MLB Player News
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James McCann C | ARI
Diamondbacks' James McCann: Getting breather Saturday
McCann isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game versus Colorado.
McCann will get a day to clear his head Saturday after going just 1-for-17 with a walk and five strikeouts over his last six games. Jose Herrera will catch instead for starter Eduardo Rodriguez and bat ninth.
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Patrick Bailey C | SF
Giants' Patrick Bailey: Taking seat Saturday
Bailey isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Washington, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Bailey has gone 5-for-9 with four RBI and two runs scored over his last three games, but he'll begin Saturday's contest on the bench while Andrew Knizner catches for left-handed starter Carson Whisenhunt.
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Riley Adams C | WAS
Nationals' Riley Adams: Idle Friday
Adams isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against the Giants, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
After going 2-for-6 with a homer during Washington's last series against the A's, Adams will move to the bench for Friday's series opener in San Francisco. Drew Millas will pick up a start at catcher and bat seventh.
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Sean Murphy C | ATL
Braves' Sean Murphy: Sitting again Friday
Murphy is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Marlins.
Rookie Drake Baldwin will get another start behind the plate following his first career two-homer game Thursday. With Marcell Ozuna's bat coming alive again from the DH spot, Murphy may be squeezed out of the lineup more often moving forward.
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Henry Davis C | PIT
Pirates' Henry Davis: Cracks needed homer
Davis went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and two runs scored Thursday against the Reds.
Davis entered Thursday with only one hit across his previous 39 at-bats while striking out at a 30.6 percent clip. That drought ended when he led off the fourth inning with a single before coming around to score, and he then went yard three frames later. While Davis managed to tally his fifth home run of the campaign, he is still hitting only .172/.254/.290 across 193 plate appearances.
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Drake Baldwin C | ATL
Braves' Drake Baldwin: Impresses with two-homer night
Baldwin went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI in Thursday's win over the Marlins.
Baldwin opened the scoring with a solo blast off Eury Perez, Baldwin's first long ball since July 9, before adding a three-run shot in the sixth for his first multi-homer game in the majors. The rookie backstop is heating up in August, batting 8-for-21 (.381) with three multi-hit performances. As Atlanta furthers from playoff contention, Baldwin could see more at-bats versus left-handed pitching down the stretch.
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Jeferson Quero C | MIL
Brewers' Jeferson Quero: Activated off minor-league IL
Quero (shoulder) was activated off the 7-day injured list at Triple-A Nashville on Thursday, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
Quero was not even two weeks into a projected 3-to-4 week absence with a mild left shoulder sprain, so he appears to have recovered much faster than anticipated. The 22-year-old has slashed .259/.333/.362 with two home runs in 30 games with Nashville this year.
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Sean Murphy C | ATL
Braves' Sean Murphy: Riding pine Thursday
Murphy isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against Miami.
Murphy will get a day to regroup Thursday after going 1-for-17 to begin the month of August. Drake Baldwin will get the starting nod at catcher while Murphy sits, and Marcell Ozuna will serve as Atlanta's designated hitter.
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Tyler Stephenson C | CIN
Reds' Tyler Stephenson: Day off Thursday
Stephenson is not in the lineup for Thursday's tilt in Pittsburgh.
It appears to be a routine day off for Stephenson, who had started five of the previous seven contests. Jose Trevino will do the catching and bat eighth in Thursday's series opener.