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Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud has been activated off the disabled list and is in the starting lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Giants. d'Arnaud will hit sixth in the batting order. d'Arnaud has been out of action since April 19 with a hand injury.

Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto has raised his batting average from .203 to .238 over his last 11 games.

During that period, Realmuto is hitting .341 with one home run and four RBI. He also has two doubles and a triple. Realmuto has two home runs and 12 RBI in 164 at-bats this season. He has taken over as the everyday catcher after the team released Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

Catcher Travis d'Arnaud has finished his rehab assignment and is on his way to New York to be activated on Wednesday, according to ESPN.com. d'Arnaud has been on the disabled list with a finger/hand injury since the middle of April.

d'Arnaud, he caught six innings in his final rehab game on Tuesday and went 0 for 3 at the plate. He finished 7 for 24 in his seven minor-league games.

The young catcher will be returning to a .317 batting average and two home runs in 41 at-bats.

Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki was scratched from the starting lineup Tuesday against the Giants due to dizziness. Anthony Recker replaced him in the starting lineup.

Plawecki is batting just .191 (9 for 47) with two doubles, three RBI and 17 strikeouts in his last 15 games.

Reds catcher/outfielder Devin Mesoraco went 0 for 3 with a strikeout in a rehab start with Triple-A Louisville on Monday. 

It wasn't the result Mesoraco was hoping for in the first game of his rehab assignment. Mesoraco has been recovering from a hip injury that has sidelined him for a good chunk of the season. 

He was replaced by Yorman Rodriguez before he had the chance to make a fourth plate appearance. 

Mesoraco is slated for at least two or three more rehab games before coming back to the Reds. This season, he's hit .178/.275/.244 with two RBI in 45 at-bats.

Catcher Travis d'Arnaud and second baseman Dilson Herrera are destined to return to the Mets on Wednesday barring a setback Monday in their rehab games with Triple-A Las Vegas, per the New York Post.

d'Arnaud has been sidelined since April 19 with hand and wrist injuries. Herrera has been down for three weeks with a finger issue.

Pirates catcher Chris Stewart is in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Braves, with Francisco Cervelli on the bench.

Stewart has been catching Sunday starter Gerrit Cole for the last few turns through the rotation and will do so again on Sunday. Cole owns a 1.33 ERA and 54:8 K:BB ratio in seven starts with Stewart as his catcher, while he has posted a 3.04 ERA and 25:8 K:BB ratio in four starts with Cervelli behind the plate.

The Pirates are road favorites (-148) in Atlanta, per VegasInsider.com.

Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco (hip) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville in Columbus on Monday, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Mesoraco, who said he feels great, will man left field during the rehab assignment in preparation for a new role with the Reds. Manager Bryan Price thinks Mesoraco will need three or four games with Louisville before being activated from the disabled list.

Mesoraco has hit .178/.275/.244 with two RBI in 45 at-bats.

Diamondbacks catcher Tuffy Gosewisch underwent surgery on his right knee on Friday. Gosewisch was diagnosed with a torn ACL earlier in the week, and it seems likely that his season is over.

"He feels great," D-backs manager Chip Hale said, per MLB.com. "What they told us was there were no issues in the knee other than that, so that's good."

Gosewisch was with the team on Saturday, but will not travel with the team on their up-coming road trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Braves catcher Christian Bethancourt hadn't hit a home run in 201 major league at-bats. On at-bat No. 202, Bethancourt hit a walk-off home run to beat the Pirates 5-4 on Saturday.

Bethancourt went 3 for 4 with two RBI and two runs scored. The performance brought his batting average to .205 on the season.

"I've been feeling more confidence," said Bethancourt, per MLB.com. "I've been working in the cage with the hitting coach and during [batting practice]. You know, trying to get back on track and finally it seems like it's showing up. So I'm happy with it."