Ryan Lavarnway

Ryan Lavarnway is on the Oakland bench Thursday night

Oakland Athletics catcher Ryan Lavarnway is out of the lineup Thursday.

What It Means:

Lavarnway will take a seat on the bench after starting behind the plate on Wednesday. Bruce Maxwell gets the nod at catcher on Thursday.

Lavarnway is hitting .273 in just 13 plate appearances this season and is projected for a .167 batting average the rest of the way, by our models.