Feduccia is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Yankees.
Feduccia started at catcher in Tuesday's contest but will begin Wednesday's festivities on the bench. Nick Fortes is behind the dish for the Rays.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Exiting starting lineup
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Feduccia is absent from the lineup for Monday's tilt against the Yankees.
The lefty-swinging Feduccia started four of the previous five contests versus right-handed pitching, but he'll take a seat Monday as the Yankees send righty Cam Schlittler to the mound. Nick Fortes will do the catching and bat seventh in the series opener.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Idle Friday
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Feduccia is not in Tampa Bay's starting lineup against Houston on Friday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Feduccia will be on the bench for Friday's contest while Nick Fortes starts behind home plate and bats ninth while forming a battery with right-hander Nick Martinez. Feduccia is coming off a three-hit game against the Royals on Thursday and has a .638 OPS with one home run and nine RBI across 120 plate appearances this season.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Taking seat Sunday
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Feduccia is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.
Feduccia will be rested for the series finale after he started at catcher the last three games. Nick Fortes will handle duties behind the plate Sunday.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Absent from lineup
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Feduccia is absent from the lineup for Monday's game versus the Royals.
Righty Michael Wacha starts for the Royals and is better against lefties, which at least partly explains why the lefty-swinging Feduccia is not in the lineup. Nick Fortes will do the catching for the Rays.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Taking seat Sunday
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Feduccia is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.
After drawing starts behind the plate the past three games while going 1-for-5 with a double, two walks and two runs, Feduccia will retreat to the bench for the series finale. Nick Fortes will receive the nod at catcher and bat eighth.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Sitting Tuesday
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Feduccia is not in the starting lineup Tuesday against the Dodgers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Feduccia will take a seat for the second straight day as the Rays face southpaw Justin Wrobleski on the mound. Nick Fortes will draw the start at catcher and bat eighth against Los Angeles.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Taking seat Monday
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Feduccia isn't in the starting lineup for Monday's game against the Dodgers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Feduccia will head to the bench for the series opener with the Rays slated to face lefty Eric Lauer. Nick Fortes will draw the start behind the dish and bat eighth.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: On bench versus lefty
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Feduccia is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Feduccia will hit the bench for the second day in a row, but he had started in three of the Rays' previous four matchups versus right-handed pitchers. Nick Fortes will get the nod at catcher Monday against Orioles southpaw Trevor Rogers as the Rays run a loose platoon behind the plate.
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Rays' Nick Fortes: Sitting Saturday
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Fortes is not in the Rays' starting lineup against the Pirates on Saturday.
Fortes will be on the bench for the beginning of Saturday's game while Hunter Feduccia starts behind home plate and bats eighth while catching for Drew Rasmussen. Fortes has gone 4-for-11 (.364) with one RBI and one run scored over his last three starts and is slashing .321/.345/.453 over 55 plate appearances this season.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Making second straight start
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Feduccia will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Rays.
Feduccia was excluded from the Rays' Opening Day lineup against southpaw Matthew Liberatore, but the 28-year-old backstop will draw a second straight start Sunday against a righty. Though the Rays aren't likely to go with a strict platoon at catcher, Feduccia's left-handedness might be enough to give him the early edge over Nick Fortes in playing time.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Sitting again Wednesday
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Feduccia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Feduccia is on the bench for the third time in four games and for the second time in three matchups versus a right-handed starting pitcher (Kevin Gausman). Nick Fortes appears to have at least moved into a timeshare with Feduccia, if he hasn't already overtaken him as the Rays' preferred option behind the plate.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Sitting against right-hander
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Feduccia is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Blue Jays, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
After taking a seat against Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga in Sunday's 4-3 loss, the left-handed-hitting Feduccia will now give way to Nick Fortes behind the plate while the Rays face off against a right-hander (Trey Yesavage) in the series opener. Feduccia is batting just .156 since being acquired from the Dodgers at the trade deadline and could be at risk of losing out on his strong-side platoon role at catcher.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Not in Wednesday's lineup
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Feduccia is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Angels.
Feduccia and Nick Fortes have split the Rays' catching duties evenly since the former was added to the roster this past Friday. Fortes will be behind the dish and bat ninth in Wednesday's series finale.
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Rays' Hunter Feduccia: Joins active roster
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The Rays recalled Feduccia from Triple-A Durham on Friday.
Feduccia will join the Rays to provide some much-needed offensive help behind the plate after logging an .866 OPS in 333 plate appearances with the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate in Los Angeles prior to being dealt to Tampa Bay ahead of Thursday's trade deadline. Now that he's up with the big club, the 28-year-old will most likely work in the strong side of a platoon at catcher with Nick Fortes.
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Dodgers' Hunter Feduccia: Headed back to minors
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Feduccia was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
Feduccia was recalled to take the roster spot of Freddie Freeman (ankle), but he's logged only three plate appearances since March 4. Feduccia will be optioned to create space for Freeman to return Friday.
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Dodgers' Hunter Feduccia: Optioned to Triple-A
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The Dodgers optioned Feduccia to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
Feduccia remains with the club in Japan on the 31-man travel roster but has officially been removed from the major-league roster. The 27-year-old made his big-league debut down the stretch last year and went 4-for-12 in five games, but he isn't likely to see much action in 2025 if Will Smith and Austin Barnes stay healthy.
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Dodgers' Hunter Feduccia: Optioned to minors
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The Dodgers optioned Feduccia to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday, Kirsten Watson of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports.
Feduccia appeared in three games after Austin Barnes hit the 10-day injured list Sept. 16. In that small sample, Feduccia went 3-for-10 with a walk and RBI. Barnes was activated off the injured list in a corresponding move Thursday.
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Dodgers' Hunter Feduccia: Sent back to OKC
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The Dodgers optioned Feduccia to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday.
Feduccia was brought up from the minors Aug. 19 to serve as extra catching depth while Austin Barnes (toe) was on the injured list. Now that Barnes has returned to the active roster, Feduccia will head back to Triple-A after appearing in one game, during which he went 1-for-2 with a walk.
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Dodgers' Hunter Feduccia: Called up Monday
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Feduccia was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday.
Feduccia will officially join the major-league roster, replacing Austin Barnes (toe) as the team's backup catcher after Barnes was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday. Feduccia has produced a .282 average with six home runs, 46 RBI, 38 runs scored and two stolen bases over 252 at-bats in 73 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City this season.
