MLB Player News

Grandal is not in Sunday's lineup against the Nationals.

He is hitting .226 with one home run in 53 August at-bats, but is in the midst of a modest four-game hitting streak. Manny Pina starts behind the dish and will hit sixth.

Trevino went 1-for-3 and was thrown out at home plate in Saturday's 12-7 loss to the Twins.

Trevino did not show good instincts on the base paths, stopping and starting twice on second base on Shin-Soo Choo's double in the sixth inning. This was his fourth start of the week, the most starts in a week since he was called up in late July. He's not known for his bat, a view reinforced during his time with the Rangers. Trevino is slashing .185/.185/.185 in nine games for Texas.

Mejia is not in Sunday's lineup against the Phillies.

He has hit .463 with two home runs in 13 games this month. Austin Hedges will start behind the dish and hit eighth.

Narvaez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.

With the Mariners and Blue Jays wrapping up their series with a day game and Toronto expected to use a southpaw (Thomas Pannone) as its primary pitcher, the lefty-hitting Narvaez will get a breather. Tom Murphy will handle catching duties and bat seventh for Seattle.

Realmuto went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Padres.

The catcher has now gone deep in back-to-back games and four times in the last five contests, giving him 19 homers and 66 RBI on the season to go with a strong .282/.333/.489 slash line. Realmuto is closing in rapidly on some milestones -- he now sits three home runs and nine RBI short of new career highs in those categories.

McGuire went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in a 4-3 loss to the Mariners on Saturday.

McGuire led off the seventh inning with a solo shot to right field off Anthony Bass to tie the score at 3-3 and later added a ninth-inning double. The 24-year-old has been splitting time at catcher with Danny Jansen and has gone 9-for-34 with three homers. He now holds a .265/.265/.588 slash line in 34 at-bats.

Nola went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in a 4-3 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday.

Serving as the first baseman, Nola had an infield single in the second inning and led off the fourth with a solo homer off Trent Thornton to break a 1-1 tie. The 29-year-old started August with a 1-for-20 cold stretch but has since rebounded to go 9-for-23 in his last six games. For the season, Nola is slashing .310/.360/.517 with five homers and 12 RBI in 116 at-bats.

Smith is not in Saturday's lineup against the Braves, Alanna Rizzo of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports.

He is hitting .360 with seven home runs in 50 at-bats since taking over as the Dodgers' primary catcher in late July. Russell Martin is catching and hitting eighth.

Thaiss is out of the starting lineup for Saturday's contest against the White Sox.

Thaiss is amid a 3-for-22 stretch over his past six starts. The rookie infielder is 3-for-11 with a home run and four RBI against left-handers on the year, but he'll sit against southpaw Hector Santiago on Saturday.

Casali (knee) suffered a left hamstring strain last weekend on his minor-league rehab assignment, but he's making good progress in recovering from that setback, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports.

Casali was able to run the bases Friday without pain. He's expected to begin a new rehab assignment back at Triple-A Louisville next week.