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Danny Jansen C | TEX
Blue Jays' Danny Jansen: Gives way to McGuire
Jansen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners, Greg Johns of MLB.com reports.
Reese McGuire gets another turn behind the dish while Jansen rests in the series finale. Jansen has gone hitless in 11 at-bats over his last four games, which has hurt his case for gaining hold of a larger portion of the timeshare at catcher.
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Jake Rogers C | CHW
Tigers' Jake Rogers: Getting rest
Rogers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.
Rogers is just receiving some routine maintenance after making each of the past three starts at catcher. John Hicks steps in behind the plate in the series finale, working in a battery with Matthew Boyd.
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James McCann C | ARI
White Sox's James McCann: Idle for series finale
McCann is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.
McCann will essentially get two days off with the White Sox off the schedule Monday before returning to action Tuesday against the Twins. Welington Castillo will check in behind the plate in place of McCann, who went 0-for-8 with four strikeouts in the previous two contests.
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Matt Thaiss C | BOS
Angels' Matt Thaiss: Out against lefty
Thaiss is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
After going 2-for-8 with a double while starting the first two games of the series, the lefty-hitting Thaiss will take a seat for the finale with southpaw Framber Valdez on the bump for Houston. David Fletcher will slide over to third base while Thaiss sits, opening up the keystone for Luis Rengifo.
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Travis d'Arnaud C | LAA
Rays' Travis d'Arnaud: Idle Sunday
D'Arnaud is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
D'Arnaud will sit for the second time in the four-game series while Mike Zunino logs a turn behind the dish. The backstop has slowed down a bit in August with a .206/.278/.238 slash line across 18 games, but he still appears locked in as the Rays' preferred option behind the dish.
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Roberto Perez C | BOS
Indians' Roberto Perez: Resting Sunday
Perez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals, Lynn Worthy of The Kansas City Star reports.
Perez is batting just .138/.219/.259 in August, but his excellent track record as a defender will continue to make him the Tribe's top option behind the plate. He'll just be getting some maintenance for the afternoon contest after drawing the past two starts at catcher. Kevin Plawecki will fill in for Perez in the series finale.
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Omar Narvaez C | HOU
Mariners' Omar Narvaez: Blasts three-run homer
Narvaez went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in Saturday's 7-5 loss to the Blue Jays.
Narvaez's fifth-inning blast gave the Mariners a 5-2 lead at the time, but the bullpen was unable to protect that advantage. Narvaez has homered in consecutive games, giving him 19 on the year. The catcher is hitting .287/.361/.473 with 47 RBI and 56 runs scored across 355 at-bats.
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Jose Trevino C | CIN
Rangers' Jose Trevino: Sits again Saturday
Trevino is out of the lineup Saturday against the White Sox.
Jeff Mathis will start and hit ninth against right-hander Ivan Nova. Trevino has consistently split time with Mathis behind the plate since being called up July 31. The 26-year-old catcher is 4-for-16 with four runs scored in his last five starts and is slashing just .154/.185/.192 in 28 plate appearances against righties.