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  • Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Still out of lineup

    Moreno (hand) is not in the Diamondbacks' starting lineup against the Mariners on Monday.

    It's the third straight game that Moreno has been absent from the lineup after being struck on the right hand by a wild pitch in Friday's contest against the Reds. The good news for Moreno is that X-rays on his hand came back negative, but he'll begin Monday's game on the bench while Jose Herrera serves behind home plate and bats ninth.

  • Padres' Martin Maldonado: Sitting Monday

    Maldonado is not in the Padres' starting lineup against the Dodgers on Monday.

    Maldonado and Elias Diaz have been splitting backstop duties this season, but the former appears to be the de facto No. 1 option at the moment. Maldonado will be on the bench for Monday's series opener, however, while Diaz serves behind home plate and bats ninth.

  • Carson Kelly C | CHC

    Cubs' Carson Kelly: Slides down to No. 7 spot

    Kelly is starting at catcher and batting seventh in Monday's game against the Phillies.

    Kelly had been batting cleanup some recently but will slide down in the order Monday as he tries to break out of a slump. Over his last 10 games, the veteran backstop is batting just .138 with a .435 OPS. Kelly's season-long numbers still look pretty good due to a hot start, and he should be in no risk of losing playing time in the short term, though the eventual return of Miguel Amaya (oblique) could squeeze Kelly if he continues to struggle at the plate.

  • Red Sox's Carlos Narvaez: Day off Monday

    Narvaez is absent from the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.

    Narvaez had started at catcher in each of the previous four tilts, so he'll get a breather in Monday's series opener. Connor Wong will do the catching for the Red Sox.

  • Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Ends homer drought

    Alvarez went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Sunday's win over the Rockies.

    The 23-year-old backstop took advantage of a road trip to Coors Field, slugging a solo shot in the ninth inning off Zach Agnos. The long ball was the second of the season for Alvarez, snapping a 26-game homer drought during which he'd slashed a tepid .236/.327/.270 with just six RBI. He's been showing signs of life at the plate however, batting .303 (10-for-33) over his last nine contests.

  • Red Sox's Carlos Narvaez: Swats three-run home run

    Narvaez went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run during Sunday's 11-7 win over the Yankees.

    Narvaez headlined a five-run sixth inning for the Red Sox, plating Rafael Devers and Rob Refsnyder on a go-ahead three-run home run. The catcher has been on fire since mid May, going 24-for-71 (.338) with 14 runs scored and nine RBI in his last 21 games. Narvaez has moved into the cleanup spot lately, filling the four-spot in each of his last seven starts.

  • Twins' Christian Vazquez: Brings home two runs

    Vazquez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Sunday's 6-3 win over Toronto.

    Vazquez put Minnesota on the board with a fielder's choice RBI in the second, and he gave the Twins the lead in the fourth with a solo homer off Bowden Francis. It was Vazquez's second home run of the season, and the veteran is slashing .210/.279/.330 with six doubles and nine RBI across 111 plate appearances while serving as the backup catcher to Ryan Jeffers.

  • Bo Naylor C | CLE

    Guardians' Bo Naylor: Launches two-run homer

    Naylor went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 4-2 win over Houston.

    Naylor -- who went 1-for-26 with 12 strikeouts in the nine games prior to Sunday -- put the Guardians on the board in the second inning when he took Brandon Walter deep to right-center field for a 429-foot, two-run home run. It was Naylor's first home run since May 24 against the Tigers, and his eight homers on the season are tied for fifth-most among catchers in the American League.

  • Austin Wells C | NYY

    Yankees' Austin Wells: Getting night off

    Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

    Wells will bow out of the starting nine for the series finale after he handled catching duties for the Yankees in each of the past four games. J.C. Escarra will step in for Wells behind the dish.

  • Braves' Drake Baldwin: Continuing to split reps

    Baldwin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.

    Baldwin and Sean Muphy have alternated starts behind the plate over the past 10 games, and that trend will continue after Baldwin went 1-for-4 with a strikeout in Saturday's contest. Murphy will bat sixth and do the catching for righty Spencer Strider in Sunday's series finale.

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