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Curt Casali C | ATL
Giants' Curt Casali: Returns to lineup
Casali (hamstring) is starting Wednesday against Kansas City, Amy Gutierrez of the Giants' official site reports.
Casali missed the last three matchups due to a hamstring injury, but he'll start at catcher and bat ninth during Wednesday's series finale against the Royals. Over his six games prior to his absence, he went 3-for-15 with a double, three runs, a walk and seven strikeouts.
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Jacob Stallings C | BAL
Marlins' Jacob Stallings: On bench Wednesday
Stallings isn't starting Wednesday against Philadelphia, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
Stallings will get a breather after he went 1-for-6 with a three-run homer, a walk and two strikeouts over the last two games. Nick Fortes is starting behind the dish and batting eighth.
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Reese McGuire C | CHW
White Sox's Reese McGuire: Resting Wednesday
McGuire is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.
McGuire will take a seat for the day game after he went 1-for-4 while playing all nine innings behind the dish in Tuesday's 5-1 win. Seby Zavala will catch for starting pitcher Vince Velasquez in Wednesday's series finale, but McGuire still looks to be locked in as Chicago's No. 1 backstop while Yasmani Grandal (back) is on the injured list.
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J.T. Realmuto C | PHI
Phillies' J.T. Realmuto: Not starting Wednesday
Realmuto isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Marlins.
Realmuto started in the last four games and went 4-for-16 with a double, two runs, an RBI, two stolen bases, a walk and three strikeouts. Garrett Stubbs will draw the start behind the plate and bat ninth Wednesday.
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Gabriel Moreno C | ARI
Blue Jays' Gabriel Moreno: Three hits in Tuesday's loss
Moreno went 3-for-4 with two RBI in Tuesday's 6-5 loss to the Orioles.
Batting eighth, the rookie catcher displayed his plus hit tool and drove in the first two runs of his big-league career. While Jorge Mateo did steal two bases off Moreno, marring his defensive performance somewhat, the pilfers can mostly be blamed on the slow delivery of Trevor Richards. Moreno has started three of four games since his promotion, going 4-for-11 with a 1:1 BB:K, and the Blue Jays appear intent on giving the 22-year-old every opportunity to lock down the starting job behind the plate, at least until Danny Jansen (finger) gets healthy.
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Willson Contreras 1B | BOS
Cubs' Willson Contreras: Goes deep twice Tuesday
Contreras went 3-for-4 with a double, two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's loss to the Padres.
Contreras started the game with a bang, taking San Diego starter Sean Manaea deep in the first inning with the bases empty. The Chicago catcher then went deep again off Manaea two innings later with a runner on. Contreras now has 12 home runs this season, which is tied for the team lead with Patrick Wisdom. He also has a superb .949 OPS, and he should remain a top fantasy option behind the plate, though he could get moved to a new team before the trade deadline.
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Jason Delay C | BOS
Pirates' Jason Delay: Quick return to minors
Delay was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis after Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Cardinals, Justice delos Santos of MLB.com reports.
Delay was called up Monday and made his major-league debut in Tuesday's matinee, going 0-for-2 with a walk. The 27-year-old has a .250/.324/.344 slash line in 22 games at the Triple-A level this season.
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Gary Sanchez C | MIL
Twins' Gary Sanchez: Not in Tuesday's lineup
Sanchez is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Mariners, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.
Sanchez is 2-for-19 over his past five contests and will take a seat for the second time in the last three games. Byron Buxton will rest his legs as the designated hitter while Gilberto Celestino starts in center field.