MLB Player News

Stallings is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Nick Fortes will get the nod behind the plate Sunday, but Stallings had started three of the past four games and may have supplanted the former as the Marlins' No. 1 catcher. The distinction doesn't mean much for fantasy purposes, as Stallings is hitting just .205 with one home run and no stolen bases over 169 plate appearances on the season.

Bethancourt is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros, Ryan Bass of Bally Sports Sun reports.

Bethancourt is just 3-for-24 since the All-Star break and will take a seat Sunday for the second time in Tampa Bay's last three games. Rene Pinto will take over behind the plate to catch for opener Zack Littell.

Naylor is out of the lineup for Sunday's game versus the White Sox, Andre Knott of Bally Sports Ohio reports.

Naylor started the past three games and will hit the bench Sunday after going 2-for-9 with a stolen base and an RBI during that stretch. Cam Gallagher will step in behind the plate to catch for Aaron Civale.

Grandal is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.

Grandal has a .250/.318/.425 slash line since the All-Star break and will sit Sunday for the second time in Chicago's past three games. Seby Zavala will receive another start behind the plate and bat ninth.

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

After starting behind the dish the last two days and smacking his 20th home run of the season in Saturday's 11-6 loss, Alvarez will get a breather in the series finale. Omar Narvaez will check into the lineup Sunday as the Mets' starting catcher.

Realmuto is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Pittsburgh.

Realmuto started the past four games and will receive a breather after going 3-for-15 with a double, two walks, two RBI and two runs during that stretch. Garrett Stubbs will step in behind the plate to catch for Cristopher Sanchez.

Rodriguez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Rodriguez posted an impressive four-RBI game Saturday, highlighted by a bases-clearing triple in the fifth inning. After a slow start in the majors, he has at least one hit in eight of his last nine games. However, he'll get a day of rest behind the dish with Austin Hedges taking over and hitting ninth.

Alvarez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 11-6 loss to the Nationals.

His ninth-inning shot off Andres Machado didn't impact the final result, but it did give the rookie catcher his first career 20-homer season. Alvarez's development has been one of the few bright spots for the Mets in 2023, but the 21-year-old might be wearing down under a heavy workload, slashing .200/.289/.425 in 12 games since the All-Star break.

Adams went 2-for-5 with two doubles, a run scored and three RBI in Saturday's 11-6 win over the Mets.

The 27-year-old backstop is having a breakout season, and through 100 plate appearances he's slashing .304/.354/.565 with four homers and 15 RBI. Adams isn't going to bump Keibert Ruiz out of the top spot on the depth chart, but he has started three of the last seven games and should continue to earn a bigger share of the workload at catcher as long as he keeps producing at the plate.

Kirk went 3-for-4 with two homers, three RBI and three runs scored in Saturday's win over the Angels.

Kirk led off the bottom of the fifth with a single before coming around to score the first run of the contest on a Santiago Espinal home run in his next at-bat. The catcher would then tack onto Toronto's lead with a leadoff home run in the seventh followed by a two-run shot in the eighth. It marked Kirk's first multi-homer game of the season, and he's now batting .292 in July with three long balls and seven RBI.