MLB Player News

Fortes is not in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against Arizona, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Fortes started the first two games of the series against the Diamondbacks and went 1-for-8 with a run scored. Jacob Stallings gets the start behind the plate Wednesday, batting eighth.

Haase is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.

Though he didn't start in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Guardians, Haase saw his seven-game hitting streak come to an end when he struck out in a pinch-hitting appearance. He'll remain on the bench again for the series finale, but Haase should continue to play semi-regularly while moving between catcher, left field and designated hitter.

Langeliers is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees.

Langeliers will receive a breather for the series finale in New York after he caught eight innings and went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run in Tuesday's 10-5 loss. Carlos Perez will check in for Langeliers behind the dish.

Trevino is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics, Erik Boland of Newsday reports.

The Yankees are wrapping up their series with a day game after a night game, so Trevino will get a break after catching in each of New York's last three contests. Kyle Higashioka will form a battery with starting pitcher Jhony Brito on Wednesday.

Diaz is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates, Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post reports.

After starting behind the dish in both of the first two games of the series against his former team, Diaz will get a routine maintenance day for the finale in Pittsburgh. Austin Wynns will pick up the start at catcher in place of Diaz, who went 1-for-3 with two walks and two runs in Tuesday's 10-1 win.

Murphy went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 9-3 win over the Red Sox.

The former Oakland catcher was just named NL Player of the Week, but he isn't resting on his laurels. Murphy has racked up five multi-hit performances in the last nine games, batting a thunderous .414 (12-for-29) over that stretch with two doubles, three homers, six runs and an incredible 16 RBI, and he now leads the entire National League in that category with 32 runs driven in.

Langeliers went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run in a loss to the Yankees on Tuesday.

The young backstop had his most productive game of the season in terms of reaching safely, busting out of a 2-for-20 slump that had encompassed his last six games in the process. Langeliers raised his average and on-base percentage to .227 and .301, respectively, though he's now gone without an extra-base hit in seven straight contests.

Alvarez went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in Tuesday's 7-6 loss to the Reds.

He took Luke Weaver deep in both the third and sixth innings, giving the 21-year-old backstop his first career multi-homer game in the majors. Alvarez has gotten comfortable at the plate for the Mets after a sluggish couple of weeks following his promotion, and over his last 12 games he's batting .323 (10-for-31) with two doubles, three home runs, five RBI and six runs.

Murphy went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, an additional run scored, a double and a walk in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Rangers.

Murphy was excellent Tuesday, with his seventh-inning blast off Andrew Heaney serving as the highlight. While Murphy doesn't play much as the Mariners' backup catcher, he has multiple hits in four of his last five games. The 32-year-old is slashing .244/.262/.415 through 42 plate appearances.

Maldonado went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's victory over the Angels.

Maldonado hit one of the more noteworthy homers of the season, as he smoked a two-strike slider from Shohei Ohtani 407 feet. Maldonado has six hits in his last six games after posting just eight knocks in his first 20 games. Despite the recent success, he's not a recommended fantasy option and could lose playing time to rookie Yainer Diaz throughout the season.