MLB Player News

Tigers third baseman Nick Castellanos is getting the day off for Sunday's game against the Indians. 

Starting in Castellanos' place is Andrew Romine. James McCann is also out of the starting lineup as Bryan Holaday is in his place at catcher. Anthony Gose, who hit ninth the past two days, is back to the leadoff spot.  

Catcher Yasmani Grandal provided all of the scoring for the Dodgers in the 2-1 loss to the Padres on Saturday. Grandal launched a solo home run in the third inning to tie the game up at one. But the Dodgers were unable to add to that, as they snapped their four-game win streak.

Grandal's home run was his seventh of the season, and his second in as many games as he continues to swing a fairly-hot bat since returning from the disabled list. 

Royals catcher Salvador Perez hit a game-tying, solo home run in the fourth inning on Saturday, but it wasn't enough as the Royals fell to the Cardinals 3-2. The home run was Perez's 10th of the season, and fourth in his last seven games. 

Catcher Brayan Pena is out of the starting lineup for the Reds game on Saturday. Pena has started 40 games this season, including the last four, and six of the last seven. 

Tucker Barnhart will replace Pena behind the plate for the 16th time this year. Barnhart is hitting seventh in the lineup. 

Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli is not in the team's starting lineup on Saturday. It's the second time in the last 10 games that he'll get a rest. 

Replacing Cervelli behind the plate is Chris Stewart, who gets the call for the 14th time this season. He'll bat eighth in the order. 

Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki will miss his fifth straight start at catcher on Saturday. 

Plawecki was scratched from Tuesday's lineup with dizziness, and he hasn't played since. 

Travis d'Arnaud will start at catcher for the 14th time this year and third time in four days. 

Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto gets a rest in Saturday's game. Realmuto, who has 44 starts behind the plate this year, will be replaced by Jeff Mathis. 

Mathis is starting his fifth game and second in the last four. He'll bat seventh in the lineup. 

Rays catcher Curt Casali will get his first start of the season on Saturday.

Casali, who was just recalled from Triple-A Durham, is in the Rays' lineup, playing catcher and batting ninth. 

Casali will be playing his first MLB game since last Septemer 24. He played in 30 games with the Rays at the end of the 2014 season. He's hitting .205 with four home runs and 13 RBI at Durham this season.

The Rays have recalled catcher Curt Casali from Triple-A Durham, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Casali appeared in 30 games for the Rays in 2014, but has spent this season with Durham.

Casali was batting .205/.326/.348 with four home runs and 13 RBI in 32 games at Triple-A.

Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto made sure his team would walk away with a win against the Rockies on Friday. With the Marlins leading 2-1, the rookie catcher blasted a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Marlins were victorious 5-1.

The home run was Realmuto's third of the season, and is only hit of the game. He owns a .433 batting average over his last eight games.