MLB Player News

Grandal is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mariners.

Grandal will get a breather after he caught in six of the White Sox's seven games since he returned from the injured list a week ago. Seby Zavala will check in behind the dish for Grandal.

Murphy went 1-for-4 with an RBI groundout, a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run in a loss to Atlanta on Tuesday.

The slugging backstop authored a multi-RBI effort for the second time in the last seven games, with his third-inning blast cutting a four-run deficit in half at the time. Murphy's productive night pushed him to new career highs in home runs (18) and RBI (62).

Smith isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Giants, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Smith went 0-for-4 during Tuesday's win over San Francisco and will head to the bench for the second time in the last three games. Austin Barnes is taking over behind the dish and batting ninth.

Perez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Guardians.

Perez had one of the Royals' four hits in the contest and the only one that went for extra bases against Cleveland ace Shane Bieber. Over his last eight games, Perez has gone 9-for-29 (.310) with three homers, seven RBI, four runs scored and two doubles. The catcher is up to a .236/.276/.456 slash line with 65 RBI, 40 runs scored, 18 doubles and 20 homers, with the latter figure marking the sixth time in his 11-year career he's reached that milestone.

Raleigh isn't starting Wednesday against the White Sox, Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports 710 AM reports.

Raleigh has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball over the last week, posting a 1.430 OPS with five home runs, a double, 11 RBI and eight runs over his last seven games. However, he'll get a breather while Curt Casali starts behind the dish and bats eighth.

Trevino isn't starting the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Twins, Max Goodman of SI.com

Trevino started four of the last five games but went just 1-for-14 over that stretch. Kyle Higashioka will take over behind the dish and bat eighth for the first game of the twin bill.

Narvaez is not in the starting lineup for Wednesday's series finale with the Rockies.

Narvaez will take a seat after he went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Tuesday's loss. Victor Caratini is starting at catcher and batting eighth against Colorado.

Delay isn't starting the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Mets.

Delay recorded hits in his last two games, going 2-for-6 with two runs, an RBI, a walk and a strikeout over that stretch. Tyler Heineman will start behind the plate and bat ninth during Wednesday's matinee.

McCann is not in the starting lineup for Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader with the Pirates.

McCann will get a breather in Game 1 on Wednesday after he went 2-for-3 with a walk and run scored in Tuesday's loss. Tomas Nido will take over behind the plate and bat ninth versus Pittsburgh.

Huff started at catcher and went 1-for-3 with a walk in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Astros.

Huff made his first appearance since being called up Monday. He could get ample opportunities over the final weeks of the season, as it appears Jonah Heim has hit a wall, batting just .067 (3-for-44) over his last 16 games.