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Heim is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.

Heim started the past four games and went 5-for-16 with a walk and three runs, and he'll rest in Sunday afternoon's series finale. Meibrys Viloria will take over behind the plate for Texas.

Mejia is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Reds, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Mejia and Rene Pinto have alternated starts over the past eight games, and that trend will continue Sunday after Mejia went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run during Saturday's contest. Pinto will bat eighth in the series finale.

Barnhart is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox.

Barnhart is 4-for-14 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs over his past five contests and will take a seat for Sunday's series finale. Eric Haase will step in behind the plate for Tampa Bay.

Zavala is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.

Zavala started the past two games and will take a seat for the series finale Sunday afternoon. Reese McGuire will step in behind the plate for the White Sox, batting ninth.

Sanchez went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Saturday's loss against the Rangers.

Sanchez knocked in Gio Urshela in the fourth inning to give Minnesota a short-lived 5-3 lead. In five appearances in July, the catcher has three hits, but he also has struck out exactly one time in each game. He has 73 strikeouts versus 53 hits on the year. Despite his strikeout woes, Saturday's one-hit outing helped raise his batting average to .221.

Trevino isn't in the lineup Saturday against Boston.

Trevino will get a breather after he went 3-for-8 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI over the last two games. Kyle Higashioka is starting behind the plate and batting ninth.

Bethancourt was traded from the Athletics to the Rays on Saturday in exchange for Cal Stevenson and Christian Fernandez, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.

It's been quite the year for Bethancourt, who returned to the majors for the first time since 2017 and performed well enough to catch the eye of an organization famous for spotting talent. Bethancourt was a light-hitting catcher for the early part of his career, hitting .222/.252/.316 in 161 games from 2013 to 2017, but he's posted a nearly average 99 wRC+ (the product of a .249/.298/.385 slash line) this season while making the majority of his starts at first base. Catcher is likely where the Rays see Bethancourt fitting in, as Mike Zunino remains out with a shoulder injury. His bat should play better there, and there's reason to believe he'll keep up his solid performance despite his lack of a track record, as his 14.0 percent barrel rate this season is quite strong.

Stassi will sit Saturday against the Orioles, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Stassi sits for the second time in three days. He hasn't had much success at the plate recently, grabbing just two hits in his last 10 games. Kurt Suzuki will get the start at catcher.

Hedges isn't starting Saturday's game against the Royals.

Hedges returned to the lineup Friday against Kansas City after recovering from a concussion, and he went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. Luke Maile is starting behind the dish and batting eighth Saturday.

Jeffers isn't starting Saturday's game against Texas.

Jeffers went 4-for-9 with a homer, a double, three RBI, two runs and three strikeouts over the last two games and will get a breather Saturday. Gary Sanchez is starting behind the dish while Gilberto Celestino enters the lineup in center field.