MLB Player News
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Idle Saturday
Diaz is not in the Astros' starting lineup against the Cardinals on Saturday.
Diaz will take a seat after starting in both of the Astros' last two games, going 0-for-8 with two strikeouts in that span. Christian Vazquez bat eighth while doing the catching for Lance McCullers.
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Joey Bart C | PIT
Pirates' Joey Bart: Idle Saturday
Bart isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rays.
Bart will take a seat for the third time in four games after making five starts in the span of eight contests. He and Henry Davis will likely continue to split starts at catcher throughout the season, but things appear to be trending back in Davis' favor.
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Rays' Nick Fortes: Sitting Saturday
Fortes is not in the Rays' starting lineup against the Pirates on Saturday.
Fortes will be on the bench for the beginning of Saturday's game while Hunter Feduccia starts behind home plate and bats eighth while catching for Drew Rasmussen. Fortes has gone 4-for-11 (.364) with one RBI and one run scored over his last three starts and is slashing .321/.345/.453 over 55 plate appearances this season.
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White Sox's Edgar Quero: Sitting Saturday
Quero is not in the White Sox's starting lineup against the Athletics on Saturday.
Quero will get a breather after going 3-for-8 with two RBI over his last two starts. Reese McGuire will start behind home plate and bat ninth while catching for Erick Fedde.
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Denzel Clarke OF | ATH
Lawrence Butler CF | ATH
Brayan Bello SP | BOS
Tyler Soderstrom C | ATH
Carlos Cortes LF | ATH
Athletics' Denzel Clarke: Not starting Saturday
Clarke is not in the Athletics' starting lineup against the White Sox on Saturday.
Clarke is out of the A's starting lineup for the second time in three games as the team deploys Tyler Soderstrom, Lawrence Butler and Carlos Cortes in the outfield from left to right against Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello. In his last 15 games, Clarke has gone 7-for-38 (.184) with one steal, five RBI and a 2:15 K:BB.
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Tigers' Dillon Dingler: Idle Saturday
Dingler is not in the Tigers' starting lineup against the Red Sox on Saturday.
Dingler will take a breather after going 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts in Friday's extra-inning loss to Boston. Jake Rogers will start behind home plate and bat ninth while catching pitches from Tarik Skubal.
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Keibert Ruiz C | WAS
Nationals' Keibert Ruiz: Sitting Saturday
Ruiz isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Giants.
Ruiz has gone just 2-for-12 at the plate over his last six games and will now get a day off to reset while Drew Millas catches for starter Cade Cavalli.
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Carlos Narvaez C | BOS
Red Sox's Carlos Narvaez: Sitting third straight
Narvaez isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Tigers, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
Narvaez will miss a third consecutive start Saturday after posting a .409 OPS through his first 12 games of the season. Connor Wong, on the other hand, owns a 1.006 OPS through eight games and may have finally surpassed Narvaez as Boston's primary starter at catcher.
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Carson Kelly C | CHC
Miguel Amaya C | CHC
Cubs' Carson Kelly: Not starting Saturday
Kelly isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mets.
Kelly has notched a base hit in nine of his 11 games since the start of April, but the Cubs will keep him in the dugout to begin Saturday's contest while Miguel Amaya starts behind the plate.
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Hayden Senger C | NYM
Jorge Polanco 1B | NYM
Mets' Hayden Senger: Up from Triple-A
The Mets recalled Senger from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday.
With Jorge Polanco (wrist) headed to the injured list, the Mets will bring up Senger to give the big club another option to work as a DH and extra depth behind the plate. The 29-year-old has started strong in the minors, slashing .257/.316/.714 with five homers, 11 RBI and eight runs scored through 12 games.