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  • 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.

  • Tigers' Dillon Dingler: Idle for day game

    Dingler is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Athletics.

    Dingler will get a breather for the afternoon game Thursday after he had started behind the plate in each of the previous three contests. Jake Rogers will handle catching duties for the Tigers, forming a battery with starting pitcher Dietrich Enns.

  • Jonah Heim C | TEX

    Rangers' Jonah Heim: Homers Wednesday

    Heim went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a double in Wednesday's 7-0 win over the Orioles.

    Heim put the finishing touches on the Rangers' win, launching a solo shot off Scott Blewett in the sixth inning to extend the lead to 7-0. It's Heim's first homer since June 4 -- he'd gone just 3-for-23 (.130) in seven games prior to Wednesday. Overall, the switch-hitting backstop is slashing .230/.266/.380 with eight homers, 22 RBI, 18 runs scored and three steals across 214 plate appearances this season.

  • Astros' Victor Caratini: Provides insurance run in victory

    Caratini went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 2-0 win against Philadelphia on Wednesday.

    Caratini's long ball was an eighth-inning, 423-foot solo blast to give Houston a 2-0 lead. The veteran catcher is up six home runs on the season, five shy of the career-high mark of 11 he established in 2019 with the Cubs. Of Caratini's homers, half have come in his past six contests, a stretch in which he's batting .273 (6-for-22) with three home runs and seven RBI.

  • J.C. Escarra C | NYY

    Yankees' J.C. Escarra: Will go on paternity list

    Escarra will miss Wednesday's game against the Reds and is expected to be placed on the paternity list, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

    Escarra was supposed to be in Wednesday's lineup, but he'll instead be away from the team while attending the birth of his child. The Yankees didn't have time to call up a player to Cincinnati, so Austin Wells will start behind the plate, with Ben Rice likely serving as the reserve catcher, per Hoch.

  • 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.

  • Ryan Jeffers C | MIN

    Twins' Ryan Jeffers: Sitting Wednesday

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

    Jeffers will sit for the second time in three games while Christian Vazquez starts behind home plate and bats ninth. Jeffers has slashed .228/.343/.439 with three home runs and 11 RBI in 67 plate appearances in June.

  • Royals' Freddy Fermin: Sitting for third time in four games

    Fermin is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays.

    Fermin's playing time had been trending up toward the end of last week, but he'll be on the bench Wednesday for the third time in four games. Due to the Royals' willingness to keep top backstop Salvador Perez fresh by occasionally using him at designated hitter and first base, Fermin should start more frequently than most No. 2 catchers, though probably not enough to make him a usable option in the majority of fantasy leagues.

  • 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.

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