MLB Player News
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Jason Delay C | ATL
Pirates' Jason Delay: Designated for assignment
The Pirates designated Delay for assignment Tuesday.
The move clears a spot on the 40-man roster for the addition of Thomas Harrington, who is up to start Tuesday's game against the Rays. Delay is just a career .231/.295/.315 hitter over parts of three big-league seasons but could draw interest via waivers from a club in need of catching depth.
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Jose Trevino C | CIN
Reds' Jose Trevino: Getting breather Tuesday
Trevino is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rangers.
Austin Wynns will do the catching while Trevino gets some rest. Trevino has started three of the first five tilts this season, going 2-for-9 at the plate.
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Ivan Herrera DH | STL
Cardinals' Ivan Herrera: Sitting out Tuesday
Herrera is not in the lineup for Tuesday's contest against the Angels.
Herrera -- who sports a 1.055 OPS in the early going -- has now drawn three starts to Pedro Pages' two in the first five games. Pages will do the catching for Matthew Liberatore on Tuesday.
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Carson Kelly C | CHC
Cubs' Carson Kelly: Makes history with March cycle
Kelly hit for the cycle against the Athletics in an 18-3 win Monday, going 4-for-4 with a home run, a triple, a double, two walks, three runs and five RBI.
Per ABC 7 Chicago, Kelly became the first MLB player in history to hit for the cycle in the month of March and just the 17th catcher to accomplish the feat. The plodding backstop got the most difficult hit in the cycle in his final plate appearance, ricocheting a hit off the center-field wall in the eighth inning and reaching third base after the ball rolled on the outfield grass. The triple was just the third of Kelly's 10-year big-league career. He had gone 1-for-6 over two starts prior to Monday's explosive performance.
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Luis Torrens C | NYM
Mets' Luis Torrens: Adds to fifth-inning barrage in win
Torrens went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's 10-4 win over Miami.
After an umpire review, Torrens recorded his first homer of the season during a seven-run fifth inning for the Mets. The 28-year-old backstop is hitting .364 (4-for-11) with the aforementioned long ball thus far, and he should remain New York's primary catcher until Francisco Alvarez (hand) is ready to come off the injured list.
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William Contreras C | MIL
Brewers' William Contreras: Punched out twice Monday
Contreras went 0-for-3 with one walk and two strikeouts in Monday's 11-1 loss to the Royals.
Contreras struck out swinging in his first two plate appearances but managed to draw a walk in the eighth inning. The Brewers have struggled offensively through the first four games of the season outside of their nine-run effort in a loss to the Yankees on Saturday, and Contreras has started the year 2-for-14 with one walk, one run and five strikeouts.
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Carson Kelly C | CHC
Cubs' Carson Kelly: Drawing another start
Kelly is starting at catcher and will bat ninth Monday against the Athletics.
Kelly is in line for his second start behind the dish in four days after going 0-for-3 at the dish Friday against the Diamondbacks. He picked up his first hit of the season March 19 against the Dodgers during the Tokyo Series, also managing to draw a walk in the matchup.
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Miguel Amaya C | CHC
Cubs' Miguel Amaya: Absent from starting nine
Amaya isn't in the starting lineup for Monday's game against the Athletics.
This marks Amaya's second game off of the young regular season after also sitting down for Friday's matchup against the Diamondbacks. Carson Kelly is starting behind the plate and will bat ninth in Amaya's absence.
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Nick Fortes C | TB
Marlins' Nick Fortes: Idle Monday
Fortes is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Mets.
Fortes will get a breather Monday after he worked behind the dish in both of the final two games of the Marlins' weekend series versus Pittsburgh. Liam Hicks will pick up the start at catcher in place of Fortes, who has recorded one extra-base hit (two doubles, one triple) in each of his first three games of the season.
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Sean Murphy C | ATL
Braves' Sean Murphy: Starting rehab assignment Tuesday
Murphy (rib) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday, Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Previous reports suggested that Murphy would likely start his rehab assignment at High-A Rome on Friday, but Atlanta has pushed him up a few days. Murphy will be eligible for activation from the 10-day injured list Friday and would seem to have a shot to return then, although the club has not revealed a target date for their starting catcher. Drake Baldwin has been serving as the club's primary backstop to begin the season with Murphy out.