MLB Player News

Perez was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake following Tuesday's game, Pedro Moura of the Los Angeles Times reports.

With Geovany Soto (knee) ready to come off the DL, Perez will head back to Triple-A to serve as organizational depth. That said, Soto has had a very hard time staying healthy this season, so it would not be surprising if Perez found his way back to the big leagues before the end of the season.

Maldonado is out of the lineup Tuesday against the Braves.

With Maldonado getting a maintenance day, Manny Pina will get the nod to start behind the dish Tuesday night. Maldonado's struggles at the plate have continued in recent contests, as he's gone just 3-for-20 with nine strikeouts over the last seven days.

Garver was promoted to Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday, LaVelle E. Neal III of the Star Tribune reports.

Garver showed continued production at the plate at Double-A ball, posting a .257/.334/.419 slash line with 66 RBI over 95 games, and he was rewarded with a promotion to Triple-A.

Realmuto is out of the lineup for Tuesday's matchup with San Francisco, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

After seeing action in four consecutive games, Realmuto will start Tuesday on the bench as Jeff Mathis fills in behind the dish and bats seventh. Realmuto will resume an 11-game hit streak when he returns to the lineup.

Hernandez was recalled from Double-A Mobile on Tuesday.

Welington Castillo hit the Paternity Leave List on Tuesday, so Hernandez will come up to provide some insurance behind Tuffy Gosewisch with Chris Herrmann on the DL. Castillo isn't likely to miss more than a day or two, so Hernandez's stay with the big league club could be a short one.

Thole went 0-for-2 and scored a run in Monday's game against the Rays, which was just the third time this season in which Thole started consecutive games for the Jays.

Although the catcher's fantasy value is extremely limited, Thole has paid dividends to daily players that have rolled him out there at a bargain price in recent weeks. Over his last nine starts, Thole has seven hits, five RBI, three runs and three walks. These numbers don't exactly light up the scoreboard, but they are more than serviceable for a player who comes in at the bottom of the salary scale in daily formats.

Pentecost, who was placed on the seven-day DL after injuring his left shoulder on an awkward slide into home plate last Wednesday, will only be used as a DH this season and will not catch again until next year, Blue Jays Nation reports.

The saga of the 11th overall pick (and the top catching prospect) in 2014 continues with another unfortunate setback due to injury. Pentecost, who returned from offseason shoulder surgery in May, was expected by most -- including his Single-A Lansing manager John Schneider -- to be working behind the plate by now; however, it turns out the Jays never had plans for Pentecost to do more than DH while slowly strengthening his arm this year. Gil Kim, the organization's Director of Player Development, said, "I think there's been some confusion (about the plans for Pentecost) from what I've been reading. The most important thing was for him to get consistent at-bats at a full-season affiliate. He's doing very well. We don't plan on him catching before the end of the season."

Maldonado hit a two-run home run in a 1-for-5 game in a loss Monday to Atlanta

Maldonado hit his first home run in June 1. Since then, he is hitting .239/.357/.451 with five homers in 25 games. Maldonado strikes out too much to hit for a good batting average, but he has solid power and should be able to reach double-digits in home runs now that the Jonathan Lucroy trade has cleared his path to playing time.

McCann is out of the lineup Monday against the Mariners, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

With the right-handed Hisashi Iwakuma taking the mound for Seattle, the Tigers will opt to start Jarrod Saltalamacchia behind the dish. McCann, who's hitting just .168/.211/.197 against righties, will likely return to the lineup Tuesday night when Wade LeBlanc starts for the Mariners.

Perez went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Yankees.

It's actually his first multi-hit game of the season, as injuries and ineffectiveness has made Perez a non-factor at the plate so far in 2016. Hopefully he can use Sunday's performance and the steady playing time he's been seeing with Yan Gomes (shoulder) on the DL to build some momentum on offense.