MLB Player News

Stallings is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Cubs.

Michael Perez will catch Tyler Anderson in the series finale after Stallings was behind the plate in each of Pittsburgh's last three games. After going 0-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-1 loss, Stallings is now sitting on a .240/.343/.421 slash line for the season.

Contreras went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in Wednesday's 9-5 loss to the Red Sox.

His ninth-inning solo shot off Matt Andriese was too little, too late for Atlanta. Contreras continues to hold his own since being forced into the starting job by a thumb injury to Travis d'Arnaud, slashing .237/.343/.542 over 19 games with five homers and 15 RBI.

Nola is not in the lineup Wednesday at Milwaukee.

Nola is 1-for-10 over his past four games and will take a seat for the second straight contest. Victor Caratini receives another start behind the plate for the Friars.

Leon is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Phillies, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

Leon's run as the Marlins' top catcher is over after Jorge Alfaro (hamstring) was reinstated from the 10-day injured list earlier this week. Alfaro will pick up his second straight start Wednesday.

Contreras (wrist) is starting Wednesday's game against the Pirates.

Contreras took a pitch to the wrist while catching Sunday and was held out of Tuesday's lineup as a result. However, he underwent X-rays that came back negative, and he'll start behind the plate and bat fifth Wednesday.

Mejia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Mejia heads to the bench while he and Mike Zunino alternate turns behind the dish for the sixth game in a row. Both catchers have been exceptionally productive with the bat this season, so expect a fairly even timeshare at catcher to remain in place for the foreseeable future.

Hedges is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.

Hedges will get a breather after starting behind the plate in six of Cleveland's last seven games. Rene Rivera will catch starting pitcher Triston McKenzie on Wednesday.

Rogers will start at catcher and bat ninth Wednesday against Cleveland.

The Tigers appear to view Rogers as their primary option at catcher ahead of Eric Haase while the top two options at the position -- Wilson Ramos (back) and Grayson Greiner (hamstring) -- are both on the 10-day injured list. Rogers will be behind the plate Wednesday for the third time in four games.

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

Haase will be on the bench against a right-handed pitcher (Triston McKenzie) for the second day in a row, which seemingly suggests that the Tigers aren't prepared to hand him a full-time role just yet. The righty-hitting Haase should still draw regular starts against left-handed pitching while filling in at either catcher or left field when he's included in the lineup.

Gomes isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Reds, Matt Weyrich of NBC Sports Washington reports.

Gomes went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Reds and will retreat to the bench for the second time in the last three games. Alex Avila will start behind the dish and bat seventh.