MLB Player News

Cavanaugh was scratched from the lineup for Friday's game against the Angels due to an illness, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Cavanaugh was originally set to make a second consecutive start behind the plate Friday, but he'll instead take a day off to recover from his illness. Daniel Susac will fill in as San Francisco's catcher and bat ninth.

O'Hoppe is not in the Angels' starting lineup against the Giants on Friday.

O'Hoppe will be out of the Halos' lineup for a second consecutive game while Tyler Heineman starts behind home plate and bats ninth. O'Hoppe has struggled at the plate as of late, going 4-for-34 (.118) over his last 10 games.

Susac isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against the Angels, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Susac will miss a third consecutive start Friday after going 2-for-8 with a steal in three games since his return from the injured list last weekend. Drew Cavanaugh will handle catching duties and bat ninth.

The Pirates placed Flores on the 7-day concussion injured list Friday.

It's unclear when Flores suffered the concussion, but he will be sidelined for at least the next week. With Endy Rodriguez (glute) starting a rehab assignment Friday, Flores is likely to be optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis once healthy.

Caratini (knee) will start at first base and bat sixth in Friday's series opener against the Athletics.

After being removed from Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Guardians due to a right knee contusion, Caratini was on the bench for Thursday's series finale. He's moved past the knee issue ahead of Friday's contest and will be making his sixth start in seven games, though Caratini may still be headed for more of a part-time role now that Minnesota has all of its key position players back to full strength.

Wells is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Philadelphia.

Wells will ride the bench for his second consecutive game after sitting out the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader against Pittsburgh. Ali Sanchez will be behind the plate and bat ninth for the Yankees.

Ruiz is out of the lineup for Friday's series opener against the Diamondbacks.

Ruiz will ride the bench despite the Nationals having an off day Thursday. Harry Ford will be behind the plate and batting seventh for Washington.

The Phillies selected Henry's contract from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Friday.

With Rafael Marchan hitting the 10-day injured list, Philadelphia selected Henry's contract to add catching depth. The 29-year-old has spent time with both the Yankees' and Phillies' Triple-A affiliates this season, slashing .201/.285/.291 with four homers and 14 RBI in 200 plate appearances. In order to add Henry to the 40-man roster, Philadelphia transferred Brad Keller to the 60-day IL.

The Phillies placed Marchan (knee) on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to July 23.

After Marchan left Wednesday's game early against the Dodgers with left knee pain, Philadelphia officially transferred him to the IL on Friday. In 92 plate appearances, the 27-year-old has slashed .102/.141/.170 with just two homers and six RBI this season. The Phillies selected Payton Henry's contract from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to fill Marchan's spot on the active roster.

Rodriguez (glute) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday, Aiden Stepansky of MLB.com reports.

Rodriguez has been sidelined for two-plus weeks with a left glute strain, but he has been cleared to test things out in game action. Because his absence has been brief, the 26-year-old shouldn't need many rehab at-bats before rejoining the active roster. Once reinstated, Rodriguez is likely to share catching duties with Henry Davis.