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Alvarez will sit Game 1 of Monday's doubleheader with Atlanta.

Alvarez will get a rest in Monday's matinee after he went 1-for-2 in the first contest of the series. Tomas Nido will start behind the plate and bat ninth versus Atlanta.

Fortes went 1-for-2 with a run scored and a stolen base in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Cubs.

Fortes singled with one out in the fourth inning before swiping second base, his first steal in his first attempt this season. He'd later come around to score on Garrett Hampson's double. Fortes has taken over the primary catching job in Miami but has yet to do much with the bat, slashing .200/.273/.260 with one home run in 55 plate appearances. However, he's shown some improvement over his last three games, going 3-for-8 with a pair of walks.

Nola went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 6-4 victory over the Giants.

Nola took advantage of the incredibly friendly hitting environment in Mexico City on Sunday, crushing a 440-foot homer that plated Matt Carpenter in the fifth inning. His long ball was the catalyst for the Padres' comeback, scoring the first two of six unanswered runs over the final four frames. Nola owns an abysmal .156/.280/.234 slash line through 21 games and should remain outside of fantasy consideration, especially once Luis Campusano (thumb) returns.

The Dodgers designated Wynns for assignment Sunday, J.P. Hoornstra of the Los Angeles Daily News reports.

Wynns joined the Dodgers on a major-league contract in mid-April after being designated for assignment by the Giants, but he saw sporadic playing time with his new club. He elected free agency after being cast off San Francisco's 40-man roster earlier in April, and it's unclear whether he'll remain in the Dodgers' organization if he clears waivers following Sunday's move.

Sabol is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.

Sabol hasn't picked up a start in the outfield since April 15, but he's been able to maintain a regular spot in the lineup against right-handed pitching while Joey Bart has missed time of late with a groin injury. However, with Bart back in action Sunday, Sabol's four-game streak of starts behind the dish will come to an end.

Barnes is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.

Though the Dodgers activated Will Smith (concussion) from the 7-day injured list Friday, he served as a designated hitter in his first two games back in action. As a result, Barnes continued to pick up starts behind the plate, but he'll head back to the bench Sunday with Smith deemed ready to make his return as the Dodgers' starting catcher. Assuming Smith sees most of his action at catcher moving forward, Barnes looks like he'll see his role get scaled back.

Bart (groin) is starting behind the plate and batting eighth Sunday against the Padres, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Bart has been sidelined by a groin issue since April 24, but he'll return to action for Sunday's series finale versus the Friars in Mexico City. The 26-year-old is still looking for his first home run and RBI of the season but has a .303/.378/.364 slash line through 37 plate appearances.

Gomes is starting at catcher and batting ninth in Sunday's game against the Marlins.

Tucker Barnhart started behind the plate Saturday, but Gomes will bookend the series with starts on Friday and Sunday. Gomes has an .881 OPS so far while Barnhart is at just .442, so it wouldn't be surprising to see the former continue to earn a larger share of playing time moving forward.

Fortes will start at catcher and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Cubs, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

Fortes is behind the dish for the sixth time in nine games and appears to have overtaken the struggling Jacob Stallings as the Marlins' preferred option at catcher. Though he's taken a major step back from last season in the early stages of 2023 with a .188/.250/.250 slash line over 52 plate appearances, Fortes' .500 OPS is still notably better than Stallings' .429 mark.

Stallings is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

Now on the bench for the fourth time in six games and the sixth time in the past nine contests, Stallings appears to have slipped to No. 2 on the depth chart at catcher behind Nick Fortes. Though he continues to grade out adequately on the defensive end, Stallings has become an even greater liability with the bat, as he enters Sunday's contest with a lowly .136/.224/.205 slash line and career-worst 28.6 percent strikeout rate over 49 plate appearances.