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Gomes (shoulder) will travel with the Indians on their upcoming road trip, but his return date is still unclear, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

Gomes' most optimistic return date was initially set for the first part of September, but he may be slipping a bit beyond that, as he's only recently begun to participate in light baseball activities.

Perez is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins, according to Josh Vernier of 610 Sports Radio.

Perez showed signs of life with the bat the last few days after struggling for much of August, but manager Ned Yost still decided to hold him out Sunday for the second time in five games. Drew Butera will get the start behind the plate in Perez's place.

Sanchez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's win over the Angels.

Moved up to third in the order, Sanchez went deep in the first inning and gave the Yankees a lead they wouldn't relinquish. The young catcher now has five home runs in the last six games and is hitting 12-for-22 (.545) in that span. The 23-year-old figures to continue playing on a near-every day basis for the remainder of the season and could continue being one of the better hitting catcher options going forward.

Vazquez may not return to Boston when rosters expand next month, Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald reports.

Vazquez, who is in his first season following Tommy John elbow surgery, has held up well in 2016, though his bat cost him a regular gig with Boston. For Triple-A Pawtucket, he's been making more consistent at the plate, hitting .265 with a .722 OPS in 33 games. If he could hit like that while maintaining his elite defensive abilities in the majors, he'd be Boston's everyday catcher.

Leon went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in Boston's 4-3 loss to Detroit on Thursday.

Leon's improbable season continues unabated. The catcher, who entered the season with a career .187 batting average and one homer in 209 at-bats and was seemingly buried at Triple-A Pawtucket, is hitting .382 with a career-high seven homers and 24 RBI in 136 at-bats. He's been a fantasy find and probably has made a difference in the fortunes of some fantasy owners, but we're all waiting for a market correction in the Leon bubble.

Leon went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in Wednesday's rain-shortened game against the Orioles.

Leon's fifth-inning blast was his sixth of the year, and the catcher's fifth since the All-Star break. He's scored 15 runs since the Midsummer Classic, good for second best among all catchers (one behind Russell Martin), and has notched 14 RBI during that time, which is second-most among AL backstops. Leon has emerged as one of the better catchers to own heading toward the fantasy playoff season.

Perez was recalled by the Angels on Wednesday and he's batting eighth in the order against the Mariners.

Perez rejoins the big league club after a brief stint at Triple-A Salt Lake as the Halos needed another healthy body behind the plate with Geovany Soto dealing with an ailing thumb. He'll bat in the eighth spot against Cody Martin, who carries a 2.70 ERA into Wednesday's matchup.

Sanchez went 2-for-3 and slugged another homer in a loss against the Blue Jays on Wednesday.

That's now five bombs for Sanchez, all of which have come in the last week. He has three homers and five RBI in the last two days. Sanchez is slashing .260/.396/.720 with eight extra-base hits, 11 RBI and 10 runs in 50 at-bats at the MLB level this year.

Perez is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Tigers, MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan reports.

This will be Perez's first day off since Aug. 7, and it is simply of the maintenance day variety. Drew Butera will get the start at catcher and hit eighth Wednesday.

Maile went 3-for-4 with a bases clearing double, four RBI overall and a run in Tuesday's 15-1 thrashing of the Padres.

The backup catcher opened the scoring on what would be a momentous day for the Rays offense with a second-inning two-bagger that plated Matt Duffy, Logan Morrison and Steven Souza, Jr.. He followed it up in the third with an RBI single that brought in Morrison, extending the lead to 6-0 at the time. Maile impressively did all of his damage out of the nine-hole, with the effort representing his second multi-hit outing over his last four starts and third overall on the season.