since Aug.14 and only his second of the month overall.

Murphy (knee) went 2-for-4 with two home runs and a walk after getting activated from the injured list Wednesday with Triple-A Las Vegas.

He went on a brief rehab assignment in the AZL before getting activated. Murphy would probably already be in the majors if he had not dealt with multiple knee injuries this year. It would not be surprising if the A's brought him up for the stretch run. In addition to being one of the best defensive catchers in the minors, Murphy is hitting .366/.441/.742 with nine home runs in 24 games at Triple-A.