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  • Liam Hicks C | MIA

    Marlins' Liam Hicks: Idle Thursday

    Hicks isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game versus San Francisco.

    Hicks will get a chance to catch his breath Thursday after going 5-for-16 with an RBI and a run scored across his last five games. His absence will put Agustin Ramirez in the DH spot while Nick Fortes starts behind the plate.

  • Giants' Patrick Bailey: Taking seat Thursday

    Bailey isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Marlins, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

    Bailey will rest during Thursday's series finale after going 1-for-6 with an RBI and two strikeouts over the first two games of the series. Andrew Knizner will catch instead for starter Hayden Birdsong and bat ninth.

  • Braves' Drake Baldwin: Socks ninth homer

    Baldwin went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Wednesday's loss to the Mets.

    The rookie backstop took Clay Holmes deep in the fourth inning to briefly tie the game at 1-1, before the floodgates opened for the Mets in the bottom of the frame. Baldwin has started two of every three games lately as he takes a firmer hold of the top job over Sean Murphy, and over his last six games he's batting .316 (6-for-19) with two of his nine homers on the season, plus five runs and seven RBI.

  • Rockies' Hunter Goodman: Absent from lineup

    Goodman is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Dodgers.

    Goodman reached base four times in the first two games of the series but will nonetheless take a seat for Thursday's finale. Braxton Fulford is at catcher and batting eighth for the Rockies.

  • Phillies' J.T. Realmuto: Getting day off

    Realmuto is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game in Houston.

    It's a well-earned day of rest for Realmuto, who started at catcher in each of the Phillies' previous five contests. Rafael Marchan will be behind the dish for Thursday's matinee.

  • Cubs' Reese McGuire: Goes deep again in easy win

    McGuire went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-0 win over the Cardinals.

    McGuire is making the most out of his playing time as Chicago's backup catcher, as he now has five home runs in only 14 games this season. For comparison, he hit just three long balls last year in 53 games for Boston and only one home run the year before that across 72 games. McGuire will likely be squeezed off the roster when Miguel Amaya (oblique) returns in the coming weeks, but for now, the former remains an intriguing DFS bargain option on days that he's in the lineup.

  • Carson Kelly C | CHC

    Cubs' Carson Kelly: Not in Wednesday's lineup

    Kelly is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cardinals.

    Kelly has gone 5-for-12 with a double and two RBI over his past five contests, though he has a .200/.250/.244 slash line through 45 at-bats in June. Reese McGuire will receive another start behind the plate Wednesday for the Cubs.

  • Will Smith C | LAD

    Dodgers' Will Smith: Not starting Wednesday

    Smith isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.

    Smith will grab a seat on the bench Wednesday after going 2-for-5 with a run scored during Tuesday's series opener. While he rests, Dalton Rushing will catch for Yoshinobu Yamamoto and bat ninth.

  • Pedro Pages C | STL

    Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Getting breather Wednesday

    Pages is not in the lineup for Wednesday's tilt versus the Cubs.

    It's a routine day off after Pages started at catcher in both of the first two games of the series. Yohel Pozo will be behind the dish and bat eighth for the Cardinals on Wednesday.

  • Luis Torrens C | NYM

    Mets' Luis Torrens: Day off Wednesday

    Torrens is absent from the lineup for Wednesday contest versus Atlanta.

    Torrens started each of the first three games after Francisco Alvarez was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday, but he'll get a day off Wednesday. Hayden Senger will handle catching duties for the Mets.

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