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Maldonado is not starting Sunday against the Tigers, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Jason Castro will take over behind the dish as Maldonado rests his legs during the series finale.

Stassi is not in the starting lineup against the Rays on Sunday, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Kurt Suzuki will handle the catching duties as Stassi gets a rest during the series finale.

Sanchez is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

Sanchez will get a breather after starting the first two games of the weekend series. Kyle Higashioka will catch Gerrit Cole and bat ninth.

Wong went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Yankees.

Wong made his first start in the majors and singled in his first at-bat, going the other way on a 3-2 pitch on the outside of the zone. More impressively, Wong guided Nathan Eovaldi through 7.2 dominant innings. The two are from the Houston area and worked out together during the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, so there is some familiarity.

Trevino went 1-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Saturday's 8-0 win over Kansas City.

Trevino's second-inning double plated the Rangers' first two runs and were all that starter Kyle Gibson would need. The catcher has hits in three of the last four games, but Trevino is batting just .149 (7-for-47) in 16 games since May 30.

Rogers will be on the bench for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Astros, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Rogers went 0-for-1 with a sacrifice bunt in the first game of the day. Unsurprisingly, he won't be asked to start behind the plate twice in one day, so Eric Haase will take over for him at catcher.

Vazquez isn't starting Saturday against the Yankees, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.

Vazquez had multi-hit efforts in each of his last two games, and he went 4-for-6 with an RBI, a stolen base, a walk and a strikeout during that time. He'll get a breather while Connor Wong starts behind the dish and bats ninth.

Kirk (hip) has joined Triple-A Buffalo for a rehab assignment, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Kirk has been playing in games at extended spring training recently, but he'll likely progress to minor-league game action in the near future. The Blue Jays haven't yet indicated when the catcher could return to the major-league roster, but he's eligible to be reinstated from the 60-day injured list as early as July 1.

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

Hedges returned from a concussion Thursday and went 3-for-8 with three RBI, a run and a strikeout across the last two games. Rene Rivera will start behind the dish and bat ninth.

Murphy isn't starting Saturday's game against the White Sox.

Murphy went 1-for-4 with a double, a hit by pitch, two runs and two strikeouts Friday, but he continues to alternate starts behind the plate. Luis Torrens will start at catcher and bat seventh.