Martin Maldonado heads to the Astros' bench on Tuesday

Houston Astros catcher Martin Maldonado is not in the lineup on Tuesday.

What It Means:

Maldonado heads to the bench with Max Stassi starting behind the plate on Tuesday.

Maldonado is batting .220 with 7 homers and a .277 wOBA over 329 plate appearances this season with Houston and the Los Angeles Angels.