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  • Pedro Pages C | STL

    Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Overcomes illness

    Pages (illness) will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Reds.

    Pages was a late scratch from the lineup ahead of Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Angels after coming down with a stomach virus, but he's moved past the ailment and will pick up his first start since July 18. The Cardinals aren't expected to have more than one or two starts per week available for Pages while Jimmy Crooks and Ivan Herrera are both healthy.

  • Reds' Tyler Stephenson: Taking seat Sunday

    Stephenson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.

    Jose Trevino will receive the nod at catcher while Stephenson rests for the series finale. Stephenson went 3-for-11 with two doubles, one RBI and one run while starting behind the plate in the Reds' previous three games.

  • Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Heading to bench Sunday

    Alvarez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.

    Alvarez will receive a routine day off after he had started at catcher the previous three games. Luis Torrens will step in for Alvarez behind the dish in Sunday's series finale.

  • Dodgers' Dalton Rushing: Taking seat Sunday

    Rushing is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.

    Rushing will rest up for Sunday's afternoon game after he had started behind the plate in each of the previous three games. Eliezer Alfonzo will handle catching duties for the Dodgers.

  • Henry Davis C | PIT

    Pirates' Henry Davis: Resting Sunday

    Davis is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.

    Davis will receive a breather for the afternoon contest after starting the first two games of the series. Shawn Ross will pick up his first MLB start at catcher Sunday while Davis rests.

  • Keibert Ruiz C | WAS

    Nationals' Keibert Ruiz: Resting up Sunday

    Ruiz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.

    Ruiz will take a seat for the afternoon game after he was behind the plate for all nine innings of Saturday's 5-3 win. Harry Ford will draw the start at catcher in the series finale.

  • Connor Wong C | BOS

    Red Sox's Connor Wong: Resting up Sunday

    Wong is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.

    Wong will take a seat for the series finale after he went 1-for-6 with four strikeouts Friday and Saturday. Carlos Narvaez will get the nod at catcher Sunday.

  • Sam Huff C | BAL

    Orioles' Sam Huff: Losing work behind plate

    Huff is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta.

    The 28-year-old made consecutive starts for the Orioles earlier in the week after Adley Rutschman (wrist) and Samuel Basallo (shoulder) landed on the injured list within two days of one another, but Chadwick Tromp has since supplanted Huff as Baltimore's preferred option behind the plate in the short term. Huff has gone just 4-for-32 (.125) with 19 strikeouts in 13 games with the Orioles this season.

  • Orioles' Chadwick Tromp: Serving as temporary No. 1 catcher

    Tromp will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against Atlanta.

    He'll make a fourth consecutive start and appears to have supplanted Sam Huff as the Orioles' top option behind the plate while both Adley Rutschman (wrist) and Samuel Basallo (shoulder) are on the injured list. The owner of a career .218/.225/.360 slash line over parts of seven seasons in the big leagues, Tromp won't warrant much attention outside of AL-only leagues while he's operating as the Orioles' No. 1 backstop.

  • Royals' Carter Jensen: On bench Sunday

    Jensen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Detroit.

    Jensen started the first nine games coming out of the All-Star break and will receive a breather Sunday after posting an .850 OPS with five doubles, one homer, three RBI and three runs during that span. Luke Maile will step in behind the plate for the series finale versus the Tigers while Jensen rests.

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