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  • Agustin Ramirez socks three homers Friday at AA
    Yankees C prospect Agustin Ramirez walloped three homers on Friday for Double-A Somerset.

    Advice: Ramirez went 3-for-5 with six RBI on Friday evening as he’s up to 15 homers this season across just 49 games. The 22-year-old backstop has put together an extremely impressive breakthrough this year in the upper minors, batting .273/.372/.536 with 15 homers and 12 steals already. The biggest question for New York is how everything shakes out long-term with fellow top catching Ben Rice already at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Rotoworld Today, 6:15 am
     
  • Knocks in two in win
    Stephenson started at catcher, batted fifth and went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI in Friday's 3-2 win over the Cubs.

    Advice: Stephenson, who had his hand checked out after getting hit by a pitch Thursday, was back in the starting lineup Friday at his usual catching position. He delivered a two-out, two-run double in the fourth inning to give the Reds a 2-0 lead. The double extended Stephenson's hit streak to eight games, during which he's 12-for-31 (.387) with five RBI and eight runs. Rotowire.com Today, 6:02 am
     
  • Sitting down Friday
    Jansen isn't in the Blue Jays' lineup for Friday's game against Oakland.

    Advice: Jansen went 1-for-11 with a walk during Toronto's last series against the Orioles, and he'll now sit down for the second time in the Jays' last three games. Alejandro Kirk will fill in behind the plate and catch Chris Bassitt while batting sixth. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 3:56 pm
     
  • Absent from lineup versus lefty
    Naylor is not in the lineup for Friday's game in Miami.

    Advice: With southpaw Ryan Weathers on the hill for the Marlins, the left-handed hitting Naylor will begin this one on the bench. Austin Hedges will do the catching for Logan Allen. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 1:39 pm
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  • Will be 27th man
    Marchan will be recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to serve as the 27th man during this weekend's series in London against the Mets, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports.

    Advice: J.T. Realmuto has been a little dinged up recently, so the Phillies have opted to carry a third catcher this weekend as insurance. Marchan will almost certainly be sent back down to Lehigh Valley early next week. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 7:15 am
     
  • Goes yard in Thursday's win
    Garver went 2-for-2 with a home run, two walks, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over the Athletics on Thursday.

    Advice: Garver was a one-man wrecking crew for Seattle, delivering an RBI single in the fourth inning before putting an exclamation point on the M's shutout victory with a ninth-inning solo blast. While Thursday's performance marked the veteran catcher's second two-hit effort and second multi-RBI performance in the last four games, Garver's first two months-plus in Seattle have been highly disappointing -- he's sitting on a .175 batting average and .612 OPS through his first 200 plate appearances, and his 30.5 percent strikeout rate is his highest since he whiffed at a 45.7 percent clip during the COVID-shortened 2020 season. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 6:39 am
     
  • On base four times in win
    Wong went 2-for-4 with a walk, two RBI and three runs scored in Thursday's 14-2 win over the White Sox. He was also hit by a pitch.

    Advice: Wong, who is enjoying a breakout campaign, raised his batting average to .327 and OBP to .382. Those career-best marks are heavily influenced by a .387 BABIP, making the backstop a strong sell-high candidate. Per MLB's Statcast, Wong's expected batting average is only .255. Rotowire.com Yesterday, 5:46 am
     
  • Launches third homer
    Higashioka went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks.

    Advice: Higashioka got the Padres on the board in the fifth inning with his solo shot. This was his second homer over three games in June after he hit just one long ball over the first two months of the season. The backup catcher is at a .161/.175/.357 slash line with five RBI, four runs scored and two doubles across 57 plate appearances. Higashioka is unlikely to see much playing time as long as Luis Campusano is healthy. Rotowire.com Thursday, 10:15 pm
     
  • Clubs second homer
    Moreno went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Padres.

    Advice: Moreno has gone 10-for-34 (.294) over his last 11 contests, hitting safely in nine of them. The homer was just his second of the year, as the catcher continues to struggle with generating power. Overall, he has a .242/.322/.344 slash line with 20 RBI, 19 runs scored, eight doubles, a triple and no stolen bases through 51 games. Rotowire.com Thursday, 10:02 pm