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McGuire is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.

Though Danny Jansen will be behind the dish in the series finale, McGuire may have supplanted him as the team's preferred backstop for the time being. McGuire caught four of the previous six games, and his .542 OPS -- while poor -- is still 38 points better than Jansen's own mark over a larger sample of plate appearances. At the very least, a timeshare between the two catchers could be in place until one of the two dramatically separates himself from the other from a performance standpoint.

Rogers is not in the starting lineup Sunday against the White Sox.

Rogers is not in the starting nine for the third time in five games. Eric Haase will get the start behind the dish and bat fifth.

Hedges is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

Hedges will get a breather after starting the first two games of the series. Rene Rivera will work behind the plate and bat ninth.

Stassi went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs, an RBI and two strikeouts in a 12-5 win over Seattle on Saturday.

Stassi's fourth-inning solo home run was Los Angeles' first of 11 straight runs after falling behind 5-1 and triggered a big comeback win. He has a hit in three straight starts since returning from injury and is now slashing .275/.356/.450 in 14 games.

Haase went 2-for-4 with a pair of homers and three RBI in Saturday's 4-3 win over the White Sox.

Haase got to Lucas Giolito for a two-run homer in the second inning and connected for a solo shot against Chicago's ace two innings later. Haase, who's now homered three times in the last two games, is hitting .266/.329/.656 with seven long balls and 11 RBI on the campaign.

Murphy isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rockies.

Murphy had started each of the last five games and hit .250 with a home run, three doubles, seven RBI and two runs. Aramis Garcia will take over at catcher and bat eighth.

Jansen isn't starting Saturday against Houston.

Jansen will take a seat for the third time in the last four games after he went 1-for-3 in Friday's matchup. Reese McGuire will start behind the plate and bat ninth.

Haase went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk in Friday's 9-8 loss to the White Sox.

Haase failed to reach in his first two at-bats of the night but singled, homered and walked in his final three plate appearances. Friday marked his second multi-hit and multi-RBI performances in his last three games and he's now slashing .250/.318/.567 with five homers, eight RBI and 12 runs scored since being promoted May 12.

Grandal went 2-for-2 with two walks, two solo home runs and a third run scored in Friday's 9-8 win over the Tigers.

Grandal homered in the second inning to put Chicago on the board, then he rescued the team in the seventh with a game-tying blast after the White Sox's bullpen surrendered a five-run lead in the top half of the inning. That set the stage for Yermin Mercedes' walkoff single. Grandal's belted three homers over the last two days, giving him nine for the season. The catcher is batting .154 with a miserable .123 BABIP. He's been hitting the ball hard -- 97th percentile per Baseball Savant -- but right at defenders.

Murphy went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and three total RBI in a 9-5 win over the Rockies on Friday.

The backstop enjoyed a big day at the plate, driving in three runs for the first time this season. He blasted a solo home run to right field in the second inning, knocked in another run with a single in the third and notched another RBI with a double in the sixth. Over his past seven games, Murphy has knocked in 10 runs despite batting a pedestrian .259.