Mike Napoli

Mike Napoli was in the starting lineup for the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader against the Orioles.

Yorvit Torrealba made the start behind the plate in the first game. Napoli is hitting just .237 on the year and hasn’t homered since April 25.

Mike Napoli is not in Wednesday’s lineup against the Orioles.

We haven’t heard anything about an injury, so we’re assuming he’s just getting the night off. Yorvit Torrealba will make the start behind the dish Wednesday and bat seventh against left-hander Wei-Yin Chen.

Mike Napoli returned to action on Friday May 4.

Mike Napoli is in Wednesday’s lineup against the Blue Jays.

Napoli left Tuesday’s game due to an ocular migraine and was cleared to return after visiting a doctor Wednesday morning. He’ll play first base in Wednesday’s matinee while Yorvit Torrealba catches.

Mike Napoli said via his Twitter account that he suffered an ocular migraine on Tuesday night and will be “good to go” Wednesday afternoon against the Blue Jays.

Napoli left Tuesday’s game after eight innings due to blurred vision. The Rangers have yet to release the lineup for Wednesday’s matinee against the Jays, but there’s a good chance Napoli will be in there.

Mike Napoli left Tuesday’s game against the Blue Jays due to blurred vision.

The vision problem, which consisted of white spots or some blurring, began in the eighth inning and the Rangers decided to take him out before the ninth. He went 0-for-2 with two walks and a run scored before exiting. The Rangers have an early start time Wednesday and Napoli is scheduled to see an eye doctor in the morning, so he may get the afternoon off.

Mike Napoli homered in his fifth straight game Saturday against the Tigers.

Not bad for a No. 8 hitter. Napoli is now two games shy of Kevin Mench, who owns the franchise record with home runs in seven consecutive games. Dale Long, Don Mattingly and Ken Griffey, Jr. are tied for the all-time record with homers in eight straight.

Mike Napoli continued his massive power outburst with a solo home run in the Rangers 10-3 thrashing of the Tigers on Thursday.

With his solo blast off of Adam Wilk in the second inning, Napoli has now homered in four consecutive games. He now has five homers and 12 RBI on the young season, and looks primed to replicate his stellar effort from a season ago. When he’s going well, there isn’t a better hitting catcher in the game.

Mike Napoli continued to heat up in Wednesday’s win over the Red Sox, going 3-for-4 with a double, home run and four RBI.

Napoli arrived in Boston batting .125/.267/.250, but has proceded to go 6-for-9 with three home runs and eight RBI, bringing his triple slash to .273/.375/.667. It would appear his slump his over.